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A group stands in support of in-state tuition eligibility for Arizona students with DACA status at a June 29, 2017, Arizona Board of Regents meeting.

Arizona Supreme Court considers tuition case

It will decide whether the state attorney general can sue the Arizona Board of Regents.
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Depression, anxiety, abuse continue during the pandemic, but so do help groups

The coronavirus has exacerbated existing challenges for some, but there are groups and resources that can help.
A view of downtown Tucson.

Arizona coronavirus news in brief, April 16

Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona: Elective surgeries, infection undercount, and more.
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Episode 228: Tracking the coronavirus in Arizona

A UArizona evolutionary biologist is leading a team of researchers to uncover where the coronavirus first emerged in Arizona.
Arizona Game and Fish said April 15 they found bald eagles nesting in a large saguaro near a central Arizona reservoir.

Bald eagles, eaglets found nesting in arms of saguaro

Officials said the last known mention of such a site was a 1937 record.
The University of Arizona campus, August 2018.

UA faculty share expertise, ideas in COVID-19 research group

They aim to help bolster ongoing efforts to flatten the curve and improve future responses to pandemics.
File image of patients in the lobby of El Rio Health in Tucson.

The role of community in supporting vulnerable groups during pandemic

A discussion with University of Arizona anthropologist Megan Carney.
A cross atop the Saint Augustine Cathedral in Tucson, June 2017.

Funeral home adapts, scales back ceremonies amid COVID-19 outbreak

How the pandemic is changing long-held traditions and rituals.
University of Arizona President Bobby Robbins during an interview with Arizona 360 on April 15, 2020.

UA president discusses antibody testing, financial impact of pandemic

The university plans to distribute 250,000 antibody tests for health care workers and first responders across Arizona.
A soldier in a masks boards a plane at Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista on the way to his next duty station, April 2020.

Fort Huachcua commander on COVID-19 precautions on post

The post confirmed its first case at the beginning of April.
A look at soldiers' boots as they make their way between sessions during training at Fort Huachuca, October 2019.

Fort Huachuca pandemic precautions, UA president, funerals impacted

Plus, what role community has in supporting vulnerable groups during the pandemic.
Handmade masks made by Robyn Pomonis during the COVID-19 pandemic in April 2020.

Tucsonans hear Banner Health's call for homemade masks

The Banner Health Foundation hopes to receive 100,000 "social comfort masks" for employees not working with COVID-19 patients.
Still image from a video provided by ACLU Arizona. The video shows a parked Customs and Border Protection vehicle at Diamond Children's Medical Center, located at Banner-University Medical Center, which the ACLU says was recorded on March 20.

ACLU calls on Border Patrol to halt enforcement at hospitals, other 'sensitive locations'

A video sent to the legal aid group shows an agency vehicle parked at a COVID-19 testing site.
Director of Clinic Operations Dilia Ayala (right) does a telehealth appointment with Dr. Uzma Jafri. The all-volunteer staff at the Phoenix Allies for Community Health clinic serves people with limited access to care.

Incomplete data and lack of testing means Arizona COVID-19 cases are undercounted

The governor has vowed to ramp up testing throughout Arizona, but the state’s information about current cases is still murky.

Pima County records a rise in deaths by suicide in March

The sharpest increase came in the second half of the month.
Image shows the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft approaching the asteroid Bennu in an April 14 rehearsal of the sample collection.

OSIRIS-REx passes milestone by rehearsing approach to asteroid

The first major rehearsal had the added challenge of COVID-19, which meant the mission's team could not be together for the test.

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