• Residents search for pets after tornado

  MOORE, OK - As the recovery continues after a deadly tornado tore through Moore Monday, residents are searching for missing pets in the wake of the storm. Home Depot is serving as a location where animals found in the wreckage are being transported. Some are being taken to the Moore Animal Shelter and some are heading to Oklahoma ...

• VIDEO Arias statement on family prison

  PHOENIX - Jodi Arias asked jurors Tuesday to give her life in prison, saying she "lacked perspective" when she told a local reporter in an interview that she preferred execution to spending the rest of her days in ...

• Activists rally in Phoenix over IRS scrutiny

  PHOENIX (AP) -- About 70 tea party activists waving signs and small American flags marched outside Phoenix's main Internal Revenue Service office Tuesday to protest the agency's extra scrutiny of conservative ...

• Arizona ban on abortion after 20 weeks struck down by federal court

  Arizona 's ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, absent a medical emergency.The 9th US circuit court of appeals said the law violated a woman's constitutionally protected right to terminate a pregnancy before a foetus is able to survive outside the womb. "Viability" of a foetus is generally considered to start at 24 weeks; normal pregnancies run about 40 weeks. Nine ...

• MacFarlane Wont Return to Hosting Oscars Suggests Joaquin Phoenix

  Cast member, creator and executive producer Seth MacFarlane participates in the panel for ''American Dad'' during the Fox summer Television Critics Association press tour in Beverly Hills, California August 2, ...

• Photos of Tucson shooting scene show gun knife

  In this image released by the Pima County Sheriff's department, a Glock 9 mm pistol is seen in the aftermath of the Tucson shooting rampage that killed six people and wounded former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 12 others in January 2011. Authorities released more than 300 photos on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, made by investigators during their investigation in the parking lot of the shopping ...

• Police free last 2 people in home with armed man

  Phoenix police say the last two people who were in a home with an armed man who was sought in the abduction of his 3-year-old son are now out and OK.Sgt. Steve Martos says a woman and an 8-year-old boy were extracted by police. Five other people either were released or extracted from the home earlier.Martos says SWAT officers are in the home and that he can't immediately comment on the ...

• VIDEO SWAT crashes through PHX home

  Tuesday morning. Israel Celis Sr. was found dead in the back room of a home near 91st Avenue and Highland after authorities forced their way into the residence. Celis was wanted in connection with the abduction of his young son, along with the Tuesday barricade. Police SWAT teams used an armored vehicle to smash open the front of the house to gain entry after Celis shot at ...

• Woman crashes into Mesa store 4 hurt

  MESA, AZ - An elderly woman crashed her car into a craft store in Mesa Tuesday morning, sending four people to the hospital, police said. An elderly woman drove into a Jo-Ann fabric store near Main Street and Recker Road around 11 a.m. and hit four women inside the store. Three of the victims are in serious condition with potentially life threatening injuries, police said. Police said the ...

• Appeals Court Strikes Down Arizona’s 20-Week Abortion Ban

  permanently struck down Arizona’s ';fetal pain'; law that would have criminalized abortion services after 20 weeks of pregnancy. The panel of judges determined that the 20-week ban is unconstitutional ...

• Jodi Arias urges Arizona jury to spare her death penalty

  Jodi Arias looks at her defense attorney Jennifer Wilmott during the penalty phase of her murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix, Arizona May 20, 2013 ...

• 9th Circuit strikes down Arizona abortion law

  A U.S. appeals court Tuesday struck down an Arizona abortion law banning the procedure after 20 weeks unless there's a medical emergency. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco said the law conflicts with federal decisions extending back to Roe vs. Wade. "Arizona may not deprive a woman of the choice to terminate her pregnancy at any point prior ...

• Arizona woman who killed boyfriend tells jury what shed do if life spared

  Jodi Arias looks at her defense attorney Jennifer Wilmott on Monday, May 20, 2013 during the penalty phase of Arias' murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix, AZ. Jodi Arias was convicted of first-degree murder in the stabbing and shooting to death of Travis Alexander, 30, in his suburban Phoenix home in June 2008. (The Arizona Republic, Rob Schumacher, ...

• Arias tells jury what shell do if allowed to live

  Jodi Arias spent 18 days on the stand sharing intimate, emotional and oftentimes X-rated details of her life before a rapt television and online audience. She had hoped it all might convince a jury that she killed her one-time boyfriend in ...

• Restaurant reopens after bad reality TV experience

  A Scottsdale restaurant planned to reopen Tuesday night after it temporarily shut its doors following an embarrassing reality TV experience.Wife and husband Amy and Samy Bouzaglo recently invited the popular makeover show "Kitchen Nightmares" to their restaurant, Amy's Baking Co., after years of bad online reviews from unhappy customers.The Bouzaglos complained on the show that ...

