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Homemade Shotgun Backfires on Kid, 13

Teen built gun with instructions found online: police

(Newser) - An Arizona teen underwent surgery on Sunday after accidentally shooting himself with a homemade shotgun he'd assembled with instructions found online. Maricopa County Sheriff's Office says the 13-year-old suffered non-life-threatening injuries when he tried to fire the weapon and was hit in the rib cage by a projectile...

Documents: Arizona Tried to Illegally Import Execution Drug

Federal agents stopped the shipment at the airport

(Newser) - Arizona tried to illegally import a lethal injection drug, but federal agents stopped the shipment at the Phoenix airport, according to documents obtained by the AP. Arizona paid nearly $27,000 for sodium thiopental, an anesthetic that has been used to carry out executions but is no longer manufactured by...

Prosecutor: NAU Shooter Got Gun From Car

'There is no indication of self-defense here'

(Newser) - The 18-year-old Northern Arizona University freshman charged with shooting four members of a rival fraternity during a fight early Friday is accused of leaving the fracas to get a gun from his car, the Arizona Daily Sun reports. “I just want to be clear that there is no indication...

9 Hospitalized After Being Trampled at Ariz. Music Fest

2 have life-threatening injuries

(Newser) - As many as 12 people were injured after a crowd rushed a stage during a music festival last night at a park near the city's downtown, authorities said. Tempe fire officials tell KNXV-TV that nine people were taken to a nearby hospital after the 7pm incident at Tempe Beach...

Dad of Suspected Freeway Shooter: 'Preposterous'

Leslie Merritt linked to at least 4 of the shootings, say police

(Newser) - The 21-year-old man arrested yesterday in connection with the string of shootings plaguing an Arizona freeway is suspected in at least four of them, the Arizona Republic reports. Police say a gun owned by Leslie Merritt Jr. was linked to the first four shootings that took place Aug. 29 and...

Suspect Arrested in Phoenix Freeway Shootings

'Arizona Republic' IDs suspect as Leslie Allen Merritt Jr., 21

(Newser) - A suspect has been arrested in a string of shootings along Phoenix-area freeways that have kept drivers on edge for weeks, state officials said tonight. A spokesman for Gov. Doug Ducey said a man was taken into custody around 7pm at a Walmart in Glendale, a suburb west of Phoenix....

7 Hikers Posed for Photo Before Floods Killed Them

Rains came just hours later

(Newser) - Seven avid hikers in safety helmets, wetsuits, and climbing harnesses smiled for a group photo before heading into the mouth of a narrow canyon in southern Utah's Zion National Park. Within hours of them entering Keyhole Canyon, dark skies unleashed fierce rains that sent water surging through the chasm,...

Boy Who Murdered at Age 8 Can Go Back to School

15-year-old killed father, another man in 2008

(Newser) - An Arizona boy who confessed to killing his father and another man when he was 8 years old has been cleared by a judge to transition into a foster home and enroll in public school, prompting outrage from the prosecutor and the family of a victim. The boy, now 15...

Cops: Man Held in Freeway Shootings Not Main Suspect

Chief thinks more than one person is behind the attacks

(Newser) - A man questioned in a string of Phoenix freeway shootings is not the prime suspect and investigators are pressing ahead with leads in the case that has left the city on edge for two weeks, authorities said today. A 19-year-old man from a Phoenix suburb who was detained yesterday at...

Men Questioned in Phoenix Freeway Shootings

Police may have found suspects in string of attacks

(Newser) - Police may have found their suspects in the freeway shootings that have terrorized Phoenix over the past two weeks. The Arizona Department of Public Safety confirms to the AP that authorities are questioning two people in relation to the shootings today. No additional information was given, but police were reportedly...

Vigilante 'Bolt Force' Trying to Solve Ariz. Shootings

But Phoenix cops investigating freeway shootings want Bolt Force to back off

(Newser) - They bill themselves as "the nation's first and only armed volunteer crime fighting force that specializes in law enforcement and preservation of order." And this week, members of Bolt Force are turning their attention toward solving an Arizona mystery that's been frightening residents and puzzling police:...

Cops: Phoenix Freeway Shootings Are 'Terrorism'

Phoenix cops probe 10 incidents in 11 days

(Newser) - Authorities in Phoenix say it definitely fits the definition of terrorism: Somebody has been shooting at vehicles along a downtown stretch of Interstate 10 and there have now been 10 incidents in the space of 11 days with no arrests made, CNN reports. The head of the Arizona Department of...

Judge Gives 'Final' Ruling on Arizona Immigration Law

Should cops be allowed to question people's immigration status?

(Newser) - Challengers of Arizona's landmark immigration law failed to show that police would enforce the statute differently for Latinos than it would for people of other ethnicities, a judge says in a ruling that dismissed the last of seven challenges to the law. The ruling could signal the end of...

News Anchor Defends Why She Rolls Her R's

'Certain words just sound better when said in their natural way': bilingual anchor

(Newser) - Donald Trump doesn't think Jeb Bush is setting a very good example for Americans when he speaks Spanish, but a bilingual Arizona news anchor is likely in the Bush camp on this one. Vanessa Ruiz—who was born in Miami, grew up in Colombia, and studied in Spain before...

Politician's Lesson for Kids Was on Kid Suicide Bombers

Ariz. Rep. Matt Salmon also thought nuclear weapons made for lively conversation

(Newser) - Matt Salmon's job was to show up at the San Tan Charter School and give a fun civics lesson to curious second- and third-graders. But the Arizona congressman's appearance last week veered off the topic of vetoes—using the Iran nuclear deal as an example, which the Washington ...

Ariz. Mom Admits She Drowned Twin Sons: Cops

Family stopped her from drowning 3rd child

(Newser) - First responders found twin toddlers lying motionless on a bed when they responded yesterday afternoon to a 911 call in Avondale, Ariz., and despite their resuscitation efforts, both boys died, the AP reports. Adding an even more tragic element was the confession of the boys' 22-year-old mother, Mireya Lopez, who...

Phoenix Is Slowly Sinking

 Phoenix Is Slowly Sinking 
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Aug 13, 2015 3:03 AM CDT

Phoenix Is Slowly Sinking

Subsidence can't be stopped, researchers say

(Newser) - Researchers say that while there's no need for residents of Phoenix to panic, parts of their city are slowly and unstoppably sinking into the ground. Land subsidence caused by the extraction of huge quantities of groundwater over the decades is to blame, and the Arizona State University researchers say...

5-Year-Old Lost Chasing Grasshoppers Turns Up Dead

Jerold Williams vanished in Kaibab National Forest Aug. 6

(Newser) - The search for a missing 5-year-old boy in Arizona has come to a tragic end. The Coconino County Sheriff's Office has confirmed on Facebook that the body of Jerold Joseph Williams was found last night in Kaibab National Forest, where he disappeared while camping last Thursday. Police tell NBC...

Cops: In-Home Hair Dresser Took Graphic Photos

James Hickey, 53, was arrested on Friday

(Newser) - A man who allegedly traveled around Arizona pretending to be a hair dresser so he could take sexually explicit photos of his clients has been apprehended. The US Marshals Service says a task force arrested 53-year-old James Hickey on Friday while he was bike-riding in Flagstaff. Hickey is wanted on...

Road Rage Assault Caught in Viral Video

Helmet cam appears to show Lee Schismenos punch biker

(Newser) - Motorcyclist Cody Munoz decided to buy a helmet camera after watching video logs from other riders—a purchase he’s not likely to regret. While out for a ride with his girlfriend in Yuma, Ariz., on July 11, he came up behind a bus and changed lines in front of...

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