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One of Phoenix’s new speed cameras was vandalized

A newly deployed speed monitoring camera was battered and pushed over Tuesday, less than two weeks after it was installed. The vandalized camera was one of 17 placed throughout Phoenix in late February, as part of a city safety campaign that aims to alter driver behavior and supplement police traffic enforcement.
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Grand Canyon University grads hit snag in suit over ‘worthless’ degrees

PHOENIX (CN) — Former Grand Canyon University students who claim they were deceived into completing “useless” degree programs lack standing to request compensation for already-forgiven federal student loans, but may be entitled to other forms of relief, a federal judge ruled. Representing an undefined number of...
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2 students detained after gun found at south Phoenix elementary school

PHOENIX, Arizona — Sunland STEAM Academy, an elementary school in south Phoenix, was on lockdown on Wednesday after a student reported a weapon on campus, according to a representative from the Roosevelt School District. Wednesday morning, staff contacted Phoenix police after a student reported that another student...
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Haitian man in ICE custody died in a Scottsdale hospital. His family said his...

A Haitian man in ICE custody at the Florence Correctional Complex died in a hospital in Scottsdale on Monday. The family of 56-year-old Emmanuel Damas said federal agents neglected his care. Damas’ younger brother, Presly Nelson, says he was picked up by ICE after Boston police arrested him on domestic...
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‘Impassible’ Loop 303 to get fast-tracked improvements because of TSMC

It wasn't so long ago that a driver on Loop 303 would see only desert as far as the eye could see and only occasionally pass another car. Just 10 years after the freeway opened in north Phoenix and Peoria, traffic engineers are predicting the road could be impassable by 2040 ― if not sooner ― thanks to an explosion...
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New owners take over beloved downtown Phoenix restaurant

When Gregory Cohen made a lunch date with his longtime friend, Eric Hassler, he expected to catch up and lend an ear to someone who had just been through a lot. Hassler’s wife of 25 years, Lori, died in July. Roughly a month later, he dropped off their daughter at college on the East Coast.
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Medical examiner report details causes of death for teens killed at Mt. Ord

A medical examiner has released reports showing that two teenagers who were killed on Mt. Ord last year suffered multiple gunshot wounds.
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Man used slingshot to target ex-wife at Scottsdale luxury condo complex, police say

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - A Valley man has been arrested after being accused of stalking his ex-wife and causing nearly $100,000 in property damage. Jaime Rodriguez, 44, is facing four counts of stalking and four counts of endangerment. Officers believe Rodriguez may have used a slingshot to break 20 windows at a...
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Mom of 7’s body found on neighbor’s doorstep, husband inside home with kids notices...

The body of an Arizona mother was found on her neighbor's doorstep, with her husband running outside to see her shot dead after noticing police lights through a window while inside with their seven kids. An agent with the state attorney general's office was "involved" in the shooting, according to police.
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1 person in extremely critical condition after reports of explosions at north Phoenix house

PHOENIX — A person is in extremely critical condition after firefighters responded to reports of multiple explosions at a house in north Phoenix on Wednesday. The Phoenix Fire Department found flames and smoke coming from a home near Deer Valley Road and 35th Avenue around 8 a.m. No firefighters...

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