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Leaders around the world have reacted after the riot in the U.S. Capitol building in Washington and the ratification of votes for President-elect Joe Biden. In Mexico, the president showed his support for the incoming administration, while revealing certain sympathy for President Donald Trump.
Jan. 7, 2021
Senate President Karen Fann previously warned senators that their failure to abide by the rules would disrupt the session. To that end, Fann issued an emergency rule that states committee hearings or votes on the Senate floor will be halted if anyone removes their mask.
Jan. 7, 2021
Pinal County’s top prosecutor says deadly force would have been an easier option for police that converged on reports of bomb threats near a federal immigration facility, and he credits the many agencies for instead using tools like a drone to safely arrest the suspect in the New Year’s Eve incident.
Jan. 7, 2021
Maricopa County will enter phase 1B in its COVID-19 vaccination plan Monday. This phase makes the vaccine available to school staff and childcare workers, law enforcement and adults age 75 and older.
Jan. 7, 2021
Wednesday's events in the nation’s Capitol led to the use of terms from America’s past — like sedition, civil war and even treason. The Show spoke with Arizona Mirror reporter Jeremy Duda for more about these words.
Jan. 7, 2021
As the chaos in Washington played out Wednesday, questions quickly emerged about the law enforcement response to what initially started as a protest — and quickly became what’s being called an act of domestic terrorism. The Show spoke with one of ASU's leading experts on police behavior and use of force, Bill Terrill.
Jan. 7, 2021
Arizona and the U.S. economy has been through the ringer in the last year as the pandemic has ravaged businesses and upended spending. But Glenn Hamer takes an optimistic view of the future as vaccines are distributed and pent-up demand builds.
Jan. 7, 2021
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to worsen and the number of infections, hospitalizations and deaths continues to rise in Arizona and elsewhere, medical schools say they’re seeing an increase in applications. And in some cases, they’re seeing a big increase.
Jan. 7, 2021
Ultimately, 2020 was the second driest year on record in Phoenix. For more about that and whether there’s any hope for a wetter 2021, The Show spoke with Nancy Selover, Arizona's state climatologist.
Jan. 7, 2021
Now, Mongolia may enter the climate record books for the highest surface air pressure ever recorded.
Arizona State University professor and climatologist Randy Cerveny coordinates the World Meteorological Organization’s evaluation of climate extremes. He’s looking into the Mongolia numbers.
Jan. 7, 2021
Many residents and staff at long-term care facilities have already received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. But some Arizona caregivers are worried about getting the shot and have decided to wait.
Jan. 7, 2021
President-elect Joe Biden is formally introducing his nominee for attorney general, Merrick Garland. The event follows a day of violence and an overnight session of Congress that ended in a final affirmation of Biden's election win. Watch the event live.
Jan. 7, 2021
The U.S. Forest Service says due to sanitation issues and overuse, areas of the Prescott National Forest along Highway 260 will be off limits to campers through January 2023.
Jan. 7, 2021
A public viewing will be held Saturday to honor the memory of Calvin C. Goode, Phoenix’s longest serving council member. On Dec. 23, Goode died from a non-COVID related illness at the age of 93.
Jan. 7, 2021
A project that maps where the bodies of border-crossers were recovered from Arizona’s inhospitable deserts, valleys and mountains says it documented 227 deaths in 2020. That was the highest in a decade following the hottest, driest summer in state history.
Jan. 7, 2021
Earlier this week, the Arizona National Guard began training the first wave of civilian volunteers who will administer the COVID-19 vaccine to Arizonans across the state.
Many of those volunteers started vaccinating some of the public on Wednesday.
Jan. 7, 2021
Arizona Democratic Party Chair Felecia Rotellini says she was shocked as she and the rest of the country watched as a pro-Trump mob sieged the U.S. Capitol building.
Jan. 7, 2021
Congress certified President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris' victory early on Thursday, the end of a long day and night marked by chaos and violence in Washington, D.C. Extremists emboldened by President Trump had sought to thwart the peaceful transfer of power that has been a hallmark of modern American history by staging a violent insurrection inside the U.S. Capitol. | → AZ Leaders React To Pro-Trump Extremists
Jan. 7, 2021
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has just two years left in office. He'll face challenges and new opportunities as a “lame duck” governor that are both ordinary and, in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, extraordinarily unique.
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Jan. 7, 2021
As crowds of rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, hundreds of supporters of President Trump gathered at the Arizona state Capitol on Wednesday.
Jan. 6, 2021
