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Bickley: Suns look more ready for offseason than playoff run after Game 2 loss to T-Wolves
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West Valley high school ranked as best in nation by US News
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Tesla 1Q profit falls 55%, but stock jumps as company moves to speed production of cheaper vehicles
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UnitedHealth says wide swath of patient files may have been taken in Change cyberattack
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'Destroy All Enemies' tour comes to Phoenix courtesy of metal band Megadeth
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The Letter: Sense of dread precedes second 1982 Millcreek Canyon murder
Arizona News
![Tuesday morning collision kills man...](https://ktar.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Man-run-over-while-pushing-shopping-cart-on-Phoenix-street.jpg)
Man run over while pushing shopping cart on Phoenix roadway
A man is dead after a Tuesday morning collision near 35th Avenue and Osborn Road, the Phoenix Police Department announced.
![Headshot of Jose Angel Vingochea Gomez, subject of a Silver Alert in Phoenix....](https://ktar.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/silver-alert-phoenix-jose-angel-vingochea-gomez.jpg)
Silver Alert canceled after 78-year-old Phoenix man with cognitive condition found safe
Authorities canceled a Silver Alert on Tuesday afternoon for a Phoenix man with a cognitive condition who went missing earlier in the day.
![Google Street View image of Heritage Village, a Mesa assisted living facility that has been accused...](https://ktar.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/heritage-village-mesa-receiver-appointed.jpg)
Court puts receiver in control of troubled Mesa assisted living facility
A third-party receiver was appointed to take control of Heritage Village, a Mesa assisted living facility accused of abuse and consumer fraud.
![Multiple suspects were indicted for their roles in allegedly ambushing an off-duty Phoenix police o...](https://ktar.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/phoenix-officer-shot-indictment-.jpg)
Suspects indicted in connection with shooting of off-duty Phoenix officer
Two suspects were indicted for their roles in allegedly ambushing an off-duty Phoenix police officer in March, authorities said Tuesday.
![File photo of a woman buying a The Pick lottery ticket from a machine. A ticket for The Pick sold i...](https://ktar.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/arizona-lottery-jackpot-the-pick-game-drawing.jpg)
Arizona lottery player hits $11.9 million jackpot in The Pick drawing
An Arizona lottery player hit an $11.9 million jackpot in Monday’s The Pick drawing. The winning numbers were 2, 8, 28, 31, 32 and 41.
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Crust Simply Italian owners opening The Goose speakeasy lounge in Scottsdale
The lounge is located near Via de Ventura and Hayden Road, adjacent to Crust Simply Italian in the Scottsdale's McCormick Ranch neighborhood.
ArizonaSports.com
![Kevin Durant #35 of the Phoenix Suns shoots against Jaden McDaniels #3 of the Minnesota Timberwolve...](https://arizonasports.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/GettyImages-2149902410-e1713931960628.jpg)
Suns unravel in usual fashion, T-Wolves take commanding 2-0 lead
The Phoenix Suns have made a habit this year of spiraling through self-inflicted mistakes and that continued in a Game 2 loss.
![Pavin Smith drives in six runs as the D-backs beat the Cardinals 14-1....](https://arizonasports.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Diamondbacks_Cardinals_Baseball_24115062284718-scaled-e1713930074895.jpg)
Pavin Smith drives in 6 runs as Diamondbacks rout Cardinals
Pavin Smith hits a grand slam and drove in a career-high six runs to help the Diamondbacks to a 14-1 win over the Cardinals Tuesday.
![Mike Conley plays to the T-Wolves crowd in a Game 2 win against the Suns...](https://arizonasports.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/mike-conley-bradley-beal-game-2-suns-wolves-e1713928095138.jpg)
Suns look more ready for offseason than playoff run after Game 2 loss to T-Wolves
The best three players in the Suns' Game 2 loss were all Timberwolves. Phoenix seems ready for a long offseason more than a playoff run.
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Diamondbacks drop Cardinals with home-run party
Pavin Smith hits a grand slam as the D-backs swung early Tuesday, putting up 14 runs as they beat the Cardinals 14-1.
![Grayson Allen of the Phoenix Suns...](https://arizonasports.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/grayson-allen-suns-contract-extension.jpg)
Grayson Allen reinjures ankle vs. Timberwolves in Game 2
Grayson Allen reinjured an ankle sprain in Game 2 of Phoenix Suns' matchup against the Minnesota Timberwolves.
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Suns fall down 0-2 to T-Wolves with familiar turnover issues looming in series
The Phoenix Suns' defense overcame a turnover-filled start in Game 2 to draw nearly even against the Minnesota Timberwolves.
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Arizona Business
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Amazon drone delivery landing in Phoenix area later this year, company announces
Internet retail giant Amazon announced plans to deploy its drone delivery service in metro Phoenix later this year.
