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Arizona State University and four former members of its football coaching staff have reached an agreement with the NCAA on penalties for impermissible in-person contact with recruits during the COVID-19 dead period.
For 15 years, life has thrown Arizona State University grad Jessica Antonio one challenge after another, but she has never taken her eyes off of the finish line. She was injured in two accidents, one of which left her with limited mobility. But this week, the 33-year-old Navajo woman graduated with three degrees in American Indian studies, business administration and nutrition.
May 12, 2020
With the coronavirus pandemic ramping up around the world, the U.S. government closed the border with Mexico to all nonessential travel in March and told U.S. citizens abroad to come home. Some expats living in neighboring Sonora, Mexico packed up and headed north. But others decided to stay put.
May 12, 2020
The U.S. has further delayed court hearings for asylum seekers waiting in Mexico under the Migrant Protection Protocols, known as the "Remain In Mexico" program. But for the next month, migrants won’t have to present themselves at ports of entry for the delayed hearings.
May 11, 2020
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee is hearing from leaders of the Trump administration's coronavirus response about safely reopening the country. Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Robert Redfield are among those testifying.
May 11, 2020
The governor of Arizona’s southern neighbor Sonora has put forward a plan to allow businesses to slowly reopen. May is also the month that health officials have predicted that cases could peak.
May 11, 2020
The majority of Arizona’s COVID-19 cases are in its two most urban counties: Maricopa and Pima. But some of the state’s more rural counties have also been hit hard.
May 11, 2020
The United Kingdom is now the country in Europe with the highest number of coronavirus deaths. Prime Minister Boris Johnson gave a speech Sunday outlining England's first tentative steps in easing the lockdown.
May 11, 2020
Tens of thousands of Arizonans voted for both Gov. Doug Ducey and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema in 2018. Now the two leaders find themselves on different sides of how the state should be handling its reopening amid COVID-19.
May 11, 2020
Beatrice Enriquez travels from her home in New Mexico to Arizona to get the help she needs from the Cancer Treatment Center of America, and the arrival of COVID-19 has made the journey all the more risky.
May 11, 2020
While many Arizona business owners have been pushing to reopen, not everyone is so eager. A growing number of business owners are now voicing their concerns — and saying it’s simply too soon to reopen.
May 11, 2020
If the Navajo Nation were a state, it would have the highest rate of coronavirus cases per capita after New York. At least 100 people have died from the virus and 3,122 people have tested positive.
May 11, 2020
The interruption of the school year will cause more disruption than just having kids learn from home. Arizona school funding and ranking is in jeopardy, and faculties across the state are forced to plan for two realities as the fall opening remains uncertain.
May 11, 2020
Arizonans with an intellectual or developmental disability often attend day programs or live in communal settings, like a group home. Keeping them safe during the coronavirus pandemic is tough. And when there’s limited personal protective equipment, that job is even tougher.
May 11, 2020
A new survey by the National Association of Realtors looks at how the coronavirus pandemic is impacting residential sales.
May 11, 2020
The city of Goodyear will reopen some municipal offices and park amenities Monday as part of the first phase of scaling back coronavirus restrictions.
May 11, 2020
Immigrant rights groups have appealed to federal oversight agencies to make U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement do more to protect detainees from the coronavirus. The move came on the heels of the agency reporting the first in-custody death due to COVID-19.
May 11, 2020
The state capital Hermosillo also appears to be on track to overtake San Luis Rio Colorado as the city with the most confirmed cases.
May 11, 2020
When COVID-19 reached Arizona State University back in January, researchers there quickly retooled an influenza study to track the new coronavirus. Now, that project has turned up a sample with a sizable mutation in an intriguing area.
May 11, 2020
For the many Arizonans who have a loved one in a long-term care facility, the stress of not being able to see that person continues to mount. Facilities are restricting visitors due to the coronavirus outbreak.
May 11, 2020
Both Bartlett Lake and Lake Pleasant have reached their visitor capacity each day over the past several weekends. Despite the crowds, though, the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office says people are behaving responsibly and practicing social distancing.
May 10, 2020
