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By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday found the sheriff of metro Phoenix to be in civil contempt of court in the same racial profiling case in which his predecessor, Joe Arpaio, was found to be in contempt six years earlier. Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone was found to

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona sheriff found in contempt of court in profiling case in which his predecessor, Joe Arpaio, was found in contempt.

By ANITA SNOW and NATHAN ELLGREN Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A printing malfunction at about one-quarter of the polling places across Arizona’s most populous county slowed down voting Tuesday, but election officials assured voters that every ballot would be counted. Still, the issue at 60 of 223 vote centers in Maricopa County gave rise

By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press Voters casting ballots in Tuesday’s pivotal midterms grappled with misleading claims about glitchy election machines and delayed results, the final crest of a wave of misinformation that’s expected to linger long after the last votes are tallied. In Arizona, news of snags with vote tabulators spawned baseless claims about vote

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Lawyers representing two Native Hawaiian men don’t dispute they brutally assaulted a white man who purchased a house in their remote village on the island of Maui. They acknowledged the 2014 attack was wrong, but they said it wasn’t a hate crime, as U.S. prosecutors allege.

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A judge has denied a new trial for a man convicted in the first of two murder cases in Tucson. Pima County Superior Court Judge James Marner ruled Monday that the prosecutors’ case was still strong enough to leave the conviction in place. He also denied a defense motion for judgment

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press Republicans who backed Donald Trump’s failed efforts to overturn the 2020 election were positioned in several states to win key offices overseeing voting in the next presidential contest, but the GOP fell short of gaining that power in closely watched Pennsylvania. Doug Mastriano, the GOP nominee for governor who was

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Voters in several states are weighing in on fundamental questions about how future elections will function as scores of ballot measures addressing an array of issues are being decided. Several of the more than 130 state ballot measures in Tuesday’s elections would affect the way voters cast ballots by

By The Associated Press PGA TOUR CADENCE BANK HOUSTON OPEN Site: Houston. Course: Memorial Park GC. Yardage: 7,412. Par: 70. Prize money: $8.4 million. Winner’s share: $1,512,000. Television: Thursday-Sunday, 1-4 p.m. (Golf Channel). Previous winner: Jason Kokrak. FedEx Cup leader: Seamus Power. Last week: Russell Henley won the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba. Notes:

By JONATHAN J. COOPER and BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly has been fighting to hold on to the seat he won for Democrats two years ago, but he faced a vastly different political environment heading into Tuesday’s election against Republican venture capitalist Blake Masters. Kelly took the lead in

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Three Democratic incumbents in Nevada are trying to hold their congressional seats in key races Republicans have targeted nationally in their bid to seize the majority in the U.S. House. Two swing districts stretching out of Las Vegas through suburbs into rural areas have been highly

By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The appeal of Donald Trump’s movement was put to the test Tuesday in the race for governor of Arizona, a crucial battleground state where the former president’s allies have taken control of the Republican Party. Democrat Katie Hobbs took a lead over Republican Kari Lake in

By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The partisan makeup of Arizona’s U.S. House delegation and control of Congress itself are up for grabs Tuesday, with Republicans hoping to shift the state’s 5-4 Democratic tilt by picking up two and possibly three seats. Redistricting after the 2020 U.S. Census gave the GOP candidates a

PHOENIX (AP) — Jovan Blacksher Jr. scored 18 points to help Grand Canyon defeat Montana State 60-54 on Monday night in a season opener. Gabe McGlothan added 13 points for Grand Canyon. Great Osobor led the Bobcats with 11 points. NEXT UP Grand Canyon’s next game is Wednesday against San Diego Christian at home. Montana

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Frankie Collins scored 21 points and Marcus Bagley’s three-point play with 18 seconds left in the game rescued Arizona State as the Sun Devils avoided a season-opening upset, defeating Tarleton 62-59 on Monday. Trailing 58-57, Bagley hit a layup, drew the foul and made the free throw to put Arizona State