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A gang of Arizona teens who call themselves the 'Gilbert Goons' was allowed to run amok Phoenix suburbs before several of its members were charged with the murder of 16-year-old Preston Lord. After Preston's brutal beating and subsequent alleged attempted cover ups were detailed by The Arizona Republic, authorities reopened multiple cases believed to have been conducted by a larger group of assailants. Victims and residents in the area have described the group as mostly white, upper-middle-class teenagers from multiple East Valley high schools.

Key TakeawaysTSMC’s Arizona plant has exceeded its Taiwanese facilities in yield.The first of three plants in Arizona is on track to reach full volume production in 2025.TSMC aims to start other facilities by 2028 and manufacture 2nm chips in the US by 2030.TSMC, the world’s largest semiconductor manufacturer, has achieved better yield in its new Arizona factory than its Taiwan facilities. Taiwanese giant TSMC’s new chipset manufacturing unit in the US has overtaken its domestic plants in terms of yield—a key metric in semiconductor production. The update from TSMC’s newly commenced plant in Phoenix, Arizona is good news for the...

TEMPE, ARIZ. - An Arizona prosecutor said the man arrested in the shooting of a Democratic National Committee office in suburban Phoenix had more than 120 guns and over 250,000 rounds of ammunition in his home, leading law enforcement to believe he may have been planning a mass casualty event. Maricopa County prosecutor Neha Bhatia said at Jeffrey Michael Kelly's initial court appearance on Wednesday that federal agents told her about the large seizure made after Kelly's arrest. Scopes, body armour and silencers were also found, she said. A machine gun was discovered in the car he was driving.

A deaf Black man with cerebral palsy was allegedly beaten and tased by Phoenix police officers this summer, in a violent incident that has gained national attention following the release of police body camera footage. In the recently publicized bodycam footage, Tyron McAlpin, 34, can be seen walking through a parking lot in Phoenix, on Aug. 19, when he is approached by two officers in separate police vehicles. The footage was provided to NPR by the McAlpin's attorney. Within seconds of first addressing McAlpin, who is deaf, officer Benjamin Harris jumps out of his vehicle and begins punching McAlpin, followed...

Mark Cuban has been one of the Harris campaign’s most visible outside surrogates in recent months. Now he’s making it official. The billionaire businessman will embark on a series of formal campaign appearances for Kamala Harris beginning with stops alongside the vice president later today, a campaign aide told Yahoo Finance exclusively. It’s a move that comes as the Harris campaign amps up its efforts to reach young men and further capitalize on the "Shark Tank" star's popularity in the worlds of both finance and sports. The first stop will be alongside the vice president today in Milwaukee and La...

A man set himself on fire during an anti-Israel rally in front of the White House on Saturday evening, video shows. The man was identified as Samuel Mena Jr. a former journalist from Phoenix, Arizona, according to 12 News. He was later hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. The incident occurred just days ahead of the one-year anniversary of the Hamas mass murder of Israeli civilians that triggered the current war in Gaza. Footage circulating on social media showed the incident in which Mena screams in agony as his left arm burns. Bystanders and Metropolitan police officers worked together to douse the...

I took this photo of a billboard off of either State Route 51 or I-17 in Phoenix. This season, the wall to wall law firm and cannabis billboards are giving some ground to political billboards. Both sides are represented, and neither side is pushing issues on the billboards. Trump Billboards: Arizonans LOVE Trump (superimposed over AZ state flag) TeamUnity (Trump, flanked by Vance, RFK Jr., Tulsi Gabbard, Vivek Ramaswamy) And the above (which I count as pro-Trump) "If It's Not Close, They Can't Cheat" The Harris Billboards are: "I'm a Conservative. I am voting Harris."--Kevin, Arizona. (Kevin is pictured.)...

Walter Ringfield Jr., the 27-year-old Phoenix resident charged with stealing keys to voting equipment from Maricopa County elections headquarters, has a history of theft allegations - and an apparent interest in running for public office. Ringfield remains in custody without bail, and faces charges of theft and criminal damage for allegedly stealing a security key from the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center, MCTEC for short, where he’d briefly worked as a temporary staffer. What do officials say Ringfield stole? Maricopa County election staff identified the stolen item almost immediately on June 20. Security footage reviewed that same day showed...

PHOENIX — Cam Ferguson gets to his spot on the street adjacent to Chase Field — home of Major League Baseball’s Arizona Diamondbacks — about four hours before first pitch to set up his usual display of cold water, sports drinks, peanuts and candy. By game time, it’s about 103 degrees Fahrenheit on this Labor Day afternoon in downtown Phoenix. Business is brisk. “Two for five, but it’s eight inside!” shouts another vendor, hawking water bottles. “Plus, they’re having some problems with the air conditioning in there.” It’s always hot this time of year in central Arizona, but 2024 is...

