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Right Livelihood Award honors women taking on autocrats, discrimination and unchecked AI
STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Right Livelihood Award was awarded Wednesday to two women and two women-led organizations challenging authoritarian rule, violence and discrimination against women, and the … more
Sen. David Gowan questioned why the State Land Department has a solar project planned on state land on the edge of Sierra Vista, an area of the state where he said residential growth has been capped.
Republican lawmakers question Arizona state land leases to solar developments
PHOENIX — Republican lawmakers grilled the head of the Land Department Tuesday about why her agency is leasing state-owned land for solar development when they believe it should be sold off for … more
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Patrick King works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Monday, Sept. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Asian benchmarks mostly rise despite ongoing worries about the Iran war
Asian shares are trading higher, boosted by optimism about artificial intelligence and computer chips despite ongoing worries about the war in Iran. Benchmarks rose in early Wednesday trading in … more
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A worker passes in front of an Adventure World climbing structure. Adventure World is Chuck E. Cheese's new interactive pizza-and-fun location scheduled to open Thursday, Oct. 1 in the center on the northwest corner of Germann and Gilbert roads in southeast Chandler.
‘Adventure World’ Chuck E. Cheese concept to open in East Valley this week
One could call the offshoot new type of restaurant many things. But Noe Martinez doesn’t think anyone should call Chuck E. Cheese Adventure World a rebranding. Martinez, a regional learning … more
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FILE - An Oakland Police Department patch is shown before a baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the Philadelphia Phillies in San Francisco, Tuesday, July 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu,File)
Judge ends federal oversight of Oakland police department after 23 years
A federal judge has ended the 23-year federal monitoring of the Oakland Police Department, marking the longest oversight of a police department in U.S. history. The department came under scrutiny in … more
In this photo taken with a smartphone and provided by Erin Wolfe, Justin Wolfe, center, stands with his mother Terri Steinberg, left, and uncle Joe Casamento at the Prince William County Jail, shortly after Justin's release Monday, Sept. 28, 2026, in Manassas, Va. (Erin Wolfe via AP)
Judge vacates Virginia man's murder conviction; he walks free after 25 years
A Virginia man’s murder conviction has been vacated and he has been freed from prison after spending 25 years behind bars — including more than a decade on death row. Justin Michael Wolfe … more
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The Central Arizona Project has rejected Scottsdale’s proposal to put advanced purified recycled water into the canal in exchange for nonrecycled water.
Scottsdale’s plan to put APRW in CAP canal a no go
The City of Scottsdale’s proposal to pump its advanced purified recycled water into the Central Arizona Project canal rather than use it itself, is a no go ... at least for now. In a statement … more
A sign that reads 'Kyrene School District' on a blue wall of a balcony at the Kyrene Administrative Building.
Candidates, others discuss how Proposition 320 could affect Kyrene school district
This November, Arizonans will vote to either support or deny Proposition 320, which states that it would “require certain school districts to spend at least 60% of operational funding on … more
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South Korean army soldiers patrol along the barbed-wire fence near the border with North Korea, in Paju, South Korea, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
North Korea denies planting mines that injured 3 South Korean soldiers, accuses Seoul of conspiracy
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday rejected South Korean findings that North Korea likely planted the land mines that injured three South … more
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Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo, seated right, with Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., standing right, during a discussion about text messages with former special counsel Jack Smith, as Smith testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026, as they probe his investigation of President Trump. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Hawks? Hawkeyes? Schmitt in probing Smith mistakes basketball mascots
In Sen. Eric Schmitt’s effort to trip up former Trump prosecutor Jack Smith Tuesday, the Missouri Republican seemed to mistake basketball teams playing about 650 miles apart. Schmitt accused Smith … more
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A 43-year-old man died Monday following a single-vehicle collision Sunday in west Phoenix in a release sent Tuesday by the Phoenix Police Department.
Man found dead in canal following single-vehicle collision in west Phoenix
A 43-year-old man died Monday following a single-vehicle collision Sunday in west Phoenix in a release sent Tuesday by the Phoenix Police Department. more
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Members of Phoenix Children's and Sundt Construction pose for a check presentation at an event Sept. 2 in which Sundt Construction committed $1 million to Phoenix Children's Center for Cander and Blood Disorders.
Phoenix Children’s receives $1 million investment from Sundt Construction
Phoenix Children’s received a $1 million commitment on Sept. 2 from Sundt Construction to support the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, according to a release from Phoenix Children’s on Tuesday. more
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