UFO and alligator sightings, flipping the bird, creepy dolls: This week's heartwarming, offbeat headlines

Need a break from bad news? Here's some stories about reports of an alligator in a Glendale lake, a mysterious UFO sighting, and a plane giving a state the middle finger to brighten your week.

Monsoon storm brought big wall of dust to parts of the Phoenix area: Live radar, updates

Mere hours after a rapidly developed storm system brought rain, lightning and blowing dust to parts of the Phoenix area, the Valley is facing the possibility of another round of stormy weather.

Noon Weather Forecast - 9/2/22
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An Excessive Heat Warning begins for the Valley this weekend.

Barricade situation escalates into officer-involved shooting in Mesa; suspect arrested

A woman said she came home and found her front door kicked in, and when officers were setting up a perimeter, the suspect ran outside, jumped a wall, and hid inside a storage shed.

Things to do in the Phoenix metro area this Labor Day weekend

From reptile conventions to dance parties to discounted movie days, here's just a few fun events in the Valley to check out this weekend.

Phoenix area businesses getting creative amid persisting worker shortage

Restaurants across the country, including those in the Phoenix area, are still struggling to hire enough people to serve customers, but one restaurant in the Valley is getting creative on how they are recruiting new workers.

Biden warns 'equality and democracy are under assault,' urges people to vote

Holding little back, President Joe Biden is sounding an alarm about what he views as extremist threats to the nation’s democracy from what he views as the evil force of Trumpism.

Body found near Tempe Marketplace, 'suspicious circumstances' under investigation

The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office said that there were “suspicious circumstances surrounding the manner in which the body was found,” but did not release any specific details.

Afghanistan refugee talks about her new life in Arizona

A year after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, a woman who fled to the U.S. from the war-torn country is talking about her new life, in Arizona.

4 p.m. Weather Forecast - 8/31/22
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As we're feeling this late summer heat wave, much of the Phoenix area is under an excessive heat warning.