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Phoenix officials reiterate caution when hiking after 3 mountain rescues in 1 day
PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix first responders are reminding the public to be prepared when hiking after they tended to three different mountain rescues on Saturday. Phoenix firefighters had to assist an injured hiker on a trail on South Mountain. Farther north on Camelback Mountain, a...
Study says the US is ill-prepared to ensure housing for the growing number of older people
PHOENIX (AP) — Michael Genaldi's road to homelessness began early this year when a car slammed into the rear of his motorcycle, crushed three of his ribs, and left him in a coma for over a month. The 58-year-old lost his job as a machine operator, then his home, and he was living...
Tensions are bubbling up at thirsty Arizona alfalfa farms as foreign firms exploit unregulated water
WENDEN, Ariz. (AP) — A blanket of bright green alfalfa spreads across western Arizona's McMullen Valley, ringed by rolling mountains and warmed by the hot desert sun. Matthew Hancock's family has used groundwater to grow forage crops here for more than six decades. They're long...
Runaway bull on Phoenix freeway gets wrangled back without injury
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona state troopers say nobody was injured when a runaway bull was found wandering around a Phoenix freeway early Friday. Video footage from a traffic camera shows the dark, long-horned bull mulling around the highway as troopers try to herd it from the safety of...
Durant scores 31, now 11th all time in points, Suns roll past Portland 120-107
PHOENIX (AP) — Kevin Durant scored 31 points, passing Elvin Hayes for 11th place all time, and the Phoenix Suns defeated the Portland Trail Blazers 120-107 in an In-Season Tournament game on Tuesday night. Durant, playing in his 1,000th NBA game, needed 14 points to pass Hayes, who...
Man fatally shot 2 people at random at Arizona bus stop, police say
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Police have arrested a man accused of fatally shooting two men at random at a bus stop in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale, authorities said Tuesday. Dominic Celaya, 26, was booked into jail Monday on two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of...
Police shoot armed woman at Arizona mall and charge her with assault
PHOENIX (AP) — Police responding to a report of a disorderly person at a Chandler, Arizona, shopping mall shot an armed woman who was then treated at a hospital and sent to jail, Chandler police said Saturday. Renata Eldred, 50, was creating an unspecified disturbance in a parking...
Remains found in remote Arizona desert in 1992 identified as missing teen girl, police say
PHOENIX (AP) — Police in Arizona have determined that decomposed remains found in August 1992 in a remote desert area outside Phoenix were those of a missing 15-year-old, Melody Harrison. The Apache Junction Police Department announced Thursday that advancements in DNA testing...
A woman is ordered to pay nearly $39K to American Airlines for interfering with a flight crew
PHOENIX (AP) — A woman from Hawaii has been ordered to pay nearly $39,000 in restitution to American Airlines for interfering with a crew on a flight last year, according to authorities. Federal prosecutors said Tuesday that 29-year-old Cayla Farris was sentenced to more than three...
Universal Technical: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot
PHOENIX (AP) — PHOENIX (AP) — Universal Technical Institute Inc. (UTI) on Wednesday reported earnings of $6.7 million in its fiscal fourth quarter. On a per-share basis, the Phoenix-based company said it had profit of 10 cents. The school for auto, motorcycle and...
