Melissa Daniels, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

Cindy McCain walks with her son Jack as the honor guard carries the casket after a memorial service for Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., at the North Phoenix Baptist Church on Thursday, in Phoenix.

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Friends call John McCain hero, maverick at Ariz. funeral

by Melissa Daniels Associated Press, and Nicholas Riccardi Associated PressAugust 30, 2018

PHOENIX — A former vice president, an NFL star and other friends remembered Sen. John McCain as a “true American hero” — and a terrible driver with a wicked sense of humor and love of a good battle — at a crowded church service Thursday for the…

Members of the public carry umbrellas as they line up to pay their respects to Sen. John McCain during a viewing at the Arizona Capitol on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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‘Real hero’: Crowds brave Arizona heat to honor John McCain

by Melissa Daniels Associated Press, and Terry Tang Associated PressAugust 29, 2018

The desk of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., is draped in black on the floor of the U.S. Senate on Monday, Aug. 27, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. McCain died at the age of 81, on Aug. 25, 2018, after battling brain cancer. (Senate Television via AP)

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McCain’s last letter a message of unity

by Melissa Daniels Associated Press, and Laurie Kellman Associated PressAugust 27, 2018

As flags fly at half-staff at the Arizona Capitol in memory of the late Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain, television crews broadcast live Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018, in Phoenix. McCain, the war hero who became the GOP's standard-bearer in the 2008 election, has died at the age of 81, Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018, after battling brain cancer. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

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Filling McCain’s seat a political balancing act

by Melissa Daniels Associated Press, and Nicholas Riccardi Associated PressAugust 26, 2018

Librarian Elaine Cecil, left, and teacher Erica Martinez, right, at Webster Elementary School, checks the contents of free food bags they donated for their students and families as they hand the bags out in front of the school during the fourth day of the state-wide teachers' strike Tuesday, May 1, 2018, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

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Arizona teachers to end strike if pay plan OK’d

by Melissa Daniels Associated PressMay 1, 2018