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The Latest: Shedd wins GOP nomination in 1st District

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A person is tested for the COVID-19 Coronavirus Tuesday, July 28, 2020 at Cesar Chavez City Park in Phoenix. The two-week testing event is aimed at bringing tests to Phoenix's Laveen neighborhood, home to many Latinos and Blacks who have been disproportionately affected by the coronavirus. Latino leaders say governments need to do more to communicate effectively with Hispanic communities to ensure people know where to get tested and encourage them to participate. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Latino leaders urge better promotion of free virus tests

By ANITA SNOW - Associated Press

Democrats’ primary focus: 6th Congressional District

By BOB CHRISTIE - Associated Press

In this May 20, 2020, photo provided by the Chicago Sky, Phoenix Mercury WNBA coach Sandy Brondello, rear, her husband Olaf Lange, left, an assistant coach for the WNBA Chicago Sky, and their children Brody, right, and Jayda eat at home in Phoenix, Ariz., while quarantining. The Brondello family is in the bubble in Bradenton, Fla. Sandy and Jayda are living in a hotel room while Olaf and Brody are in a villa on the IMG Academy property. There are no league rules preventing the couple to stay together with their two children but the coaches decided against it to maintain a level of professionalism. (Olaf Lange via AP)

Married WNBA coaches living in different places in bubble

By DOUG FEINBERG - Associated Press

In this file photo from July 15, 2020, local teacher Lisa Vaaler joins other teachers as they hold a #Return2SchoolSafely Motor March protest in Phoenix. At that protest, several Arizona teachers voiced fears about returning to school in a state that continues to be ravaged by the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) ** FILE **

Arizona teachers want school closures as virus cases rise

By TERRY TANG - Associated Press

People get tested at a drive thru coronavirus testing site at South Mountain Community College Thursday, July 9, 2020, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Arizona governor caps restaurant capacity as virus spreads

By BOB CHRISTIE and JONATHAN J. COOPER - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 6, 2006, file photo, college players scrimmage during an NBA pre-draft basketball camp at the Disney Wide World of Sports complex in Kissimmee, Fla. Most of the 22 remaining NBA teams were taking the court for the first mandatory workouts in nearly four months Wednesday, July 1, 2020, as the league continued prepping for the restart of the season at the Disney campus near Orlando, Florida. Workouts are still individual in nature, but are no longer voluntary. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

The bubble awaits: NBA teams set to start Disney arrivals

By TIM REYNOLDS - Associated Press

Medical personnel prepare to test hundreds of people lined up in vehicles Saturday, June 27, 2020, in Phoenix's western neighborhood of Maryvalefor free COVID-19 tests organized by Equality Health Foundation, which focuses on care in underserved communities. As coronavirus infections explode in states like Arizona and Florida, people in communities of color are fighting to get tested. Public health experts say wider testing helps people in underserved neighborhoods and is key to controlling a pandemic. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Latino, Black neighborhoods struggle with test disparities

By ANITA SNOW - Associated Press

A man wearing a protective face mask is silhouetted against a sunset in the city center after authorities eased the restrictions related to COVID-19, in Brasilia, Brazil, Saturday, July 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

The Latest: Australia’s most populous state to close border

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Jennifer Sposato, a trainer at Life Time health club, works out as the club remains open even as Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has issued an executive order for all gyms to close due to the surge in coronavirus cases in Arizona, Thursday, July 2, 2020, in Phoenix. For the third straight day, several health clubs in metro Phoenix were defying Ducey's 30-day shutdown order to close gyms, bars, water park and tubing businesses, raising questions about whether officials who have been criticized for responding indecisively to the pandemic will be effective in shutting down the clubs. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

2 dozen health clubs disobey Arizona’s gym closure order

By JACQUES BILLEAUD - Associated Press

Vice President Mike Pence, right, is greeted with an elbow bump by Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, left, as he arrives to discuss the surge in coronavirus cases Wednesday, July 1, 2020, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Pence backs Arizona business closures in coronavirus hotspot

By JONATHAN J. COOPER - Associated Press

Bottled Blonde, one of the many restaurant bars closed for the next 30 days due to the surge in coronavirus cases, is padlocked shut Tuesday, June 30, 2020, in Scottsdale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Arizona faces new closures as hospitals prep for virus surge

By JONATHAN J. COOPER and JACQUES BILLEAUD - Associated Press

A sign at the entrance to ESPN's Wide World of Sports at Walt Disney World is seen Wednesday, June 3, 2020, in Kissimmee, Fla. The NBA has told the National Basketball Players Association that it will present a 22-team plan for restarting the season at Disney. (AP Photo/John Raoux) **FILE**

The NBA is coming back, and here’s 10 things to know

By Tim Reynolds - Associated Press

Caroline Maloney stands outside HonorHealth's Scottsdale Osborn Medical Center at the end of her overnight shift early Friday, June 26, 2020 in Scottsdale, Ariz. Arizona nurses and doctors find themselves on the frontline as the coronavirus rips through the state, making it one of the world's hot spots. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Nurses, doctors feel strain as virus races through Arizona

By BOB CHRISTIE and JOSH HOFFNER - Associated Press

Phoenix communities eye water in Arizona’s rural areas

By BRET JASPERS - Associated Press

Arizona politician condemned for using Floyd’s last words

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Mesa officer charged with assault in on-duty shooting

By JACQUES BILLEAUD - Associated Press

Marine One, with President Donald Trump aboard, lifts off from the South Lawn of the White House, Tuesday, June 23, 2020, in Washington, en route to Andrews Air Force Base and on to Yuma, Ariz. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Police break up protest outside Trump rally in Phoenix

By JONATHAN J. COOPER - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks as he tours a section of the border wall, Tuesday, June 23, 2020, in San Luis, Ariz. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, second from right, and Rep. Debbie Lesko, R-Ariz., third from right. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

With student gathering, Trump gets a more boisterous crowd

By JONATHAN LEMIRE and AAMER MADHANI - Associated Press

Trump’s Arizona trip takes him to coronavirus hot spot

By JONATHAN J. COOPER - Associated Press