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Artwork depicting Apophis' close approach to Earth in 2029.

Asteroid Apophis serves as target practice for space rock hunters

The near-miss object will speed past Earth in 2029.
With nearly 42,000 incarcerated people, Arizona has one of the largest prison populations in the country.

Judge rejects Arizona prisoner’s bid to delay execution

Frank Atwood is scheduled to be executed on Wednesday.
A bicyclist rides along Morley Avenue in downtown Nogales, Arizona, on a recent weekday afternoon.

For border communities, fallout of crossing restrictions lingers but opportunity remains

Cities like Nogales, Arizona, are still feeling the ongoing consequences of Mexican shoppers being shut out for nearly two years.
More than one-third of households in Tucson are considered housing cost burdened.

Tucson housing market starts to cool off

Home prices are still on the rise, but not as dramatically.
Prince performing on his Purple Rain Tour on March 30, 1985. Syracuse, New York.

Prince and the Revolution: The Purple Rain Tour

SATURDAY at 9:30
Vikki, from "The Crone Body".

Praising the earned beauty of "The Crone Body".

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Therapist Susan Miner on building the foundation for inner peace; and the history behind Ormsby Park in Tucson's Barrio Santa Cruz.
Program director Rudy McCormack (center) and staff at UA College Academy for Parents.

New state grants help point families to higher education goals

University of Arizona College Academy for Parents encourages parents to start quest for college early.
Flames from the Obi Fire run parallel to a highway. Lightning sparked the fire near Walhalla Plateau in Arizona on July 21, 2018.

Here's how to help prevent wildfires this summer

Just over half of wildfires in the Southwest are human-caused.
A volunteer speaks to migrants keeping warm under an emergency blanket after an early-morning expulsion at the Migrant Resource Center in Agua Prieta.

A record 100 million people have been displaced from their homes worldwide

The UN refugee agency said the humanitarian response to the war in Ukraine has been overwhelming, but the same energy and attention must be given to crises around the world.
President Donald Trump greets the crowd at his rally at the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in October 2018.

Trump endorses investor Masters in Arizona Senate primary

Trump’s endorsement is likely to shake up a race with no clear frontrunner, which has been largely defined by jockeying for Trump’s support.

Watch Live: Biden delivers a primetime address on guns after recent mass shootings

THURSDAY, June 2 at 4:20pm
Ani Hovannisian in the hidden chapel of Hokeats Armenian Monastery, Monastery of the Spirits, outside the city of Van.

The Hidden Map

TUESDAY at 8
A June afternoon at Archer Pool, 1665 S. La Cholla Boulevard, 2018.

Lifeguard shortage leaves some Tucson pools closed

Blame the pandemic and rising wages.
The Arizona State Legislature in Phoenix.

Arizona Senate Democrats force vote on gun background checks

Tuesday's procedural move came a week after a man armed with two AR-15-type rifles killed 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.
A handgun and ammunition.

Pima County to offer gun locks

Free locks to be distributed at libraries and clinics.

State has mixed bag of growth in 2021

Census data show swings in local populations.

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