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Arizona Gov. Ducey signs bill legalizing sports betting

The measure adds additional types of table games at tribal casinos and for the first time allows sports betting under licenses issued to tribes and pro sports teams. It also allows gambling on fantasy sports and new Keno games at horse race tracks and fraternal organizations.

Daunte Wright's family calls for 'highest accountability' for ex-officer

Members of Daunte Wright's family stood alongside their attorney Thursday afternoon calling for accountability and the conviction of the former officer charged in Wright's death.

‘Time to end America’s longest war’: Biden to pull remaining troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11

President Biden is speaking Wednesday afternoon on his plans to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan. An excerpt released shows he plans to say the Sept. 11 attacks “cannot explain” why U.S. forces should remain in Afghanistan 20 years later.

16-year-old boy killed in Mesa shooting, police say

The shooting death of a 16-year-old boy happened near Gilbert and Broadway roads on Wednesday.

Phoenix Police veteran, ASU professor talks Minnesota gun, Taser 'mix up'

A mixup like a handgun versus a taser is what many people are discussing after a deadly Minnesota police shooting and how something like this could happen.

Daunte Wright shooting charges: Second-degree manslaughter

Former Brooklyn Center, Minnesota police officer Kimberly Potter is being charged with second-degree manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright, Washington County Attorney Pete Orput confirmed Wednesday morning. Orput told FOX 9 he met with the family of Daunte Wright this morning to explain the charge and expressed his deep condolences. 

Derek Chauvin trial: Medical expert would rule Floyd's death 'undetermined,' not homicide

The defense called their own medical expert to the witness stand Wednesday to testify in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged in the death of George Floyd.

Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff dies in prison at 82

Bernie Madoff, the financier who pleaded guilty to orchestrating the largest Ponzi scheme in history, has died in prison at the age of 82.

Police: Man convicted of killing his grandparents in 2005 kills his housemate 16 years later

A man who was convicted of killing his grandparents in Pima County in 2005 was sentenced to life in a mental hospital but was released in 2020 to a group home. In April 2021, police say he killed his roommate.

Johnson & Johnson pauses COVID-19 vaccine trial after US recommends investigation of rare clotting reports

Johnson & Johnson said it will pause an ongoing trial of its COVID-19 vaccine after federal health officials recommended the action in the wake of six reported U.S. cases of a rare type of blood clotting following vaccination.