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TSMC to boost computer chip production in Arizona with $11.6 billion in federal grants, loans

The U.S. Department of Commerce announced Monday that the U.S. government will provide $11.6 billion in CHIPS Act funds to Taiwan Semiconductor to help the world’s largest chipmaker ramp up production of critical technology in Arizona. The Taiwanese company, which produces 90% of the world’s ultra-advanced semiconductors and supplies tech giants such as Apple and […]

Arizona Activists Say They Have Enough Signatures for Abortion Measure

Left-wing activists in Arizona say they have gathered enough signatures to advance a ballot measure that would add abortion rights to the state constitution. Access to abortion in Arizona — union of the group containing ACLU of Arizona, Reproductive Health Affirming, Arizona List, Healthcare Rising Arizona, NARAL Arizona, and Planned Parenthood of Arizona submitted the […]

UConn finally arrives in Arizona for Final Four after plane nightmare

STORRS, Conn. — After long delays and red-eye flights, defending national champion UConn finally touched down in Arizona for the Final Four at 3:15 a.m. MST Thursday. The Huskies departed from Bradley International Airport near Hartford at around 1:30 a.m. EDT after the plane, which was scheduled to depart around 6 p.m. EDT, encountered a […]

Hot air balloon pilot in deadly Arizona crash had ketamine in system, reports say

The pilot of a hot air balloon that crashed in the Arizona desert earlier this year, killing four people, reportedly had elevated levels of ketamine in his system. A coroner’s report obtained by USA Today said 37-year-old Cornelius van der Walt had enough ketamine in his blood to be considered impaired. He did not have […]

Arizona abortion rights group secures signatures for 2024 ballot referendum

Activists in Arizona say they have collected enough signatures to put a constitutional amendment on the state’s ballot in November that would create a “fundamental right” to abortion. Arizona for Abortion Access, a coalition of pro-choice groups including the ACLU of Arizona and Planned Parenthood Advocates of Arizona, announced it has collected more than 500,000 […]

Last USS Arizona Sailor Who Survived Pearl Harbor Attack Passes Away at 102

Lou Conter, last survivor of the battleship USS arizona The ship that sank during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor died. He was 102 years old. AP report Mr. Conter died Monday of congestive heart failure. His daughter LouAnn Daly said she and her two brothers, James and Jeff, were by his side in hospice […]