The search continues for 6-year-old Willa Rawlings, missing since being swept away in a rain swollen Arizona creek. The bodies of her 5-year-old brother and 5-year-old cousin have been found. Her parents and four other children were rescued. (Dec. 4)
A winter storm packed an unexpected punch in Arizona with snow, rain and even tornado warnings. Downed trees, minor flooding and damage were reported in metro Phoenix where winds reached as high as 70 mph in some areas. (Nov. 29)
Children from around the world are learning the English skills and American classroom customs they need to succeed. “Newcomer schools” in Arizona and Texas are among a handful of such public schools around the United States. (Nov. 28)
Prosecutors in Nevada are tying a 73-year-old Arizona man to two unsolved Reno-area killings in a bid to keep him in jail following his indictment in the bludgeoning death of a California woman more than 40 years ago. (Nov. 19)
Videographic on electric cars. An Uber self-driving car that struck and killed a woman last year in Arizona failed to recognize her as a pedestrian because she was jaywalking, US transport regulators said Tuesday.VIDEOGRAPHICS
An Arizona woman has told reporters that she doesn’t consider herself to be a hero after her car successfully redirected a red-light-running Jeep that was mere seconds away from hitting a family of three on a crosswalk.
The Phoenix Police Department posted dramatic video of the incident earlier this week.
A couple was calmly crossing the road on their way to a grocery store, while pushing a stroller with their 11-month-old son. A speeding SUV ran a red light, and was heading straight for the couple. The vehicle would have likely mowed down the entire family if it wasn’t for a Chevrolet Cruze that collided with the SUV, pushing it away at the last moment.
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An Arizona elected official has been accused of human smuggling in an adoption fraud scheme that brought dozens of pregnant women from the Marshall Islands to the U.S. to give up their children for adoption. (Oct. 9)
Associated Press News Director Peter Prengaman, newly relocated from South America to Phoenix, grabs his flashlight, black light and salad tongs — and indulges a longtime fascination with scorpions on a hunt in an Arizona state park.
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Here’s the latest for Friday September 13th: Democrats debate in Houston; Trump visits Baltimore; Sunken scuba boat raised off California; Fugitive couple arrested in Arizona
The US Border Patrol has begun construction of five miles of a 30-foot border wall along the Colorado River near Yuma, Arizona. The wall is replacing an older barrier that was designed to stop vehciles from crossing, but allowed people to pass. (Sept. 10)
Work crews in Arizona and New Mexico are forging forward with construction on taller border fencing funded through President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration. (Aug. 23)
Wearing the distinctive green shirt, the Arizona man just couldn’t stop laughing hysterically after a man and a woman wearing “Make America Great Again” (MAGA) hats interrupted a city council meeting in Tucson, Arizona on Wednesday. The couple denounced the council’s earlier decision to schedule a vote on making Tucson a ‘sanctuary city’ in November. If approved, the measure would restrict the ability of local authorities to cooperate with federal law enforcement in implementing immigration laws.
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Here’s the latest for Friday August 8th: Democratic presidential candidates at Iowa State Fair; McConnell says Senate consider gun control this fall; ICE says over 300 detained in Mississippi released; Arizona Senator McSally tours Border Patrol facility.
Hundreds of firefighters are working to keep a wildfire away from homes in northern Arizona. Officials estimate the fire has charred nearly three square miles in a mountain pass within minutes of Flagstaff. (July 23)
Members of the Green Valley-Sahuarita Samaritans patrol the Southern Arizona border in search of migrants traversing the brutal Sonoran Desert on July 14, 2019. The group drives a rescue vehicle full of food, water and medical supplies to assist migrants in the desert and they check up on, and top off water stations that are often vandalized.
Arizona authorities say a driver escaped injury when his car’s windshield was pierced by the trunk of a saguaro cactus during a wreck Wednesday on the outskirts of Tucson. (July 10)
A 17-year-old black youth was killed at a Phoenix-area convenience store. A white man charged with first-degree murder said he felt threatened by the teen’s rap music. A defense attorney says the suspect is mentally ill. (July 10)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is opening a new facility for migrants in Yuma, Arizona, near the Mexico border. The 500-person tent will house migrant families and children. (June 28)
A woman in her 70s fell and hit her head while hiking on Piestewa Peak in Arizona. Given the heat and rough terrain, rescuers decided a helicopter airlift would be the best option, but things took a turn for the chaotic.
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U.S. Border Patrol officials say 360 migrants have surrendered to agents in Arizona. Border Patrol camera operators spotted the group Tuesday morning. Authorities say most were women and children from Central America. (April 17)
The Arizona mother accused of abusing her adopted children if they performed poorly on their family YouTube channel pleaded not guilty to the charges Friday. Machelle Hobson, 47, was charged Monday with 30 felony counts. (March 29)
A University of Michigan professor is launching a test run for “Hostile Terrain ’94,” an exhibit in a campus hallway that consists of a map of Arizona filled with 3,000 toe tags representing those who died as they crossed from Mexico into the U.S. (March 29)
Jussie Smollett ordered to pay $130K to cover costs of the investigation into his report of a street attack; UK indie duo Her’s killed in car crash in Arizona; Beyonce pays tribute to her uncle as she accepts the Vanguard Award at the Annual GLAAD Media Awards. (March 29)
