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Everything You Need to Know for 2022 WCWS

From the defending champ Sooners to the unseeded underdogs, here are the top story lines before the tournament gets underway in Oklahoma City.

Sports Illustrated · Jun 2, 2022

Carl P. Leubsdorf: These elections are key to 2024 election

The most important recent long-term election result may have been Brad Raffensperger’s resounding victory in Georgia’s Republican primary for secretary of state.

Tribune News Service · Jun 2, 2022

GOP lawsuit halts most migration from Mexico. Yet, desperate people continue to cross

A Tucson, Ariz. shelter for migrant asylum seekers crossing into the US is seeing record capacity, despite a federal judge's order upholding Trump-era public health border restrictions.

WEKU · Jun 1, 2022

Cities in Arizona, Texas and Florida lead population boom

The U.S. is spreading out, heading South and West and creating new boomtowns, tech hubs and rising power centers.

Axios · May 30, 2022

GOP’s Biggs says Jan. 6 committee exceeds authority in subpoena

Representative Andy Biggs of Arizona is the latest House Republican to formally object to being subpoenaed to testify before a congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol.

Tribune News Service · May 29, 2022

'I fled UK after splitting up from my pal's brother - then married him 24 years later'

Amanda Piper from Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, split from her childhood sweetheart, Jonathan, when she was 18, after two years of dating

Daily Mirror · May 28, 2022

Phoenix cops find 1,200 catalytic converters as thefts soar

An Arizona man is facing multiple theft charges after detectives found a huge stash of stolen catalytic converters packed into a storage unit in Phoenix

The Independent UK · May 27, 2022

In Arizona, Republican candidates have spent $9.6 million more than Democrats

In Arizona, state-level candidates spent $22.2 million between Jan. 1, 2021, and March 31, 2022. Democratic candidates spent $6.26 million and Republican candidates spent $15.82 million. 

Ballotpedia · May 27, 2022

PayPal Lays Off Employees As Growth Stagnates After Pandemic Recovery, Supply Chain Disruptions

PayPal Holdings, Inc (NASDAQ:PYPL) began laying off risk management and operations employees working in Chicago, Omaha, Nebraska, and Chandler, Arizona, this week, Bloomberg reports. PayPal ended 2021 with 30,900 employees, a 33% increase from pre-pandemic levels.  PayPal incurred $20 million in costs tied to its restructuring in the first three months of…

Benzinga · May 27, 2022

Cops: 500,000 fentanyl pills found in Arizona traffic stop

Arizona police say two women were arrested after about 500,000 fentanyl pills were found in an SUV pulled over for speeding

The Independent UK · May 25, 2022