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By BOB CHRSITIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A 2017 law that makes it a crime to pay people for each signature they collect to qualify voter…
Continue ReadingBy BOB CHRSITIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A 2017 law that makes it a crime to pay people for each signature they collect to qualify voter…
Continue ReadingBy JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s clemency board has declined to recommend to Gov. Doug Ducey that the death sentence…
Continue ReadingBy ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press DONNA, Texas (AP) — The head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Tuesday that he is developing a new…
Continue ReadingBy TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court wrestled Tuesday with whether to block a Madison school district…
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a man’s convictions and death sentences in the 2012 killing of his nine-months…
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Becky Hammon vowed before the season tipped off that the Las Vegas Aces would be shooting more 3-poitners this…
Continue ReadingBy SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press As drought and climate change tighten their grip on the American West, the sight of fountains, swimming pools,…
Continue ReadingFLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona’s six national forests and some local governments and land management agencies are implementing stricter…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The business arm of the baseball players’ association has reached a licensing deal with the marketing organization for…
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A combative man approaches, moving quickly toward a police officer who pulls out a Taser. The…
Continue ReadingBy JACK MAGRUDER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s familiarity with Zack Greinke led to a solid offensive night against the…
Continue ReadingBy JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Rose Zhang has felt the energy, the pressure at major championships. The Stanford…
Continue ReadingBy BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — An impassioned effort by some Arizona Senate Republicans to ban the use of ballot drop boxes failed…
Continue ReadingBy JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled along ideological lines Monday against two Arizona death row inmates…
Continue ReadingBy ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer Three NCAA Tournament spots have been clinched, and conference tournaments this week will determine the other…
Continue ReadingTWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. (AP) — An accidental discharge of a weapon put a U.S. Marine Corps training center in the Southern California desert on…
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — A woman was killed early Monday in a three-vehicle crash triggered by a car that stalled out in the traffic lanes of northbound…
Continue ReadingBy ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) — As the sun set over the Rio Grande, about 120 Cubans, Colombians and Venezuelans who…
Continue ReadingPRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say a small plane went down shortly after takeoff from Prescott Regional Airport, but the pilot escaped injury.…
Continue ReadingBy JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Patrick Wisdom grinned as he pulled on a gray T-shirt that read SCHWISDOM across the front. Nothing…
Continue ReadingLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A couple hundred people grabbed their pool noodles and headed to a Nebraska park again this weekend to battle over the right…
Continue ReadingBy SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — The NBA fined the Dallas Mavericks for a third time in the playoffs on Sunday because of…
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman Josh Rojas is out of the starting lineup for Sunday’s series finale against the Chicago…
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Cubs manager David Ross praised catcher Willson Contreras on Sunday for speaking up after he felt some tightness in his…
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press A New Mexico facility where researchers work to restore forests devastated by fires faced an almost cruelly…
Continue ReadingPEORIA, Ariz. (AP) — A woman has died after she was critically injured in a boating accident at Lake Pleasant, authorities said Sunday. Maricopa…
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — Crews battled a four-alarm fire at a Phoenix recycling plant for several Sunday before it was brought under control. Phoenix Fire…
Continue ReadingBy GAVIN GOOD Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — With the game tied at 4 in the top of the 10th inning, the Cubs’ Rowan Wick zipped a couple of…
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — Brophy College Preparatory has learned of “widespread even pervasive” cheating among students in several math sections in…
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — Kelsey Plum scored 24 points, Jackie Young added 20 and Las Vegas dominated the third quarter in a 100-80 victory over the Phoenix…
Continue ReadingBy BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s Republican governor has signed legislation that will prevent state health officials…
Continue ReadingTUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona’s second most populous city has signaled it may forego part of its allotment of Colorado River water delivered…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Defensive Player of the Year Marcus Smart of the Boston Celtics was the leading vote-getter for the All-Defensive first team, with…
Continue ReadingBy MATT CARLSON Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — On a perfect day to play home run derby at Wrigley Field, the big winner was Josh Rojas. Rojas…
Continue ReadingLAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — Judge rules COVID-19 asylum restrictions must continue on southern US border; blocks US government plan to end…
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Pac-12 Conference suffered a 36% decrease in revenue for the 2020-21 fiscal year due in large part to pandemic-related…
Continue ReadingBy MARK SHERMAN and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence…
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — A fiery fatal crash involving two big rigs closed part of a Phoenix freeway during the Friday morning commute. The Arizona…
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — Arike Ogunbowale scored a season-high 37 points, Marina Mabrey added 13 points and a career-best 10 assists and the Dallas Wings…
Continue ReadingBy JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — It was a grind for Zac Gallen. An impressive one. Especially at the very end. Gallen pitched five…
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — The Arizona Diamondbacks placed catcher Jose Herrera on the injured list Thursday without a designation, indicating a potential…
Continue ReadingBy BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A federal appeals court on Thursday revived Arizona’s lawsuit challenging the part of President…
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Cubs activated right-hander Marcus Stroman from the COVID-19 injured list on Thursday. Stroman was slated to start…
Continue ReadingBy BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — An attorney for an Arizona real estate developer who was referred to the Department of Justice for…
Continue ReadingBy DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A group of mostly Democratic congress members, including the House majority leader,…
Continue ReadingBy JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona prisoner is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection in less than three weeks…
Continue ReadingPRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) — A missing hiker was found dead, his dog alive and lying next to him, in rugged forest in north-central Arizona five days…
Continue ReadingGUADALUPE, Ariz. (AP) — The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office says SWAT officers fatally shot a man after he fired a gun in their direction…
Continue ReadingBy BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Walker Buehler tossed his first career shutout against the Arizona Diamondbacks last month. He…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The Dallas Mavericks were fined $50,000 by the NBA on Wednesday for a second violation of bench decorum during their Western…
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