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ARIZONA NEWS | May 25, 2018Border Patrol union chief: National guard deployment a ‘colossal waste’
The union has previously praised President Donald Trump's border security efforts and his plan to send National Guard troops.
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ARIZONA NEWS | May 25, 2018Most of Arizona under severe fire restrictions for Memorial Day weekend
Residents will be barred from starting a campfire in the majority of Arizona over the Memorial Day weekend, as dry weather conditions were expected to worsen wildfire conditions for the holiday.
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ARIZONA NEWS | May 25, 2018Memorial Day weekend forecast: Final Phoenix days of sub-100 temperature
Saturday and Sunday was forecast to remain in the mid-90s. Enjoy it; Memorial Day was predicted to get to 100 degrees and start a long string of triple-digit temperature.
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ARIZONA NEWS | May 25, 2018Six Flags enters Phoenix-area market, but it’s not bringing rides
The theme park company announced this week it has entered into an agreement to take over Wet 'n' Wild Phoenix, the largest water park in Arizona.
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ARIZONA NEWS | May 25, 2018
Freeport-McMoRan boss was top-paid CEO in Arizona in 2017
Richard C. Adkerson was paid $16.2 million last year to run energy company Freeport-McMoRan, making him Arizona's top-paid CEO in 2017.
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ARIZONA NEWS | May 25, 2018Part of I-10 reopened at 40th Street in Phoenix after large vehicle fire
Part of a major Phoenix freeway has reopened Friday after a large vehicle fire caused an hours-long closure and sent dark plumes of smoke into the sky that could be seen for miles.
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UNITED STATES NEWS | May 25, 2018Science teacher reportedly subdues student shooter at Indiana school
A male student was in custody and two victims were hospitalized after a shooting at a suburban Indianapolis middle school Friday morning, authorities said.
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ARIZONA NEWS | May 25, 2018Border Patrol makes 170 human smuggling arrests near Yuma
A three-week investigation into human smuggling has led to 170 arrests in southern Arizona, the U.S. Border Patrol announced.
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ARIZONA NEWS | May 25, 2018No Phoenix-area freeway closures over Memorial Day weekend
The Arizona Department of Transportation announced that over the Memorial Day weekend, there will be no freeway closures or major lane restrictions for construction or maintenance along Phoenix-area freeways.
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ARIZONA NEWS | May 24, 2018One shot as verbal altercation leads to shooting outside hospital
The Phoenix Police Department is looking for two suspects involved in a shooting that left one man hurt outside St. John's Hospital Thursday.
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ARIZONA NEWS | May 24, 2018More changes made to departure routes from Sky Harbor airport
The departure routes out of Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport will be undergoing more changes, the Federal Aviation Administration announced Thursday.
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ARIZONA NEWS | May 24, 2018Stanton talks education, what keeps him up at night as resignation nears
Talking with 92.3 FM KTAR News' Mac & Gaydos, Stanton spoke on economic progress, education and what really kept him up late at night in one of his final interviews as the Phoenix mayor.
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ARIZONA NEWS | May 24, 2018Crews recover body of trapped worker days after drill rig topples
The body of a worker who was trapped after an enormous drill rig fell near Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport was recovered Thursday, according to the Phoenix Fire Department.
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ARIZONA NEWS | May 24, 2018Valley Metro donates 5,000 books to students as part of annual campaign
Christmas is still many months away, but a number of Phoenix-area students were gifted with thousands of books as part of an annual campaign from Valley Metro.
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ARIZONA NEWS | May 24, 2018McCain praises Trump’s posthumous pardon of boxer Jack Johnson
A battle that U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) had been fighting for more than a decade came to a close on Thursday, when President Donald Trump issued a posthumous pardon for heavyweight boxing legend John Arthur “Jack” Johnson.
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ARIZONA NEWS | May 24, 2018Phoenix Symphony’s longtime bassoonist announces retirement
Bonnie Wolfgang, who has played bassoon with The Phoenix Symphony since 1976, will retire after the season-ending performances of Rachmaninoff’s Second Symphony next month.
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ARIZONA NEWS | May 24, 2018One dead after multi-vehicle accident on Loop 202 in Mesa
A pedestrian has died after suffering from injuries sustained during a multi-vehicle car accident on a Mesa freeway on Thursday.
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ARIZONA NEWS | May 24, 2018Valley economist says impact of Super Bowl is legit — and could be huge
A Valley economist said the state can expect a huge windfall when another Super Bowl is held at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale in 2023.
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ARIZONA NEWS | May 24, 2018Phoenix-area photographer describes experience with Hawaiian volcano
As residents prepared for the eruption of a volcano on one of Hawaii's islands, one Phoenix-area photographer traveled into the eye of the storm -- and came out with some captivating images.
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ARIZONA NEWS | May 24, 2018Arizona cities fare poorly in rankings of US park systems
Arizona residents have a reason to be green with envy based on new rankings of the park systems in the 100 largest U.S. cities.
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ARIZONA NEWS | May 24, 2018Phoenix ranks second in US in population growth from 2016 to ’17
San Antonio, Texas, was the only U.S. city to add more residents than Phoenix last year, according to new U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.
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ARIZONA NEWS | May 24, 2018NTSB report: Uber in fatal Arizona crash gave driver 1.3-second warning
Sensors on the self-driving Uber that killed a woman in Tempe didn’t trigger an emergency braking alert until 1.3 seconds before she was hit, according to a U.S. government report.
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ARIZONA NEWS | May 24, 2018Arizona officials preparing for heavy highway traffic before Memorial Day
As Memorial Day weekend creeps up, one Arizona agency was preparing for the high number of drivers who are expected to be on the roads.
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ARIZONA NEWS | May 23, 2018Natural gas explosion might be to blame for Phoenix church collapse
A church in Phoenix caught on fire and collapsed Wednesday night after an explosion likely caused by a natural gas leak broke down the structure.