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GOLIAD, Texas (AP) — Out in the Goliad County countryside, the opening light and fleeting notes of Robert Schumann's "Arabesque" recently filled the living room of Regi Hedahl's home.

A Tucson man faces a string of felony charges after authorities said he kidnapped his estranged wife and her mother Tuesday and drove them to a tiny town in central Arizona where he inflicted harm on his spouse.

The University of Arizona will have a role in a major national study that aims to include DNA and health data from one million people across the U.S.

A Tucson felon nabbed in a 2005 FBI cocaine sting that targeted corrupt military personnel is headed back to federal prison, this time for repeatedly violating a ban on firearms possession.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The organization that bestows the Academy Awards announced Thursday that it has voted to expel two prominent members convicted of sexual offenses, Bill Cosby and Roman Polanski, from its membership.

Other school districts are making their plans for the end of the Arizona teacher walkout.

Below-average temperatures continue today before a warming trend starts to take hold tomorrow. Light and variable winds becoming northwest at 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon.

Casita Maria and Casita José set to close May 31

The Republican majority however rejected multiple attempts by Democrats to add more money to the budget for public education, including the expansion of school employees who could be eligible for a raise.

The Republican-controlled Legislature finally started debating the 10 bills making up the spending plan for the budget year starting July 1 after 8 p.m. Wednesday.