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Supreme Court blocks Arizona law requiring voters to prove citizenship
may not require documentary proof of citizenship from people seeking to vote in federal elections, reported the New York Times. According to the Times, the decision affirms the "dominant role of the national government in regulating immigration and voting." Federal law, according to the ...
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Man robs Peoria Safeway of oxycodone
PHOENIX - Police are asking for the public's help in finding a man who robbed a Safeway pharmacy Wednesday in Peoria. Just before 1 p.m. Wednesday, a man in his mid-20s robbed the Safeway at 83rd Avenue and Cactus Road, asking for all its oxycodone, according to Peoria police spokeswoman Amanda Jacinto. The suspect, wearing a disposable face mask, approached the pharmacy and told the ...
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NOW Prescott fire prompts evacuations
Fire Weather Warning issued June 18 at 9:56AM MST expiring June 19 at 7:00PM MST in effect for: Apache; Coconino; Navajo; Yavapai… Fire Weather Warning issued June 18 at 5:02AM MST expiring June 18 at 8:00PM MST in effect for: ...
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Kansas Democrat asks if SCOTUS ruling on Arizona law applies in Kansas
A Kansas City man supported a nascent plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange, an FBI official said Tuesday at a Washington D.C. hearing. Deputy FBI Director Sean Joyce said federal investigators used secret surveillance warrants to identify Khalid Ouazzani, who is awaiting sentencing in Missouri on terrorism-related charges, as part of the ...
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3 children sue over AZ suicide on TV
PHOENIX - A Phoenix lawsuit was filed earlier this month by the three minor children of a man whose suicide was broadcast by Fox News Channel last year. The children, ages 9, 13 and 15, claim the footage of their father's suicide has caused them to suffer emotional ...
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FD 5 hurt in N. Phoenix rollover
PHOENIX - Authorities say five people are injured after a rollover crash Tuesday morning in north Phoenix. The crash happened just before 11 a.m. on Thunderbird Road at 68th Street. Air15 video shows a vehicle laying upside down and another vehicle sitting on the sidewalk. Of the five adult patients, three have life-threatening injuries and two are non-life threatening, according to the Phoenix ...
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Chrysler agrees top recall 2.7 million older-model Jeeps
33 minutes ago After a public disagreement that threatened to blow up into a larger battle, Chrysler said Tuesday that it has agreed to recall 2.7 million Jeep vehicles that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said could potentially erupt into fire if rear-ended.Chrysler had been expected to file papers Tuesday refusing to comply with a NHTSA voluntary recall request sent ...
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Arizona congressmen want more flexible voter law
PHOENIX (AP) -- Republican congressmen from Arizona have introduced legislation that allows states to verify voters' U.S. citizenship after a Supreme Court ruling struck down a state law targeting voters in the country ...
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Troubled ASU fraternity has status revoked
A troubled fraternity at Arizona State University has had its status revoked.The university recently announced that Sigma Alpha Epsilon was expelled from the school following a string of student conduction violations.ASU spokeswoman Julie Newberg says the fraternity's conduct conflicted with the fundamental values and ideals of both the fraternity and the university.The expulsion comes ...
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Arias TV movie airing Saturday
A made-for-television movie on Jodi Arias is scheduled to air."Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret" is set to be shown Saturday on Lifetime, but the movie won't be about the trial.Screenwriter Richard Blaney, who wrote the script with Gregory Small, told The Arizona Republic ...
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PD Suspicious device found in PHX
PHOENIX - Phoenix police are investigating a suspicious device found in a central Phoenix neighborhood. Police were called to 18th Ave and Polk Road just after 9:30 a.m on Tuesday. Air15 flew over the scene and showed a robot investigating the area where the device was found. Police are still investigating the scene at this time. Stay with abc15.com for updates as they become ...
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Superheroes clean windows at PCH
PHOENIX - With their capes and squeegees at hand, three superheroes are making kids smile at the Phoenix Children's Hospital. Air15 video captured Batman, Robin, and Superman cleaning windows at the hospital around 10 a.m. Tuesday near Thomas Road and State Route 51. It's a sight that's definitely capturing the hearts of ...
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Good idea App for AZ immigration law
PHOENIX - Want to report immigration abuses in Arizona? There's an app for that. A new mobile app aimed at reporting abuses stemming from the state's harsh SB1070 immigration law was unveiled Tuesday by the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona. The app is part of a bilingual campaign to encourage state residents to report abuses under Arizona's anti-illegal immigration. Other ...
