The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued its first guidelines for celebrating Halloween amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The CDC has listed a number of ways to celebrate the holiday and categorized them as low, moderate or high-risk activities. “High Risk” Halloween activities: Traditional trick-or-treating Crowded indoor costume parties Indoor haunted houses...
Read MoreWith no Arizona State Fair this year because of the coronavirus pandemic, fair lovers now will have the option of experiencing a tasty alternative. The fair is offering its fried food-to-go drive-thru event for two weekends at the fairgrounds, located near 19th Avenue and McDowell Road in central Phoenix. The event will be available...
Read MoreBanner Health recently announced that it is now offering drive-thru flu shots at its site on the Arizona State Fairgrounds. Located at 1826 W. McDowell Rd. in Phoenix, the site will be open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. and on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon. The site will be...
Read MoreU.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has joined a bipartisan push to make Arizona home base for the recently created U.S. Space Force. The Democrat sent a letter to Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett on Thursday making the case that the Phoenix or Tucson areas “meet all of the Department’s screening and evaluation criteria and would...
Read MoreJustice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death on Friday, just six weeks before Election Day, has unleashed a battle over whether President Donald Trump should nominate — and the Republican-led Senate should confirm — her successor, or whether the seat should remain vacant until the outcome of the 2020 Presidential Election is determined. Trump had previously...
Read MoreAs disinfectant wipes and bottles of hand sanitizers continue to fly off store shelves amid the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. government issued a stamp of approval for an additional household cleaning product. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) gave Pine-Sol Original Multi-Surface Cleaner the approval “for kill claims against SARS-Cov-2, the virus that causes...
Read MoreThe Maricopa County Elections Department has approved plans for how voters can submit their selections for the November general election. The county’s plan includes preparations for the possibility of a historic turnout, expanded voter access and new safety measures brought on by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Voter registration for the November election ends Oct....
Read MoreArizona’s largest hospital network has eased visitor restrictions that have been in place throughout the COVID-19 pandemic at most of its inpatient facilities. Banner Health last week started allowing one visitor per patient per day in the Phoenix, Tucson and Casa Grande areas. The network hadn’t allowed visitors since implementing restrictions in March. Visits,...
Read MoreThe woman operating a self-driving Uber that hit and killed a pedestrian crossing Mill Avenue in March 2018 is facing a negligent homicide charge and possible prison time for not controlling the vehicle, the Maricopa County attorney announced Tuesday. It was the first pedestrian fatality involving a self-driving vehicle in the country. Rafaela Vasquez,...
Read MoreThere are less than 50 days until the November election. In order to participate in the most talked about election of the decade, you’ll need to get some things done before it’s too late. You’ll need to register, request a ballot if you’d prefer to fill out your ballot at home, make sure you...
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