Arizona
Abortion rights group opposes effort to restore Arizona ban
PHOENIX (AP) — Deliberate Parenthood Arizona mentioned in a authorized submitting on July 20 the courts have to “harmonize” the state’s two totally different legal guidelines on abortion after Lawyer Normal Mark Brnovich moved final week to reinstate an virtually full ban on the process courting again greater than a century.
Brnovich on July 13 requested a courtroom in Tucson to raise an order that had blocked the sooner ban. The newly conservative U.S. Supreme Courtroom in June overturned the Roe v. Wade choice, leaving it as much as states to determine regulate abortions.
Deliberate Parenthood Arizona mentioned in its new courtroom submitting that suppliers should now navigate inconsistent statements from elected officers and insisted “this courtroom has an obligation to harmonize the entire Arizona Legislature’s enactments as they exist at present.”
Brnovich had mentioned the U.S. Supreme Courtroom’s choice to overturn Roe v. Wade meant that Arizona’s previous regulation banning all abortions besides when the girl’s life was in danger ought to now be enforceable.
Arizona additionally has a regulation banning abortion after 15 weeks of being pregnant that Republican Gov. Doug Ducey signed into regulation in March. Ducey has insisted it takes priority over the near-total ban Brnovich needs to implement.
“The Supreme Courtroom rightly returned this vital problem to our elected representatives,” Brittni Thomason, spokeswoman for Brnovich’s workplace, mentioned Wednesday. “In Arizona, our legislature has constantly re-affirmed our current regulation previous to Roe v. Wade, most lately with laws handed by lawmakers and signed by the governor earlier this 12 months.
“Whereas we anticipate the courtroom to problem its opinion, we are going to proceed to hunt to guard probably the most weak,” she added.
Deliberate Parenthood Arizona’s CEO Brittany Fonteno mentioned Wednesday that Brnovich “is enjoying politics on the expense of Arizonans’ lives.”
“We all know that Arizonans are overwhelmingly in favor of abortion entry, and Deliberate Parenthood will proceed to battle these assaults to make sure that everybody will get the well being care they want and deserve,” Fonteno mentioned.
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Arizona
Post-holiday rush has Arizona shoppers returning gifts, spending holiday cash
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Christmas is over, but the stores and malls are busy one day later—shoppers either returning gifts that weren’t quite right or spending some of that holiday cash.
“A lot of the stores we went to, you had to wait in lines just to get from one store to the other,” said Jeannie Mac. “It was pretty busy.”
When you think of holiday shopping, you often think of items flying off the shelves.
“There are a lot of discounts at target, 50% off all decorations. You’d be surprised. The shelves are a little empty,” said shopper Joseph Caruana.
But the day after Christmas, many of those items end up back in-store. This year, returns are expected to add up to 17% of all merchandise sales, according to a recent report by the National Retail Federation. It’s about $890 billion in returned unneeded or unwanted gifts.
However, not everyone was there for returns or exchanges.
“Everyone enjoyed the presents, so didn’t have to return anything, thankfully,” said Max Miely.
Many people Arizona’s Family spoke with were mainly there looking to spend their holiday money, including Jenn Neild, who was visiting from Canada.
“We’re just looking around for some post Christmas deals, Boxing Day deals,” she said.
Boxing Day is traditionally a holiday similar to Black Friday, celebrated in the U.K. and Canada.
It was a good opportunity for shoppers who came out ready to use their holiday gift cards or, in other cases, to claim their Christmas gifts.
“We just went to go get my cousins ear pierced for her Christmas present and we’re going to be shopping for pajamas and different things,” said Morgan Uperesa, another shopper.
Because Dec. 26 and Dec. 27 are historically the busiest days for returns, the Better Business Bureau advises you to bring any receipts to the store.
If you don’t have one, they say you should know the rules on returns without it.
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Arizona
Cardinals RB James Conner Gets Encouraging Update
ARIZONA — Arizona Cardinals head coach Jonathan Gannon says the progress of running back James Conner has been “good” this week as the team prepares to battle the Los Angeles Rams in Week 17.
Gannon, however, wouldn’t elaborate more on Conner and didn’t reveal if he’d play in Saturday night’s primetime battle.
Conner is dealing with a knee injury suffered in the second half of Week 16’s loss to the Carolina Panthers, a 36-30 overtime defeat that saw Arizona’s postseason dreams officially end.
Conner was a limited participant in the two prior practice days for Arizona and if he is again the same for Thursday, it’s likely he’ll officially be ruled questionable when the injury report drops later today.
“We’ll see how he goes throughout the week. I know he wants to play, so we’ll do what’s best for him first and then what’s best for the team,” Gannon said of Conner earlier this week.
Once again, Conner has been one of Arizona’s top players throughout the course of the season, once again eclipsing the 1,000-yard rushing mark as the engine of the Cardinals’ offense.
The ink just dried on Conner’s two-year extension to stay in Arizona, as the running back was set to test the free agent market before the Cardinals re-signed him earlier in the year.
If he can go, Conner hopes to help play the role of spoiler in Los Angeles, as the Rams can win the NFC West with a victory over Arizona and a little help.
Arizona
Report of shots fired at Phoenix Sky Harbor prompts heavy police presence
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Gunshots reportedly rang out at Terminal 4 of Phoenix Sky Harbor on Christmas night.
Airport officials tell Arizona’s Family that police responded to reports of gunfire around 9:40 p.m. on Wednesday.
One security checkpoint and the PHX Sky Train was temporarily closed as part of the investigation, however the areas have since reopened.
At this time, police have not confirmed if anyone is injured or if anyone has been taken into custody in connection with the shooting.
Arizona’s Family has a crew on scene. Check back for updates
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