On Friday, Feb. 16, detectives with the Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) Gang & Immigration Intelligence Team Enforcement Mission (GIITEM) arrested two suspects on drug and weapons related charges and seized 80 firearms from a Tucson residence and several storage units. Detectives served a search warrant on a residential property near 5th Avenue...
Read MoreA Colorado man passed away after being bitten by his pet Gila monster. This would be an uncommon occurrence as it is rare for one of these desert lizards to cause death through their venom. On February 12, 34-year-old Christopher Ward was hospitalized after being bitten by one of his two pet Gila monsters....
Read MoreThe University of Arizona has announced the appointment of Desiree Reed-Francois as its new athletic director on Monday. Tucson, Ariz. Since 2021, Reed-Francois has held the position of athletic director at the University of Missouri. Prior to this role, she was the athletic director at UNLV. Reed-Francois akso has UArizona connectios. In 1997, she...
Read MoreIn a move that could disrupt the payments industry currently dominated by Visa and Mastercard, Capital One Financial has announced its acquisition of Discover Financial Services for $35 billion. This deal will unite two major credit card companies and have a significant impact on the market. As per the conditions of the deal where...
Read MoreOn Wednesday, the city of New York, along with its schools and public hospital system, filed a lawsuit against major tech companies including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, and YouTube. They claim that these “addictive and dangerous” social media platforms are responsible for exacerbating a mental health crisis in children, causing disruptions in learning and...
Read MoreAccording to the complaint filed in a California federal court on Friday, Amazon is accused of breaking consumer protection regulations and violating the terms of its contract with the millions of Prime members who pay an annual subscription fee. This violation occurred when Amazon introduced commercials to its Prime Video service. Last month, Amazon...
Read MoreThe Arizona Commercial Vehicle Safety Partnership (ACVSP) will conduct its annual “Operation Southern Shield” from Monday, Feb. 19, 2024, through Friday, Feb. 23, 2024, on Interstate 10 from Phoenix to the New Mexico state line, and on Interstate 19 from Tucson to the international border. The ACVSP comprises AZDPS Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Bureau troopers...
Read MoreA hunt is underway for culprits who used a stolen truck to steal an ATM in northwestern Arizona during the weekend. According to the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office, deputies arrived at a business near Interstate 15 in Littlefield at approximately 8 a.m. on Sunday. A call was made reporting that two individuals had driven...
Read MoreA controversial and former NAACP leader recently lost her Arizona teaching job over her OnlyFans account. Nkechi Diallo, the Montana-born white woman formerly known as Rachel Dolezal — who was infamously exposed for attempting to pass as an African American was recently fired from her Catalina Foothills School District teaching job following the exposure...
Read MoreHeather Alissa Neff, 38, of Lee’s Summit, Missouri, was sentenced last week by United States District Judge Scott H. Rash to 18 months in prison, and 36 months of supervised release. Neff pleaded guilty to Accepting a Bribe by a Public Official on August 31, 2023. From 2016 through June 2019, Neff worked as...
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