The pilot of a hot air balloon that crashed in the Arizona desert and killed four people earlier this year did not have ketamine in his system prior to the crash, officials said, correcting an earlier report. Cornelius van der Walt, 37, was initially reported to have had enough ketamine in his blood to be considered impaired for driving, according …
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Arizona rancher George Alan Kelly’s wife was called to testify on behalf of the prosecution on Wednesday, as the high-stakes murder trial with broad implications about the borderlands continues. Wanda Kelly, who has been married to the defendant for nearly 54 years, told the Santa Cruz County courtroom that she had spotted two men armed with rifles and carrying backpacks …
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Arizona activists say they have gathered enough signatures to put a constitutional amendment to create a “fundamental right” to abortion on the state’s ballot in November. Arizona for Abortion Access, a coalition of pro-choice groups including the ACLU of Arizona and Planned Parenthood Advocates of Arizona, says it has collected more than 500,000 signatures from registered voters who want to …
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Chad Daybell, husband of “cult mom” Lori Vallow, is set to stand trial in Idaho this week for the murders of his wife’s two children and his first wife in 2019. The pair is at the center of multiple murder cases involving not only Vallow’s two children but both her and Chad’s deceased ex-spouses. They were initially scheduled to have …
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TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva announced Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with cancer, but he said he is continuing to work while undergoing treatment. “A few weeks ago, I sought medical treatment for a persistent cough which was initially diagnosed as pneumonia. After further testing and imaging, my physician discovered that I have cancer,” the 76-year-old …
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The millionaire parents of one teen gang member accused of murdering his 16-year-old peer on Halloween weekend last year in Queen Creek, Arizona, allegedly helped cover the suspects’ tracks following Preston Lord’s beating death, according to a report. Police call the teenage gang the “Gilbert Goons” in thousands of pages of recently released documents obtained by FOX 10 Phoenix. Treston …
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The largest uranium producer in the United States is ramping up work just south of Grand Canyon National Park on a long-contested project that comes as global instability and growing demand drive uranium prices higher. The Biden administration and dozens of other countries have pledged to triple the capacity of nuclear power worldwide in their battle against climate change, and …
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A Tucson police officer has died in a car crash while responding to a service call, authorities said Monday. MISSING WOMAN AMANDA NENIGAR FOUND DEAD NEAR CALIFORNIA-ARIZONA BORDER: OFFICIALS Police officials said the crash occurred around 10 p.m. Sunday at an intersection not far from the University of Arizona campus and the officer died from his injuries after being rushed …
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PHOENIX (AP) — The leader of an offshoot polygamous sect near the Arizona-Utah border has pleaded guilty to conspiring to transport underage girls across state lines in what authorities say was a yearslong scheme to orchestrate sexual acts involving children. Samuel Bateman also pleaded guilty on Monday in U.S. District Court in Phoenix to conspiring to commit kidnapping in a …
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The search for a woman who had been missing since Feb. 28 ended in tragedy as authorities announced that the body of Amanda Nenigar had been recovered. Late Friday evening, the La Paz County Sheriff’s Office in Arizona said in a statement that the 27-year-old was found deceased near the California-Arizona border nearly a month after her reported disappearance. Nenigar …
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