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Crowdstrike: Major IT outage brings businesses around the world to standstill
A major IT outage has hit businesses across the world, grounding planes as well as affecting banks and the healthcare sector. George Kurtz, CEO of IT security firm Crowdstrike, said it had traced the issue to a “defect found in a single content update” for the security software it provides for the Microsoft Windows operating system on computers.
Biden announces new round of student loan forgiveness amid GOP legal challenges
President Joe Biden laid out his latest round of student loan forgiveness on Thursday, announcing he would cancel 35,000 public service workers' debts, which total over $1.2 billion. The affected borrowers include teachers, nurses, law enforcement officials and first responders who applied for forgiveness under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness...
Proponents of Az open primaries ballot measure sue over ‘misleading’ description
The group behind a ballot measure that would overhaul Arizona’s election laws is suing lawmakers for approving a description of the measure that the group says only serves to mislead and confuse voters. Sarah Smallhouse, chairman of the Make Elections Fair Arizona Act campaign, said that lawmakers refused to...
In Arizona, a court ruling narrows path for registering to vote without proof of citizenship
Arizona residents who try to register to vote with the widely used state form will have their registration rejected unless they provide proof of U.S. citizenship, under a temporary ruling Thursday from a federal appeals court. Previously, residents without citizenship documents would have been allowed to use the state form,...
Motherhood, menopause & MAGA: Kari Lake’s appeal at the RNC
This article was originally published by The 19th. Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake leaned into motherhood — and menopause — in a fiery address at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, saying the only thing more dangerous than a grizzly bear is a “middle-aged, fed-up mother” in Washington.
COOLtainer box shelter damaged en route to Ajo
An effort to set up a cooling center in Ajo using a modified cargo container will be delayed for a week after solar panels were damaged, Pima County officials said. On Thursday, Pima County officials said they would send the "COOLtainer" to Ajo, part of an effort to repurpose dozens of the steel shipping containers that formed former Gov. Doug Ducey's ad-hoc border barrier. County and state officials are sending resources to Ajo to help residents endure high desert temperatures, including a cooling center built from the modified cargo box, said Pima County Administrator Jan Lesher.
Friday deadline to request early ballots in Pima County
Pima County voters who wish to receive an early ballot for the July 30 primary in the mail must request one by Friday, July 19. To receive an early ballot, voters should visit the Pima County Recorder’s website or call 520-724-4330. In related news, last week the Pima County...
Top Trump adviser says 2024 election ‘not over’ until Inauguration Day
A top Trump campaign official said Thursday that the 2024 presidential race will not be over until Inauguration Day, rather than after Election Day on Nov. 5 — when voters across the nation go to the polls to cast their ballots and a result normally is projected. The assertion...
Az Republicans embrace Trump’s pledge of mass deportations, but is it feasible?
Former President Donald Trump has vowed to deliver the “largest deportation operation in American history,” envisioning the removal of some 15 million people living in the country illegally. The latest Republican Party platform echoes that promise, and says the GOP “is committed to sending Illegal Aliens back home...
Opponents appeal judge’s decision on Az border ballot referral
Latino advocacy groups are appealing a judge’s approval of a GOP ballot referral that would allow local police to jail migrants, in a last-chance attempt to prevent it from being considered by voters in the fall. “Proposition 314 has no place on the ballot box,” Alejandra Gomez, executive director...
Supreme Court ruling on Capitol riot leads to dropped charges vs. Proud Boys, Oath Keepers members
Federal prosecutors have begun dropping obstruction charges from the cases of certain Capitol riot defendants in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision limiting the Justice Department’s former staple charge in the January 6, 2021, prosecutions. In a 6-3 decision in June, the Supreme Court held that...
Special counsel lodges appeal to revive Trump classified documents case
Special counsel Jack Smith notified a federal judge Wednesday that he plans to appeal her dismissal of former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case to the 11th Circuit. Smith’s brief appeal notice, which will precede a formal appeal from the special counsel, comes just two days after U.S. District...
Feds open inquiry into Secret Service over Trump assassination attempt
The Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general announced on Wednesday that it had opened an investigation into the Secret Service’s response to the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump on Saturday. The announcement comes amid growing concern about the security lapse that allowed a 20-year-old shooter to...
Cat Ripley: The steady hand of County Supervisor Rex Scott
Catherine Ripley is a former member of the Pima Community College Governing Board, former Democratic Party official and Navy veteran. In a year marked by unpredictability and volatility in elections both in the United States and globally, fundamental principles of democracy, peace, freedom, and liberty are being challenged like never before.
Nephew of notorious drug lord extradited to Tucson on smuggling charges
The nephew of one of Mexico's notorious drug bosses was extradited to the U.S. on smuggling charges and faced his initial appearance in a Tucson federal court on Tuesday, officials said. Rodrigo Paez-Quintero faces 10 felony charges, including conspiracy to possess and possession with intent to distribute drugs—including heroin, methamphetamine...
University of Arizona dumps 'UArizona' nickname
As of this month, the University of Arizona has retired the alternate name “UArizona” from public use. The university will return to using the names “Arizona” and “U of A” as approved shorthand, citing the higher level of recognition from the public. “We've discovered...
Biden tests positive for COVID, will return home to Delaware
President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, according to statements from White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and the president’s doctor. “Earlier today following his first event in Las Vegas, President Biden tested positive for COVID-19,” Jean-Pierre wrote in her statement. “He is vaccinated and boosted and he is experiencing mild symptoms.”
Ciscomani faces GOP challenger in Southern Arizona congressional race
As he runs for a second term representing Southern Arizona’s Congressional District 6, U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani is facing Republican Kathleen Winn in the July 30 primary. Winn was among the four challengers that Cicsomani bested in the 2022 primary, when he captured 47 percent of the vote to her 19 percent.
Democrat Jen Allen raises more than 3 primary opponents in race for open Pima County Supes seat
Democrat Jennifer Allen has raised more money than all three of her opponents combined in the race for an open seat on the Pima County Board of Supervisors, according to reports covering the second quarter of the year. Allen is facing Pima College Vice President Edgar Soto, former TUSD Boardmember...
School vouchers were pitched as saving taxpayer dollars, instead blew massive hole in Arizona’s budget
This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. In 2022, Arizona pioneered the largest school voucher program in the history of education. Under a new law, any parent...
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