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Man robs Peoria Safeway of oxycodone

PHOENIX - Police are asking for the public's help in finding a man who robbed a Safeway pharmacy Wednesday in Peoria. Just before 1 p.m. Wednesday, a man in his mid-20s robbed the Safeway at 83rd Avenue and Cactus Road, asking for all its oxycodone, according to Peoria police spokeswoman Amanda Jacinto. The suspect, wearing a disposable face mask, approached the pharmacy and told the ...
NOW Prescott fire prompts evacuations

Fire Weather Warning issued June 18 at 9:56AM MST expiring June 19 at 7:00PM MST in effect for: Apache; Coconino; Navajo; Yavapai… Fire Weather Warning issued June 18 at 5:02AM MST expiring June 18 at 8:00PM MST in effect for: ...
Kansas Democrat asks if SCOTUS ruling on Arizona law applies in Kansas

A Kansas City man supported a nascent plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange, an FBI official said Tuesday at a Washington D.C. hearing. Deputy FBI Director Sean Joyce said federal investigators used secret surveillance warrants to identify Khalid Ouazzani, who is awaiting sentencing in Missouri on terrorism-related charges, as part of the ...
3 children sue over AZ suicide on TV

PHOENIX - A Phoenix lawsuit was filed earlier this month by the three minor children of a man whose suicide was broadcast by Fox News Channel last year. The children, ages 9, 13 and 15, claim the footage of their father's suicide has caused them to suffer emotional ...
FD 5 hurt in N. Phoenix rollover

PHOENIX - Authorities say five people are injured after a rollover crash Tuesday morning in north Phoenix. The crash happened just before 11 a.m. on Thunderbird Road at 68th Street. Air15 video shows a vehicle laying upside down and another vehicle sitting on the sidewalk. Of the five adult patients, three have life-threatening injuries and two are non-life threatening, according to the Phoenix ...

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Italiano comes to Phoenix highly recommended

Source: ONE Sport. Ernie Merrick has only seen Lewis Italiano play once, yet the Phoenix coach is confident that signing the young goalkeeper is no punt. The 22-year-old former Perth back-up has signed a one-year deal and is Merrick's first recruit after shedding six players. He relied on his spies in the Victorian Premier League, and a reference from Phoenix goalkeeping coach Jonathan ...
Chrysler agrees top recall 2.7 million older-model Jeeps

33 minutes ago After a public disagreement that threatened to blow up into a larger battle, Chrysler said Tuesday that it has agreed to recall 2.7 million Jeep vehicles that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said could potentially erupt into fire if rear-ended.Chrysler had been expected to file papers Tuesday refusing to comply with a NHTSA voluntary recall request sent ...
Arizona congressmen want more flexible voter law

PHOENIX (AP) -- Republican congressmen from Arizona have introduced legislation that allows states to verify voters' U.S. citizenship after a Supreme Court ruling struck down a state law targeting voters in the country ...
Jodi Arias TV movie airs Saturday on Lifetime

That was the same month that Arias' televised trial started in the brutal 2008 slaying of her ex-boyfriend, Travis Alexander, a Mesa motivational ...
Troubled ASU fraternity has status revoked

A troubled fraternity at Arizona State University has had its status revoked.The university recently announced that Sigma Alpha Epsilon was expelled from the school following a string of student conduction violations.ASU spokeswoman Julie Newberg says the fraternity's conduct conflicted with the fundamental values and ideals of both the fraternity and the university.The expulsion comes ...

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US top court rules voters don't need citizenship proof

Siding with the Obama administration, the US Supreme Court Monday tossed out a provision in a Arizona state law requiring proof of citizenship for registration as a voter.

With a 7-2 majority, the apex court ruled that the state's voter-approved law interfered with federal law designed to make voter registration easier.

Opponents of the law saw it as an attack on vulnerable voter groups such as minorities, immigrants and the elderly, while the state called the provision a "sensible precaution" to prevent voter fraud.

Civil rights group countered that it added an unconstitutional and burdensome layer of paperwork for tens of thousands of citizens.

The Obama Justice Department opposed the Arizona law, which went beyond what other states have done to ensure integrity in the registration system.

The case focuses on Arizona but the decision would have wider implications as four other states - Alabama, Georgia, Kansas and Tennessee - have similar requirements, and 12 other states are contemplating such legislation.

A single judge of the apex court a year ago blocked the Arizona law from being enforced, while the full court decided internally whether to accept pending appeals for review. ...