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Kevin Stone

Arizona House Democratic caucus back to full strength with Junelle Cavero's appointment

The Arizona House Democratic caucus is back to full strength after Junelle Cavero was appointed Tuesday to fill a vacant south Phoenix seat.

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Danny Shapiro

Here's what the public decided to name the baby goats at the Phoenix Zoo

Five baby goats born at the Phoenix Zoo last month now have names after more than 3,300 people voted on each set of kids.

Preston Lord was killed after being attacked at a Halloween party in Queen Creek on Oct. 28, 2023. ...

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Here's a timeline of everything involving Preston Lord, Gilbert Goons, East Valley youth violence

Here's a timeline of everything involving Preston Lord, the Gilbert Goons and youth violence that has occurred in the East Valley.

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Phoenix kindergarten teacher wins Bruce and Gaydos' teacher tribute for March

A Phoenix kindergarten teacher was named KTAR News 92.3 FM's Outspoken with Bruce and Gaydos' Pay Tribute to a Teacher winner for March, presented by Your Valley Toyota Dealers.

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Interstate 10 in Phoenix reopens in both directions after freeway fence climber causes shutdown

A man who climbed the I-10 freeway bridge near Seventh Avenue caused a shutdown of both the eastbound and westbound lanes Tuesday night.

Pedophilic burglar fought mother and father, Phoenix police say...

Serena O'Sullivan

Man accused of breaking into Phoenix home, entering young boy's room, fighting with parents

The Phoenix Police Department accused 25-year-old Abdullahi Aroni of being a pedophilic burglar in a Tuesday announcement.

ArizonaSports.com

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Kevin Zimmerman

James Jones touts Bradley Beal’s balance as Suns’ playoffs begin

Bradley Beal found a groove late in the regular season. James Jones spoke on him settling into his role before the playoffs.

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Arizona Sports

Coyotes ticket prices for final game in Arizona are bonkers

The ticket prices are reflecting the economy of this being the Arizona Coyotes' last game at Mullett Arena before a Utah move.

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Associated Press

Party or wake? Coyotes’ tenure in Arizona down to final game before move to Utah

The Arizona Coyotes dubbed Mullett Arena The Party Barn for its raucous, closed-quarters atmosphere. It's down to one last game.

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Arizona Sports

Jordan Montgomery to debut for Diamondbacks with start Friday vs. Giants

Jordan Montgomery will make his Arizona Diamondbacks debut Friday against the San Francisco Giants, manager Torey Lovullo told reporters.

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Arizona Sports

Arizona State basketball reportedly hires Jerrance Howard to Bobby Hurley’s coaching staff

Arizona State basketball has reportedly hired former Kansas and Texas assistant coach Jerrance Howard to join Bobby Hurley's staff.

Tommy Henry...

Alex Weiner

Diamondbacks roster moves: Tommy Henry optioned, Eduardo Rodriguez moved to 60-day IL

The Arizona Diamondback made roster moves to help the bullpen after back-to-back extra-inning games against the Chicago Cubs.

Arizona Business
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AI writing platform Content at Scale moving headquarters to Scottsdale

AI writing platform Content at Scale announced it is moving its headquarters across town from Glendale to Scottsdale,

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Kevin Stone

Arizona enters into multistate settlement with TradeStation over crypto investment program

Arizona has entered into a $1.5 million multistate settlement with TradeStation over a crypto interest-earning program.

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Danny Shapiro

Spring training attendance in Arizona rose in 2024 with help from World Series teams, Shohei Ohtani

Spring training attendance in Arizona increased for the third straight year and there were several contributing factors.

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A view of the copper dome atop the Arizona Capitol. Arizona Republican lawmakers are considering a ...

Kevin Stone

Arizona Republican lawmakers consider ballot strategy to counter abortion rights initiative

Arizona Republican lawmakers are considering a ballot-flooding strategy to counter a voter initiative that would ensure abortion rights.

