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The former Minneapolis police officer is serving more than 20 years in prison on state and federal charges in Floyd's death, which set off extensive protests.

Time's 2023 list of the World's Greatest Places features just seven U.S. locations, including this city lauded for its history and food scene.

A bobcat was found inside of a San Manuel, Arizona home, lounging on a dog bed with a blanket and toys nearby, when the owner of the home arrived after work.

An Arizona man who was accused of killing a young Tucson girl has declined to testify in his second murder trial. The man is facing first-degree murder and other felony charges.

Desmond Cambridge Jr. hit a 60-foot shot at the buzzer and Arizona State rallied from a 10-point deficit to beat No. 7 Arizona 89-88.

Interstate 10 remained closed outside Tucson on Wednesday, the day after a truck crash caused a hazardous material leak and forced evacuations nearby. The driver of the truck was killed in the crash.

Arizona officials say Wednesday that orders for evacuation and sheltering in place have been lifted and the Interstate 10 in Arizona southeast of downtown Tucson has been opened more than a full day after a deadly crash caused a hazardous material leak.

The trailer contained the liquid form of nitric acid, which is highly corrosive. People within half a mile were evacuated and people within a mile were told to shelter in place.

A commercial truck rolled over on Interstate 10 near Tucson, authorities in Arizona said, killing the driver and spilling hazardous liquid nitric acid.

The deadly crash of a commercial tanker truck has caused hazardous material to leak onto Interstate 10 outside Tucson, shutting down the highway and forcing evacuations within a half mile of the accident.

A HAZMAT situation in Arizona prompted authorities to close a portion of a freeway.

An Arizona man who was already convicted of killing a Tucson teen is now facing another murder trial involving a six year old. The man was sentenced to life in prison plus 17 years.

Josue Lopez Quintana was sentenced to three years of supervised probation for lying to authorities about his role in a shooting that killed four people.

A 33-year-old prohibited possessor was arrested Friday after allegedly firing a single shot in the lobby of an Arizona health care facility.

Oumar Ballo scored 16 points, Azuolas Tubelis had a double-double and No. 11 Arizona withstood a late rally to end No. 5 UCLA’s 14-game winning streak with a 58-52 victory.

Agents confiscated more than 100 pounds of precursor chemicals, with some coming from China, during an early morning raid in Tucson, Arizona.

An argument broke out near an Arizona intersection between a group of motorcyclists and someone riding a passenger vehicle, leading to a shooting that killed one person.

Lower mortgage rates are giving homebuilders greater confidence in the single-family housing market.

As the White House continues to prepare for the end of Title 42, nonprofits helping migrants at the border are in a limbo period.

Gortari-Redondo's co-conspirators ― his wife and another man ― are still at large, and there is a $3,500 reward offered for each of them.

Nonprofit Center for Biological Diversity recently released a study detailing how illegal wildlife trafficking in Mexico has grown "out of control" as authorities turn a blind eye.

This move means abortions will remain legal until after 15 weeks gestation at least until early January, and likely longer.

Arizona’s attorney general agreed to not enforce a ban on abortion until next year. Clinics such as Planned Parenthood can now restart abortion procedures across the state.

Arizona’s attorney general has agreed not to enforce a near-total ban on abortions at least until next year.

More than 30 migrants locked in the back of a box truck were rescued by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents in Arizona on Monday following a chase.

A Tucson woman is using chorizo — and her love of food and public art — to pursue recognition of a lesser-known chapter of Chinese American history.

Department officials said the maximum penalty for illegally killing wildlife is four months in jail and a fine.

Nominate a military servicemember or veteran who displays the Hometown Hero attitude.

Nominate a military servicemember or veteran who displays the Hometown Hero attitude.

Legal abortions that restarted in Arizona this week after a court blocked enforcement of a pre-statehood ban will be able to continue for at least five weeks while an appeals court considers the case.

