‘No surprise to me’: Dominant Ayton an expectation for Suns
PHOENIX - Phoenix Suns center Deandre Ayton broke out for his best two games of the 2020-21 season this week. But nothing he did was anything his coaches and teammates felt was out of reach.
Battling adversity all season, ASU men’s basketball enters rivalry week with nothing to lose
TEMPE - Battling adversity, ASU men’s basketball enters pivotal rivalry week
Biden’s path to citizenship for immigrants could face an uphill battle
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden unveiled a sweeping immigration reform bill that would create changes for DACA, undocumented immigrants and ban on travel from Muslim-majority countries.
Trump pardons former Rep. Rick Renzi for fraud, extortion convictions
WASHINGTON - In one of his last acts as president, Donald Trump pardoned two Arizonans, including former Rep. Rick Renzi, who was convicted of extortion, racketeering and other charges, and a one-time bank robber who supporters say turned his life around.
Distant but devoted, Biden supporters gear up for virtual inauguration
WASHINGTON - COVID-19 and heightened security have made the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden a largely virtual affair. But after a year of virtual conventions, virtual schooling. even virtual legislating, Arizonans are taking the distance inauguration in stride.
‘I’m not surprised’: Report of harassment by fired Mets GM prompts anger, shock
PHOENIX - News that former Diamondbacks executive Jared Porter sent sexually explicit texts to a female reporter drew widespread criticism.
‘They really do exist’: Coyotes fans welcome in-person experience
GLENDALE - The Arizona Coyotes opened the 2020-2021 season at Gila River Arena as a limited number of socially distanced, masked-up fans cheered.
Washington in unprecedented lockdown days before Biden’s inauguration
WASHINGTON - When President-elect Joe Biden is sworn in Wednesday, it will be in front of a National Mall fenced off to crowds, just one in a series of extraordinary security measures put in place the face of threats of armed protests by right-wing and pro-Trump groups.
Health officials ramp up COVID-19 vaccines with new sites, eligibility
WASHINGTON - The Arizona Department of Health Services said Friday it is expanding its COVID-19 vaccination programs, adding distribution at pharmacies and at a second state-run site in the East Valley and broadening the number of people eligible for the vaccine.
Officials prep for possible inauguration protests at Arizona Capitol
WASHINGTON - The Arizona Capitol is surrounded by two rows of chain-link fence and police presence has been increased, as authorities brace for possible violence in response to the inauguration next week of President-elect Joe Biden.
He’s ready to rumbbbbbble: Former ASU wrestler Levi ‘Tucker’ Cooper embracing WWE
PHOENIX – Former ASU wrestler and All-American Levi Cooper is now a WWE superstar with Monday Night Raw.
Reading, listening, learning: ASU Libraries provides public BLM resource guide
PHOENIX – ASU Libraries supports its community by creating a comprehensive resource guide on anything and everything related to Black Lives Matter.
