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Phoenix bus riders learn strike’s full effect
The impact of a strike by about 900 bus drivers in Phoenix and nearby Tempe was felt for the first time during Monday’s commute. The drivers went on strike Saturday against Veolia Transportation over wages and benefit disputes. The two...
Phoenix man arrested in kidnapping
A Phoenix man is in custody Tuesday and being held on $108,000 bail after he was accused of kidnapping two people in Phoenix and demanding a ransom, according to court documents.
Joel Soto, 18, was taken into custody by officers and detectives...
Phoenix police: Man dies in custody after chase, fight
A 43-year-old man died following a chase and scuffle with Phoenix police officers early Friday, authorities said.
Manitoba union loses bid to halt Phoenix Sinclair
The union representing Manitoba’s child-welfare and social workers has lost a court bid to quash a public inquiry into the abuse and death of Phoenix Sinclair, a five-year-old girl, in 2005.
7 indicted in deaths of Phoenix-area couple, man
A man from the Phoenix suburb of Mesa has been indicted in the deaths of an Arizona couple and another homicide last month. Maricopa County prosecutors announced Wednesday that 31-year-old Michael Lee Crane was indicted on two counts of first-degree...
Fight breaks out among mourners at Phoenix funeral
A fight broke out Friday morning at a funeral in Phoenix after a friend of the deceased punched a man who had reportedly been fighting with the deceased prior to his death.
About 11:30 a.m., the fight broke out at St. John’s Institutional...
Paradise Valley murders, Phoenix killing linked
Court documents for the first time connect the killings of a Paradise Valley couple with crimes committed against a Phoenix cigar salesman found dead in his condominium last month.
Prosecutors in court documents accuse Brittnay Beinhauer of...
Scottsdale police cite swimmer at Phoenix Open
A spectator at the Waste Management Phoenix Open was cited after he jumped into a lake at the TPC Scottsdale course Sunday during the final round of the tournament, police said.
Police identified the man as Rigoberto Polanco, 23, of Mesa, who...
Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office lawyers to meet
Lawyers in Arizona for the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office and attorneys from the U.S. Justice Department plan Monday to meet for the first time to resolve federal accusations of civil rights violations against the department run by Sheriff...
Phoenix Open expected to cause major traffic delays
The first round of the Waste Management Phoenix Open tees off Thursday and is expected to cause major traffic delays with hundreds of thousands of people expected to swarm the TPC Scottsdale Golf Course, the Greatest Show On Grass will turn...
