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Former Mercury forward Cierra Burdick find success with Team USA women’s 3×3 basketball

PARIS - Former Mercury forward Cierra Burdick has become the leader of the Team USA 3x3 basketball team that aims to win back-to-back gold medals.

Former Phoenix Mercury Cierra Burdick played for seven WNBA teams over five seasons and now finds herself representing the Team USA 3x3 women's basketball team in the Paris Olympics. (Photo by Spencer Barnes/Special for Cronkite News)

Teacher shortages persist in Arizona but may be easing

WASHINGTON – The teacher shortage in Arizona is showing signs of easing as the 2024-25 school year draws closer.

Arizona’s teacher shortage has shown signs of improvement compared to last year. Desert Edge High School in Glendale will be fully staffed when classes begin in August 2024, according to principal Gretchen Hann. (Photo courtesy of Desert Edge High School)

Life-saving method: Medevac helicopters start carrying blood, but what about ambulances?

PHOENIX – Blood in ambulances is proven to save more lives because patients are able to get transfusions faster. Other states are beginning to carry blood in ambulances, but Arizona hasn’t implemented this yet, at least not on the ground.

Pints of O negative blood sit in a refrigerator at the Vitalant Tempe donation center on June 20, 2024. Blood needs to be kept at a certain temperature until the moment it is transfused. (Photo by Grace Hand/Cronkite News)

‘One For All’ campaign hopes to unite U.S. athletes, fans during unprecedented time of division

PARIS – With individual and team sports highlighting the Olympic slate, the USOPC hopes its athletes are as united as ever in pursuit of glory. Its marketing department has come up with a “One For All” campaign as the official rallying cry for the Paris Games, which is one part fundraiser, one part attempt to numb the divisiveness that has come to divide the U.S.

The Team USA House at Palais Brongniart sports the red, white and blue of the U.S. flag and offers a home base for fans to cheer on Team USA athletes. (Photo by Alexis Heichman/Special for Cronkite News)

Double duty: Kevin Guy, Jeff Jarnigan manage coaching and front office duties while leading Arizona Rattlers into another postseason

GLENDALE – When the Arizona Rattlers begin the Indoor Football League playoffs Saturday, they’ll be led by men wearing many hats: Kevin Guy, head coach and president of business operations; and Jeff Jarnigan, defensive line and special teams coordinator who is also the general manager.

Kevin Guy, head coach and president of business operations for the Arizona Rattlers, leads the team into their 27th indoor football playoff appearance. (File photo by Cuyler Meade/Cronkite News)

Proposed federal commission would investigate abuses at Native American boarding schools that operated until the 1970s

WASHINGTON – A move is underway in Congress to create a commission to expose abuses at Native American boarding schools.

Navajo Girls brought to a boarding school from Keams Canyon. Photo dated June 19, 1923. (Photo courtesy of Fort Apache Central Classified Files, Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, National Archives)

Eyeing gold: U.S. women’s soccer team brings high expectations to Paris Olympics

PARIS – After failing to win its last two major tournaments, the U.S. women’s soccer teams looks to win gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics under new coach Emma Hayes and a young group of players.

As an interim coach for the U.S. women's soccer team, former University of Arizona soccer player Twila Kilgore led the group to 10 wins, three draws and one loss while in charge. (Photo by Jason Mowry/Getty Images)

Mark Kelly VP: What would Arizona senator, in office just four years, bring to the Kamala Harris ticket if she taps him for vice president?

WASHINGTON – Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly is somewhat more centrist than other candidates being vetted as a potential running mate by Vice President Kamala Harris. But his relative inexperience and stances on unions, guns and Israel could hold him back in the veepstakes.

Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz. Is one of the top contenders in the veepstakes (File photo by Meg Potter/Cronkite News)

Arizona’s Proposition 314, authorizing local enforcement of federal immigration law, would face legal hurdles if approved

WASHINGTON – Arizona’s Proposition 314 is certain to face legal challenges over provisions that would give police the power to arrest migrants and state courts the power to deport them.

Alejandra Gomez, executive director of Living United for Change in Arizona (LUCHA), speaks out about Proposition 314. “While Republicans believe this will rally their base, I can assure you that a different story will be told on the day after the election,” she said at a news conference in front of the Arizona Supreme Court building in Phoenix on June 5, 2024. (File photo by Stella Subasic/Cronkite News)

Former ASU swimmer Léon Marchand looks to follow in Michael Phelps’ footsteps, dominate Paris Olympics

PARIS – Former ASU swimmer Léon Marchand is among the most high-profile Olympic athletes heading into the Paris Games. Now, he’s following a familiar path paved by the best swimmer of all time to achieve his greatness.

Leon Marchand has returned to his hometown of Toulouse, France, to train before an Olympics that will feature an international spotlight. (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images)

State of Phoenix Rising: New coach, new questions amid return to USL playoff picture

PHOENIX – A new coach and new player helped lead Phoenix Rising to a much needed win Friday night. But there are still many questions around the state of the club after Danny Stone was fired.

Phoenix Rising goalkeeper Rocco Ríos Novo maintains his sixth clean sheet of the season to keep El Paso Locomotive FC at bay during their 2-0 victory. (Photo courtesy of Phoenix Rising)

Hall of Famer Cheryl Miller set to lead WNBA All-Stars in Phoenix homecoming at 2024 All-Star game

PHOENIX – Cheryl Miller, basketball legend and former Mercury coach, returns to Phoenix to coach Team WNBA against the U.S. Women’s National Team in Saturday’s WNBA All-Star Game.

Cheryl Miller returns to the Footprint Center Saturday in the 2024 WNBA All-Star Game, this time as head coach of Team WNBA All-Stars. (Photo by Grace Hand/Cronkite News)