But 18-year-old Yuliia Vyskrebenets from Ukraine has bigger worries than the usual college jitters as she begins her college career in Tucson, where she's studying philosophy, politics, economics and law.
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A group of Arizona doctors has filed a lawsuit over the state’s 2022 law banning abortions after 15 weeks of gestation. This comes after voters approved a measure to enshrine broad abortion rights in the state constitution.
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Microchip Technology will close its semiconductor factory in Tempe in 2025, affecting about 500 workers. By shutting the plant, known as Fab 2, Microchip expects to save about $90 million annually starting in 2026.
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Republican state lawmakers have requested an investigation into Democratic Pima County Recorder Gabriella Cázares-Kelly for allowing staff to close an online portal residents used to request vote-by-mail ballots.
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Dozens of new homes were recently gifted to Navajo Nation families, thanks in part to federal funding.
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The state Gaming Department has formally told a company in a former Dutch colony in the Caribbean Sea to stop an illegal gambling operation in Arizona. The Gaming Department director says her enforcement team is determined to keep off-shore betting syndicates from setting up here.
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The Mesa City Council voted unanimously to ban urban camping on public property.
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The group has argued the process disenfranchises voters as they are retained on a county basis, but issue statewide rulings.
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The seven states that use the Colorado River are like kids coming home to a family reunion. Those who follow river policy are frustrated with their level of disagreement.
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Medicare’s open enrollment period — which allows individuals to change health or prescription drug plans — will come to a close on Saturday.
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A new pilot program is using Artificial Intelligence to try to improve recycling. Advocates say steps like this can help people make sure they’re only throwing recyclables in their blue bins; critics, though, worry about privacy, among other concerns.
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The proposed increase would raise monthly bills for the average residential customer by 3.5% – which amounts to $5.64. This comes on the heels of a 3.2% increase that took effect last month.
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In The Show's Chef Talk series, we sit down with a chef each month. Today, we head to The Americano in north Scottsdale, where Chef Beau MacMillan can often be found these days.
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A grandmother looking for her lost cat apparently fell into a sinkhole that had recently opened above an abandoned coal mine and rescuers worked late into Tuesday night to try and find her.
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The new agreement will help Trump officials on agency landing teams access classified information needed to prepare to take over on Jan. 20.
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A judge in Delaware has for the second time struck down a compensation package for Elon Musk after a Tesla shareholder filed suit.
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Russia's president and senior Kremlin officials financed and facilitated the transport of at least 314 Ukrainian children into "coerced" foster care and adoptions, a new Yale University report says.
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Thomas' work puts Black women front and center. "We've been supportive characters for far too long," she says. "I would describe my art as radically shifting notions of beauty by reclaiming space."