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At This School, Students Will Be Taught by AI, Not Teachers

Experts warn of 'big risk' that charter school in Arizona will be taking

(Newser) - A new charter school in Arizona is making headlines not just because of its short daily regimen—there won't be any teachers, as artificial intelligence will be doing the instructional lifting. Gizmodo reports that on Monday, the state's Board for Charter Schools greenlit an application from Unbound Academy...

100 Miles In, He Was Puking Like Crazy. So He Started Over

Nick Fowler broke Arizona Trail speed record in November

(Newser) - What's it like to set a new fastest-known time for an 800-mile Utah-to-Mexico trail that passes through both deserts and the Grand Canyon? In a word, painful. Outside Online reports on the hiker Nick Fowler's feat: On Nov. 9, he reached the southern end point of the Arizona...

Boy Killed by Falling Statue at Phoenix Hotel

Statue hit child, 8, in the head, though details are not clear

(Newser) - An unimaginable story out of Arizona, where an 8-year-old boy died after he was crushed by a falling statue at a Phoenix hotel. The statue, one of the famous "sprites" featured at the Arizona Biltmore Resort, fell on him the day before Thanksgiving, and he died the following day...

After 2-Year Pause, Executions Will Resume in Arizona

State plans to seek execution warrant for Aaron Brian Gunches

(Newser) - Executions will resume in Arizona following a two-year pause, the state's top prosecutor says. Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes said in a statement sent to the Associated Press on Wednesday that she will soon seek an execution warrant for Aaron Brian Gunches, who is on death row after being...

Trump Ally Kari Lake Loses Her Senate Race

Ruben Gallego becomes Arizona's first Latino senator

(Newser) - Democrat Ruben Gallego has been elected Arizona's first Latino US senator, defeating Republican Kari Lake and preventing Republicans from further padding their Senate majority, the AP reports. Gallego's victory continues a string of Democratic successes in a state that was reliably Republican until Donald Trump was elected president...

Trump Goes 7 for 7 on Swing States
Trump Goes 7 for 7
on Swing States
Nov 9, 2024 9:04 PM CST

Trump Goes 7 for 7 on Swing States

AP calls Arizona for the president-elect

(Newser) - The last outstanding race has been called in the 2024 presidential race: Donald Trump won Arizona, the AP declared Saturday night. The victory over Kamala Harris means Trump swept all seven battleground states in the 2024 race, notes Politico .
  • Final count: With Arizona called, the final tally in the Electoral
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Boy, 12, Among 5 Dead in Arizona Plane Crash

Business jet hit vehicle outside Mesa airport after aborted takeoff

(Newser) - A 12-year-old boy was among five people who died in the fiery crash of a small business jet near a suburban Phoenix airport, authorities said Wednesday. Preliminary information indicated the six-seater HondaJet HA-420 aircraft was headed to Provo, Utah, when it aborted takeoff at the Falcon Field airport in Mesa...

Your Guide to the Race's 7 Key States
Your Guide to
the 7 Swing States
the rundown
Nov 5, 2024 6:44 AM CST

Your Guide to the 7 Swing States

Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin

(Newser) - All 50 states vote on Tuesday, but most eyes will be on just seven of them: the swing states that will most likely determine the outcome of the race. Here's the lay of the land, per NBC News , Axios , and USA Today , along with the time the last polls...

Man Suffered Burns When Police Held Him on Pavement

Arizona's Michael Kenyon is bringing a lawsuit

(Newser) - The temperature in Phoenix reached 114 degrees on July 6, a fact that became painfully clear to Michael Kenyon. As he went to buy a drink, he was confronted by police officers who held him down on the hot pavement for four minutes, according to surveillance video viewed by the...

It's the Nation's 'Ultimate Swing County'

All eyes will once again be on Arizona's Maricopa County

(Newser) - Inside a squat building ringed with a chainlink fence and concrete barriers in downtown Phoenix, election workers on Nov. 5 will begin a grindingly slow tally of every ballot cast in the vast expanse of stucco and saguaro that is Maricopa County, Arizona. In what has become the nation's...

