Crashes involving self-driving cars raise questions about safety, accountability
PHOENIX (InvestigateTV) — Self-driving cars are navigating roads in several major cities, but crashes involving the autonomous vehicles are raising questions about safety and accountability. Federal records show Waymo vehicles have been involved in at least 202 crashes in Arizona between 2021 and 2024, including...
How Animal Behavior Research Shapes Shelter Design
On a busy summer afternoon, a shelter director in Phoenix walks past a row of kennels and watches the decibel reader spike like a siren. This is the old problem: animals arrive scared and stressed, and the building itself can make things worse. The new solution, emerging from behavior science, is surprisingly...
Chandler Unified ponders over 120 staffing cuts
Chandler Unified School District is considering eliminating nearly 122 staff positions because of cuts in its funding. How many of those positions would be involuntary is not known. Traditionally, CUSD handles staffing cuts through attrition: When someone retires at the end of a school year, the position isn’t filled.
“That Was Close”: Passenger Flee for Safety as Waymo Robotaxi Drives onto Train Tracks
A fully autonomous Waymo robotaxi was caught on camera driving onto light rail tracks in south Phoenix this week, forcing its lone male passenger to exit the vehicle and sprint to safety before the vehicle continued along the rails toward an oncoming train. The bizarre episode unfolded shortly after 9...
Fallen Phoenix firefighters to be honored at Arizona memorial
Two fallen Phoenix firefighters will be honored Sunday during a service at Wesley Bolin Plaza. Don E. Williams and Anthony Mock will be paid tributes along with 12 others during the 10 a.m.
Hundreds protest around Phoenix area against ICE actions after deadly shooting
Protestors around the Valley gathered to remember Renee Good, the woman shot and killed in Minneapolis by an ICE agent. FOX 10's Taylor Wirtz learns more about the messages they're sending.
Debt collector complaints surge as Americans struggle with overdue bills
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Americans are starting the new year buried in more than $1.2 trillion in credit card debt, with many falling behind on their bills and facing increased pressure from debt collectors. Complaints about debt collectors have soared, according to new federal data. The Federal Trade Commission...
Banner Health cutting corporate office space from 304,000 to 67,000 square feet
Phoenix-based Banner Health — the largest private employer, the largest health system and the largest nonprofit in Arizona — is downsizing its corporate headquarters in new space at Bond Phoenix within the Camelback Corridor. Plans call for moving out of its current 304,000-square-foot headquarters at Phoenix Plaza...
Attack at Tempe center leaves several seniors injured. Watch the video
Newly released footage shows the Jan. 7 attack on a Tempe community center that left several seniors seriously injured and two hospitalized. Derek Kirven, 62, was arrested in connection with the assault at Escalante Multi-Generational Center near Price Road and Orange Street, Tempe police said in an X post . A man...
‘Nothing Is More Satisfying’: Phoenix Bartender Notices A Customer Walked His Tab. Days Later...
A Phoenix, Ariz., bar owner realizes a man walked out on his tab after the card payment didn’t go through. Then, she uses a clever trick to get her money a few days later. In a video with over 39,000 views, TikToker and owner of The Playa Bar & The Corner Bar, Sandi (@bikinipreplife), holds […] The post ‘Nothing Is...
