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Lelia Adams is the first Black woman to have her face on the side of a Valley Metro bus. This is her story.

Crime in Arizona, gun violence specifically, surged following the COVID-19. The homicide rate in 2022 rose for a third consecutive year.

A 26-year-old man is dead after Phoenix police said he pointed his gun at a "number of officers" who then fired at him.

Arizona should see hot temperatures on Sunday, with lower temperatures expected later into the week.

Here are the winning numbers for the Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023, Powerball drawing. The jackpot is worth $500 million.

Phoenix sets a new heat record with 54 days of 110-degree or higher temperatures in 2023.

A man was killed and another man was injured in a shooting in south Phoenix early Saturday morning.

A 2-year-old boy was declared dead early Saturday morning after being pulled from a residential pool on Friday afternoon in Avondale.

Volunteers placed American flags at Tempe Beach Park in honor of those who lost their lives during the September 11, 2001, attacks.

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