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Sentencing hearing begins for man convicted of killing 8 people in metro Phoenix in 2017 10/01/2025 05:19pm • PHOENIX (AP) — A man convicted of killing eight people in metro Phoenix in 2017 waived his presence in court Monday at the start of the sentencing portion of his trial, where prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. Cleophus Cooksey Jr., 43, was found guilty last week of murder, kidnapping, arme What to know about Arizona serial killings that resulted in 8 murder convictions 10/01/2025 04:56pm • PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona man was convicted Thursday on eight murder charges for a string of fatal shootings in Phoenix and neighboring Glendale after a trial that spanned several months. A jury in Phoenix found Cleophus Cooksey Jr., 43, guilty in the killings of eight people that targeted random Arizona jury convicts man in string of shootings that killed 8 in metro Phoenix 10/01/2025 04:45pm • Phoenix (AP) — An Arizona man was convicted Thursday on eight murder charges for a string of fatal shootings that targeted random victims and his own mother and stepfather over a three-week span. The crimes in late 2017 happened during a time of unease in metro Phoenix when people were scared to g NASCAR fines Carson Hocevar $50,000 for endangering safety officials at Kansas Speedway 10/01/2025 03:01pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR fined Carson Hocevar $50,000 on Wednesday for putting safety officials in danger during the Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway. The penalty was listed under a behavioral violation and was for Hocevar revving and spinning his tires while safety workers attended to his Fall Allergies: Your Guide to Relief and Prevention 09/30/2025 08:00pm • Fall allergies inflict symptoms that can make you feel annoyed and miserable. Fall allergy season ranges from mid-August until the first frost, says Dr. Purvi Parikh, an allergist and immunologist based in New York City and a spokesperson for the nonprofit Allergy and Asthma Network. Nationwide, abo Lt. Col. George E. Hardy, youngest Tuskegee Airman, dies at 100 09/29/2025 06:56pm • Lt. Col. George Hardy, the youngest fighter pilot of the Tuskegee Airmen, the nation's first Black military pilots, has died. He was 100. Hardy was the last surviving combat pilot of the Tuskegee Airmen who went overseas. He died last week, according to Tuskegee Airmen Inc. “His legacy is one of c The Latest: Congressional leaders meet with Trump as possible government shutdown looms 09/29/2025 06:29pm • Democratic and Republican congressional leaders met at the White House on Monday with President Donald Trump in a late effort to avoid a government shutdown, but both sides thus far have shown hardly any willingness to budge from their entrenched positions. If government funding legislation isn’t US House members hear pleas for tougher justice policies after stabbing death of refugee 09/29/2025 05:29pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — U.S. House members visited North Carolina's largest city on Monday to hear from family members of violent-crime victims who pleaded for tougher criminal justice policies in the wake of last month's stabbing death of a Ukrainian refugee on a Charlotte commuter train. A judic Police outline how DNA, ballistics evidence led to dead man as likely killer of girls in yogurt shop 09/29/2025 05:06pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Two days after four teenage girls were found murdered in a burning Austin yogurt shop in 1991, a man with a pistol in a stolen car was arrested at a border checkpoint west of El Paso. Nearly 34 years later, cold case detectives have now connected that man and the weapon to th Trump administration opens more land for coal mining, offers $625M to boost coal-fired power plants 09/29/2025 04:22pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said Monday it will open 13 million acres of federal lands for coal mining and provide $625 million to recommission or modernize coal-fired power plants as President Donald Trump continues his efforts to reverse the years-long decline in the U.S. coal ind Madagascar's president fires the government following days of deadly Gen Z protests 09/29/2025 03:45pm • ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina fired the prime minister and the rest of his government Monday in response to days of deadly Gen Z-led protests in the Indian Ocean island over the failure of the electricity and water supplies. Rajoelina said in a speech on nati Travelers bothered by their flight's pollution can pay to reduce it elsewhere. Do offsets work? 09/29/2025 09:43am • So you're booking your flight, and just when you're about to check out, the airline asks if you'd like to pay a little something to offset your share of the flight's pollution. Or, maybe you're an environmentally minded person, and you've heard you can buy these things called carbon offsets. Are the Starting school can be hard for young kids. Here’s how to help with separation anxiety 09/28/2025 11:51pm • On her first full day of preschool, Alexander Lane's 3-year-old daughter stayed in the car for an hour at drop-off because she didn't want to go inside. On the second day, she entered class in tears. But by the third day, she eagerly ran into the classroom. Starting preschool or kindergarten is a Elliott steals Kansas Speedway race in wild overtime finish, secures spot in 3rd round of playoffs 09/28/2025 08:14pm • KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — The odds were stacked against Chase Elliott as he lined up eighth in overtime at Kansas Speedway in a pivotal NASCAR playoff race. He had five Toyota drivers ahead of him including Denny Hamlin, who had dominated all of Sunday until a slew of late cautions turned the race Things to know about federal law enforcement activity in Chicago, Portland, Memphis 09/28/2025 08:10pm • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Armed federal agents patrolled Chicago’s downtown streets on Sunday and President Donald Trump called up 200 National Guard troops for deployment in Portland, Oregon, a move strongly opposed by the governor that immediately prompted a lawsuit saying Trump overstepped his au