A former University of Arizona graduate student arrested in the fatal shooting of a hydrology professor was being held without bond Friday after a judge ruled there was enough evidence to try him on charges of first degree murder and aggravated assault. An interim complaint in the case released Friday says Thomas Meixner, who headed the school’s Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, was shot four times on Wednesday afternoon. The shooting happened inside the Harshbarger Building, which houses the hydrology department.

San Diego High school football player Samuel Harris, who is 16 years old, was talking to his teammates about how he respects his mom, who was deployed in the military. Then he realized someone was standing behind him.

The University of Arizona has released the name of a professor who authorities said was fatally shot on campus by a former graduate student. University President Robert Robbins identified the victim late Wednesday as Thomas Meixner, who had headed the school’s Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences. A few hours after the shooting, state troopers stopped a former graduate student, 46-year-old Murad Dervish, in a van about 120 miles (193 kilometers) northwest of the Tucson campus, university Police Chief Paula Balafas said during a news conference.

The suspect, identified as Murad Dervish, 46, was taken into custody just outside of Gila Bend, Arizona, roughly four hours after the shooting.

Nominate a military servicemember or veteran who displays the Hometown Hero attitude.

Deliberations have resumed in the first of two trials for a 40-year-old man who allegedly kidnapped and killed two Tucson girls, ages 6 and 13.

After a Willem de Kooning painting worth millions was brazenly stolen in 1985 from an Arizona museum, the staff clung to the hope that it would turn up one day.

The Border Patrol is seeing a dramatic shift in the type of migrants who come across the busiest places on the U.S.-Mexico.

As hundreds of migrants line up along an Arizona border wall around 4 a.m., agents try to separate them into groups by nationality. Migrants from at least 115 countries have been stopped here in the last year, but that may be less striking than what's missing: Mexicans are virtually absent. Instead, families from Venezuela, Colombia, Haiti, Cuba, Brazil, India and dozens of other countries arrive in Yuma after wading through the knee-deep Colorado River.

Planned Parenthood Arizona has joined several other providers and restarted abortion care in the state, although it may only be temporary.

The musician behind "Jealous Guy" and "Where Ya Been?" had reportedly gone missing before his death.

Deborah Martinez-Garibay enlisted in the U.S. Army after 9/11 and did multiple tours in Afghanistan.

Authorities say former Tucson, Ariz. officer Ryan Remington shot him nine times. The indictment is for manslaughter.

An Arizona woman has died after she was swept away during flash flooding four days ago at Utah’s Zion National Park, officials said Tuesday. Jetal Agnihotri, 29, of Tucson, Arizona, was discovered Monday about 6 miles (9.6 kilometers) south of the area where she was swept away by floodwaters, ending a four-day search, Zion National Park spokesman Jonathan Shafer said in a news release. Shafer didn't immediately return texts and email messages to explain why park officials waited a day to announce the discovery.

More than 7,500 Americans remain unaccounted for from the Korean War, according to the Army.

An Arizona judge is set to hear arguments on the state’s request to allow it to enforce a near-total ban on abortions under a law that has been blocked for nearly 50 years.

Our first responders without a doubt deserve the world, and how cool would it be to help one of them win a free car?

Hiking and biking trails, pedestrian corridors and vehicle brides are getting an influx of federal funds.

Our first responders without a doubt deserve the world, and how cool would it be to help one of them win a free car?

Our first responders without a doubt deserve the world, and how cool would it be to help one of them win a free car?

Our first responders without a doubt deserve the world, and how cool would it be to help one of them win a free car?

Fellows of Disability Futures for this year honors disabled lineages in art, which is to say, traces the links between elders and emerging artists across the country.

Homebuilder sentiment fell dramatically in July, as both builders and buyers contend with sky-high inflation.

In Arizona, the polyglot queue in Yuma of what authorities call “give ups,” migrants who willingly seek out U.S. authorities after crossing the Mexican border, served as sharp contrast to the wild chases happening about 300 miles southeast in Nogales.

A woman who took her own life in a Fairfax County cemetery in 1996 was identified by a lab and police using genetic genealogy.

The University of Arizona joins schools in a number of other states in covering tuition and fees for tribal members, who have been less likely than other Americans to pursue higher education.

