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By SAM METZ and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Nichole Mason first became concerned when she learned administrators at her children’s public school were allowing transgender students to use girls’ bathrooms. Her frustrations mounted when she felt her children’s next school went too far with how they enforced COVID regulations during

PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Azuolas Tubelis had 18 points and 12 rebounds and No. 6 Arizona beat Washington State 63-58 on Thursday night. Kerr Kriisa added 15 points to help Wildcats (18-3, 7-3 Pac-12) split the season series with the Cougars (9-13. 4-7). “They were a handful, so getting a road victory here is really

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Luka Doncic’s early injury on Thursday night gave the Dallas Mavericks a very valid reason to lose on the road. Instead, Spencer Dinwiddie responded to the adversity with a season-high 36 points, Dorian Finney-Smith added 18 points and 12 rebounds, and the Mavs held on for

ABILENE, Texas (AP) — Rayshon Harrison’s 19 points helped Grand Canyon defeat Abilene Christian 75-73 on Thursday night. Harrison also added six assists for the Antelopes (14-7, 5-3 Western Athletic Conference). Chance McMillian scored 17 points while shooting 7 for 9, including 2 for 3 from beyond the arc, and added three steals. Walter Ellis

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Luka Doncic left the Dallas Mavericks’ game against the Phoenix Suns on Thursday night with a sprained left ankle. The Mavericks said he would not return to the game. Doncic played just three minutes before limping to the locker room during a timeout. The 23-year-old, who

By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming could join a handful of states that have begun paying homeowners and businesses less for surplus electricity from their rooftop solar panels under a bill in the state Legislature. This bill, which passed a legislative committee Thursday, would tell state regulators to reassess how much,

DETROIT (AP) — Outside linebacker Jessie Lemonier, who appeared in seven games for the Detroit Lions in 2021 in a brief NFL career highlighted by a sack of Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers, has died. He was 25. The Lions disclosed his death in a statement Thursday, adding they confirmed it with his

By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Gov. Katie Hobbs on Wednesday announced the creation of a commission to study problems in Arizona’s prisons, including staffing levels and the health care offered to those behind bars. The creation of the commission by Hobbs, Arizona’s first Democratic governor since 2009, came several days after she

PHOENIX (AP) — Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs is defending her decision to continue her Republican predecessor’s program to transport migrants out of border communities. Hobbs said in an interview with The Arizona Republic published Wednesday that her focus would be on ensuring that the state’s continued payment of migrants’ travel costs is “efficient and

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Cam Johnson didn’t need much time on the floor to do some damage. Johnson scored 24 points in just 18 minutes, Dario Saric added 19 off the bench and the Phoenix Suns won their fourth straight game by beating the Charlotte Hornets 128-97 on Tuesday night.

PHOENIX (AP) — Health officials in Arizona’s largest county have confirmed the first pediatric-related death this season in the Phoenix metro area. Maricopa County Department of Public Health officials said the child wasn’t immunized against influenza. The child’s age and gender weren’t immediately released Tuesday. Officials said there were two pediatric flu deaths recorded in

PHOENIX (AP) — A Phoenix man has been arrested after he allegedly offered to sell a tiger cub to undercover police officers for $20,000, authorities said Tuesday. Police said 25-year-old Carlos Castro-Alcaraz was arrested Monday night on felony wildlife offenses after advertising the cub for sale on social media. According to police, officers later served

PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona judge says she won’t compel Scottsdale to resume an arrangement that allowed residents of a neighboring community to get their water from a city standpipe, saying the flap isn’t the court’s concern. Maricopa County Judge Joan Sinclair wrote in an order released this week that people living in the Rio