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The press release that went out on July 6, 1969, began: “The United States will launch a three-man spacecraft toward the Moon on July 16 with the goal of landing two astronaut explorers on the lunar surface four days later.”

Gazing over the cotton fields on his 300-acre farm outside Casa Grande, Paul “Paco” Ollerton weighed the risks and opportunities of a new crop that is now legal to grow for the first time in decades.

A Tucson man who spent 42 years in prison on 28 arson-related murder counts that were later vacated cannot now collect damages for the years he spent behind bars, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.

The Mexican ambassador to the U.S. said July 3 that his country’s relationship with the Trump administration is in better shape than it was a year and a half ago, but that there is still room for improvement.

The opinion is narrowly written and legal experts are split on whether it applies to other public figures operating social media sites. But a lawsuit against an Arizona lawmaker aims to find out.

U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake, who is expected to face a tough re-election campaign next year, has started aggressively fundraising, and reported having almost $3 million in the bank.

Arizona cybersecurity experts called the recent international cyberattack known as “WannaCry” among the worst they have seen, and warned about the country’s lack of cybersecurity preparation.

The White House said its proposed $4.09 trillion budget shows “respect for the people who pay the bills,” but Arizona Democrats said deep domestic cuts make it a “dangerous plan” that will hurt the most vulnerable Americans.

Arizona may have made headlines in 2016 when voters waited up to five hours just to cast a ballot in the presidential preference election, but voting rights advocates said these kinds of problems are nothing new.

Reagan was the featured speaker at a National Association of Secretaries of State convention in Washington, where she touched on everything from long lines at polling places to Russian hacking, and the headaches that come with each.