GOMA, Congo (AP) — Families of the victims of last week's bomb attacks on two camps of displaced people in eastern Congo gathered to mourn their loved ones at a ceremony on Monday evening. During …
A thick atmosphere has been detected around a planet that's twice as big as Earth in a nearby solar system. Researchers reported Wednesday that the rocky planet 55 Cancri e is wrapped in a blanket of …
FTX says that nearly all of its customers will receive the money back that they are owed, two years after the cryptocurrency exchange imploded, and some will get more than that. FTX said in a court …
Valley & State
The trial has begun for a former University of Arizona graduate student accused of fatally shooting a professor in 2022 after he was banned from campus because of harassment complaints. A jury was …
First Responders
The Phoenix Fire Department is adding more fire stations to serve the growing city, but the number of recruits has dropped drastically during the past decade. Resulting staffing shortages have caused …
HOUSING
Downtown Mesa is getting more housing, with an apartment complex local leaders say is a continuation of efforts to redevelopment the city’s central core.
While residents have been moving …
ARIZONA LOTTERY
A Bashas’ Food City in Phoenix sold a Fantasy 5 ticket for the May 6 drawing that is worth $695,000, Arizona Lottery officials said Tuesday.
The ticket was sold at the store located at …
Education
PHOENIX — State schools chief Tom Horne announced the formation of a task force Tuesday designed to warn teens of the dangers of fentanyl.
But this one is designed to be different than the …
Government
After many years in Coolidge, the Pinal County Elections Department is returning to Florence in June.
The new 53,000-square-foot facility at 320 W. Adamsville Road will be shared by the county …
Election
It turns out Aly Cline is battling more than one opponent in this year’s Surprise mayoral election.
SUNDAY SHOOTING
A 44-year-old Mesa man has been identified as the person shot and killed by an Arizona trooper early Sunday along Loop 101 in Tempe, authorities said.
Lemonte Anthony Knobelock died after …
TEEN VIOLENCE
Months of work by Chandler council members and city staff will be put on display in a pair of ordinances scheduled for discussion and a potential vote on Thursday evening.
The 6 p.m. regular …
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