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Stacey Wales, sister of the late Christopher Pelkey, is shown at her mother's home, Wednesday, May 7, 2025, in Chandler, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York)
AI-generated video gave victim a voice at his killer’s sentencing in Arizona
Family and friends of Christopher Pelkey submitted dozens of statements to the court before a man convicted of shooting him during a road rage incident was sentenced.
 
Arizona Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs, center, delivers the State of the State address at the state Capitol as she is flanked by Speaker of the House Ben Toma, left, R-Glendale, and President of the Senate Warren Petersen, R-Gilbert, Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
Arizona governor lifts pause to bill signing after funding dispute resolves
Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs has lifted her blanket veto threat. Republicans and Democrats united on legislation supplying funding for a state agency that provides services for some of Arizona’s most vulnerable residents.
 
Republican candidates for Arizona governor Karrin Taylor Robson, left, and Paola Tulliani-Zen, right, arrive on the set prior to a PBS televised debate, on June 29, 2022, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
Trump adds second endorsement of Andy Biggs for Arizona governor race
President Donald Trump has added another endorsement in next year’s Republican primary for Arizona governor. Trump said Monday that he was backing U.S. Rep.
 
This image released by the New York City Fire Department shows damage after a deadly house fire killed several people in the Queens borough of New York, Sunday, April 20, 2025. (New York City Fire Department via AP)
3 dead after fire sweeps through crowded home in Queens, NY, on Easter
New York fire officials say three people died early Easter Sunday morning in a fire that tore through a crowded Queens home with no evidence of a working smoke detector. Chief of Department John Esposito called the means of evacuation “substandard.”
 
Arizona Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs, center, applauds for those affected by the Los Angeles area wildfires as she gives the State of the State address in the House of Representatives at the Capitol with Speaker of the House Rep. Steve Montenegro, R-Litchfield Park, left, and Senate President Warren Petersen, R-Gilbert, flanking the governor on Jan. 13, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
Arizona governor halts bill signing over funding dispute
Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has vowed to veto all bills that land on her desk amid a standoff with the Republican-controlled Legislature.
 
Lori Vallow Daybell talks with her lawyers before the jury's verdict is read at the Ada County Courthouse in Boise, Idaho on May 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Kyle Green, File)
Idaho mom who killed 2 of her kids goes on trial over death of her husband
A mother who was convicted of killing her two youngest children and conspiring to kill a romantic rival in Idaho is on trial again. This time, Lori Vallow Daybell is accused of conspiring to murder her estranged husband, Charles Vallow.
 
This undated file photo provided by the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry shows Aaron Brian Gunches, who was convicted of murder in the 2002 killing of Ted Price in Maricopa County, Ariz. (Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry via AP, File)
Arizona executes a man who murdered his girlfriend’s ex-husband
An Arizona man who kidnapped and murdered his girlfriend’s ex-husband has been executed. Aaron Brian Gunches was lethally injected with pentobarbital Wednesday at the Arizona State Prison Complex in the town of Florence.
 
A man enters the Arizona Supreme Court building, Wednesday, April 10, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)
Arizona Supreme Court taps AI avatars to make the judicial system more publicly accessible
Arizona highest court has created a pair of AI-generated avatars to deliver news of all rulings issued by the justices.
 
A holds a candle at a vigil for slain Native American teen Emily Pike, while wearing a sticker in her memory, in Mesa, Ariz., Thursday, March 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Samantha Chow)
San Carlos Apache teenager’s death reverberates throughout Indian Country
A San Carlos Apache teen who was reported missing and then found dead marks one of the latest tragedies as Native American communities continue to grapple with high rates of people being killed or going missing.
 
New York NAACP President Hazel Dukes speaks during the New York State Democratic Convention in New York, Feb. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
Lifelong New York civil rights advocate and NAACP leader Hazel Dukes dies at 92
Hazel Dukes, the president of the New York State chapter of the NAACP and lifelong civil rights advocate, has died. She passed away Saturday in her New York City home at the age of 92.
 