• Police ram Phoenix home as standoff continues

  A standoff with an armed man accused of abducting his 3-year-old son continues at a Phoenix home even after police used an armored truck to smash in the front of the house.Sgt. Steve Martos says 32-year-old Israel Celis Sr. remains in a room in the house and that a woman and an 8-year-old child also are believed to be inside.Television footage showed the armored truck ramming the front of the ...

• Arias What Ill do with life in prison

  PHOENIX - Jodi Arias told a jury Tuesday that she can contribute to society if allowed to live, saying she'd like to start literacy, recycling and other programs in prison. Arias addressed the jury in the penalty phase of her trial as the panel considers whether to sentence her to life in prison or execution. After five months of trial, Arias told the jury she never meant to cause the ...

• PD Suspect in Iowa girls abduction dead

  DAYTON, Iowa - Authorities say a convicted sex offender who was suspected of abducting two girls from an Iowa bus stop has been found dead. The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation says 42-year-old Michael Klunder was found dead Monday night at a rural property northeast of Dayton, which is about 60 miles north of Des Moines. His cause of death hasn't been released. Klunder is accused of ...

• Amys Baking to reopen after meltdown

  PHOENIX - A Scottsdale restaurant planned to reopen Tuesday night after it temporarily shut its doors following an embarrassing reality TV experience. Wife and husband Amy and Samy Bouzaglo recently invited the popular makeover show "Kitchen Nightmares" to their restaurant, Amy's Baking Co., after years of bad online reviews from unhappy customers. The Bouzaglos complained on the ...

• US can keep bin Laden photos private

  AMMAN, JORDAN - SEPTEMBER 10: This is a still image taken from a video tape aired on Al-Jazeerah station September 10, 2003 that shows Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden in an unspecified location.Photographer: Getty ImagesCopyright Getty ...

• Officials Senators agree on visas

  WASHINGTON - Leading senators working on immigration legislation reached a compromise Tuesday on the details of an expanded high-tech visa program, officials said as the Senate Judiciary Committee neared completion of its work on the measure. At the same time, several officials said the White House has made it known to Sen. Patrick Leahy, the panel's chairman, that it would prefer ...

• Utah Gov. Herbert rails against US Land management

  WASHINGTON (AP) -- Utah Gov. Gary Herbert says his state does a better job than federal managers and has a bigger stake than the bureaucrats in protecting the natural resources and rugged beauty that drives Utah's outdoor recreation and tourism ...

• Xbox One Microsoft reveals next generation console – live blog

  . It will also respond to gesture controls. Medhi is demonstrating how people will able to do "instant switching between input modes – tv, game, music." People ...

• Realization of loss sets in for OK

  MOORE, OK - Sun was hard to come by in Moore, Oklahoma, Tuesday. The sky still looked menacing, dark and foggy. Mist turned to rain. Lightning struck. From the air, this suburb outside Oklahoma City looked like flattened cardboard. On the ground, homes were messes of splinters. Cars, thrown like toys, sat in ridiculous places. Hunks of steel hung in trees -- the trees that were left. Most were ...

• AZ families fear for loved ones in OK

  Realization of loss sets in for OK Kids screamed for their parents and parents hollered their children's names, walking and searching in panic in the parking lot of Briarwood Elementary in Moore, Oklahoma, ...

• APS open to options to solve net metering issues

  APS is trying to figure out how net metering makes business sense. Net metering is the process by which credits are given to customers that own solar for any excess production that goes back into the electrical grid. Arizona Public Service Co. officials say they arent married to cutting net metering funding. In fact, they arent locked in to any one solution to deal with the growing number of ...

• Phoenix firefighter dies in motor vehicle accident at fire scene

  Fire fighting is known a dangerous job. After all, firefighters' jobs involve quickly moving to the scene of fires and other emergencies, places that are too dangerous for other people to be. The dangers extend beyond fires, however. Motor vehicle accidents can also claim firefighters' lives. Recently, a firefighter was involved in ...

• Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris evacuated after suicide inside

  Police evacuated Paris' Notre Dame cathedral on Tuesday after a well-known far-right former activist died by shooting himself in the mouth in front of its main altar, a police source said.The man, 78-year-old Dominique Venner, is a historian known in France for his far-right political essays. He carried a letter on his person but made no declaration before shooting himself dead in the ...

• Standoff at Phoenix home following Amber Alert

  PHOENIX (AP) -- Phoenix police have surrounded a home where they say an armed man inside is the father of a 3-year-old boy whose abduction was the subject of an Amber ...

• May 21 Today in Arizona history

  1931: Border patrolmen discover the skeleton of a 25,000-year-old mammoth near Hereford.1937: Amelia Earhart lands in Tucson, the first stop on her fateful journey across the globe. Her plane is lost en route to Howland Island in July 1937, then she is declared legally dead on Jan. 5, 1939, after an extensive search of the area between Lae, New Guinea, and Howland Island in the South ...

