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A dog at an Arizona animal shelter in May 2023
The Pima Animal Care Center says it’s in urgent need of pet adoptions and fosters. A country official says the shelter has seen an increase in the number of pet owners having to surrender their pets over the last year.
Aug. 30, 2023
barbed wire at an arizona prison
A federal judge has sentenced an Iowa man to two and a half years in prison for making threats to Maricopa County Supervisor Clint Hickman and former Attorney General Mark Brnovich in Arizona over the 2020 election.
Aug. 29, 2023
Backpage.com
The Show spoke with Arizona Republic reporter Richard Ruelas, who has been covering the Backpage scandal, about the trial set to begin in Phoenix on Tuesday.
Aug. 28, 2023
Arizona Coyotes on the ice
Last month, Alex Galchenyuk returned to the Valley for a third stint with the Arizona Coyotes. But it was short-lived – the team terminated his contract less than two weeks later, after he threatened to kill Scottsdale police during an arrest.
Aug. 26, 2023
DNA readouts on a clear background with clips
A young college student who was brutally killed on a Prescott hiking trail decades ago was the victim of a serial predator who took his own life years later, authorities said Friday. Police hope to determine whether there were other victims of the killer.
Aug. 26, 2023
phoenix police logo
A former Phoenix police officer acquitted of sex crimes – allegedly committed while on duty — now says he was the victim of malicious prosecution.
Aug. 25, 2023
woman sitting at desk with multiple screens
Emergency dispatchers in Arizona will now receive paid counseling for trauma experienced at work after Gov. Katie Hobbs signed a bipartisan bill.
Aug. 24, 2023
gavel in front of a statue of the scales of justice
Federal prosecutors say 22 people have been indicted for conspiracy to smuggle undocumented immigrants for profit.
Aug. 22, 2023
woman wades across the Rio Grande
Texas installed roughly 1000-feet of giant orange buoys are held together by sharp metal pieces and surrounded by barbed wire earlier this year.
Aug. 21, 2023
The Biden administration evacuated more than 70,000 Afghans from their country on Aug. 15, 2021. Two years on, many are still in legal limbo, caught in a growing asylum backlog.
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Aug. 21, 2023
Judge's gavel
A Biden administration program that allows people from Nicaragua, Haiti, Venezuela and Cuba to apply to come to the U.S. with the help of a sponsor is going to trial this month. That’s after a coalition of Republican states sued to stop it earlier this year.
Aug. 21, 2023
police line blocking the street
Traffic was shut down in both directions on Interstate 10 near 16th Street during morning rush hour on Monday because of a person on top of a pedestrian bridge, officials said.
Aug. 21, 2023
traveler with luggage
In a unanimous decision, the court held that a jury could find that one of Mesa Air Group's pilots acted in a way that was racially motivated.
Aug. 17, 2023
Katie Hobbs
Sometimes referred to as the "Doomsday Mom," Vallow was found guilty in May by an Idaho judge for the murders of her two children, Tylee Ryan and Joshua “JJ” Vallow, as well as Tammy Daybell, the late wife of Vallow’s current husband, Chad Daybell.
Aug. 16, 2023
police gun
A group called Street Cop Training is charging about $300 per police officer to attend a class scheduled for Aug. 24 in the far southeast Valley. The company also fights against subpoenas by New Jersey oversight officials in connection with its 2021 October conference in Atlantic City that featured a conservative firebrand.
Aug. 16, 2023
scales of justice
On Tuesday, Aug. 22 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Pima County Public Defense Services is hosting a free legal clinic — with the main purpose of helping people seal eligible criminal records.
Aug. 15, 2023
My Florist is a Dick art print by Shepard Fairey
Mesa Arts Center is replacing exhibits featuring protest art by local Indigenous artists with a celebration of the city. It’s partially because of a controversy over one piece in a traveling exhibition by a world-famous artist.
Aug. 15, 2023
University of Arizona campus
The University of Arizona has enacted new safety measures following the shooting of a professor on campus last year.
Aug. 14, 2023
gavel in a courtroom
Four years ago, Arizona lawmakers opened a temporary window for child sex abuse victims over age 30 to sue for damages. Now, the state court of appeals has revived a case against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix brought by an anonymous plaintiff who was 11 years old in 1979.
Aug. 11, 2023
Phoenix police
In November, Wall Street Journal reporter Dion Rabouin conducted interviews on the sidewalk outside a Chase Bank location. Phoenix police said Wednesday that an officer who detained him was not wrong for doing so. The newspaper disagrees.
Aug. 10, 2023

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