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Shigeru Imaizumi, a 96-year old graduate from Kenkoku University, points to himself in a school photo, Sept. 16, 2022, in Toyokawa, Aichi prefecture, Japan. Kenkoku University was established in northern China in 1938 as a grand piece of imperial propaganda meant to celebrate Japan's prewar colonization of large swaths of Asia, but in recent years, the dwindling number of surviving students, their families and those who have researched its history have come to share a sense of cross-national unity. (Kenkoku University via AP)
Imperial Japan university unites graduates decades after war
TOKYO (AP) — Growing up, Fumina Oka knew little about the mysterious university her Taiwanese grandfather attended in northern China's Manchuria during Japan’s occupation in the early 20th … more
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Rescuers from the Guatemalan Army descend into a sinkhole in Villa Nueva, Guatemala, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. Search efforts continue for a mother and daughter who disappeared when their vehicle was swallowed by the massive sinkhole. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Searchers seek to recover 2 missing in Guatemala sinkhole
The search for a mother and daughter whose car plunged into a huge sinkhole in Guatemala has changed to a recovery effort, three days after they disappeared. The chief of volunteer firefighters … more
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The home of the former Heritage Cleaners, seen looking north on 58th Avenue toward Glendale Avenue downtown, is among the vacant buildings being sold for development.
Glendale seeks proposals for downtown parcels up for sale
The city of Glendale is seeking proposals from individuals or firms to purchase and develop eight city-owned parcels in a prime location near Historic Downtown. more
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A federal judge has blocked the state from enforcing a new law involving those who register people to vote. [MetroCreative]
Judge blocks state from enforcing voter registration law
PHOENIX — A federal judge has blocked the state from enforcing a new law he said could inadvertently make felons out of volunteers who register people to vote. more
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The city of Tempe is seeking applicants for the Technical Code Advisory Board of Appeals.
Tempe seeks members for Technical Code Advisory Board of Appeals
Help keep Tempe buildings safe for everyone. The city is looking for engineering, electrical and plumbing professionals to serve on Tempe's Technical Code Advisory Board of Appeals. more
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Scottsdale-based developer Empire Group of Companies announced this month the closing on the sale of 18.61 acres to The Garrett Companies for approximately $7.8 million. Garrett has plans to build a two- to four-story apartment complex that will include 324 apartment units across 17 buildings at the southwest corner of 99th and Northern Avenues in Glendale. This rendering depicts the future complex, on which construction is expected to begin in the next 2-3 weeks.
Report: Glendale has Valley’s cheapest apartment rent, but ...
Good news, bad news when it comes to apartment rents in Glendale. more
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Capitol rioter, a ‘one man wrecking ball,' gets 7-year term
An Iowa man who admitted to taking part in the assault of a police officer as part of his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol was sentenced to seven years in prison Tuesday after the … more
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A tree and landslide debris lie across Gastineau Avenue after falling between two homes and crushing a vehicle in downtown Juneau, Alaska, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. Firefighters and police on Monday evening closed the street to traffic and evacuated nearby homes. (Clarise Larson/The Juneau Empire via AP)
Alaska landslide damages 3 homes, 'squishes' pickup
A landslide triggered by record rainfall significantly damaged three homes, prompted the evacuation of about a dozen residents and caused power outages in downtown Juneau, Alaska’s capital city. … more
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FILE - Volunteers distribute cases of water at a community/fraternal drive-thru water distribution site in Jackson, Miss., Sept. 7, 2022. The NAACP said Tuesday, Sept. 27, that Mississippi is discriminating against Jackson’s majority-Black population by diverting badly needed federal funds for drinking water infrastructure to white communities that needed it less. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
NAACP says Jackson's water problems are civil rights issue
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — In a federal complaint Tuesday, the NAACP said Mississippi officials “all but assured” a drinking water calamity in Jackson by depriving the state’s majority-Black … more
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Clockwise from top left are Marcie Hutchinson, Rachel Walden, J. R. Wright, Chris Hamlet and Ray Deer.
Q&A: Get to know Mesa USD Governing Board candidates: Top 3 issues
Seven candidates for two Mesa Public Schools governing board seats have filed signatures to be on the ballot at the Nov. 8 election. According to the Maricopa County school superintendent’s … more
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Bob Burns fought for years to get the state's largest electric utility to acknowledge that it spent millions to elect two Arizona Corporation Commission members in the 2014 election.
High court says lone Arizona regulator can seek utility docs
The Arizona Supreme Court says the state utility regulation commission can't prevent individual members from issuing subpoenas to investigate companies the panel oversees. The former state … more
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Russia's United Nations Ambassador Vasily Nebenzya listens as Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy address the United Nations Security Council by video, Tuesday Sept. 27, 2022 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Ukraine's president: No talks with Putin if its land annexed
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned Tuesday that Russia’s just concluded “sham referendums” and attempts to annex Ukrainian territory rule out any talks … more
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Aida Sibic is a Tempe resident and moved to the U.S. as a teen refugee from Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 1990s. She's now written a book about her experience called “Luck Follows the Brave: From Refugee Camps, Abuse, and Suicide Loss to Living the Dream.” 
