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Extremism, Anti-Semitism In Arizona: 30 Incidents In 2019
The Anti-Defamation League says incidents of extremism and anti-Semitism went up nearly 32 percent nationwide in 2019.

Sharon Hess is a contributing editor for Patch Media, covering Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona. While she has worked in other fields, journalism is the only career she ever really loved. She worked several years as a freelance journalist and copy editor for the community-based SanTan Sun News, and as a technical magazine editor at OpenSystems Media. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Journalism from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University.
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The Anti-Defamation League says incidents of extremism and anti-Semitism went up nearly 32 percent nationwide in 2019.

Here are some of the best Presidents Day sales at Walmart, Old Navy, Best Buy, Macy's and other retailers in Phoenix on Monday.
Here are some of the best Presidents Day sales at Walmart, Old Navy, Best Buy, Macy's and other retailers in Tucson on Monday.
U of A's Jupiter Io moon mission proposal was named a finalist in NASA's Discovery mission contest. But the team has a lot more to do.
Quite a few I-10 freeway ramps in Phoenix are scheduled for closure this weekend. I-17 will also experience restrictions.
Phoenix police Wednesday booked a 19-year-old suspect on one count of first-degree murder in a January shooting death near 11th and Grovers.
One Tucson motorist is dead after another ran a red light Wednesday morning at the I-10 Frontage Road and 29th Street intersection.
Presidents Day on Monday means most City of Tucson employees have the day off. Here's how that affects your trash and recycling pickup.
A hospitalized man police are calling "uncooperative" was shot at a Phoenix convenience store Wednesday. A store employee was also injured.
A Neighbors app video caught a Scottsdale bobcat chasing a nearby rabbit, then quickly giving up. Maybe it wasn't mealtime yet.
Pima Animal Care Center (PACC) is teaming with Wings of Rescue to fly at-risk pets from Tucson to other U.S. shelters and rescue partners.
Tucson Water is inviting the public to provide their input on its "One Water" 8-decade resource management plan, in development now.
These 10 Tucson restaurants were rated among the most romantic in the city by TripAdvisor.com reviewers.
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A Phoenix pedestrian is in critical condition after she was struck by a vehicle at the I-17 overpass and Dunlap Avenue Wednesday morning.
A Phoenix school was on lockdown Wednesday morning while police attempted to arrest a burglary suspect who refused to come down from a roof.
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A Tucson driver died Saturday from injuries sustained in a left-turn collision Jan. 12 at the intersection of Kolb and 22nd.
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Rene D. Perkins was arrested in connection with the shooting death of Isaack Drain in Phoenix near 17th Avenue and Glendale Wednesday.