![File photo of workers in a copper mine. A mining exploration company could establish a copper mine ...](https://ktar.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/copper-mine-considered-at-casa-grande-site.jpg)
Copper mining company has eyes on massive Casa Grande site
Ivanhoe Electric Inc., a mining exploration company, could establish a copper mine at a massive site south of metro Phoenix.
![Stock photo of a worker hammering at a construction site. A dallas-based homebuilder recently close...](https://ktar.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/mesa-gated-community-homebuilder-buys-land.jpg)
Landsea plans 90-home gated community on newly purchased Mesa land
Dallas-based Landsea Homes Corp. just closed on a 14.5-acre parcel in Mesa, with plans to create a gated community with 90 homes.
Arizona Health
![Google Street View image of Heritage Village, a Mesa assisted living facility that has been accused...](https://ktar.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/heritage-village-mesa-receiver-appointed.jpg)
Court puts receiver in control of troubled Mesa assisted living facility
A third-party receiver was appointed to take control of Heritage Village, a Mesa assisted living facility accused of abuse and consumer fraud.
![Mobile mammography unit offers breast cancer screenings in Valley...](https://ktar.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-BIG-Pink-Bus-ready-to-hit-Valley-roads-to-offer-breast-cancer-screenings.jpg)
Banner Health offers on-the-go breast cancer screenings with mobile mammography unit
Banner Health announced its 3D mobile mammography unit, which will screen Valley women for breast cancer, last week.
![Scorpions and spiders a bigger threat to Arizonans as temps rise...](https://ktar.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Spiders-and-scorpions-are-skittering-around-and-ready-to-bite.jpg)
Creepy-crawly alert: Valley poison control center warns about scorpion and spider season
The Banner Poison Control Center warned Arizonans to keep an eye out for scorpions and spiders as temperatures rise.
Arizona Votes
![Split image of Kari Lake on the left behind closing elevator doors and a Maricopa County elections ...](https://ktar.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/kari-lake-lawsuit-supreme-court-ballot-machines.jpg)
US Supreme Court closes door on Kari Lake's effort to ban vote-counting machines in Arizona
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to consider a request by Kari Lake to ban the use of electronic vote-counting machines in Arizona.
![A conservative lawmaker, Austin Smith, halted his reelection campaign for the Arizona House of Repr...](https://ktar.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/house-of-rep-austin-smith-campaign-.jpg)
Arizona GOP lawmaker drops reelection campaign after forgery allegations
Republican Arizona state Rep. Austin Smith halted his reelection campaign after being accused of forging signatures on his petitions.
![AZ Political Podcast: Garrett Archer talks election integrity...](https://ktar.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/AZ-Political-Podcast-Election-analyst-Garrett-Archer-with-ABC15-talks-election-integrity.jpg)
AZ Political Podcast: Election analyst Garrett Archer with ABC15 talks election integrity
On this episode of the AZ Political Podcast, Garrett Archer, a data analyst with ABC15, sits down with Jim Sharpe to talk about elections.
Youth Violence
![Preston Lord was killed after being attacked at a Halloween party in Queen Creek on Oct. 28, 2023. ...](https://ktar.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/GEkDvd1agAAFXe2-1.jpg)
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. (...](https://ktar.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/talyn-vigl-1.jpg)
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...](https://ktar.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Queen-Creek-police-submitted-charges-against-the-hosts-of-a-Halloween-party-where-Preston-Lord-died.jpg)
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
![Arizona judge declares mistrial in case of rancher who shot migrant...](https://ktar.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Arizona-judge-declares-mistrial-in-the-case-of-a-rancher-accused-of-fatally-shooting-a-migrant.jpg)
Arizona judge declares mistrial in the case of a rancher accused of fatally shooting a migrant
An Arizona judge declared a mistrial in the case of rancher accused of killing a Mexican man on his property near the U.S.-Mexico border.
![Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas arrives to testify before a Senate subcommittee o...](https://ktar.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/mayorkas-impeachment-senate-house.jpg)
Senate dismisses two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security secretary, ends trial
The Senate dismissed impeachment charges against Alejandro Mayorkas, ending House Republicans' bid to remove the Homeland Security secretary.
![Two Tucson men sentenced after highway death of 17-year-old...](https://ktar.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Tucson-men-sentenced-after-undocumented-migrant-minor-dies.jpg)
Two Arizona human smugglers sentenced for death of migrant
Two Tucson men were sentenced last month for their roles in the death of a 17-year-old migrant in 2022, authorities said.
![Federal border response funds...](https://ktar.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/GettyImages-1839133705-e1713126605224.jpg)
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.
![File photo of Border Patrol agent in Arizona...](https://ktar.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/border-patrol-arizona-shooting-tribal-member.jpg)
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...](https://ktar.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/migrants-border-services-shelter-funding-arizona.jpg)
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.