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Nick Borgia

Warmer temperatures leads to increased rattlesnake activity in the Valley

The Banner Poison and Drug Information Center has seen an increase in rattlesnake activity in the Valley due to warmer weather.

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes speaks in Phoenix after the state Supreme Court issued a ruling...

Kevin Stone

Arizona AG Kris Mayes exploring legal options to thwart near-total abortion ban

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes thinks there is a legal path to preventing a near-total abortion ban from going into effect, but she's not taking anything for granted.

Arizona Votes

Arizona Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake speaks with reporters after leaving the office of Sen...

Kevin Stone

Arizona Republican Senate hopeful Kari Lake says she raised $4.1M in first quarter of 2024

Arizona Republican Kari Lake announced Monday that her U.S. Senate campaign raised $4.1 million in the first quarter of 2024.

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Jim Sharpe

AZ Political Podcast: Chuck Coughlin on Arizona's abortion ruling and its national effect

Chuck Coughlin lays out what the Arizona Supreme Court’s decision means for both Republicans and Democrats in this election year in this week's AZ Political Podcast.

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Damon Allred

Maricopa County reveals winners of 'I Voted' sticker design contests

Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer presented the winners of the county's "I Voted" sticker design contest on Monday.

Youth Violence

Preston Lord was killed after being attacked at a Halloween party in Queen Creek on Oct. 28, 2023. ...

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Here's a timeline of everything involving Preston Lord, Gilbert Goons, East Valley youth violence

Here's a timeline of everything involving Preston Lord, the Gilbert Goons and youth violence that has occurred in the East Valley.

Preston Lord murder suspect Talyn Vigil posted bond and was released from jail on April 12, 2024. (...

KTAR.com

Talyn Vigil, suspect in murder of Preston Lord, posts bonds and is released from jail

Talyn Vigil, one of seven suspects indicted in the murder of 16-year-old Preston Lord in Queen Creek, posted bond and was released from jail Friday, authorities said.

Hosts of a Halloween party have charges against them after death...

Serena O'Sullivan

Queen Creek police chief wants to hold hosts of party where Preston Lord was attacked accountable

Queen Creek Police Chief Randy Brice explains why his department submitted charges against the hosts of a Halloween party where a teen died.

Border and Immigration

Federal border response funds...

Nick Borgia

Arizona officials announce nearly $55M in federal border response funds

AZ Senators Mark Kelly and Kyrsten Sinema announced nearly $55M in federal border response funds to support Arizona's border communities.

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Damon Allred

Former U.S. border patrol agent sentenced to 18 years in prison for bribery and drug smuggling

A Buckeye man who served as a United States border patrol agent was sentenced to 18 years in prison and five years of supervised release.

Asylum seekers board a bus to a shelter in New York City on May 18, 2023. Arizona leaders say feder...

Kevin Stone

Arizona leaders urge federal officials to properly fund state's border shelter services

Arizona leaders are urging the Biden Administration to make sure the state gets its fair share of the $650 million recently allocated for border shelter services -- and soon.

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Jim Sharpe

We need an Easter basket of bucks delivered to the border—before Sunday

The recently passed budget signed by Joe Biden has border money in it, but Arizona needs that money right now, says KTAR News host Jim Sharpe.

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Associated Press

Trial underway for Arizona border rancher charged with killing migrant on his property

A 75-year-old Arizona rancher went on trial Friday in the fatal shooting of a migrant on his property near Mexico.

Texas immigration law causes border confusion in courts...

Associated Press

Anticipation and anger on Texas border as strict immigration law again on hold

Texan leaders want to arrest and deport migrants accused of entering the U.S. illegally. Courts are fighting the Texas immigration law.

Arizona Education

Headshots of Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs, left, and Liz Archuleta, whom Hobbs appointed to the Arizona...

Kevin Stone

Gov. Katie Hobbs makes her first appointments to Arizona Board of Regents

Gov. Katie Hobbs recently made her first appointments to the Arizona Board of Regents, which oversees the state’s three public universities.

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Kevin Stone

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoes school cellphone ban, says it's unnecessary

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed a proposed student cellphone ban, saying "schools are already addressing" the issue.