Meet Your Neighbor: Tempe resident pens book on refugee experience
Every day of Aida Sibic’s life has been irrevocably impacted by war.  Now in her early 40s and living in Tempe, Sibic and her family were forced to leave their homeland of Bosnia behind and became refugees in California. Cut off from friends and loved ones, Sibic formed a love of technology as a teen in a new country. She now works in cybersecurity.  more
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Q&A: Scottsdale Unified’s board candidates address health concerns within district schools
Scottsdale Unified School District’s governing board candidates provided their perspectives on how the district should handle infectious diseases as SUSD continues to manage COVID-19 in its schools. more
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Former Paradise Valley mayor David Hann dies
David Hann, who was elected mayor of Paradise Valley in 1992, passed away on Sept. 6. He was 91-years-old. Hann spent his early years in Kansas and Colorado, before entering the Navy. After … more
Woman, child found dead in San Tan Valley home
A woman and a young boy were found dead Monday, Sept. 26 in a home in San Tan Valley. At around 2:30 p.m., the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office was called  to the home near Castlegate … more
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The NASA moon rocket, right, slated for the Artemis mission to the moon rolls back to the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The launch of the rocket was postponed due to the impending arrival of Hurricane Ian. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
NASA moon rocket back in hangar, launch unlikely until Nov.
NASA’s moon rocket returned to the safety of its hangar Tuesday as Hurricane Ian approached Florida, its launch now unlikely before mid-November. Instead of trying to send it on its first test … more
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A house lays in the mud after it was washed away by Hurricane Fiona at Villa Esperanza in Salinas, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. Fiona left hundreds of people stranded across the island after smashing roads and bridges, with authorities still struggling to reach them four days after the storm smacked the U.S. territory, causing historic flooding. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo)
Puerto Rico seeks U.S. waiver as diesel dwindles after storm
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s governor on Tuesday requested that the U.S. government waive a federal law to allow for more fuel shipments to the island amid concerns over a dwindling … more
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FILE - Doreen Coleman, left, mother of Richard "Randy" Cox Jr., walks with civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump during a march for Justice for Randy Cox on Dixwell Avenue in New Haven, Conn., Friday, July 8, 2022. At right is Attorney Michael Jefferson. Lawyers for Cox, a Black man who was paralyzed from the chest down in June when a police van without seat belts braked suddenly, filed a $100 million lawsuit Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022, against the city of New Haven. (Arnold Gold/New Haven Register via AP, File)
$100M lawsuit filed over injuries suffered in police van
Lawyers for Randy Cox, a Black man who was paralyzed from the chest down in June when a police van without seat belts braked suddenly, filed a $100 million lawsuit Tuesday against the city of New … more
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FILE - A JetBlue Airbus A320 taxis to a gate Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016, after landing, as an American Airlines jet is seen parked at its gate at Tampa International Airport in Tampa, Fla. The government is getting its day in court to try to block a partnership between American Airlines and JetBlue. A trial is scheduled to start Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2022 in the Justice Department's antitrust lawsuit against the airlines. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)
JetBlue CEO first witness in US lawsuit against 2 airlines
Government lawyers used airline executives' own words in trying Tuesday to persuade a federal judge to kill a partnership between American Airlines and JetBlue Airways. The government argued that … more
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Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, left, the Democratic nominee for governor is shown outside Arizona Attorney General's Office in Phoenix. The majority of Arizonans believe elections are fair, according to a new survey.
Survey reveals majority believes Arizona elections are fair
 Center for the Future of Arizona (CFA) announced  findings from a new Arizona Voters’ Agenda survey that builds on survey research released earlier this year. The Arizona … more
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Schools choose curriculum that will help students meet state standards for learning.
GPS board candidates talk standards, curriculum
This is the second in a series of questions asked of Gilbert Public Schools Governing Board candidates. more
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ADOT starts 3-year I-17 project from Anthem Way to Sunset Point
The first phase of the Interstate 17 improvement project from Anthem Way to Sunset Point has begun. Construction work at New River Road began Monday, Sept. 26, according to the Arizona Department … more
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U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris visits Zojoji Temple on the day of the state funeral for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022, in Tokyo. (Leah Millis/Pool Photo via AP)
VP Harris seeks computer chip partners in Tokyo
TOKYO (AP) — Armed with a new law that boosts U.S. support for computer chip manufacturing, Vice President Kamala Harris is seeking new investments and partnerships as she sits down with Japanese … more
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FILE - In this photo released by Russian Orthodox Church Press Service, Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill, left, conducts the Easter service accompanied by President Vladimir Putin, background right, at the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow, Russia, early Sunday, April 24, 2022. Russian soldiers who die in the line of duty in Ukraine have all of their sins forgiven, the patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church proclaimed in a sermon on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022, comparing their sacrificial death to that of Jesus. (Oleg Varov/Russian Orthodox Church Press Service via AP)
Moscow patriarch: Russian war dead have their sins forgiven
The patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church says Russian soldiers who die in the line of duty in Ukraine have all of their sins forgiven. That was a key message in a sermon Sunday by Moscow … more
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