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Street medicine teams search for homeless people to deliver lifesaving IV hydration in extreme heat

Jul. 01, 2024 00:12 AM EDT

PHOENIX (AP) — Alfred Handley leaned back in his wheelchair alongside a major Phoenix freeway as a street medicine team helped him get rehydrated with an intravenous saline solution dripping from a bag hanging on a pole. Cars whooshed by under the blazing 96-degree morning sun as...

'Melon Man' Ross Chastain hopes to rekindle NASCAR magic at Nashville Superspeedway

Jun. 29, 2024 17:15 PM EDT

LEBANON, Tenn. (AP) — Firsts are never forgotten, and Ross Chastain hopes to tap the magic he found at the Nashville Superspeedway a year ago to jumpstart the second half of his season. Chastain earned the first pole of his career here, then went on to win the Ally 400 giving...

Biden rallies for LGBTQ+ rights as he looks to shake off an uneven debate performance

Jun. 28, 2024 21:48 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden courted LGBTQ+ voters with two New York events on Friday and warned about Donald Trump returning to the White House, as he looked to shake off a widely panned debate performance. Biden inaugurated a visitor center at the Stonewall National...

Justice Department charges nearly 200 people in $2.7 billion health care fraud schemes crackdown

Jun. 27, 2024 17:53 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 200 people have been charged in a sweeping nationwide crackdown on health care fraud schemes with false claims topping $2.7 billion, the Justice Department said on Thursday. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the charges against doctors, nurse...

Arizona authorities are investigating theft of device that allows access to vote tabulators

Jun. 25, 2024 18:52 PM EDT

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona authorities on Tuesday said they were investigating whether a 27-year-old temporary election worker in the state's largest county had political motivations when he stole a fob that would allow him access to vote tabulators just before the July 30 primary. ...

At least 6 heat-related deaths reported in metro Phoenix so far this year as high hits 115 degrees

Jun. 21, 2024 18:21 PM EDT

PHOENIX (AP) — At least six people have died from heat-related causes this year so far in sizzling metro Phoenix, where the temperatures this week hit 115 degrees Fahrenheit (46 Celsius), the Maricopa County Department of Public Health reported this week. Another 87 deaths are...

American Airlines CEO says the removal of several Black passengers from a flight was 'unacceptable'

Jun. 20, 2024 12:30 PM EDT

DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines put an unspecified number of employees on leave for their involvement in an incident in which several Black passengers were removed from a flight in Phoenix, allegedly over a complaint about body odor. American CEO Robert Isom wrote in a note to...

Trump adviser Boris Epshteyn pleads not guilty in Arizona’s fake elector case

Jun. 18, 2024 13:55 PM EDT

PHOENIX (AP) — Lawyers Boris Epshteyn and Jenna Ellis and former U.S. Senate candidate James Lamon have pleaded not guilty to nine felony charges in a case about trying to overturn former President Donald Trump’s Arizona election loss to Joe Biden. The hearing Tuesday in a...

Mesa Air: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot

Jun. 18, 2024 07:18 AM EDT

PHOENIX (AP) — PHOENIX (AP) — Mesa Air Group Inc. (MESA) on Tuesday reported net income of $11.7 million in its fiscal second quarter. The Phoenix-based company said it had net income of 28 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring gains, were 15 cents per share. ...

Bankruptcy judge approves sale of Express Inc to group led by WHP Global

Jun. 17, 2024 17:32 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. bankruptcy judge has approved the sale of the majority of Express Inc. 's operations to a consortium led by brand acquisition and management firm WHP Global — providing a lifeline to the struggling retailer and its hundreds of remaining stores. The offer...