The latest in Phoenix (Arizona)

Blast at Intel microchip plant injures 7

2011-06-07T16:30:12Z

PHOENIX (Reuters) - Seven workers at an Intel Corp microchip manufacturing plant outside Phoenix were injured by an explosion at the facility on Tuesday, and the building was immediately evacuated, fire officials said.

The blast of undetermined orig...

Air Force Base Shooting

2010-11-30T13:24:54Z

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69 cars involved in Phoenix interstate accidents

2010-08-28T20:00:09Z

Arizona authorities say 69 cars involved in 3 collisions on section of Phoenix interstate

Arizona authorities say 69 vehicles have been involved in at least three separate collisions on an interstate near Phoenix's downtown area.

The state's Department of Public Safety says Saturday evening that the accidents caused at least one serious injury. Par...

Arizona officials misidentify crash victims

2010-07-28T11:43:09Z

Families shocked to learn AZ officials mixed up names of woman injured, woman killed in crash

Family and friends spent the past week standing vigil outside a Phoenix hospital room, praying Marlena Cantu would recover from severe injuries suffered in an Arizona traffic crash. But their world was tu...

Paramedics hail 'hero' boy from Arizona bus crash

2010-03-06T20:30:32Z

A bilingual 4th grader hurt in an Arizona bus accident that killed six people and injured more than a dozen others translated from an ambulance stretcher for busy rescue workers as they hurried to set up a triage center, authorities said Saturday.

Oscar Rodriguez of Las Vegas, Nev., was labeled a hero by firefighters and paramedics for helping them communicate with non-English speaking p...

3-year-old leads toddler to safety in Ariz. fire

2010-04-16T08:59:11Z

3-year-old leads toddler to safety in mobile home fire near Phoenix that kills mother

A 3-year-old Arizona boy helped his 1-year-old sister escape Friday from a house fire that killed their mother and injured two other adults, authorities said.

Fire crews responding to the fire in the Pinal County...

Gunman flees police into Ariz. hospital

2010-09-10T11:57:26Z

Arizona Hospital Locked Down After Police Chase Gunman Inside, Later Capture Him

Phoenix police chased a gunman into a Glendale hospital Saturday, forcing a lockdown of the facility before authorities caught him, authorities said.

The suspect ran into Banner Thunderbird Medical Center just before noon, said Sgt. Jo...

Arizona hospital locked down after police chase gunman inside, later capture him

2010-09-10T11:57:26Z

Phoenix police chased a gunman into a Glendale hospital Saturday, forcing a lockdown of the facility before authorities caught him, authorities said.

The suspect ran into Banner Thunderbird Medical Center just before noon, said Sgt. Joel Tranter, a Phoenix police spokesman.

Police combed one of the hospital's...

Women Strangled

2010-12-13T17:32:05Z

A.J. Ruiz comforts his aunt Sandra Minjarez of Tucson at a news conference in Phoenix, Monday, Dec. 13, 2010 . Minjarez's daughter, Melissa Mason, was found dead in her Phoenix home on Dec. 3. Mason and her roommate,

SUPREME COURT EMPLOYER SANCTIONS

2010-12-04T21:00:42Z

FILE - In this July 27, 2010 photo, Salvador Reza speaks outside Phoenix City Hall in Phoenix. Community members from the Puente Movement were petitioning the city to not enforce Arizona's immigration bill, Phoenix Police Department S.W.A.T. team stand in front of a home as detectives interview a suspect in custody at a suspected drop house Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010, in Phoenix. Police say three suspected smugglers are in custody, and 10 juveniles, who are from Mexico, Diego Valdez, 3, waits for his mom, Veronica Majia, right, to sign in at the Maricopa County Workforce Connections job fair Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010 in Phoenix. More Americans signed up for unemployment benefits last week, but th...

Holiday Travel Sky Harbor

2010-11-25T02:00:17Z

John McConnell of St. Johns in Newfoundland, Canada, who was traveling through Phoenix on Wednesday after visiting his girlfriend in Tucson, said he underwent a "humiliating" pat-down at