Terror Charges Follow Shootings at Democratic Office

Prosecutors say Phoenix resident may have been 'preparing to commit an act of mass casualty'

(Newser) - An Arizona man who allegedly shot at a Democratic field office in the Phoenix area may have been planning something bigger, authorities say. Federal agents removed more than 120 firearms from Jeffrey Michael Kelly's home after he was arrested Tuesday, the Arizona Republic reports. A prosecutor from the Maricopa...

Feeling Political? So Are These US States

Maryland ranks as the No. 1 state in terms of political engagement, per WalletHub

(Newser) - Election Day is less than three weeks away, but early voting is already underway in some states, and others are gearing up to open their own polls. WalletHub wanted to see which states were the most politically engaged, so it looked at all 50 using 10 metrics as a gauge....

Ex-NFL Star Running Back Charged With 'Extreme DUI'

Eddie Lacy's BAC was at least 0.2%, say police

(Newser) - Police in Arizona say they responded to a report of a possibly impaired driver and witnessed a vehicle committing multiple traffic violations before pulling over former NFL running back Eddie Lacy, who was found to have at least 0.2% blood alcohol content. At that level, "a person may...

Fatigue Led Driver to Strike 16 Bicyclists, Investigators Say

Pedro Quintana-Lujan, 27, now facing 11 misdemeanor charges

(Newser) - Fatigue likely led to a pickup truck driver's crash last year that killed two bicyclists and injured 14 other riders on a bridge in a Phoenix suburb, authorities said Tuesday. The National Transportation Safety Board released its final report about the February 2023 crash on the Cotton Lane Bridge...

Trump Gains Strength in 3 Battleground States

He leads in Arizona, North Carolina, and Georgia, according to New York Times poll

(Newser) - Major new polls are coming out with increased frequency as the 2024 campaign enters the home stretch, and the latest from the New York Times and Siena College should please the campaign of Donald Trump. It shows the former president with increased strength in the three swing states of Arizona,...

Arizona Supreme Court Makes Ruling on 98K Voters

People whose citizenship docs weren't confirmed shouldn't suffer for error: state's high court

(Newser) - The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Friday that nearly 98,000 people whose citizenship documents hadn't been confirmed can vote in state and local races. The court's decision comes after officials uncovered a database error that, for two decades, mistakenly designated the voters as having access to the full...

10 Most, Least Diverse States in America

West Virginia comes in last on WalletHub's list, while California takes the No. 1 spot

(Newser) - In the next two decades or so, the US Census Bureau expects that non-Hispanic whites will no longer rank as the lone ethnic majority in America—in fact, the agency predicts there won't be any group that will be able to claim that by then, per WalletHub . That translates...

Child Star From ALF Is Dead at 46
Cause of Death Revealed
for Child Star From ALF
UPDATED
Sep 14, 2024 7:00 AM CDT

Cause of Death Revealed for Child Star From ALF

Benji Gregory's death was said to be accidental, from heat exposure 'in the setting of' cirrhosis

(Newser) - A cause of death has been revealed for Benji Gregory, the ALF child star who died in June at the age of 46. According to the medical examiner in Arizona's Maricopa County, Gregory, who played Brian Tanner in the '80s sitcom, died an accidental death, due to "...

Suspected Drunk Driver Injures 30 at Restaurant

15 people went to the hospital in Apache Junction, Arizona

(Newser) - A suspected drunk driver plowed into a restaurant in Arizona over the weekend and injured 30 people, reports AZCentral . Fifteen of the injured ended up at the hospital after a pickup crashed into the Elks Lodge on Saturday evening in Apache Junction. None of the injuries were reported to be...

Grand Canyon Water Pipe Break Ousts Visitors From Hotels
Grand Canyon Is
Lifting Hotel Shutdown
UPDATED
Sep 3, 2024 6:03 PM CDT

Grand Canyon Is Lifting Hotel Shutdown

Officials say pipeline repairs are holding and overnight stays can resume Thursday

(Newser) - Pipeline repairs at Grand Canyon National Park are holding and officials plan to lift the suspension of overnight lodging on the South Rim on Thursday, a week after hotels had to begin turning away visitors during one of the park's busiest times of the year. Four significant breaks in the...

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