A Tucson, Ariz. shelter for migrant asylum seekers crossing into the US is seeing record capacity, despite a federal judge's order upholding Trump-era public health border restrictions.

Out of more than 200 local teachers, one St. Augustine educator was picked as the Hyundai Hometown Hero.

After the Supreme Court Roe v. Wade abortion case opinion leak, companies face political pressure and a focus on health benefits may be the best response.

Pinkbike's 2022 Value Field Test—nine bikes ridden and rated in Tucson, Arizona.

Arizona's McKale Center was evacuated Saturday due to a fire after the men's basketball game against California. Fire alarms sounded and the arena was cleared out about an hour after No. 2 Arizona's 89-61 win. A ladder truck hoisted a crew to check out the roof as a small group of fans in Arizona gear looked on.

Miguel Angel Jimenez felt the breeze at his back and pulled a 6-iron, believing it would be the perfect club at Tucson National’s 196-yard seventh hole. Jimenez's ace propelled him to a 6-under 66 in breezy conditions Friday to match Jeff Sluman for the first-round lead at the Cologuard Classic. “The ball never left the flag,” Jimenez said.

Kelly is the husband of former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), who was shot in the head while greeting constituents outside a Tucson supermarket 2011.

Contract talks between the biggest freight railroads and unions that represent 105,000 employees are headed to mediation this week.

A Utah man and a Tucson girl were killed when a single-engine plane crashed near the airport of the east-central Arizona city of Show Low, a fire official said Thursday. Deputy Chief Randy Chevalier of the Timber Mesa Fire and Medical District identified those killed Wednesday as pilot David A. Gillette, 40, and passenger Lorelai Johansen, 11.

Sixth-ranked Arizona begins one of the toughest two-week runs in college basketball on Wednesday night, when the Wildcats head to Knoxville to face No. 19 Tennessee in one of this week’s marquee nonconference matchups.

A Tucson police officer shot a man in a wheelchair nine times after the man allegedly stole a toolbox from Walmart.

The statement comes a day after opinion columnist Tim Steller of the Arizona Daily Star published a column on and video of the confrontation.

The number of households receiving emergency rental assistance has increased steadily in recent months, with no major increase in people being turned out of their homes despite the expiration of the federal eviction moratorium.

No bull: Tucson police had to respond Tuesday morning to reports of a bull roaming a neighborhood near an elementary school.

Officials on Thursday identified the armed passenger who died in a gunfight after fatally shooting a federal agent inside an Amtrak train in Arizona as Darrion Taylor. The Pima County Medical Examiner’s Office in Tucson said in a news release that Taylor, 26, was shot in the torso and limbs. The wounds were not self-inflicted, according to medical examiner Dr. Gregory Hess.

A federal agent shot and killed by an Amtrak train passenger in Arizona is being remembered as a revered leader with a career spanning almost two decades.

Officials said that it all started with a confrontation on the train between two DEA agents and a suspect.

Officials said that it all started with a confrontation on the train between two DEA agents and a suspect.

Authorities say a Drug Enforcement Administration special agent was killed when a passenger opened fire as officers were doing a routine inspection for illegal contraband on an Amtrak train in Tucson, Arizona.

Police arrested a man early Sunday in connection with the shooting death of Utah sophomore cornerback Aaron Lowe.

After two bone-dry years that sank the U.S. Southwest deeper into drought, this summer's rainy season has unleashed with fury.

A blast of trumpet flourishes and guitarrón bass breaks the solemn hush of Mass on a torrid August desert morning.

Retired singer Linda Ronstadt is being recognized by her hometown with a day in her honor.

The intern hailed as a hero for helping save the life of then-U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords following an attempted assassination is running to represent her former district in Congress.

