FLORENCE — A man accused of being a human smuggler who led police on a high-speed chase that ended with multiple serious injuries was sentenced this week to 22.5 years in prison.
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FLORENCE — A man accused of being a human smuggler who led police on a high-speed chase that ended with multiple serious injuries was sentenced this week to 22.5 years in prison.
MARICOPA — Roads were closed for several hours following a fatal crash on Maricopa-Casa Grande Highway, the city of Maricopa advised.
COOLIDGE — The Coolidge Police Department and others hope to reduce fatalities and serious injuries in car crashes with safety habits.
FLORENCE — Future Forward Foundation, or 3F, has announced the launch of its annual membership program. This new initiative will allow the nonprofit to better engage with its members and provide more opportunities for involvement.
ARIZONA CITY — On Friday, Xpress Car Wash had its ribbon cutting, bringing Arizona City its latest business.
COOLIDGE — The Central Arizona Valley Institute of Technology sends students out into the world prepared for the workforce.
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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.
CASA GRANDE — There really isn’t a more exciting and long standing rivalry in Pinal County like the one between Coolidge and Florence.
A sweeping Associated Press investigation into prison labor in the United States found that prisoners who are hurt or killed on the job are often being denied the rights and protections offered to other American workers.
Driver killed in incident at Arizona facility that is being built by a Taiwanese semiconductor giant
PHOENIX — A truck driver has been killed after a tank holding waste material depressurized at a construction site in Phoenix, where workers are building an advanced semiconductor manufacturing plant that could supply tens of millions of chips for powering smartphones, vehicles and data cente…
Slovakia's prime minister Robert Fico was gravely injured in an apparent assassination attempt that rocked the small country and the rest of Europe just weeks before an election.
PHOENIX -- Attorney General Kris Mayes filed two new lawsuits against giant Amazon on Wednesday, accusing the online retail giant of illegal practices that make consumers pay more than they should for products and throwing roadblocks in the path of canceling their services.
When it was Shawnna Bolick’s turn to speak, the words tumbled out of her.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Arrests for illegally crossing the U.S. border from Mexico fell more than 6% in April to the fourth lowest month of the Biden administration, authorities said Wednesday, bucking the usual spring increase.
BOSTON — Opposing fans have been begging for matchups with the Celtics this postseason.
Even though the Super Bowl rematch between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers will not occur until almost the midpoint of the season, NFL fans will be treated to a pair of playoff …
Connor Ingram, the goaltender who shared his battle with an undiagnosed obsessive-compulsive disorder that led him to drink to cope with anxiety and has blossomed into a full-time NHL player, …
PHOENIX — Brandon Pfaadt threw seven stellar innings, Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit a tiebreaking RBI double in the eighth and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Cincinnati Reds 2-1 on Wednesday.
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.
ELOY — In previous years, the Cinco de Mayo holiday was predominantly an afterthought within the Eloy community. However, with the city celebrating its third annual event this past weekend, Cinco de Mayo is another opportunity for the community to come together.
DETROIT — America’s Northeast and Midwest cities are rebounding slightly from years of population drops — especially Detroit, which grew for the first time in decades — though the South still dominates the nation's growth, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates released Thursday.
A sweeping Associated Press investigation into prison labor in the United States found that prisoners who are hurt or killed on the job are often being denied the rights and protections offered to other American workers.
Slovakia's prime minister Robert Fico was gravely injured in an apparent assassination attempt that rocked the small country and the rest of Europe just weeks before an election.
