Arizona News
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Arizona prison inmate dies in apparent homicide
Monday, Jun 17, 7:41 pm
PHOENIX -- Authorities say an Arizona prison inmate is dead from an apparent homicide. State Department of Corrections officials say 63-year-old John Jones died Monday at the Lewis complex in Buckeye. DOC... Read more...
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Arizona prison inmate dies in apparent homicide
Monday, Jun 17, 6:30 pm
PHOENIX -- Authorities say an Arizona prison inmate is dead from an apparent homicide. State Department of Corrections officials say 63-year-old John Jones died Monday at the Lewis complex in... Read more...
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Report: Warrant issued for man who threatened Sheriff Joe Arpaio
Monday, Jun 17, 5:59 pm
PHOENIX -- A warrant was reportedly issued Monday for a man accused of threatening Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. According to Read more...
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Jury convicts Arizona man in terrorism hoax
Monday, Jun 17, 5:54 pm
PHOENIX -- An Arizona man on trial for sending his 16-year-old nephew into a busy intersection last summer with a fake grenade launcher was convicted Monday of endangering the teen's life and carrying... Read more...
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Brewer signs $8.8 billion state budget into law
Monday, Jun 17, 5:30 pm
PHOENIX -- Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has signed an $8.8 billion budget for the fiscal year that starts July 1 into law. The budget was negotiated with the same bipartisan group of lawmakers that... Read more...
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2 students taken to hospital after Ariz. bus crash
Monday, Jun 17, 5:18 pm
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- Authorities say two elementary school students in Flagstaff have been treated and released from a hospital after the school bus they were riding on collided with an SUV. Coconino... Read more...
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1 man fatally shot in west Phoenix parking lot
Monday, Jun 17, 5:17 pm
PHOENIX -- Authorities say a man has been fatally shot in a west Phoenix parking lot. Police say the shooting occurred Monday afternoon outside a Home Depot store near 99th Avenue and Camelback... Read more...
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Mesa Unified receives high ranking from parents
Monday, Jun 17, 3:59 pm
PHOENIX — The latest Mesa Unified School district annual survey results are out and the numbers for parents, employees and students are high. According to the Read more...
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Man indicted in Oro Valley road rage shooting
Monday, Jun 17, 3:32 pm
ORO VALLEY, Ariz. -- A man has been indicted in a 2011 road rage incident in southern Arizona for allegedly shooting at an occupied car in Oro Valley. Oro Valley police said Monday that 38-year-old... Read more...
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McDonald's leads fast food in western U.S.
Monday, Jun 17, 3:26 pm
A survey has unveiled the top ten most visited fast food restaurants in the West. According to the Dining Out in America survey done by Read more...
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Court: Ariz. citizenship proof law illegal
Monday, Jun 17, 3:09 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) - States can't demand proof of citizenship from people registering to vote in federal elections unless they get federal or court approval to do so, the Supreme Court ruled Monday... Read more...
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Official: Solar plane to help energy use on ground
Monday, Jun 17, 3:03 pm
CHANTILLY, Va. (AP) - The plane parked outside the airport looks more like a giant exotic insect or maybe an outsized balsa wood toy airplane. When it's in flight, there's no roar of jet... Read more...
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Illegal crossings shift from Arizona to Texas
Monday, Jun 17, 3:02 pm
PHOENIX - As the debate over illegal immigration continues in Washington, the flow of undocumented people coming into the country has shifted from Arizona to Texas. Arizona's tough control on border... Read more...
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Nev. non-Hispanic white population drops in most counties
Monday, Jun 17, 2:04 pm
RENO, Nev. -- New census figures show Nevada is continuing to become a little less white. The state's non-Hispanic white population shrunk in all but three counties from 2010 to 2012. Washoe... Read more...
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Suspect pleads not guilty in Chandler assault case
Monday, Jun 17, 2:01 pm
PHOENIX -- A hatchet-carrying homeless man accused of breaking into a Chandler home and attempting to sexually assault a sleeping woman has pleaded not guilty. Maricopa County prosecutors said... Read more...
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Phoenix man finds alligator at his home
Monday, Jun 17, 1:33 pm
PHOENIX -- If his coffee didn't wake him up this sure did, a man in Phoenix found a two-foot long alligator at his home. According to Read more...
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McCain presses Obama on secret emails
Monday, Jun 17, 12:41 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Sen. John McCain on Monday questioned President Barack Obama about his political appointees' use of secret government email accounts at work, saying that Congress cannot... Read more...
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