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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 7, 2019Tempe’s Huss Brewing releases IPA to benefit firefighter memorial
A metro Phoenix brewery has released a special India Pale Ale to benefit a group that pays tribute to fallen Arizona firefighters.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 6, 2019Arizona bill would require review, standards to prevent maternal deaths
The U.S. maternal mortality rate more than doubled from 2000 to 2014, something an Arizona bill would address through an advisory committee.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 6, 2019Fire crews from three cities control Phoenix house fire
Crews from Phoenix, Peoria and Glendale worked to keep an attic fire from consuming a northwest Phoenix home Wednesday afternoon, authorities said.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 6, 2019Pair accused of performing dental services without license in Buckeye
Police said they arrested a man and a woman last week for providing dental services without a license in a West Valley home.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 6, 2019Peoria turns over police alarm program to national technology company
The West Valley suburb of Peoria announced this week it has partnered with a national technology company to run its police department’s alarm program.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 6, 2019MCSO arrests woman in West Valley ‘porch pirate’ case
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office said a woman was recently arrested for allegedly stealing a delivery from the porch of a West Valley home last year.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 6, 2019Sen. Martha McSally says superior officer raped her in Air Force
U.S. Sen. Martha McSally revealed during a Senate hearing Wednesday that she was raped in the Air Force by a superior officer.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 6, 2019Trial delayed for Mesa man accused of selling ammo to Vegas shooter
The trial date for an Arizona man who was accused of providing armor-piercing ammunition to the Las Vegas gunman has been rescheduled.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 6, 2019Runoff release flooding Phoenix-area streets, likely to last for while
The number of Phoenix-area roads forced closed by runoff from reservoirs is growing and could last for a while, a spokesman for the utility company releasing the water said.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 6, 2019Arizona attorney general looking into pro-Trump high school incident
The Arizona Attorney General's Office is looking into an incident where East Valley high school students claimed they were punished for donning pro-President Donald Trump attire.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 6, 2019Crash closes southbound Loop 101 ramp in Chandler
An accident on a Phoenix-area freeway closed a ramp early Wednesday, authorities said.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 6, 2019DEA, Scottsdale police arrest 6, including MS-13 member
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in Arizona announced Monday that six people, including an MS-13 gang member, were arrested on drug charges.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 6, 2019Alice Cooper’s Hollywood Vampires schedule show at Scottsdale casino
Alice Cooper and his famous pals in Hollywood Vampires -- Johnny Depp and Joe Perry -- scheduled their first non-holiday show on the Valley rock icon’s home turf.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 5, 2019Laser Spine Institute shuts all facilities, including Scottsdale location
A Scottsdale surgical center that advertised “minimally invasive spinal procedures” was shuttered last week after the Florida-based business abruptly closed.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 5, 2019
Accident halts rush-hour traffic on US 60 (Grand Avenue) in Glendale
Eastbound U.S. 60 (Grand Avenue) was closed at Northern Avenue during rush hour Tuesday after an SUV ran into a pole, Glendale police said.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 5, 20193 Phoenix-area men sentenced for interstate kidnapping
Three men from metro Phoenix were recently sentenced to federal prison for kidnapping a woman from California and taking her to Arizona last year.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 5, 2019Review finds no basis for criminal charges against Uber in Tempe fatality
Yavapai County Attorney’s Office found no reason to press criminal charges against Uber over last year’s accident in which a self-driving vehicle hit and killed a woman in Tempe.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 5, 2019San Francisco Giants’ Cameron Maybin arrested for DUI in Scottsdale
San Francisco Giants outfielder Cameron Maybin was arrested in Scottsdale last week for driving under the influence, police told KTAR News 92.3 FM.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 5, 2019Embry-Riddle forms international partnership to address pilot shortage
Embry-Riddle, Arizona's prestigious aeronautical university, has a new international partner to help the airline industry brace itself for a projected pilot shortage.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 5, 2019Vice President Mike Pence visits Phoenix, meets with Gov. Doug Ducey
Vice President Mike Pence visited Phoenix on Tuesday to meet with Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey and participate in several business-oriented events.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 5, 2019Phoenix hits 80 degrees Tuesday for the first time this year
It's beginning to feel a lot like spring in the Valley. Phoenix hit 80 degrees for the first time this year on Tuesday afternoon.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 5, 2019Arizona Supreme Court Chief Justice Bales to step down in July
Arizona Supreme Court Chief Justice Scott Bales announced Tuesday he would retire in the summer, after 14 years on the bench.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 5, 2019Phoenix-area volunteers head to flooded South for disaster recovery
A pair of volunteer relief workers from metro Phoenix have signed on to help with disaster recovery efforts in the South, where heavy rains have overwhelmed towns along the lower Mississippi River.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 5, 20192 Phoenix-area Banner Health facilities make top 100 hospitals list
Two Arizona hospitals, both Banner Health facilities in metro Phoenix, were rated among the nation’s 100 top hospitals for 2019 by IBM Watson Health.