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Arena coming to the Las Vegas strip
LAS VEGAS - Casino giant MGM Resorts International and entertainment company AEG say they've inked a deal to build a 20,000-seat Las Vegas Strip arena. Officials with Las Vegas-based MGM Resorts and Los Angeles-based AEG say the joint venture will provide a centerpiece for a renovation of the area from Las Vegas Boulevard to Frank Sinatra Drive between the New York-New York and Monte Carlo ...
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Report Pinal County dept. like Animal House
FLORENCE, Ariz. (AP) -- Three Pinal County employees have been placed on leave after a report detailed that the county's public works department was out of control and employees' behavior resembled "Animal ...
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UT man shoots father-in-law at church
OGDEN, UTAH - It was a quiet part of the Father's Day Mass as about 300 people stood up in preparation for communion. A parishioner, known by many at the church as Ricky Jennings, entered through the glass doors in back, holding his wife Cheryl's hand. Seconds later, police say Jennings fired a single shot at the back of Cheryl's father's head, nearly killing him. The loud ...
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Boehner speaks out on immigration bill
U.S. Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) leaves at the end of a media availability after a House Republican Conference meeting December 18, 2012 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.Photographer: Alex Wong/Getty ImagesCopyright Getty ...
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NSA Over 50 terror plots stopped
WASHINGTON - Plots to bomb the New York subway system and the New York Stock Exchange were among more than 50 stopped by secret surveillance programs, the director of the National Security Agency and other officials disclosed Tuesday. The programs also helped stop a plan to attack the office of a Danish newspaper that came under heat for publishing a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed in 2006, ...
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Naked body in Tempe remains mystery
Authorities hope an autopsy will give clues to the identity of a woman whose naked, lifeless body was found Saturday in a Tempe street.Tempe police spokesman Mike Pooley said the victim was "brutally murdered" but declined to give details beyond that she suffered from "severe trauma."Police believe the woman was killed elsewhere and dumped Saturday in a quiet, middle-class ...
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Motion objects to Arias delay request
until January 2014 because of scheduling conflicts and because of the possibility Arias' might want to call witnesses during the retrial of her sentencing phase. In his motion, Martinez ...
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Cat shot with 2 foot arrow in Maryland
MILLERSVILLE, MD - "Xena," a cat around 2-years-old was recently found with an arrow her shoulder says Anne Arundel County police. Although Animal Control doesn't know exactly where the shooting happened, Xena was found on her owner's property in Millersville, Maryland. Animal Control was eventually able to catch Xena, who was scared after the incident, and then took her to ...
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Should jeeps be allowed on preserves
PHOENIX - The McDowell Sonoran Preserve is the jewel of Scottsdale, 43 square miles of pristine desert set aside for the sake of its own beauty. Scottsdale's other jewel is its tourism industry, which draws visitors -- and their money -- from around the world. Those two priorities will come into conflict this week as the Scottsdale City Council considers whether to allow jeep tours in a ...
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Taliban US to begin formal meetings
KABUL, Afghanistan - American officials say U.S. representatives will begin formal meetings with the Taliban in a few days at the group's new office opening in Qatar. Senior Obama administration officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak on the record, described the Taliban's move to open a political office Tuesday in Doha as a stepping ...
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Author Of Arizona’s Anti-Immigrant Law Immigration Rally Shows The ‘Reason We Have The Second Amendment’
Over the weekend, a group of immigration reform supporters held a rally in front of Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s home. It is in situations like this that make him grateful he ...
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Rosemont Mines water permit upheld
http://bit.ly/128Rzj5 ) that Law Judge Thomas Shedden upheld last week the Rosemont Mine's aquifer protection permit from the state. He said opponents didn't show that the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality's granting of the permit was "arbitrary, unreasonable, (or) unlawful".The permit allows Rosemont Copper Co. to discharge materials if it can show that ...
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Phoenix is water wise but planning is key
Phoenix is an insatiably thirty city, needing around 150 million gallons of water every day for agricultural, residential and commercial uses while the city with its population of over 4.5 million is also leading the charge in finding ways to live sustainably in a region of the world that is vast and largely arid.
Phoenix is often referred to as a ‘desert city’, because it is built in and has grown up in the desert. The Phoenix metropolitan area or Valley of the Sun, is located in the northeast of the Sonoran Destert and has one of the hottest climates of any other city in the country. Read more
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