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July 2013
The FBI has been conducting a massive child sex trafficking sting across the country over the last few days. Some of the children being victimized were from Phoenix. The enforcement operation involved 47 FBI divisions across the country and led to the recovery of 105 children who had been forced into prostitution.
July 29, 2013
Governing Board members
of Pima Community College will have to attend
workshops and retreats to learn how to do their jobs, even though most have
held office for more than a decade. The
Arizona Daily Star reports the college has been put on probation, after a recent
investigation found sweeping problems at the school, including corrupt hiring
and contracting practices and the mishandling of sexual harassment claims.
July 29, 2013
The documentary film 'Blackfish,' about Tilikum, the now
infamous orca responsile for three deaths while in captivity at Sea World,
opened in limited release this weekend.
The film looks at the death of a Sea World trainer in 2010 and shows
orcas being captured, as babies.
July 29, 2013
A box of items donated to the Kiwanis Club in Carefree became
a problem Saturday, when a grenade was found inside. The donation was brought
to a fire station and Sheriff's Office spokesman Chris Hegstrom says deputies
took it from there.
July 29, 2013
Officials say northern Yavapai County
was pelted with four inches of rain in many areas. Emergency Management Coordinator Denny Foulk
says as a result, flooding became a big problem.
“Flooding into the Kaibab Estates and Coconino County
and into Ashfork itself,” Foulk said.
July 29, 2013
Gays who marry legally elsewhere may not get the state of Arizona to recognize
their unions, but last month's Supreme Court ruling, which struck down parts of
the Defense of Marriage Act, says the federal government has to honor decisions
in states where gay marriage is legal.
July 29, 2013
A Texas resident, missing
for two days and three nights on Mt. Lemmon, north of Tucson, has been located safe and sound. 54-year-old
Scott Bertrand was found Sunday morning, after sheriff's deputies were able to
use GPS coordinates from a cell phone to locate him, according to Pima County
Sheriff's Office spokesman Jesus Banuelos.
July 29, 2013
The Arizona
Department of Weights and Measures says a recent audit of gas stations showed a
17-percent failure rate when they checked the accuracy of nozzles on fuel pumps
at over 1,800 retailers.
July 29, 2013
A group of nurses is asking the state health department to add post-traumatic stress disorder to the list of ailments that can be treated with medical marijuana. A similar effort failed last year. The health department considers new petitions every six months.
July 26, 2013
A new location and new policies were part of opening
training day for the Arizona Cardinals Friday.
The team will now be practicing at the University of Phoenix Stadium instead of at NAU. (Photo by Sarah Beckman-KJZZ)
For 25 years the Cardinals trained at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, but now the team will practice where it plays its regular season games, at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale.
July 26, 2013