Arizona coach Sean Miller reacts to a play during the second half of the team's NCAA college basketball game against Colorado, Monday, Dec. 28, 2020, in Tucson, Ariz. Arizona won 88-74. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)TUCSON, Ariz. – The Arizona men's basketball program has self-imposed a one-year postseason ban related to its long-running NCAA rules infractions case. “I understand and fully support the University’s decision to self-impose a one-year post season ban on our men’s basketball program," Miller said in a statement. ___AP College Basketball writer John Marshall contributed to this story. ___More AP college basketball: https://apnews.com/Collegebasketball and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25

Arizona fired Sumlin on Saturday, a day after a 70-7 loss to Arizona State extended the Wildcats' losing streak to a record 12 games over two seasons. Arizona State scored the most points in Territorial Cup series history — dating to 1899 — to send Arizona to its fifth straight loss this season, with another possible game next week. He got off to a good start at Texas A&M, leading the Aggies to five straight bowl games. After showing some early promise, Arizona went on a downward spiral, capped with a record loss to its biggest rival. Sumlin said after the Arizona State loss.

20 USC beat Arizona 34-30 on Saturday. “A lot of teams would like to be in that position.”USC (2-0, 2-0 Pac-12) was outplayed by Arizona State last week before scoring two touchdowns in the final three minutes of a 28-27 victory. Another drive into the red zone, another trip without points. “That's the bottom line.”THE TAKEAWAYUSC played undisciplined at times and was disjointed at times on offense, particularly in the red zone. Against Arizona, the Trojans struggled with penalties and capitalizing in the red zone.

TUCSON, Ariz. – Acclaimed photographer Dan Budnik, noted for his portraits of artists in New York in the 1960s and documenting the civil rights movement and Native American culture, has died. In 1958, Budnik photographed the Youth March for Integrated Schools and the March on Washington in 1963 as well as every stage of the Selma to Montgomery March in Alabama in 1965. By the late 1960s, Budnik began to devote much of his time to Native American causes. He photographed the elders of 20 Native American nations across the country. Budnik also is survived by son Aaron Budnik, who is a rare-books dealer in London, and grandson Riley Budnik.

(Kelly Presnell/Arizona Daily Star via AP)TUCSON, Ariz. Hundreds of foothills homes on the outskirts of Tucson remained under an evacuation notice Friday as firefighters worked to keep a wildfire from moving downhill from canyons and ridges in mountains in a national forest. The Federal Emergency Management Agency granted Arizonas request for money to help fight the fire, officials said Thursday. Flames have been visible from Tucson at night, and smoke from the fire plumed over a suburb Friday morning. Sheriff's officials went door to door in neighborhoods on Thursday to notify residences of the evacuation notice, which a sheriff's spokesman said Friday wasn't mandatory. The dry, hot weather and the steep, rocky topography have been the main challenges in fighting the fire near Tucson, Jarrold said.

Tensions rose throughout the week and reached a crescendo Friday night as protests erupted in cities across America. In Minneapolis, leaders decided to evacuate a police precinct Thursday and surrender it to protesters who set it on fire. Los Angeles police arrested more than 500 protesters on Friday night. Youve got to defend that, said former Los Angeles Police Deputy Chief Michael Downing. In Los Angeles, the center of the uprising was an intersection, Florence and Normandie avenues, and the violence spiraled into five days of riots and fires.

An Arizona couple wanted for murder were able to overpower security guards in Utah and escape while being extradited to stand trial in Tucson, authorities said. Blane and Susan Barksdale are now on the lam and are considered armed and highly dangerous, police said. The couple have been charged with first-degree murder, first-degree burglary, arson, felony criminal damage and auto theft. He was last seen one week before the fire at a Tucson bar. The Barksdales were last seen in a GMC Sierra pickup with Arizona plate number 127XTY.

A Tucson, Arizona, man went viral when video showed him laughing at Trump supporters during a city council meeting.

2014: Longtime "Saturday Night Live" announcer Don Pardo dies in his sleep at the age of 96 in Tucson, Arizona. Pardo had served as announcer for "SNL" since the show's 1975 debut and had a radio and TV announcing career that spanned more than seven decades. He was also the announcer for early incarnations of such shows as "The Price Is Right," "Jeopardy!" and "NBC Nightly News." Hide Caption