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The Arizona Department of Economic Security has a backlog for unemployment claims that dates back to November 2024.

TOLLESON, AZ (AZFamily) — New details are shedding light on what led up to a family dispute in Tolleson on Saturday morning. Police said a family was celebrating a birthday at a restaurant near 91st Avenue and Van Buren Street when an argument broke out. According to court documents,...

State lawmakers are calling for stricter oversight of child predators after police say a registered sex offender snuck into a Phoenix elementary school last week and assaulted a student.

Several nonprofit organizations that support low-income and unhoused individuals are gearing up to provide Thanksgiving dinner this week. St. Vincent de Paul is one of them. Andrea Ariza with the charity says roughly 60 volunteers are already on hand to prepare. "It takes about three days to prepare for 5,000...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A south Phoenix family is calling for changes to the way police respond to mental-health emergencies after their father was shot and killed by police last month. Officers say 49-year-old Victor Altamirano charged at them with a knife, but body-worn camera footage is now raising new...

The former Arizona Attorney General’s Office official who was arrested by postal inspectors in Phoenix last week has been charged with one count of felony theft. The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office submitted the charge against Vanessa Hickman, the former state government division chief under Attorney General Kris...

MESA, AZ — Arizona Department of Public Safety officials say a woman was arrested on DUI and endangerment charges after driving the wrong way along US 60 in the East Valley. Officials say witnesses reported a vehicle headed westbound in the eastbound lanes of traffic near Crismon Road (milepost 191) around 3 a.m. on...

MESA, Ariz. — Police in Mesa stopped a wrong-way driver on US 60 early Sunday morning. >> Download the 12News app for the latest local breaking news straight to your phone. The Arizona Department of Public Safety said it received reports of a vehicle going the wrong direction in the eastbound lanes of the roadway...

PHOENIX — Imagine having a heart condition so severe you can’t walk to your mailbox — and then being told you’re too sick for treatment. That’s been the reality for thousands of people suffering from mitral annular calcification, or MAC, a dangerous and worsening calcium buildup around the heart valve affecting...

Although E. coli is found in people’s colons, the Shiga toxin is primarily native to cows, sheep and pigs, and contact with them can lead to harm, according to an infectious disease doctor.