Firefighters work around the site of a crashed Learjet at Scottsdale Airport after it collided with a parked plane Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, in Scottsdale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Private plane crash that killed a pilot could be tied to known landing gear issue, NTSB report says
Previous damage to the left main landing gear of the private jet owned by Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil could have contributed to a fatal crash in Scottsdale earlier this month.
 
Acting United States Attorney for the District of Nevada Sue Fahami speaks about an alleged romance scheme that turned deadly during a news conference in Las Vegas, Friday, Feb. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Ty ONeil)
Woman accused of drugging and robbing older men in a deadly romance scheme
The FBI in Las Vegas says a woman lured at least four older men on online dating apps to meet in person, drugged them with sedatives and stole hundreds of thousands of dollars in a “sinister” romance scheme.
 
In this image taken from video, plane debris seen from above at Marana Regional Airport after a deadly crash in Marana, Ariz. on Wednesday, Feb 19, 2025. (KNXV via AP)
2 people are dead in a small plane collision at a southern Arizona airport
A midair collision involving two small planes in southern Arizona has killed two people. Federal air-safety investigators said each plane had two people aboard when they collided in Marana Regional Airport on the outskirts of Tucson.
 
Voters deliver their ballot to a polling station in Tempe, Ariz., on Nov. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)
Arizona governor vetoes bill to speed up counting of election results in the swing state
Arizona’s governor has vetoed legislation aimed at speeding up the counting of election results in the swing state.
 
Republican Arizona Gubernatorial candidate Karrin Taylor Robson speaks to supporters at a campaign party, on Aug. 2, 2022, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)
GOP primary for Arizona governor pits a billionaire developer against a conservative firebrand
The Republican primary to challenge Arizona’s Democratic governor, Katie Hobbs, next year looks like it will pit a billionaire developer endorsed by President Donald Trump against a member of the House Freedom Caucus who backed Trump’s false claims about the 2020 presidential election having been st
 
Red Star hens, a hybrid breed that lays large brown eggs, walk around outside their coop at Historic Wagner Farm, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, in Glenview, Ill. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)
Can suspending a cage-free egg law solve the soaring price problem? Nevada takes a crack at it
Record high egg prices prompted Nevada lawmakers to unanimously back suspending their cage-free egg law, but the six other states with similar laws in effect have shown no sign of dropping them even if it might help lower grocery bills.
 
This photo provided by Mary Ann Vitosky, shows her ex-husband, Joie Vitosky visiting the Czech Republic in 2019. (Mary Ann Vitosky via AP)
A pilot on a private jet owned by Mötley Crüe singer killed in Arizona aircraft collision
One of the two pilots aboard the private jet owned by Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil died when the aircraft veered off a runway in Arizona and hit a parked business jet.
 
A crashed Learjet sits next to a plane it collided with as Scottsdale Airport Fire Deapartment vehicle sits nearby at Scottsdale Airport Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, in Scottsdale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Private jets collide at Scottsdale Airport in Arizona, killing 1 person, authorities say
Authorities say one person has been killed and others were injured when a private jet owned by Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil collided with another jet at the Scottsdale Airport in Arizona.
 
The South Dakota Capitol stands in Pierre, S.D., Jan. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Jack Dura, File)
As female representation hits new highs among states, constitutions still assume officials are male
A record 13 women had been serving as governor this year. But many state constitutions still presume officeholders will be male.
 
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs unveiled her renewed effort to regulate rural groundwater this legislative session Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Sejal Govindarao)
Arizona’s Democratic governor outlines groundwater proposal that has Republican support
Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs is renewing a push to regulate groundwater in rural parts of the drought-stricken state. She is more optimistic this time that the proposal will gain support in the Republican-controlled Legislature.
 
