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D-backs score 3 in 8th to rally past Rockies

Carson Kelly is looking more and more like the big-hitting catcher the Arizona Diamondbacks have sought for some time.

Arizona congressional town hall meetings becoming rare

Town hall-style public meetings that gave Arizona residents the opportunity to ask questions of their congressional representatives used to be common during the August recess but are becoming rare.

Arizona landslide database put into play

Arizona officials say the first statewide landslide database is expected to shape an expansion project for Interstate 17 north of Phoenix, a report said.

Rookie Murray struggles; Raiders roll past Cardinals

Kyler Murray's second outing as an NFL quarterback didn't go nearly as well as his first during Arizona's 33-26 preseason loss to the Raiders Thursday night at State Farm Stadium.

Fawn finds new home at Bearizona in Williams

A deer fawn whose mother was hit by a car in Safford has found a home in a wildlife park.

D-backs lose to Rockies on Arenado’s walk-off home run

Nolan Arenado hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning to give the Rockies a 7-6 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday.

Murray ready for more playing time in 2nd preseason game

Kyler Murray’s playing time figures to increase from the one drive the rookie quarterback led in the Arizona Cardinals’ first preseason game last week, a 17-13 win over the Los Angeles Chargers.

NBA 2019-20 season features earlier tip-offs, less back-to-back games

The 2019-20 schedule features another dip in back-to-back games for teams and a major change in the number of nationally televised games starting at 7:30 p.m. on the West coast.

Arizona copper mine ruling expected to have national impact

A federal court ruling against a planned Arizona mining project is expected to have national repercussions if upheld by higher courts, experts said.

State Briefs | FBI seek sex abuse suspect awaiting trial in New Mexico

Federal authorities are searching for a defendant in a sexual abuse case who went missing from a halfway house in Albuquerque.

Briefs | Orphaned deer fawn finds home with wildlife park in Williams

Arizona Game and Fish Department officials said Friday the 3-week-old fawn has been placed at the 160-acre Bearizona Wildlife Park in Williams.

NAU to implement ‘virtual parking’

Northern Arizona University plans to use cameras that read license plates to monitor parking rather than stickers affixed to windshields, officials said.

Kelly blasts 2 late homers, D-backs beat Dodgers in extras

Andrew Chafin pitched the 10th for the Diamondbacks, who ended the Dodgers' five-game winning streak and earned their fifth victory in six games thanks to Carson Kelly's heroics.

Murray sharp in brief debut as Cards edge Chargers

Kyler Murray wanted to take his team on a scoring drive Thursday night, and even checked twice with his coach to see if he could play beyond one possession.

Migrants waiting at US border swell to 40,000

Rashidou Hdzekasaah, 35, has been idled in Tijuana for two months and still has more than 6,000 names ahead of him on a waiting list to claim asylum at the San Diego crossing.

Shootings prompt other countries to warn about travel to US

The United States often takes a leading role in calling out the world's most dangerous places, warning its people about the risks of traveling to countries that are at war, under terrorist threats, experiencing civil unrest or displaying significant anti-American sentiment.

D-backs top Phils, gain ground in wild-card race

With a 6-1 win over the Phillies, Arizona moved to 1 1/2 games out of the second wild-card spot in the National League.

Cardinals QB Murray won't play much in 1st preseason game

The Arizona Cardinals don’t often get much buzz for preseason games.

D-backs hit 3 homers in win over Phillies

After his big outs Tuesday, the Diamondbacks scored five runs off Phillies relievers Ranger Suarez and Blake Parker and turned a 3-2 deficit into a comfortable lead.

2 mass shootings in less than 24 hours shock US

Two mass shootings at crowded public places in Texas and Ohio claimed at least 29 lives in less than 24 hours and left scores of people wounded, a shocking carnage even in a country accustomed to gun violence.

Tee off at the cathedral: House of worship adds mini-golf

Putts are joining prayers at Britain’s Rochester Cathedral, where a mini-golf course has been installed inside the medieval house of worship.

Some of the most recent deadly US mass shootings

A list of some of the deadliest mass shootings in the United States in the last two years

Cities again see more overdose deaths than country town

U.S. drug overdose deaths had been most common in Appalachia and other rural areas in recent years, but they are back to being more concentrated in big cities, according to a government report Friday.

Lawmaker expelled in misconduct case no longer gravely ill

The first state lawmaker in the United States to be expelled for sexual misconduct since the #MeToo movement began is no longer gravely ill after suffering an intestinal blockage that caused his organs to start failing.

State Briefs | Bill would expand health care options for Native veterans

A bill introduced in Congress would expand health care options for Native American veterans.

Burcar primed to lead Lumberjacks

Northern Arizona could have been in a tough spot when basketball coach Jack Murphy opted in June to leave the program to become the associate head coach at his alma mater.

Murray focused on playing well amid rookie hype

Kyler Murray doesn’t expect to play much when the Arizona Cardinals open the preseason Thursday night at home against the Los Angeles Chargers.

Walloped by heat wave, Greenland sees massive ice melt

The heat wave that smashed high temperature records in five European countries a week ago is now over Greenland, accelerating the melting of the island's ice sheet and causing massive ice loss in the Arctic.

State Briefs | State lawmaker expelled in misconduct case on life support

The first state lawmaker in the United States to be expelled for sexual misconduct since the #MeToo movement began is hospitalized and on life support.

80s tape, toy dino: Chinatown archaeological dig cut short

An archaeological dig in Boston's historic Chinatown has been cut short after it turned up a 1980s music cassette, a toy dinosaur and other bric-a-brac.

Arizona asks for US Supreme Court involvement in opioid case

Arizona’s attorney general on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to force the Sackler family, which owns OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma, to return billions of dollars they took out of the company.

DPS trooper accused of threatening to kill co-worker

Authorities say an Arizona Department of Public Safety trooper has been arrested for allegedly threatening to kill another employee of the agency.

Kid reporter now lives in Arizona town where she made news

A tenacious 12-year-old reporter who made national headlines for her confrontation with a marshal in an Arizona border town will now be able to report there permanently.

Shooting: A town known for garlic grapples with grief

Only a few days ago, Gilroy was known for one thing: garlic. The rural community near San Francisco lived and breathed the prized, pungent crop.

106 million Capital One customers ensnared by breach from a single hack

A security breach at Capital One Financial compromised the personal information of about 106 million people, and in some cases the hacker obtained Social Security and bank account numbers.

Murray, Kirk are back together with Cardinals

Christian Kirk owns the distinction of having caught Kyler Murray’s first college touchdown pass, a 10-yarder on Sept. 12, 2015, when both were freshmen at Texas A&M.

Briefs | Bobcat attacks 4-year-old girl, 4 others in Arizona forest

Wildlife officials are searching for a bobcat after it bit five people, including a 4-year-old girl, at a southern Arizona campground.

Nevada jury being picked for biker club racketeering trial

A jury is being picked in federal court in Las Vegas for the racketeering trial of eight accused Vagos motorcycle club members in a sweeping case stemming from the killing of a rival Hells Angels leader from California at a northern Nevada casino in 2011.

Italy: Teen held in officer’s death ‘illegally blindfolded’

An American teenager was illegally blindfolded before he was interrogated as a suspect in the slaying of a newlywed police officer in Rome, an Italian police commander said Sunday after the emergence of a photo showing the young tourist restrained with handcuffs and with his head bowed.