Life Skills Autism Academy staff member works with child with autism...

Nick Borgia

New therapy center through Centria Autism opens in Glendale

A new Life Skills Autism Academy (LSAA) center through Centria Autism opened in Glendale last week, officials announced Monday.

Arizona Homeless News

new shelter in west Phoenix has privacy, workforce assistance...

Serena O'Sullivan

Phoenix's Office of Homeless Solutions shares plan for new shelter with 280 beds

The city of Phoenix's Office of Homeless Solutions wants to create a new shelter in west Phoenix, according to a Wednesday announcement.

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Balin Overstolz McNair

Valley nonprofit opens new Phoenix facility to provide mental health services

Gov. Katie Hobbs spoke at a Tuesday grand opening for a new community resource center from Southwest Behavioral and Health Services.

Drug-free zones focus of new bill Republican lawmaker pushes...

Balin Overstolz McNair

State lawmaker wants to change Arizona law related to drug use and homelessness

Arizona state Rep. Matt Gress introduced a bill that would amend current law to create drug-free zones within areas around service providers.

Arizona Technology

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KTAR.com

AI writing platform Content at Scale moving headquarters to Scottsdale

AI writing platform Content at Scale announced it is moving its headquarters across town from Glendale to Scottsdale,

Photo illustration of cryptocurrency in front of price chart on a computer. Arizona has entered int...

Kevin Stone

Arizona enters into multistate settlement with TradeStation over crypto investment program

Arizona has entered into a $1.5 million multistate settlement with TradeStation over a crypto interest-earning program.

Kate Gallego called TSMC's expansion in Phoenix a "success story." (Photo by Annabelle Chih/Getty I...

KTAR.com

Phoenix mayor says TSMC 'success story' led to expanded presence in town

Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego believes Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's expansion in town is well warranted.

United States

Associated Press

Ellen Ash Peters, first female chief justice of Connecticut Supreme Court, dies at 94

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Ellen Ash Peters, who was the first woman to serve as Connecticut’s chief justice and wrote the majority opinion in the state Supreme Court’s landmark school desegregation ruling in 1996, has died. She was 94. Peters, who also was the first female faculty member at Yale Law School, passed away Tuesday, […]

Associated Press

Vermont farms are still recovering from flooding as they enter the growing season

BERLIN, Vt. (AP) — Hundreds of Vermont farms are still recovering from last July’s catastrophic flooding and other extreme weather as they head into this year’s growing season. Dog River Farm, in Berlin, Vermont, lost nearly all its produce crops in the July flooding. The farm removed truckloads of river silt and sand from the […]

Associated Press

Appeals court leaves temporary hold on New Jersey's county line primary ballot design in place

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday affirmed a lower court’s decision to order New Jersey Democrats scrap a ballot design widely viewed as helping candidates with establishment backing. The 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals considered a slimmed-down appeal brought by the Camden County Democrats after the county clerks — the officials charged […]

Associated Press

Tip leads to arrest in cold case killing of off-duty DC police officer in Baltimore

BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore prosecutors on Wednesday announced the arrest of a man in the cold case homicide of an off-duty Washington, D.C., police officer in 2017. The officer, Sgt. Tony Anthony Mason Jr., was shot to death while sitting in a parked car with a woman he had been dating, according to police. She […]

Associated Press

Report of gunshot prompts lockdown at Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — Security officers were conducting a door-to-door sweep Wednesday at a North Dakota Air Force base after a report of a gunshot prompted a lockdown. The Grand Forks Air Force Base said in a social media post that security at the base received a report of a single gunshot near the […]

Associated Press

OJ Simpson has been cremated, estate attorney in Las Vegas says. No public memorial is planned

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former football star and celebrity criminal defendant O.J. Simpson was cremated Wednesday, the lawyer handling his estate said following his death last week at home in Las Vegas at age 76. Attorney Malcolm LaVergne told The Associated Press he was present, along with unspecified other people, for the morning event at […]

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