AP Arizona

By TERRY TANG Associated Press MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Employees at a Starbucks in suburban Phoenix voted Friday to form a union, becoming the first store outside New York to organize. Several workers from a Mesa Starbucks store cheered and hugged at a local union hall as the results show a 25-3 vote for organizing.

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred entered long-stalled labor negotiations with players on with just over three days until Major League Baseball’s deadline for a deal that would ensure a 162-game season. After four straight days of largely fruitless negotiating sessions that focused on exchanging proposals in

By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Three Republicans in the Arizona House defected from a united GOP front to defeat a measure banning manufacturing or prescribing medication that would cause an abortion. The bill that unexpectedly failed Thursday evening would have eliminated the choice used by half of the people who have abortions

By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Republican Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich is suing Democratic Secretary of State Katie Hobbs in an escalation of a dispute over the election procedures manual she is required to complete. Brnovich joined with the Republican Party in Yavapai County in the lawsuit filed Thursday. Hobbs contends she

PLATTE CITY, Mo. (AP) — A 30-year-old Missouri man who killed four family members, including an infant, has been sentenced to four life terms plus 115 years. Platte County authorities said Grayden Denham was sentenced Friday. He was convicted in December of 10 felonies, including four counts of first-degree murder. Prosecutors said he shot his

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — With just 3 1/2 days left until Major League Baseball’s deadline for a deal that would ensure a 162-game season, negotiators met for the fifth straight day during a week with no sign of significant progress. Union head Tony Clark led a delegation of players

By MATTHEW COLES Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Azuolas Tubelis scored 23 points and Kerr Kriisa had Arizona’s first triple-double in 18 years to power the No. 2 Wildcats over Utah 97-77. Kriisa had 21 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, becoming the first Wildcats with a triple-double since Andre Iguodala in February

PHOENIX (AP) — A regulatory board warned a Maricopa County constable that he needed to improve his job performance following the discovery that he failed to serve over 80 orders of protection during a nine-month period after taking office last year. azfamily.com reported Wednesday that the Constable Ethics, Standards and Training board in December issued

By TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Employees at a Starbucks in suburban Phoenix are expected to move forward with a vote on whether to unionize, amplifying the growing interest in organizing among the coffee chain’s workers. Pro-union leaders say Starbucks workers deserve the right to collectively bargain on issues like benefits, seniority pay

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Jay Heath and Luther Muhammad combined for 27 second-half points when Arizona State left Colorado behind for an 82-65 victory, snapping the Buffaloes’ five-game winning streak. ASU ended five-game losing skid to Colorado that included an 18-point loss on Jan. 15. Heath finished with 18 points, 14 in the second half

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Malik Porter had 19 points off the bench to lead Idaho State to a 70-66 win over Northern Arizona. Jalen Cone led the Lumberjacks on Thursday night with 26 points.

DOUGLAS, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities have released the name of a migrant who died from multiple gunshot wounds after reportedly being shot by Border Patrol personnel in southern Arizona. The Cochise County Sheriff’s Office is solely conducting the criminal investigation of the fatal shooting. The migrant killed has been identified as 32-year-old Carmelo Cruz-Marcos from

By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — One Republican in the Arizona House defected from a united GOP front to defeat a measure banning manufacturing or prescribing medication that would cause an abortion. The bill that unexpectedly failed Thursday would have eliminated the choice used by half of the people who have abortions in