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CAMP VERDE, Ariz. - Authorities are searching for a suspect after an Arizona police officer was shot Wednesday night north of Phoenix. The Yavapai-Apache Nation says its officers responded to reports of shots fired at around 7:45 p.m. near State Route 260 and Cherry Creek Road in Camp Verde. Once at the scene, a suspect got out of a car, ran away on foot, and began shooting. One officer was shot. He was taken to HonorHealth Hospital in Deer Valley and is in critical, but stable condition. Police are continuing to search for the suspect, who is considered to be...

CUERO — The bellows and growls of camels on the move are again echoing across Texas, thanks to history buffs who are retracing the path of cloven footprints left 150 years ago. On May 20, six camels left the Port of Indianola, where in 1856 the first of about 100 of the animals imported by the Army arrived. The six were bound for Camp Verde, site of a frontier-era camel base. Along the way, Doug Baum and other handlers are holding show-and-tell sessions at civic clubs, school campuses and even at the Alamo on the great "camel experiment." "I think...