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Wildfires have burned more than 541,000 acres of Arizona desert and mountain landscape in 2021. It's an area larger than Phoenix, Tucson, and Flagstaff combined.
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The Canadian PressRoyals' Alec Marsh hit on throwing arm by line drive, leaves in 5th against Blue Jays
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Royals right-hander Alec Marsh was hit on his throwing arm by a line drive, forcing him to leave in the fifth inning against Toronto on Wednesday night. After Marsh (3-0) pitched four scoreless innings, Addison Barger hit a 91-mph fastball back up the middle leading off the fifth. After being struck, Marsh picked up the ball and threw to first to retire Barger. The Royals said Marsh had a forearm contusion. Angel Zerpa took over for Marsh on the mound. ___ AP
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Brendan Paul, Diddy's alleged 'mule,' pleads not guilty to cocaine charge in airport arrest
Brendan Paul, an ex Syracuse basketball player who was called Sean "Diddy" Combs' "mule" in a producer's civil lawsuit, faces a felony drug charge.
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Sexual assault suspect appears in court
The man who sexually assaulted a 5-year-old girl in her home in Linda Vista appeared in court on Wednesday.
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Arizona House advances a repeal of the state's near-total abortion ban to the Senate
Arizona House advances a repeal of the state's near-total abortion ban to the Senate
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Let ABC15 Know teams with lawyers for free legal advice
Thousands of Arizona renters are facing eviction. There were more than 6,000 new eviction filings in Maricopa County in March alone. Maybe you moved out of your apartment months ago and can't get your security deposit back - if it's due? It's heating up across the state, what steps do you need to take if your A/C breaks and the landlord is slow to offer a fix? Contact Let ABC15 Know for more information.
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Dow Jones Futures Fall As Meta Dives On Guidance; Chipotle Eyes Buy Point
The rally attempt paused Wednesday as Nvidia reversed lower. Meta, Chipotle and ServiceNow led key earnings late.
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Forest wake brings Comox community together to grieve loss of second-growth trees
Holding a wake for a forest may not be the most common way to spend a Saturday morning, but some Comox Valley residents gathered to do just that last weekend. The wake was hosted by local, volunteer-run Save Our Forests Comox Valley (SOFT-CV). It invited people to come together on the unceded traditional territory of K’ómoks First Nation to mourn a patch of second growth forest off of Pritchard Road that was recently logged for development. “Be kind [and] respectful of one another. This is a wak
- The Canadian Press
Connecticut Senate passes wide-ranging bill to regulate AI. But its fate remains uncertain
HARTFORD (AP) — The Connecticut Senate pressed ahead Wednesday with one of the first major legislative proposals in the U.S. to rein in bias in artificial intelligence decision-making and protect people from harm, including manufactured videos or deepfakes. The vote was held despite concerns the bill might stifle innovation, become a burden for small businesses and make the state an outlier. The bill passed 24-12 after a lengthy debate. It is the result of two years of task force meetings in Con
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California Gov. Newsom aims to help Arizona doctors perform abortions
Gov. Gavin Newsom introduces emergency legislation with the women’s caucus to help Arizonans get abortions in California.
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Rideshare driver accused of sex crimes with teen he was taking home from school
A rideshare driver is in custody accused of sex crimes against a 16-year-old girl he was taking home from school. 35-year-old Benjamin Muritala faces multiple charges in connection to the incidents that took place on April 15 and 16. On April 15, the girl told police she had fallen asleep on the ride back to her group home from school, when she was woken up by Muritala calling her name.
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Andrea Bocelli Celebrating Three Decades in Music with 3-Day Concert Event and Concert Film
"I want to thank everyone who helped my childhood dreams come true with an unforgettable concert," said the Grammy nominee
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Max Scherzer gives up 3 runs in rehab start, his 1st game action since offseason back injury
ROUND ROCK, Texas (AP) — Max Scherzer gave up three runs and five hits pitching into the third inning of a rehab start for the Texas Rangers' Triple-A team on Wednesday night. It was the three-time Cy Young Award winner's first game action since back surgery in mid-December. Scherzer struck out four without a walk while throwing 32 of his 52 pitches for strikes for Round Rock against Salt Lake. Jason Martin and Cole Tucker hit solo homers for the Los Angeles Angels' affiliate team. Martin went d
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Highland boys slog their way to fifth place, girls third, at Madison County Track Meet
Conditions were better suited to waterfowl and fish than for track athletes.
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One-on-one with Katie Hobbs about abortion
ABC15's Katie Raml talked one-on-one with Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs.
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Why Steve Carell Is Not the Star of ‘Uncle Vanya’ on Broadway
Marc J. FranklinThe last Uncle Vanya to cause a stir in New York was far more modest in physical size than the Broadway production opening tonight at Lincoln Center Theater’s Vivian Beaumont Theater (to June 16), yet left a more emphatic impression. It took place in a Flatiron loft, with the audience seated in two rows running the length of the property’s living room, with its brilliant actors—including Bill Irwin, Marin Ireland, David Cromer, and Will Brill (now starring in the season’s deserve
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‘The Office’ Stars John Krasinski And Steve Carell Ham It Up In ‘IF’ Promo
It’s been a long time coming. In a new promo for his directorial project IF, John Krasinski and Steve Carell met up for the first time in years. “Reunited and it feeeeels so gooooood!” the Quiet Place filmmaker wrote in a social media post. “[Carell] happens to be a dear friend,” Krasinski says in the …
- Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Cowboys meet with Ezekiel Elliott a day before the draft. Is a return to Dallas likely?
Former RB Ezekiel Elliott is still counting as $6M in dead money against the financially-strapped Cowboys’ 2024 cap
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Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows and more than a dozen Trump allies indicted in Arizona for fake elector plot
Indictment comes as Supreme Court set to consider whether Trump immune from federal 2020 election conspiracy case
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Miami man who allegedly murdered trans woman was on probation. His criminal past is lengthy
Gregory Gibert, 53, has been involved in more than two dozen criminal cases in Miami-Dade County since 2006.
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Arizona indicts 18 in case over 2020 election in Arizona, including Giuliani and Meadows PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona grand jury has indicted former Donald Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows and lawyer Rudy Giuliani along with 16 others in an election interference case. The indictment released Wednesday names 11 Republicans who submitted a document to Congress falsely declaring that Donald Trump beat Joe Biden in Arizona in the 2020 presidential election. It shows seven other defendants whose names