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By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — The rough-and-tumble days of Pete Rose bowling over Ray Fosse at home plate of the 1970 All-Star…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — The rough-and-tumble days of Pete Rose bowling over Ray Fosse at home plate of the 1970 All-Star…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Tyler Huntley could have just run out of bounds — after all, it was a preseason game —…
Continue ReadingBy JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Nolan Arenado quickly fell behind against a hard-throwing pitcher with a knack for painting…
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Tom Weiskopf’s golf skill went far beyond his 16 victories on the PGA Tour and his lone major at Troon in the…
Continue ReadingTEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — A state trooper used his unmarked SUV to stop a wrong-way driver on a Tempe freeway Sunday, authorities said. Arizona…
Continue ReadingBy TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Finding Treylon Burks through two games is more a case of Where’s Waldo…
Continue ReadingSPRINGDALE, Utah (AP) — Authorities have been searching for days for an Arizona woman reported missing after being swept away by floodwaters in…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol leaned back in his chair postgame, trying to find more…
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — Chelsea Gray had 27 points and eight assists and hit a career-high seven of Las Vegas’ WNBA playoff-record 23 3-pointers and…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols hit two more home runs Saturday night, boosting his total to 692…
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina was put on the restricted list Saturday and is expected to miss the next two games.…
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — Heavy rain closed roads in Tucson and triggered flood watches and warnings across much of Arizona on Saturday, with more in the…
Continue ReadingBy SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Survivors and faith leaders rallied Friday at the Utah State Capitol to demand change to a state…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Nolan Arenado’s bat has heated up over the past couple months. Paul Goldschmidt’s been…
Continue ReadingBy BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that tax cuts or increases enacted by the Legislature can never…
Continue ReadingTEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The City of Tempe is implementing new rescue procedures and equipment months after video showed officers do nothing as a…
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — Shey Peddy is out for the season with a ruptured right Achilles tendon, leaving the Phoenix Mercury even more short-handed in…
Continue ReadingBy JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A Mexican man was sentenced to 38 years in prison for killing an Arizona convenience store…
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Republican Senate candidate Blake Masters said Friday he hopes Senate Minority Leader…
Continue ReadingTUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The operators of a Tucson nightclub have won a $1.6 million settlement against the landlord who locked them out of their…
Continue ReadingBy BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona voter initiative that would expand voting access and roll back tightened election laws…
Continue ReadingBy ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer Great players are spread around college football, of course. Fans just don’t hear much about some…
Continue ReadingBy SAM METZ and KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Hydroelectric turbines may stop turning. Las Vegas and Phoenix may be…
Continue ReadingBy BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona attorney on Friday urged a judge to allow the state to enforce a near-total ban on…
Continue ReadingGALLUP, N.M. (AP) — The communications director for the Navajo Nation Council has been arrested for allegedly injuring a relative at his Gallup…
Continue ReadingBy BEN ROSS Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Zac Gallen struck out a career-high 12 in 7 1/3 innings, extending his shutout streak and…
Continue ReadingBy DEE-ANN DURBIN and ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press Writers MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge is ordering Starbucks to reinstate seven…
Continue ReadingTUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A Georgia man has been sentenced to nearly 11 years in prison for his role in an international romance fraud scheme, according…
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL REZENDES Associated Press An Arizona judge overseeing a high-profile lawsuit accusing the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints of…
Continue ReadingBy TERRY TANG Associated Press The Federal Emergency Management Agency has developed a new strategy to better engage with hundreds of Native American…
Continue ReadingBy JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stone Garrett’s father, Greg, arrived from Texas unprepared for cool San Francisco…
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — Kelsey Plum had 22 points, Chelsea Gray scored nine of her 17 points in the fourth quarter and the top-seeded Las Vegas Aces beat…
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH FINGERHUT and SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — When the U.S. Supreme Court repealed in June a woman’s…
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Advocates for wild horses are accusing federal land managers of illegally approving plans for…
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — The departures of Southern California and UCLA from the Pac-12 Conference could mean an estimated loss of around $13 million per…
Continue ReadingBy BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A Missouri man has been indicted for leaving a threatening message on the personal cellphone of the…
Continue ReadingTUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Two unidentified men who died in Tucson in 2019 have been identified through DNA profiles, authorities said Wednesday. Tucson…
Continue ReadingBOSTON (AP) — Doctors and other staffers at Boston Children’s Hospital are being threatened with violence over its surgical program for…
Continue ReadingWINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — An oil spill has been stopped from reaching a tributary to the San Juan River and clean-up work continues at Standing…
Continue ReadingBy BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Judges rejected challenges to two Arizona voter initiative on Wednesday, siding with proponents of…
Continue ReadingBy PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A group calling for sharply limiting immigration has scored a legal victory in its federal lawsuit…
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Planned Parenthood, the nation’s leading reproductive health care provider and abortion…
Continue ReadingBy JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — In a three-day span, Thairo Estrada hit a game-ending two-run homer against the Pirates…
Continue ReadingBy SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Arizona and Nevada residents won’t face bans on watering their lawns or washing their…
Continue ReadingBy JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A monitor in Arizona’s dugout at Oracle Park showed a live television feed during…
Continue ReadingBy ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — An effort by Arizona Republican Gov. Doug Ducey to use shipping containers to close a 1,000-foot gap…
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Attorneys for a mother charged with conspiring to kill her children in Idaho and to steal…
Continue ReadingBy BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Republican Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey and backers of universal school vouchers took a victory lap…
Continue ReadingPITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Rodolfo Castro was suspended for one game by Major League Baseball on Tuesday for having a cellphone…
Continue ReadingPAGE, Ariz. (AP) — A small plane that plunged into a lake that straddles the Arizona-Utah state line, killing two people and injuring five, was…
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