Maria Elena Cruz speaks to reporters after Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs announces Cruz's appointment to the Arizona Supreme Court in Phoenix on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Gabriel Sandoval)
Arizona’s governor appoints first Latina and Black justice to state Supreme Court
Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs has appointed Maria Elena Cruz to the Arizona Supreme Court. The state appellate judge from rural Yuma County will become the first Latina and the first Black person chosen for the state’s high court.
 
The Albuquerque Police Department headquarters is viewed Feb. 2, 2024, in Albuquerque, N.M. AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File)
Private investigator first to admit guilt in offering bribes to get intoxicated drivers off the hook
A private investigator was the first to plead guilty to a host of federal charges that include racketeering and bribery in a corruption scandal that roiled New Mexico’s law enforcement community for over a decade, according to court records released Friday.
 
Arizona Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs gives the State of the State address in the House of Representatives at the Capitol Monday, Jan. 13, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Arizona’s Democratic governor faces uphill battle as Republicans control Legislature
Arizona Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs knows she is outnumbered this legislative session as Republicans expanded their statehouse majorities in the last election. But the first-term governor says she sees room for bipartisan compromise.
 
FILE - Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs celebrates passages of abortion ballot measure surrounded by Democratic lawmakers and advocates on Nov. 25, 2024, at the State Capitol in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Sejal Govindarao, file)
Lawsuit seeks to undo 15-week abortion ban that conflicts with expanded access in Arizona
Reproductive rights advocates are trying to dismantle a 15-week abortion ban in Arizona that conflicts with newly expanded access establishing a fundamental right to abortion in the state.
 
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs, right, and Secretary of State Adrian Fontes sign off on election results as state Attorney General Kris Mayes, Arizona Supreme Court Chief Justice Ann Timmer and state election director Lisa Marra look on during the state canvassing meeting in Phoenix, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Gabriel Sandoval)
Legal challenges loom as abortion is enshrined in Arizona’s constitution
Top officials in Arizona have certified the state’s election results. That certification Monday includes voters’ approval of a measure that expands abortion access from the current 15-week limit to the point of fetal viability.
 
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs rallies a crowd of about 75 volunteers ahead of their canvass in a competitive north Phoenix state legislative district on Oct. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Sejal Govindarao)
Heftier GOP majorities in Arizona Legislature could imperil Democratic governor’s agenda
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs had hoped fellow Democrats would make enough gains during this month’s election to flip one or both chambers of a state Legislature that Republicans narrowly controlled, easing the path for her policy agenda ahead of a 2026 reelection campaign.
 
FILE - Republican gubernatorial candidate Kelly Ayotte, who faces Democrat Joyce Craig in the November 2024 election, smiles during a visit to a local concrete coating business, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024, in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
A record 13 women will be governors next year after New Hampshire elected Kelly Ayotte
A record 13 women will serve as governor next year after the election of New Hampshire Republican Kelly Ayotte, breaking the record set in 2023.
 
"It Goes Too Far," the official campaign opposing Arizona's abortion ballot measure, holds a press conference at the state Capitol on Oct. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Sejal Govindarao)
Arizona voters guarantee the right to abortion in the state constitution
Arizona voters have passed a constitutional amendment guaranteeing abortion access up to fetal viability. Doctors say that’s after 21 weeks, though there’s no defined time frame.
 
FILE - Adrian Fontes, Arizona Secretary of State, speaks during a news conference after voting on the first day of early in-person voting for the general election at Surprise City Hall, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
Appeals court says Arizona should release list of voters with unverified citizenship
An appeals court says Arizona must release a list of tens of thousands of voters who were mistakenly classified as having access to full ballots because of a coding glitch.
 
FILE - Adrian Fontes, Arizona Secretary of State, speaks during a news conference after voting on the first day of early in-person voting for the general election at Surprise City Hall, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
Court orders Arizona to release list of voters whose citizenship hasn’t been verified
An Arizona judge has ordered the secretary of state’s office to release a list of tens of thousands of voters mistakenly classified as eligible for a full ballot.
 
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