Reported sex assaults in the US military have dropped. That reverses what had been a growing problem
WASHINGTON — The number of reported sexual assaults across the military decreased last year, and a confidential survey found a 19% drop in the number of service members who said they had experienced some type of unwanted sexual contact, according to new figures obtained by The Associated Pre…
Family of California Navy veteran who died after officer knelt on his neck settles lawsuit for $7.5M
SAN FRANCISCO — Family members of a Navy veteran who died in 2020 after a police officer pressed a knee to his neck for nearly five minutes while he was in a mental health crisis have settled a federal lawsuit against the Northern California city of Antioch for $7.5 million, their attorneys …
Palestinians are marking 76 years of dispossession on Wednesday, commemorating their mass expulsion from what is today Israel, as a potentially larger catastrophe unfolds in Gaza where over a quarter of the population has been displaced by fighting in the last few days alone.
A bronze sculpture of the late Rev. Billy Graham was unveiled at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, with Christianity's most prolific evangelist once known as “America’s Pastor” immortalized in the halls of Congress on behalf of his native North Carolina.
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot multiple times after a political event Wednesday afternoon, an episode of violence that punctuated his decades-long career in politics.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Singapore’s new Prime Minister Lawrence Wong vowed to make “tomorrow better than today” as he took his oath of office Wednesday in a carefully planned political succession designed to ensure stability in the Asian financial hub.
WASHINGTON — After months of questions about whether general election debates would happen, President Joe Biden and Republican nominee Donald Trump have agreed to participate in two of them: one in June and one in September.
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump on Wednesday agreed to hold two campaign debates — the first on June 27 hosted by CNN and the second on Sept. 10 hosted by ABC — setting the stage for their first presidential face-off to play out in just over a month.
NEW YORK — Donald Trump is seeking to have New York’s highest court intervene in his fight over a gag order that has seen him fined $10,000 and threatened with jail for violating a ban on commenting about witnesses, jurors and others connected to his hush money criminal trial.
Slovakia's prime minister Robert Fico was gravely injured in an apparent assassination attempt that rocked the small country and the rest of Europe just weeks before an election.
HAVANA — The 1959 Castro-led revolution installed an atheist, Communist government that sought to replace the Catholic Church as the guiding force in the lives of Cubans.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Singapore’s new Prime Minister Lawrence Wong vowed to make “tomorrow better than today” as he took his oath of office Wednesday in a carefully planned political succes…
SAO PAULO — While flooding that has devastated Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state has yet to subside, another scourge has spread across the region: disinformation on social media that has hamper…
A bronze sculpture of the late Rev. Billy Graham was unveiled at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, with Christianity's most prolific evangelist once known as “America’s Pastor” immortalized in the halls of Congress on behalf of his native North Carolina.
HAVANA — The 1959 Castro-led revolution installed an atheist, Communist government that sought to replace the Catholic Church as the guiding force in the lives of Cubans.
MALAPPURAM, India — Preventing Muslim migrants from gaining citizenship. Revoking the semi-autonomy of the country’s only Muslim-majority region. Building a Hindu temple where a violent mob razed a mosque.
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…
McDonald’s plans to introduce a $5 meal deal in the U.S. next month to counter slowing sales and customers’ frustration with high prices.
NEW YORK — U.S. stocks edged back from their record heights Thursday after the Dow Jones Industrial Average briefly topped the 40,000 level for the first time.
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Thursday announced the arrests of three people in a complex stolen identity scheme that officials say generates enormous proceeds for the North Korean government, including for its weapons program.
Driver killed in incident at Arizona facility that is being built by a Taiwanese semiconductor giant
PHOENIX — A truck driver has been killed after a tank holding waste material depressurized at a construction site in Phoenix, where workers are building an advanced semiconductor manufacturing plant that could supply tens of millions of chips for powering smartphones, vehicles and data cente…
LAS VEGAS — The iconic Mirage hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip will shut its doors this summer, the end of an era for a property credited with helping transform Sin City into an ultra-luxury resort destination.
CANNES, France — Welcome to Cannes. The annual film festival is always a spectacle, but 2024's edition may be the most combustible in years. The 77th Cannes red carpet unfurls against a backdrop of war and protest. The #MeToo movement, so slow to take root in France, is now quickly tearing t…
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