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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation on Sunday reported 37 more COVID-19 cases and one additional death as the tribe gets ready to return to “Orange Status” on Monday due to the recent rise of coronavirus cases. The latest numbers pushed the tribe’s totals to 31,920 cases and 1,390 known deaths since the

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A second person has died from flooding caused by monsoon-type rains in far western Texas and southern New Mexico and Arizona. A family spokesman said a 2-year-old girl died Friday of injuries she suffered in the collapse of a basement wall at her family’s El Paso home. The girl’s 65-year-old

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona health officials on Sunday reported more than 3,000 additional COVID-19 cases for the third consecutive day. The state’s coronavirus dashboard reported 3,052 additional cases and two more deaths, increasing the pandemic totals to 965,462 cases and 18,464 known deaths since the pandemic began more than a year ago. Arizona reported 3,225

COOLIDGE, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say a man and his teenage daughter are believed dead and a woman was hospitalized with burn injuries after a farmhouse caught fire in Coolidge following a gas line break. Pinal County Sheriff’s officials say the fire broke out around 5:45 a.m. Sunday after numerous people called about hearing a

CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) — Environmentalists have sued again over an endangered mouse found only in parts of New Mexico and Arizona. The latest legal filing by the Center for Biological Diversity and the Maricopa Audubon Society centers on habitat of the New Mexico meadow jumping mouse in southern New Mexico’s Sacramento Mountains. The claim alleges

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation officials have called for all flags on the vast reservation be flown at half-staff to honor former tribal President Kelsey Begaye. They say Begaye died of natural causes Friday in Flagstaff at age 70. He was was elected the fifth president of the Navajo Nation in November 1998

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Tyler Gilbert became the first pitcher in 68 years to throw a no-hitter in his first big league start, lifting the Arizona Diamondbacks over the San Diego Padres 7-0 Saturday night with the record-tying eighth no-hitter in the majors this season. The last to accomplish the

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s Tyler Gilbert no-hits San Diego in first start for record-tying eighth no-hitter in majors this year.

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Diamondbacks rookie Tyler Gilbert has thrown eight hitless innings in his first big league start against the San Diego Padres. Gilbert is trying to throw MLB’s eighth no-hitter of the season, which would match the record set in 1884 — the first season overhand pitching was

By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Those entrusted with securing the nation’s voting systems must remain nonpartisan as a myriad of complex and growing risks continue to threaten U.S. elections. That’s the message from Jen Easterly, one of the nation’s top cybersecurity officials. Easterly leads the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — President Joe Biden has called school district superintendents in Florida and Arizona, praising them for doing what he called “the right thing” after their respective boards implemented mask requirements in defiance of their Republican governors amid growing COVID-19 infections. The White House said in a

By PAUL DAVENPORT Associated Press Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona on Saturday reported over 3,000 additional COVID-19 cases for the second straight day. The state’s seven-day rolling averages for cases and deaths also continued to rise along with virus-related hospitalizations. The state’s coronavirus dashboard reported 1,601 hospitalizations as of Thursday, along with 3,418 additional cases

PHOENIX (AP) — Monsoon rain drenched south-central Arizona, closing parts of a Phoenix freeway and causing flooding in the rural community of Gila Bend, where authorities said two people have died. Gila Bend’s mayor on Saturday declared a state of emergency for the town of 2,000 because of flooding and said a temporary shelter was

PHOENIX (AP) — The White House says President Joe Biden has commended the leadership of the Arizona and Florida school district superintendents after the districts’ boards recently implemented mask requirements in defiance of their Republican governors. A White House statement Saturday says Biden spoke separately by phone Friday with Superintendent Chad Gestson of the Phoenix

CASE GRANDE, Ariz. (AP) — The last of Casa Grande’s “zombie” subdivisions is finally being developed after lying fallow for 12 years. The Tuscany subdivision and others were launched in the runup to the Great Recession and then left unfinished when the housing market collapsed. That left them as desert eyesores in Casa Grande, located

SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The sweeping $1 trillion infrastructure bill approved by the Senate this week includes funding for Western water projects that farmers, water providers and environmentalists say are badly needed across the parched region. The Senate voted this week in favor of the legislation that seeks to rebuild America’s roads

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Matt Prater kicked two field goals in the final two minutes, including a 47-yard game winner with no time remaining, to lift the Arizona Cardinals over the Dallas Cowboys 19-16 on Friday night in a preseason game. Prater kicked a 48-yard field with 1:51 left

By JACK THOMPSON Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Daulton Varsho hit a game-ending homer in the ninth inning, sending the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 3-2 victory over the San Diego Padres. Varsho connected for a leadoff shot on a 3-2 pitch from Craig Stammen. Varsho also drove in Arizona’s first run of the game with

CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) — Chandler police have arrested a 39-year-old Mesa woman on suspicion of child abuse in her 15-year-old son’s overdose death at a Chandler home last April. A police statement said Jamie M. Barrett was arrested Wednesday, a day after the Maricopa County Medical Examiner notified police that the son died from toxic

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation officials say the tribe continues to see a surge in new coronavirus cases. On Friday it reported 67 new cases and one additional death. Health officials on the reservation reported no deaths and only a handful of cases for eight consecutive days from Aug. 1-8. But the Navajo