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The release of Robert Fischer of Irvine on Monday night stemmed from a Feb. 28 decision by a judge who concluded the case's evidence didn't support a jury's guilty verdict against Fischer, threw out the conviction and granted a new trial.

An Arizona House committee has approved a Senate bill that would give a big property tax break to a private, for-profit Christian university in west Phoenix.

Growing up in a non-musical family in Phoenix, Arizona, country singer Dierks Bentley got his country music education on his own, listening to recordings.

This is the moment a police stand-off was interrupted by a tenacious little pug wanting to pick a fight with a police dog.

The casket of Phoenix police detective John Hobbs is escorted during funeral services at Phoenix Memorial Park on Monday, March 10, 2014.

A Hollywood film about farm labor leader Cesar Chavez will have a premiere in Phoenix.

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On Saturday, March 8, Phoenix galleries took First and Third Fridays one step further.

A Phoenix man has pleaded not guilty had being rearrested in a September fatal shooting of a neighbor.

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It's the most wonderful time of the year. Yes, we're aware that it's been in the low 80s lately and there is a greater chance of Aaron Carter and Hilary Duff getting back together than there is of Phoenix getting any snow.

But a new map is taking these unspoken identities a step further with an unfiltered, unapologetic, map of metro Phoenix.

Welcome to the Phoenix Bucket List. Robrt Pela and Amy Silverman -- two New Times contributors and longtime Phoenicians -- have put together a list of 100 things to do in this city before you die .

Pretty much nothing in the world sounds more appealing than smacking someone in the face with a pie.

Details are sketchy but police said the 26-year-old employee was shot at or near the store's doorway after an altercation with the unidentified customer.

Part of eastbound U.S. 60 is closed in Tempe Monday morning as authorities investigate the fatal shooting of a suspect in a Buckeye homicide.

Procession for fallen Phoenix police detective to close Loop 101 East in north Valley on Monday PHOENIX - The funeral procession for fallen Phoenix Police Detective John Hobbs will make its way along a stretch of eastbound Loop 101 in Glendale and north Phoenix on Monday .

On Feb. 20-22, aspiring writers covering all genres converged on the Tempe campus of Arizona State University for the annual Desert Nights, Rising Stars Writers Conference presented by the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing .

A 19-month-old boy was awake and crying after his mother found him floating in the family's backyard pool, Phoenix fire officials said.

A toddler is expected to make a full recovery after nearly drowning in a swimming pool Sunday, according to the Phoenix Fire Department.