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On a hot afternoon in Phoenix, the air above the asphalt shimmers. You can smell it: that acrid, petroleum-thick scent that clings to the back of your throat. Most people assume it burns off harmlessly, carried away by the same breeze that makes the heat bearable. Elham Fini spent years assuming the same thing, more or less. Then she started actually measuring what...

PHOENIX — Banner Thunderbird Medical Center in Glendale recently became the first hospital in the West to use a new robotic technique. The Aesculap Aeos Robotic Digital Microscope provides surgeons with a high-definition 3D visual, which can be viewed by the entire operating room in real time during procedures. In addition, surgeons can use a handgrip or wireless foot switch to control the robotic...

GLENDALE, Ariz. - A woman is in custody after authorities say a body with a gunshot wound was found inside a burned car on a freeway in Glendale. Just after 10:30 p.m. on April 21, the Arizona Department of Public Safety says troopers responded to a car fire on southbound Loop 101 near Union Hills Drive. DPS says a woman was standing outside the...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A woman was killed, and a man has been arrested following a crash overnight in central Phoenix. The pedestrian crash happened around 9 p.m. Tuesday near 16th Street and Indian School Road. Officers found that a driver tried to leave after hitting the woman with a...

Phoenix has once again earned a failing grade from the American Lung Association in the organization's annual rankings of air quality across the U.S. According to this year’s State of the Air report, Phoenix is the fourth-smoggiest city in the U.S. Phoenix had no improvement from last year, when the city also ranked fourth-worst for ozone pollution.

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PHOENIX — A 70-year-old landscaper is recovering after a swarm of bees stung him dozens of times. Benjamin Montgomery told 12News he was clearing weeds in a yard near 7th Street and Thomas Road on April 11 when hundreds of bees attacked him. “They swarmed all over me," Montgomery...

Kasai Japanese Steakhouse has quietly gone dark at Park West in Peoria after just over two years in business. The 7,500-square-foot teppanyaki dining room, where chefs cooked right at guests' tables, is now closed while the chain's original Scottsdale location keeps the grills going. The move pulls a splashy dinnertainment option out of one of the West Valley's busiest shopping centers.

PHOENIX — Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego delivered an optimistic message Tuesday afternoon, telling a packed audience downtown that the city is no longer waiting for its brightest future—it’s already here. “I used to say that Phoenix’s best days are ahead of us,” Gallego said. “But after eight...

PHOENIX — A first date didn't go as well after a driver was arrested for traveling at 120 mph in Scottsdale, according to DPS. The Arizona Department of Public Safety shared a post on Facebook about a traffic stop conducted on April 15 around 11 p.m. near Loop 101 and McDowell Road.