Arizona
Ransom notes tied to Nancy Guthrie kidnapping released six months into unsolved case
The ransom notes "reveal distinctive patterns of word choice, syntax and phraseology" that someone close to the author might recognize, the Pima County Sheriff's Department said.
Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs wins Republican nomination for governor despite ties to white nationalism
Pro-Israel incumbent Greg Stanton wins Arizona Democratic primary for House seat
Gunman shoots nine in crowded Tucson nightlife district before police shoot him down
Arizona State University adopts IHRA definition of antisemitism
The passing of the resolution makes ASU the second university in the United States to adopt the IHRA definition.
Daredevil David Blaine pulls off high flying balloon 'Ascension' stunt
"It's like magic, it feels like I'm floating in the air," Blaine said on a radio to his team of aides back on the ground after gently lifting off from a desert airstrip in Arizona.
Posters glorifying Nazism hung at Arizona State U
The posters read “Hitler was right,” “unity of our blood” and other comments deemed anti-Semitic.
Feces, wastewater tests prevent corona outbreak in U of Arizona dorms
By diagnosing two individuals in the dorms as asymptomatic COVID-19 carriers, the university prevented a potentially serious outbreak.
Arizona-Israel relations closer thanks to mutual focus on innovation
Phoenix installing Israeli-designed ‘smart’ traffic * Arizona-grown wheat is highly rated for matza among the ultra-Orthodox.
Four men arrested for hanging ‘Hitler Was Right’ banner on bridge in US
The banner also included a link to a website that contained “bigoted and explicitly racist pronouncements.”
The pandemic put Kate Gallego, Phoenix’s Jewish mayor, in the spotlight
Gallego is Phoenix’s third Jewish mayor — she said it was a “point of pride” that Emil Ganz was the first in the late 19th century — and she is deeply committed to its Jewish community.
In Arizona, school reopening sparks protest movement
"We don’t want any children to get this from us, because as a teacher, I don’t want to go to any of their funerals," said Brosius, 47, who is not prepared to send her three children back to school.
How much do masks actually protect us from coronavirus?
Scarves, which reduced infection risk by 44% after 30 seconds and 24% after 20 minutes, and similarly effective cotton t-shirts are only slightly better than wearing no mask at all.
US records nearly 50,000 cases of COVID-19 in single day
The epicenter of the country's COVID-19 epidemic has moved from the Northeast to California, Arizona and New Mexico in the West along with Texas, Florida and Georgia.
