CASA GRANDE — Monday’s City Council meeting will have a distinct housing theme with a discussion on short-term rental regulation planned for a study session, and later at the regular meeting c…
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PHOENIX — Cities and neighborhood groups are making a last-ditch effort to derail a bill passed by the Legislature that pre-empts city authority to regulate construction of backyard casitas by urging Gov. Katie Hobbs to veto the bipartisan measure.
MARICOPA — At Maricopa’s most recent City Council meeting, city employees shared findings from the current budget as they proposed the new budget for fiscal year 2025.
FLORENCE — The details on the alleged murder of a woman in Florence and the arrest of a Casa Grande man following a brief manhunt show an argument that quickly turned violent.
MARICOPA — The Maricopa Police Department says the investigation is still ongoing for the Thursday crash on Maricopa-Casa Grande Highway between a motorcycle and semi-truck.
CASA GRANDE — Monday’s City Council meeting will have a distinct housing theme with a discussion on short-term rental regulation planned for a study session, and later at the regular meeting councilmembers will be asked to ratify the Community Development Block Grant annual action plan to as…
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WEST MONROE, La. — Grace Kombetto of Central Arizona College took first place in the women’s 800 meters at the NJCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, and the Vaqueras finished seventh in the team standings.
MESA — Trace White is building quite the legacy at American Leadership Academy-Anthem South.
MARICOPA — Three more athletes were celebrated to close out the school year at Maricopa on Wednesday.
MESA — After three grueling seasons, everything came down to one final race for Poston Butte’s Julia Harris.
MESA — Call it a bit of beginner’s luck with a mixture of athletic prowess for Maricopa’s Jalen Hardy as he competed in the Arizona Interscholastic Association’s state championship track and field meet on Friday at Mesa Community College.
MESA — With the new open format for the state track and field championships, athletes from schools big and small have the opportunity to compete against one another.
SCOTTSDALE — Allergy season is here, and some sufferers consume local honey to alleviate their symptoms. But the jury is still out as to whether it’s a good strategy.
TUCSON (AP) — A former University of Arizona graduate student accused of killing a professor on campus two years ago was in the midst of a psychotic episode at the time of the shooting, his attorney said Monday.
PHOENIX — Seven years after Joe Arpaio was ousted as sheriff of Arizona’s most populous county, taxpayers are still footing the bills from a racial profiling verdict over his signature immigration crackdowns – and those costs have been getting heavier since.
Graduation season is typically a time for celebrating the success of students making it through their education programs.
Arizona’s attorney general says former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been served an indictment in the state’s fake elector case alongside 17 other defendants for his role in an attempt to overturn former President Donald Trump’s loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 election.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — By the time Jesse Fernandez turned 18, the federal government had paid out thousands of dollars in Social Security survivor’s benefits because of the death of his mother. But Jesse’s bank account was empty.
BOSTON — So much about the journey the Boston Celtics and Indiana Pacers have taken to the Eastern Conference finals has been about what – or specifically who – they haven’t had to face to get…
University presidents around the country are scheduled to meet this week to vote on whether to accept a proposed settlement of an antitrust lawsuit that would cost the NCAA nearly $3 billion a…
LeBron James will turn 40 in December. Stephen Curry is 36. Kevin Durant will turn 36 and Jimmy Butler will turn 35 by the time training camps start in the fall.
PHOENIX — May 14 marked the sixth anniversary of sports betting legalization in America due to the landmark 2018 Supreme Court decision that paved the way for states to legalize sports betting…
With Memorial Day weekend rounding out the end of the month, it’s no surprise that May is also known as National Barbecue Month, a time that encourages people to open up those grills and cook outside.
COOLIDGE — Arizona Community Theatre is encouraging the community to sign up for youth summer camp.
COOLIDGE — The Coolidge High School choir will perform its last concert for the year titled “Songs of the World.”
ELOY — As one of the longest-running events for the organization, the Eloy Chamber of Commerce is planning some unconventional aspects for the 30th annual chamber golf tournament to make the event stand out from previous years.
DAKAR, Senegal — Three Americans involved in a brazen weekend attack on Congo's presidential palace formed an unlikely band under the leadership of eccentric opposition figure Christian Malanga, who dabbled in gold mining and used cars before persuading his Utah-born son to join in the foile…
UNITED NATIONS — The United States said Monday that Russia last week launched a satellite that could be part of weaponizing space, a possible future global trend that members of the United Nations Security Council condemned even as they failed to pass a measure against it.
NEW YORK — The judge in Donald Trump’s hush money trial cleared the courtroom of reporters Monday and then threatened to remove the defense’s witness from the trial altogether because of his behavior on the stand, which included making comments under his breath and rolling his eyes, a court …
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and the Democratic National Committee said Monday that they raised more than $51 million in April, falling well short of the $76 million that Donald Trump and the Republican Party reported taking in for the month.
WASHINGTON — Cyberattacks against water utilities across the country are becoming more frequent and more severe, the Environmental Protection Agency warned Monday as it issued an enforcement alert urging water systems to take immediate actions to protect the nation’s drinking water.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Fast-moving storms with strong winds, large hail and apparent tornadoes swept Oklahoma and Kansas, blowing roofs off homes and blocking roads with toppled trees and downed power lines. Meanwhile, Houston made progress in recovering from last week's deadly storms.
UNITED NATIONS — The United States said Monday that Russia last week launched a satellite that could be part of weaponizing space, a possible future global trend that members of the United Nations Security Council condemned even as they failed to pass a measure against it.
NEW YORK — A video posted to Donald Trump's account on his social media network Monday included references to a “unified Reich” among hypothetical news headlines if he wins the election in November.
In an isolated part of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration headquarters known as the 12th-floor “bubble,” chief Anne Milgram made an unusual request of top deputies summoned in March for what she called the “Marijuana Meeting”: Nobody could take notes.
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and the Democratic National Committee said Monday that they raised more than $51 million in April, falling well short of the $76 million that Donald Trump and the Republican Party reported taking in for the month.
PHOENIX — Saying they could affect the upcoming election, a national group is reaching out to the three our of four Arizona high schoolers old enough to vote but who haven’t bothered to register.
JERUSALEM — By accusing the heads of Israel and Hamas of war crimes, the International Criminal Court’s top prosecutor placed them among world leaders infamous for heinous acts against humanity.
SYDNEY — The Australian and New Zealand governments announced Tuesday they were sending planes to evacuate their nationals from violence-scorched New Caledonia.
DAKAR, Senegal — Three Americans involved in a brazen weekend attack on Congo's presidential palace formed an unlikely band under the leadership of eccentric opposition figure Christian Malang…
UNITED NATIONS — The United States said Monday that Russia last week launched a satellite that could be part of weaponizing space, a possible future global trend that members of the United Nat…
JERUSALEM — Newly-released satellite photos reviewed by the Associated Press show a large exodus of Palestinians from the southernmost Gaza city of Rafah earlier this month ahead of a feared I…
ROME — Pope Francis has added a stop in Luxembourg to a trip to Belgium in September, a three-day visit that will come as he is recovering from a much longer and challenging trip to Asia.
CASA GRANDE — Ask pastor and Casa Grande Mayor Pro Tem Anthony Edwards about the late Pastor Juan Humes and he will smile and shake his head about Humes’ “The Boss” cap that he would always don.
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican has revised how it evaluates purported supernatural events, such as reported visions of the Virgin Mary, to guard against hoaxes and account for news going viral.
CASA GRANDE — Robert Miguel may be the chairman of the Ak-Chin Indian Community, but in his mind, he will always be “Bob,” the same approachable guy whom kids would get excited about seeing roll up to the local convenience store because they knew he would emerge from the store with a few ext…
NEW YORK — A video posted to Donald Trump's account on his social media network Monday included references to a “unified Reich” among hypothetical news headlines if he wins the election in November.
In an isolated part of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration headquarters known as the 12th-floor “bubble,” chief Anne Milgram made an unusual request of top deputies summoned in March for what she called the “Marijuana Meeting”: Nobody could take notes.
OMAHA, Neb. — New federal certification rules finalized Monday for train dispatchers and signal repairmen will set minimum standards to counteract the investor pressure on railroads to continually cut costs while making sure those employees have the skills they need to operate all the high-t…
The White House says FDIC chairman to step down following report on agency's toxic workplace culture
NEW YORK — The White House said Monday that the chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation will step down, a departure that follows the release earlier this month of a damning report about the agency’s toxic workplace culture.
Microsoft wants laptop users to get so comfortable with its artificial intelligence chatbot that it will remember everything you’re doing on your computer and help figure out what you want to do next. The software giant on Monday revealed an upgraded version of Copilot, its AI assistant, as it confronts heightened competition from Big Tech rivals in pitching generative AI technology that can compose documents, make images and serve as a lifelike personal assistant at work or home. The announcements ahead of Microsoft’s annual Build developer conference in Seattle centered on imbuing AI into the Windows operating system for personal computers.
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Trump Media and Technology Group, the owner of former President Donald Trump’s social networking site Truth Social, lost more than $300 million last quarter, according to its first earnings report as a publicly traded company.
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