Arizona Education
![Headshots of Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs, left, and Liz Archuleta, whom Hobbs appointed to the Arizona...](https://ktar.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/arizona-board-of-regents-hobbs-appointments.jpg)
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.
![A girl posing with another girl and a boy holds a cellphone to take a selfie in what appears to be ...](https://ktar.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/arizona-school-cellphone-ban-veto.jpg)
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...](https://ktar.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/P1092335-2-scaled-e1712599506756-1.jpg)
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...](https://ktar.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Phoenix-planning-new-west-Phoenix-shelter-for-summer.jpg)
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.
![Southwest Behavioral and Health Services Phoenix...](https://ktar.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Local-non-profit-focuses-on-small-scale-mental-health-support.jpg)
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...](https://ktar.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/State-lawmaker-wants-to-change-Arizona-law-related-to-drug-use-and-homelessness.jpg)
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
![A solar installer works on the roof of a home in Frankfort, Ky., July 17, 2023. Arizona received a ...](https://ktar.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/arizona-solar-grant-earth-day.jpg)
Arizona gets $156.12 million grant from federal Solar For All program on Earth Day
The Biden administration gave Arizona a nice Earth Day present in the form of a $156.12 million grant from the Solar For All program.
![Split image of an Amazon delivery drone in the sky on the left and an Amazon box that says "Gravity...](https://ktar.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/amazon-drone-delivery-valley-tolleson-phoenix.jpg)
Amazon drone delivery landing in Phoenix area later this year, company announces
Internet retail giant Amazon announced plans to deploy its drone delivery service in metro Phoenix later this year.
![During an earnings call on April 18, 2024, the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. said engineer...](https://ktar.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/production-underway-at-tsmcs-phoenix-factory.jpg)
Wafer production underway at TSMC’s Phoenix factory; Q1 earnings beat expectations
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is making “significant progress” on its north Phoenix site with engineering wafer production already underway.
United States
Arrests follow barricades and encampments as college students nationwide protest Gaza war
NEW YORK (AP) — Standoffs between pro-Palestinian student protesters and universities grew increasingly tense on both coasts Wednesday as hundreds encamped at Columbia University faced a deadline from the administration to clear out while dozens remained barricaded inside two buildings on a Northern California college campus. Both are part of intensifying demonstrations over schools cut […]
What to listen for during Supreme Court arguments on Donald Trump and presidential immunity
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court hears arguments Thursday over whether Donald Trump is immune from prosecution in a case charging him with plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. It’s a historic day for the court, with the justices having an opportunity to decide once and for all whether former presidents […]
USPS commits to rerouting Reno-area mail despite bipartisan pushback and mail ballot concerns
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The USPS announced on Tuesday it will follow through with its plan to reroute Reno-area mail processing to Sacramento, a move that drew bipartisan ire from Nevada lawmakers while raising questions about the rate at which mail ballots can be processed in a populous part of a crucial swing state. Postmaster […]
The Rev. Cecil Williams, who turned San Francisco's Glide Church into a refuge for many, has died
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Rev. Cecil Williams, who with his late wife turned Glide Church in San Francisco into a world-renowned haven for people suffering from poverty and homelessness and living on the margins, has died. He was 94. Williams and his wife, Janice Marikitami, who passed away in 2021, appeared in Will Smith’s […]
Alabama lawmakers advance bill to ensure Biden is on the state's ballot
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Senate voted Tuesday for legislation meant to ensure President Joe Biden will appear on the state’s November ballot, mirroring accommodations made four years ago for then-President Donald Trump. The issue of Biden’s ballot access has arisen in Alabama and Ohio as Republican secretaries of state warn that certification deadlines […]
Transgender Tennessee woman sues over state's refusal to change the sex designation on her license
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A transgender Tennessee woman sued the state’s Department of Safety and Homeland Security on Tuesday after officials refused to change the sex on her driver’s license to match her gender identity. The lawsuit was filed in Davidson County Chancery Court in Nashville under the pseudonym Jane Doe by the American Civil […]
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Desert Institute for Spine Care is the place for weekend warriors to fix their back pain
Spring has sprung and nothing is better than March in Arizona. The temperatures are perfect and with the beautiful weather, Arizona has become a hotbed for hikers, runners, golfers, pickleball players and all types of weekend warriors.
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Here are 5 things Arizona residents need to know about their HVAC system
It's warming back up in the Valley, which means it's time to think about your air conditioning system's preparedness for summer.
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Midwestern University Clinics: transforming health care in the valley
Midwestern University, long a fixture of comprehensive health care education in the West Valley, is also a recognized leader in community health care.
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Sciatica pain is treatable but surgery may be required
Sciatica pain is one of the most common ailments a person can face, and if not taken seriously, it could become one of the most harmful.
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Here's 1 way to ensure your family is drinking safe water
Water is maybe one of the most important resources in our lives, and especially if you have kids, you want them to have access to safe water.