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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 24, 2018Driver leads police on chase across Phoenix area, crashes in Tempe
A driver led police on a chase across the Phoenix area on Wednesday before violently crashing in Tempe near the Arizona State University campus.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 24, 2018Four WWE events, including Royal Rumble, to be held in Phoenix
Big news, wrestling fans: WWE announced Wednesday that four major events -- including the Royal Rumble -- would be held in Phoenix next year.
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ARIZONA TECHNOLOGY NEWS | Jan 24, 2018Facebook just invented a new measure of time — here’s what you should know
Facebook unveiled a new product this week called Flicks, which is a new measure of time that is about 1/705,600,000 of a second.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 24, 2018Toys R Us closing 182 stores in US, 6 in Arizona
Struggling retailer Toys R Us announced Wednesday it was closing more than 180 stores, including four in metro Phoenix, starting as soon as next month.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 24, 2018Car smashes into train in Gilbert, driver killed
One person was killed early Wednesday in Gilbert when a car smashed into the side of a moving train.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 24, 2018Bodies of man, girl found inside car parked at Mesa hotel
The bodies of a man and a teenage girl were found inside a locked car at a Mesa hotel parking lot and police retrieved a gun from the vehicle.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 24, 2018Arizona has some of the worst traffic safety laws in nation, report finds
Arizona's traffic safety laws are among some of the worst in the nation, according to a new report from Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 24, 2018New TV spot touts Arizona education as ‘making progress’
A newly-formed lobbying organization has launched a television campaign in an effort to portray Arizona's K-12 education situation as "making progress."
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 24, 2018Officials planning for 53 polling places in special election to replace Franks
More than 50 polling places will be opened in the Phoenix area for a special election to replace former U.S. Rep. Trent Franks, officials said Tuesday.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 24, 2018Chase Bank to raise pay for more than 1,000 employees in Arizona
More than a thousand Chase employees in Arizona will see a wage increase, thanks to a $1.5 trillion tax overhaul that was signed into law last month.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 23, 2018Trump nominates Susan Brnovich, Arizona AG’s wife, to federal judgeship
President Donald Trump has nominated Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Susan Brnovich, AG Mark Brnovich's wife, as a U.S. District Court judge.
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GENERAL NEWS | Jan 23, 2018Here’s when you can get an Apple HomePod and how much it costs
Apple announced Tuesday that its HomePod speaker device -- the company's version of Amazon Echo or Google Home -- will be released Feb. 9 for $349.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 23, 2018Republican Wendy Rogers announces run for Rep. Tom O’Halleran’s seat
Rep. Tom O'Halleran will have another challenger in his fight to keep Arizona's 1st Congressional District blue after Wendy Rogers announced her campaign.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 23, 2018AMC unveils completely renovated auditoriums with IMAX in Mesa
AMC Theaters said Tuesday that it had completed all work inside the AMC Superstition East 12 theater, located near Baseline and Signal Butte roads.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 23, 2018WWE releases Enzo Amore after Phoenix woman accuses him of rape
World Wrestling Entertainment said Tuesday that it had reached release terms with wrestler Enzo Amore after a Phoenix woman accused him of rape.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 23, 2018Arizona man cannot hunt for decade after illegally killing bighorn sheep
An Arizona hunting guide can't hunt in 47 states as a penalty for killing a desert bighorn sheep with a fraudulently obtained big game permit.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 23, 2018Anti-abortion group names Arizona nation’s top pro-life state
An anti-abortion group has placed Arizona at the top of its annual list of states that have the best pro-life policies.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 23, 2018ASU Gammage offering lottery for $10 ‘Hamilton’ tickets
If you missed out on scoring tickets to "Hamilton" at Arizona State University's Gammage Auditorium, have we got got some good news for you.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 23, 2018Dierks Bentley bringing his Mountain High Tour home to Phoenix
Country singer and Phoenix native Dierks Bentley will bring his Mountain High Tour to his hometown in a few months' time.
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UNITED STATES NEWS | Jan 23, 20182 killed, others injured in shooting at Kentucky school
Authorities said two students were killed and over a dozen were injured Tuesday morning in a shooting at a high school in rural Kentucky.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 23, 2018Maricopa County’s first mail-in only voting ‘overwhelming success’
The all-mail balloting that Maricopa County used in its November elections was an "overwhelming success," according to a recent report.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 23, 2018Arizona schools chief says K-12 education in state is ‘improving’
Diane Douglas, the state superintendent of public instruction, said the state of education in Arizona is improving, but there's still work to be done.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 23, 2018Senior facility near ASU’s Tempe campus to break ground next month
College students and senior citizens may not go hand-in-hand, but a new housing facility on Arizona State University's Tempe campus could soon change that.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jan 23, 2018Local windows company finds new headquarters near Sky Harbor
A window manufacturing company has recently moved into its new headquarters near Phoenix's Sky Harbor International Airport.