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Bias-response teams criticized for sanitizing campuses of conservative voices

Conservative students, controversial national speakers and followers of the alt-right movement claim colleges are sanitizing campuses of dissent, in violation of the First Amendment’s right to free speech.


From shipyard to Top 25 coach: San Diego State meaningful to ASU’s Edwards

TEMPE – From head coach Herm Edwards to defensive coordinator Danny Gonzales, San Diego State has special meaning to ASU football staff.


Despite rough patches, officials recall McCain’s service to Native Americans

WASHINGTON - Mention the late Sen. John McCain and images of a war hero or a presidential candidate come to mind - but for far longer than he spent in those roles, McCain was a friend, and sometimes irritant, to Indian Country, say many who called him a firm advocate for tribal rights.


One day after appointment, Kyl sworn in to fill McCain’s Senate seat

WASHINGTON - Sen. Jon Kyl was welcomed back to the Senate with smiles, handshakes and applause Wednesday as he was sworn back in, less than 24 hours after he was named to fill the seat of the late Sen. John McCain.


First day of hearings on Kavanaugh nomination highlights partisan divide

WASHINGTON - In the first of what is expected to several days of contentious hearings, Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake was generally upbeat about Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh but said he wants to question the Trump nominee on his views on separation of powers and executive privilege.


Experts: Constituents should see smooth transition from McCain to Kyl

WASHINGTON - Gov. Doug Ducey's of former Sen. Jon Kyl to fill the seat of the last Sen. John McCain, coming just days after McCain's funeral, should provide what will be a "near-seamless" transition as far as constituents are concerned, with Kyl inheriting McCain's office and, likely, much of his staff.


Museum honors McCain with portrait that captures his ‘timeless values’

WASHINGTON - Images of Sen. John McCain have been hard to avoid for the past week - McCain the POW, the presidential candidate, the maverick politician. But until Monday, few had seen the photo of McCain now displayed at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery.


Vietnam Wall ceremony pays final tribute to key part of McCain’s history

WASHINGTON - Applause is not often heard around the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, but that was the response from a few hundred people who came to see Cindy McCain place a wreath in honor of her husband, Sen. John McCain, who spent years as a Vietnamese prisoner of war.


Thousands line up for McCain, called one of our ‘bravest souls’

WASHINGTON - Arizona Sen. John McCain lay in state Friday in the U.S. Capitol, honored by the nation's top elected officials and then by thousands who waited in wilting heat for the chance to file past his flag-draped casket.


Vietnamese restaurant was unlikely healing spot for McCain, other POWs

ARLINGTON, Va. - A Vietnamese restaurant may seem an unlikely place for Vietnam veterans to gather, but for more than 30 years the vets - including Sen. John McCain and many other former prisoners of war - have been coming to Nam Viet on Tet, the Vietnamese new year, to reminisce and to heal.


Gas prices up, so is travel as Arizonans grab end-of-summer holiday

WASHINGTON - Gas prices are up, but that does not seem to have dampened desire for travel this holiday weekend, with airlines predicting a record 16 million fliers and AAA Arizona expecting strong motor traffic closer to home for the weekend.


‘We shall not see his like again’: John McCain leaves Arizona for the final time

Former Vice President Joe Biden, Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald and businessman Tommy Espinoza, close friends of John McCain, eulogized the Arizona senator during a memorial service Thursday, just before his body was flown out of the state.