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The Daily Universe By FELICIA FONESCA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The largest Native American reservation in the U.S. includes parts of three Arizona counties, all of which had different approaches to precinct voting in the 2020 general election. Voters in Apache County had to cast ballots at the polling location they were assigned. People registered in Navajo County could vote anywhere in the county. Coconino County used a hybrid model. The Navajo Nation has long argued the appr...

Tribes say voting access hurt by US Supreme Court ruling Felicia Fonseca Tags:  Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018, photo, Brandon Nez displays his flag at near his jewelry stand in Monument Valley, Utah, where tourists stand the highway to recreate a famous running scene from the movie "Forest Gump". As Native American tribes around the country fight for increased access to the ballot box, Navajo voters in one Utah county could ti...

Bad news. It only works if you get the shot. That’s the message that jumps out from two studies of the impact of the vaccine on the lethal spread of the virus in the nation’s nursing homes. One study proves the vaccine has dramatically reduced deaths in the most vulnerable group in the country — protecting both the vaccinated and the unvaccinated alike. Although some people who have gotten their shots can still be infected — most have few symptoms. However, the second study ...

Don’t end up in the hospital. So did that convince you to get a shot? Turns out those arguments worked great — but only for about half the adult population. But how do you convince the other 40% of the adult population to get the shot? If we don’t, the pandemic will linger on indefinitely, say public health experts. In Gila County, 38% of all residents and 80% of all those over 65 are now fully vaccinated — which means they have 95% protection against contracting or spreadin...

This is a map of America’s broadband problem A county-by-county look at the broadband gap Share this story If broadband access was a problem before 2020, the pandemic turned it into a crisis. As everyday businesses moved online, city council meetings or court proceedings became near-inaccessible to anyone whose connection couldn’t support a Zoom call. Some school districts started providing Wi-Fi hotspots to students without a reliable home connection. In other districts, kids set up in McD...

  A new dataset of actual broadband speeds that consumers are seeing in the U.S. is showing a stark disparity between Federal Communication Commission claims and the reality of the situation. The anonymized data was collected by Microsoft through its cloud services and published over the past 18 months. The Verge used the data to create a map of the U.S. showing where the broadband problem is the worst. The blue-colored areas are U.S. counties where less than 15% of people are using the inter...

Arizona reports 652 new cases of COVID-19; 17,344 total deaths Pima County reports 72 new cases COVID-19: Things you can do at home to manage it By KOLD News 13 Staff | January 29, 2020 at 12:13 PM MST - Updated May 3 at 9:14 AM TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - Arizona reported 652 new cases of COVID-19, and 0 new deaths on Monday, May 3. The Arizona Department of Health Services said there have been 17,344 deaths due to COVID-19 across the state since the pandemic began. Track COVID-19 case...

Top 10 Killers that Started Down a Dark Path at an Early Age 10 Harvey Miguel Robinson, 17 Years Old The Story of Harvey Miguel Robinson Harvey Miguel Robinson is from Allentown, Pennsylvania, and is one of the youngest serial killers on death row. He was 17 when he first committed murder in August 1992. Police caught Robinson on July 31st, 1993, after he raped but failed to kill Denise Cali on June 28th, 1993. Robinson returned to Cali’s house, where police were waiting. Since Cali bit Robin...

Arizona reports 356 new cases of COVID-19; 17,344 total deaths Pima County reports 50 new cases COVID-19: Things you can do at home to manage it By KOLD News 13 Staff | January 29, 2020 at 12:13 PM MST - Updated May 2 at 10:35 AM TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - Arizona reported 356 new cases of COVID-19, and 19 new deaths on Sunday, May 2. The Arizona Department of Health Services said there have been 17,344 deaths due to COVID-19 across the state since the pandemic began. Track COVID-19 ca...

Arizona reports 603 new cases of COVID-19; 17,282 total deaths Pima County reports 35 new cases COVID-19: Things you can do at home to manage it By KOLD News 13 Staff | January 29, 2020 at 12:13 PM MST - Updated April 28 at 9:09 AM TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - Arizona reported 603 new cases of COVID-19, and 6 new deaths on Wednesday, April 28. The Arizona Department of Health Services said there have been 17,282 deaths due to COVID-19 across the state since the pandemic began. Track COVI...