• Man stuck by 2 vehicles in Tolleson

  TOLLESON, AZ - A pedestrian has died after being struck by two vehicles in Tolleson. Joaquin Enriquez with MCSO said, around 3:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning two drivers were headed eastbound on Buckeye Road when they reported striking something in the roadway. Enriquez said both drivers did stop at the scene, and they noticed it was an adult male and called for help. If you are traveling in the ...

• MCSO searching for Anthem woman

  ANTHEM, AZ - The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help to find a missing Anthem woman. Deputy Joaquin Enriquez said Martha "Martie" Hayes was last seen at her residence near Anthem Way and Daisy Mountain Road around 6 p.m. on Monday night. According to Enriquez, Hayes has bipolar and has paranoid tendencies. MCSO says she was last seen wearing a ...

• Police to release more than 300 photos from Tucson rampage aftermath

  TUCSON, Ariz. – Authorities are set to release more than 300 photos on Tuesday that investigators took in the aftermath of the Tucson shooting rampage that killed six people and wounded former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 12 others. The Pima County Sheriff's Department says many photos show the parking lot of the shopping center where the shooting took place in January 2011. The ...

• Tucson shooting photos to be released

  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Authorities are set to release more than 300 photos on Tuesday that investigators took in the aftermath of the Tucson shooting rampage that killed six people and wounded former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 12 ...

• 930 AM | Will Arias plead for mercy

  PHOENIX - When Jodi Arias addresses the jury in her murder trial one more time, the big question will be whether she pleads for mercy or repeats what she told a TV reporter minutes after her conviction: She would rather be executed than spend the rest of her life in prison. After nearly five months of testimony in a case that has captured tabloid headlines with tales of sex, lies and violence, ...

• 7AM Obama to speak on OK disaster

  WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama will be meeting with his disaster response team, including Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, on Tuesday before ...

• AZ teams on standby to help Oklahoma

  PHOENIX - Arizona's rescue and recovery team for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) are on standby if they are called to help in Oklahoma. ...

• Finance chief Purisima blasts CA ruling on Phoenix Petroleum

  MANILA, Philippines–The Department of Finance questioned the Court of Appeals’ decision stopping the Department of Justice from pursuing the smuggling case against the President and CEO of Phoenix Petroleum Philippines(Phoenix)as well as its customs broker,Jorlan Cabanes. ';TROs like this one effectively prevent the government from prosecuting smuggling. Our courts and court ...

• Pics From Tucson Shooting to be Released

  Authorities are set to release more than 300 photos on Tuesday that investigators took in the aftermath of the Tucson shooting rampage that killed six people and wounded former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 12 others. The Pima County Sheriff's Department says many photos show the parking lot of the shopping center where the shooting took place in January 2011. The photos also include ...

• Release set for police photos from Tucson rampage

  TUCSON, Ariz. -; Authorities are set to release more than 300 photos on Tuesday that investigators took in the aftermath of the Tucson shooting rampage that killed six people and wounded former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 12 ...

• Arias speaks on own behalf as jury considers death

  When Jodi Arias addresses the jury in her murder trial one more time, the big question will be whether she pleads for mercy or repeats what she told a TV reporter minutes after her conviction: She would rather be executed than spend the rest of her life in prison.After nearly five months of testimony in a case that has captured tabloid headlines with tales of sex, lies and violence, Arias' ...

• Arizonas Corbin Improves to 7-0 With Win Over Colorado

  (Reuters) - Arizona's Patrick Corbin delivered a dominant nine innings to lead the Diamondbacks to a 5-1 win over Colorado and improve his unbeaten start to 7-0 on Monday. The 23-year-old struck out 10 and allowed just three hits during his complete game, while Didi Gregorius went 3-for-5 with two RBIs to help keep Arizona top of the National League West. Corbin is now one of five ...

• CA stops gov’t from pursuing smuggling case vs Phoenix Petroleum

  PHOTO FROM PHOENIXPHILIPPINES.COM MANILA, Philippines--Taking note of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) "extraordinary swiftness" in ordering the filing of more than P5 billion smuggling raps against the president and CEO of Phoenix Petroleum Philippines Inc. and his broker which might endanger their rights, the Court of Appeals stopped the government from pursuing the case. In a ...

• Co-workers help widow of fallen officer

  Now, she's reliving every tearful moment, knowing her co-worker, Stephanie Raetz, is feeling that same excruciating pain of losing a spouse. The 29-year-old officer ...

• AMBER ALERT Missing AZ 3-year-old

  TOLLESON, AZ - An Amber Alert has been issued Monday night for a 3-year-old abducted from Tolleson. Authorities are looking for Israel Celis, Jr., described as a Hispanic male, 3 feet tall, 35 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a light green shirt, grey pants with a white stripe down the legs and "Transformers" flip flops. Police say the boy's father, ...

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