Arizona

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A star volleyball setter at Fairfax High, she gave up a University of Arizona scholarship her freshman year after breaking her wrist and finding it “too hard to watch the games and not be involved.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

The California city—once a poster child for drought—is producing so much fresh water with its Carlsbad ocean-desalination plant that Arizona and Nevada are pursuing deals for millions of gallons.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

As he arrived for an event in Phoenix, Arizona, on Friday, Trump was asked by reporters about the Anthropic CEO's visit to the White House.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

“This failure to comply with the bedrock agreement among the seven Colorado River states is itself a serious development that Arizona will assess and will respond to accordingly in time,” it said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

A version of Mom, maybe, who lived in Arizona.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix