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September 29, 2023

Northern Arizona University building med school to help combat doctor shortage

Northern Arizona University has announced its intent to build a medical school to help address a statewide shortage of healthcare professionals.

September 21, 2023

Phoenix ordered to permanently clear largest homeless encampment by early November

A judge issued a ruling on Wednesday mandating that Phoenix must permanently clear away the city's largest homeless encampment by Nov. 4.

September 11, 2023

Arizona teen bravely shoots home intruder during Phoenix break-in: Police

Home invasion suspect Juan Saavedra was shot by a teenage boy on Friday night after allegedly forcing himself into his residence and breaking a window, police say.

August 29, 2023

50 Cent postpones Phoenix concert over 'dangerous' triple-digit temps

Rapper 50 Cent has postponed his performance at the Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre in Phoenix, blaming temperatures as high as 117 degrees that are currently searing the region.

August 7, 2023

Second body found on Arizona Capitol grounds in under 2 weeks

A person was found dead on Arizona State Capitol grounds Monday morning, marking the second time a body has been found on the property since July 26.

August 6, 2023

Arizona suspect arrested for allegedly unleashing pit bull on Phoenix officers

Mary Clifton was arrested on suspicion of aggravated assault against a police officer and resisting arrest for allegedly unleashing her pit bull on cops in Phoenix.

July 31, 2023

Uber driver behind the wheel in fatal self-driving vehicle crash pleads guilty

Uber driver Rafaela Vasquez, 49, pleaded guilty to endangerment on Friday after her self-driving vehicle killed a pedestrian while her eyes were off the road back in 2018.

July 26, 2023

Heatwave walloping Southwest claims 7 more lives in Phoenix area

Health officials in Maricopa County have recorded seven heat-related deaths in the Phoenix area amid a brutal heatwave that is walloping the Southwest.

July 15, 2023

Arizona woman murdered by her live-in lover after years of fraud, daughter says: 'Everything was a lie'

Loretta Bowersock, a Tempe, Arizona, businesswoman, went missing in 2004. It wouldn't be until 2006 when her remains were found in the desert, thanks to clues from a psychic.

July 10, 2023

Phoenix goes to court to prove it cleared homeless encampment on deadline

The city of Phoenix is going to court to prove it has met a deadline to clear a large homeless encampment, an action that has drawn pushback from civil rights advocates.