Arizona Police Officer Gives Bike to Teen Who Walks Nine Miles to Work
ABC News(PHOENIX) — For one man in Arizona, getting pulled over by a police officer might have been the best thing to ever happen to him.Phoenix Police Sgt. Natalie Simonick, 46, was on patrol around 11 p.m., when she saw a young man walking alone in …
Arizona Baby Who Got Melanoma in Womb Still Thriving
KNXV/ABC NewsPHOENIX) — Addison Cox, the Phoenix girl who mysteriously contracted her mother’s deadly melanoma while still in the womb, has surprised doctors and will soon celebrate her second birthday.Her mother, Phoenix police detective Briana Cox, …
(2) Ohio State Edges (6) Arizona, 73-70, In Sweet 16 Tilt
Harry How/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) – LaQuinton Ross hit a three-pointer with two seconds left to lift (2) Ohio State to a thrilling 73-70 win over (6) Arizona in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament.
Ross scored 14 of his 17 points in the second…
‘Gang of Eight’ Senators on Tour in Arizona See Border Patrol in Action
Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images(NOGALES, Ariz.) — Four of the U.S. senators leading the charge on immigration reform got more than they expected Wednesday when they came to Nogales, Ariz., to check on border security.Just a few steps away from where…
How Golfer Arnold Palmer Became a Drink to an Entire Generation
ABC News(NEW YORK) — With his unmistakable swing – and charm – seven-time major champion Arnold Palmer helped bring professional golf into the television era.In fact, Tiger Woods and other professional golfers teed off today for the first …
Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Arizona Voter ID Law
Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Lawyers for Arizona, a state that has clashed repeatedly with the federal government on the issue of immigration, will be back at the Supreme Court on Monday defending a state law that requires proof of…
Ariz. Couple Who Won Million-Dollar Lottery Twice Credits Persistence
ABC News(PHOENIX) — An Arizona couple who beat overwhelming odds to win a million-dollar lottery jackpot twice in less than 20 years says it was not luck, but persistence and a healthy dose of superstition that led to their wins.Diane and Kerry Carmic…
Jodi Arias Finishes Testimony Describing Killing
ABC News(PHOENIX) — Jodi Arias stepped down from the witness stand Wednesday after mounting an emotional effort to save herself from death row, insisting to the Arizona jury that an explosive fight with ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander led to his death, …
Steven Seagal Calls Sheriff Joe’s Posse Critics ‘Embarrassment to Human Race’
Matthew Simmons/WireImage(NEW YORK) — Hollywood action star Steven Seagal has a few choice words for critics of his latest role.On Saturday, the actor and martial arts expert guided members of Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s volunteer posse through a simul…
Steven Seagal Training Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s Posse on School Security
Matthew Simmons/WireImage(PHOENIX) — Sheriff Joe Arpaio is teaming up with an action star to tackle school violence.Steven Seagal, 60, star of Above the Law and Under Siege, plans to lead members of the Arizona sheriff’s volunteer posse through …
Jodi Arias Expected to Testify This Week
ABC News(PHOENIX) — Alleged killer Jodi Arias is expected to take the stand this week and will try to convince an Arizona jury that her third version of how her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander died — that she killed him in self defense — is what reall…
Hikers Trapped by Raging Flood Waters Rescued in Arizona
Jupiterimages/Thinkstock(TUCSON, Ariz.) — Search and rescue teams rescued dozens of hikers Saturday who were stranded by raging flood waters in Bear Canyon near Tucson. The teams used ropes and flotation devices to rescue the 40 to 50 adult and childr…
Jodi Arias’ Jailhouse Art Sells for $300 on eBay During Murder Trial
ABC News(PHOENIX) — Drawings by Jodi Arias, the California woman facing the possibility of the death penalty for stabbing and shooting her boyfriend, are selling like collector’s items online.Colored pencil drawings by Arias have fetched hundreds of d…
Jodi Arias Even Lied in Her Diary After Travis Alexander Was Dead
ABC News(PHOENIX) — Jodi Arias, who has admitted to lying about killing her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander, even lied in her diary in the weeks after his death, according to entries obtained exclusively by ABC News.The page of diary entries, found in c…
Jodi Arias Denied Guilt After Told of Sex Photos, DNA
ABC News(PHOENIX) — A defiant Jodi Arias insisted she was innocent of killing her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander even after a detective told her that he had nude photos of them together on the day he died.”Are you sure it’s me? Because I was not …
Jodi Arias: ‘No Jury Will Convict Me’ for Murdering Ex-Boyfriend
ABC News(PHOENIX) — The jury in the Jodi Arias murder trial watched a television interview on Thursday in which Arias said “no jury will convict me” for killing her ex-boyfriend, Travis Alexander.Arias added that she could never imagine committing suc…
Jodi Arias: ‘No Jury Will Convict Me’ for Murdering Ex-Boyfriend
ABC News(PHOENIX) — The jury in the Jodi Arias murder trial watched a television interview on Thursday in which Arias said “no jury will convict me” for killing her ex-boyfriend, Travis Alexander.Arias added that she could never imagine committing suc…
Jodi Arias Caught Lying to Cops in Recorded Phone Calls
Jodi Arias/Myspace(PHOENIX) — Jodi Arias blatantly lied to police who asked her about Travis Alexander’s death, telling them in recorded phone calls that she kept trying to call and message Alexander the week of his death but never heard back from him…
Jodi Arias Jury Views Photos of Deep Gashes on Ex-Boyfriend
Jodi Arias/Myspace(PHOENIX) — Jodi Arias stabbed and slashed ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander with such force that a wound to his head chipped away bone from his skull, and his throat was cut so deeply that the knife almost reached his spinal cord, the M…
Gabrielle Giffords, Mark Kelly Launch Initiative to Curb Gun Violence
ABC/Ida Astute(NEW YORK) — After she was gravely wounded by gunfire two years ago in Tucson, Ariz., former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, Mark Kelly, imagined a life out of the public eye, where she would continue therapy surrounded by the f…