A 61-year-old professor born in Phoenix, Arizona, believes he is the first person to gain Irish citizenship solely based on the results of a DNA test, the Irish Times reported.John Portmann, an author and professor of religious studies at the University of Virginia, took an Ancestry.com test in 2019 at the behest of his adopted sister. Portmann was cared for by nuns in Phoenix before being adopted and grew up not knowing anything about his background.When he received his DNA results, he was shocked to find out he was full-blooded Irish...he couldn't stop thinking about Ireland and about his biological...

Desert Diamond Arena at 9400 W Maryland Avenue, Glendale, AZ 85305. Friday, August 9, 2024. Doors open at 1:30 PM. Please arrive no later than 3:30 PM. PHOENIX (AZFamily/AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, continue their tour of battleground states this week, with campaign events happening in Michigan on Thursday and Arizona on Friday.

Maricopa County elections officials will reportedly need to spend thousands of dollars to reprogram security equipment after an apparent theft at an election facility. On June 20, surveillance footage within the Maricopa County elections building in downtown Phoenix captured an employee taking a “security fob” and keys off a desk before putting them in his pocket. According to police documents, the employee was questioned about the alleged theft, but he denied taking the security fob and keys. The next day, detectives went to the man’s home and saw part of the keys in his vehicle. He was arrested and told...

US Central Command reporting destruction... Russia says it repelled a massive Ukrainian drone attack...Slight damage reported from a Ukrainian attack on an oil depot... The US Justice Department says that police in Phoenix engaged in a pattern of conduct violating the civil rights of residents... A senior Hezbollah commander reportedly killed in southern Lebanon tonight. Israel launching what... At the G7 summit Joe Biden signing a ten-year security pact with Ukrainian President... In the British Election there is a new You Gov poll showing Reform UK at 19 percent leading the Conservatives at 18 percent for the first time... Dutch...

The season’s first heat wave is already baking the Southwest with triple-digit temperatures as firefighters in Phoenix — America’s hottest big city — employ new tactics in hopes of saving more lives in a county that saw 645 heat-related deaths last year. Starting this season, the Phoenix Fire Department is immersing heatstroke victims in ice on the way to area hospitals. The medical technique, known as cold water immersion, is familiar to marathon runners and military service members and has also recently been adopted by Phoenix hospitals as a go-to protocol, said Fire Capt. John Prato. Prato demonstrated the method...

St. William Catholic Church in Cashion, Arizona, was destroyed in an overnight fire May 1. The fire broke out just before 1 a.m. Local station Fox 10 Phoenix reported that firefighters arrived and found flames coming from the attic of the church. The roof of the church ultimately collapsed as firefighters fought the flames. "This is a devastating loss to this community," Avondale Fire Battalion Chief Steve Mayhew said. "This church is a pillar of this community, so definitely a lot of heartbreak this morning." "I also run the pantry here at St. Williams — that's gone," Gonzalo Ortiz, a...

PHOENIX — A flight that took off from Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport headed to Columbus was forced to return to the airport shortly after take-off due to a mechanical issue, according to officials. A representative with Southwest Airlines confirmed to 12News that Flight #5850 experienced a mechanical issue right after leaving the Phoenix airport. The nature of the mechanical issue was not specified. The aircraft landed "without incident" upon return to the airport, the representative said. The aircraft will undergo a maintenance review. "We’ll accommodate Customers onboard on a separate aircraft, scheduled to arrive in Columbus approximately two and a...

South American “crime tourists” who exploit the US visa system to enter the country and commit burglaries have now infiltrated at least half the states in America and taken “millions of untraceable” goods, The Post has learned. The organized groups of burglars and jewel thieves, particularly from Chile, Ecuador, Colombia and Peru, have been targeting wealthy homes across the US for decades, but their crimes have spread — and recently soared in some cities, authorities say. “They travel to cities across the nation – including in Maricopa County – and steal millions in untraceable items,” said Maricopa County Attorney Rachel...

<p>PHOENIX (AP) — A businessman pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring with the leader of an offshoot polygamous sect near the Arizona-Utah border to transport underage girls across state lines, making him the first man to be convicted in what authorities say was a scheme to orchestrate sexual acts involving children.</p>

A special agent with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is dead after being accidentally shot by another IRS agent during a training exercise Thursday at a federal gun range in Phoenix, officials confirmed. A spokesperson for the Federal Bureau of Prisons confirms that an incident occurred Thursday at their gun range, which multiple federal agencies were utilizing at the time through an interagency agreement. The spokesperson said no Federal Bureau of Prisons employees were injured in the incident. Charlotte M. Dennis with the Phoenix Field Office of the IRS Criminal Investigation (CI) division replied to Arizona’s Family on Thursday afternoon,...

A special agent for the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) was indicted in Tucson, Arizona, Wednesday by a federal grand jury on one count of Involuntary Manslaughter of an Officer of the United States. Larry Edward Brown, Jr., 42, of Peoria, is the agent who was charged, according to a press release from the U.S. States Attorney's Office, District of Arizona. It is based on an incident that allegedly occurred on August 17, 2023, at a firearm range at the Federal Correctional Institution – Phoenix that is used for standard pistol qualifications and classroom training. Brown, a special agent...