The Vatican's Arizona location dates back to 1980, when the Vatican partnered with the University of Arizona to study the stars under our famously clear skies.
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Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has joined the FTC and four other states in suing the maker of John Deere equipment, accusing the company of illegally blocking independent repairs and driving up costs for farmers.
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Republican Karrin Taylor Robson announced she will run for Arizona governor in 2026.
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A Texas-based microchip company unexpectedly shut down this week. A local animal shelter explains why microchips are important and what the next steps are.
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A lawsuit filed by aid groups argues the Trump administration’s freezing of federal funds for refugees is illegal.
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Sens. Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego are asking the Bureau of Reclamation to ensure projects for Colorado River preservation will still get the money.
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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has increased the number of troops on her side of the border to delay an across-the-board tariff for a month. Now, she’s attempting to ward off a tariff on steel and aluminum.
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In a floor session earlier this week, the Arizona Senate passed a bill calling for alternate bathroom facilities in schools for transgender students.
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The salaries of Arizona’s three public university presidents would be capped at $500,000 a year under a new bill in the state Senate. That’s far lower than any of them are making now.
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Student groups in Mesa can now apply for funding for projects to tackle issues related to climate change.
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Sam Eifling comes to the Phoenix New Times after spending many years as a writer. He was also part a podcast about the rise and fall of the New Times empire — part of which he’s now tasked with leading.
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Last fall, the scientific community went into a minor frenzy. A hunk of interstellar material had been sucked into the Earth’s gravitational field, and was now orbiting the planet.
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A federal judge has temporarily blocked a move by the Trump administration to cut federal research funding in those states that joined a lawsuit challenging the move — Arizona is among them.
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That's according to a public State Department procurement document. It comes as ethics experts raise conflict of interest questions about the chief executive of Tesla, Elon Musk, who is a top White House official.
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A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration's offer to federal employees to resign now in exchange for pay and benefits through September can go forward.
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Dozens of employees at the bureau were fired by email on Tuesday night amid a stop-work order and closure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's headquarters.
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Heavy West Coast rain means mudslides threaten fire-ravaged California. Millions of Americans elsewhere get snow, rain, extreme cold and some tornadoes.
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"It is a great honor to be chairman of the Kennedy Center, especially with this amazing Board of Trustees. We will make the Kennedy Center a very special and exciting place!" Trump said.