Phoenix News

With temperatures expected to hit 113 degrees in Phoenix this weekend, advocates for the homeless are scrambling to prevent deaths among people who have limited options to escape the heat.

Two Phoenix women are in custody after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested them for allegedly trying to smuggle two small children into the U.S. The incident occurred in the early morning hours of Saturday in Douglas.

State police, members of Phoenix police and federal immigration agents busted two suspected drop houses in west Phoenix rescuing 13 people and arresting 15 suspected smugglers.

Gov. Jan Brewer signed three bills Wednesday revamping the spending plan she rejected just a week earlier.

A man escaped serious injury in a fire that gutted a $2.6 million Biltmore home early Sunday, said Phoenix Fire Capt.

As a cool escape for heat-stricken desert dwellers in Phoenix, nearby Flagstaff relies heavily on tourism.

For the fourth straight year, Phoenix tops the list. Proctor & Gamble, the makers of Old Spice, have measured sweaty cities since 2002.

A 5-year-old Tucson boy is hospitalized in Phoenix Tuesday after he set himself on fire while playing with matches.

A federal judge has delayed a decision on whether to release one of two alleged white supremacists charged in a 2004 bombing that injured a black city official in Scottsdale.

The former owner of several Phoenix area bars has been sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for tax evasion.

PHOENIX a ' A home thought to be worth $3.5 million and recently part of a raffle for charity was destroyed by fire early Sunday.

The manager of a now-defunct Arizona credit union is accused of embezzling $1.18 million, which the government says caused or contributed to the credit union's failure.

Two more people are behind bars in connection with a deadly arson fire in southeast Phoenix.

The Maricopa County Attorney's Office announced Monday that a Phoenix man has been indicted in connection with the deaths of his mother and nephew.

Police are working to identify children featured in a series of pornographic images they reportedly found on a Phoenix man's computer Tuesday morning.

Americans lucky enough to still have a job are noticing something unpleasant in their paychecks: They're making less money.

A federal judge in Phoenix is scheduled to decide whether to uphold an Illinois magistrate's order to release Daniel Mahon from custody on a $50,000 cash bond.

Eight years after a 5-alarm fire took the life of Phoenix firefighter Bret Tarver, the Phoenix Fire Department has arrested a man in the case.

Single family homes, condos and townhouses sales reports and trends in Phoenix during June 2009.

PHOENIX - Arizona's budget battle is going down to the wire, with an intraparty struggle between the Republican governor and the GOP-led Legislature creating the possibility of a state government shutdown starting Wednesday.