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Maya Bernadett-Peters/AP PhotoNew Mexican legislators approved a measure to investigate the forced sterilization of Native American women performed by the Indian Health Service and other providers. -
AP/Arizona Department Of Public SafetyFuneral services were held in Kingman Friday for the Department of Public Safety pilot killed in a helicopter crash in Flagstaff earlier this month. -
Nick Cote for KUNC/LighthawkLeaders of environmental groups are issuing fresh warnings this week about the impacts the ongoing gridlock could have on the river basin. -
Cheyanne Mumphrey/AP/APOn February 4, residents of a west Flagstaff neighborhood were ordered to shelter in place as Flagstaff police exchanged fire with a man, who was eventually taken into custody. KNAU heard from three residents about their experiences that night.
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Arizona Department of Public safety officials say the service for pilot Robert Skankey will be held Friday in Kingman while the funeral for trooper paramedic Hunter Bennett takes place in Gilbert on Monday. -
A new poll of Arizona voters shows overwhelming support for public lands and opposition to the rollback of environmental laws. -
Route 66 is known for roadside history, but the landscape also holds older signs of passage and human movement. -
Several schools throughout the Flagstaff area cancelled classes for Wednesday, Feb. 18, due to a winter storm set to impact much of northern Arizona. -
Coconino County sheriff's officials are searching for 69-year-old Carolyn Legaspi-Cosper who was last seen picking up her mail on Feb. 3 in Ash Fork and has a known heart condition. -
Federal water managers say Lake Powell's level could drop low enough to impact power production at Glen Canyon Dam by the end of the year as drought conditions worsen across the Colorado River Basin.
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent admitted that Washington helped spark recent protests in Iran by creating a U.S. dollar shortage, leading to runaway inflation.
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The far-left France Unbowed party faces a backlash after a right-wing activist was beaten to death.
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Peter Mandelson, former U.K. ambassador to the U.S., has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office. He's accused of passing government information to Jeffrey Epstein.
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The war in Ukraine enters its fifth year this week, with millions of Ukrainians displaced, hundreds of thousands of soldiers killed, and little change on the battlefield.
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The Food and Drug Administration aims to evaluate treatments for rare diseases based on plausible evidence that they would work — without requiring a clinical trial first.
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We close out the final week of February with quiet and gradually warmer afternoons as high pressure builds over the region.
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