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By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer Self-driving car pioneer Waymo is teaming up with ride-hailing leader Uber in the Phoenix area to transport passengers and deliver food in robotic cars that triggered a bitter technological dispute between the two companies. The partnership announced Tuesday provides Waymo with another avenue to expand a robotaxi service that

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — U.S. Border Patrol agents answering reports of gunfire fatally shot a man on a tribal reservation in southern Arizona after he abruptly threw something and raised his arm, the agency said in its first detailed accounting of last week’s shooting near the U.S.-Mexico boundary. The FBI and

By KEVIN COONEY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Lourdes Gurriel Jr. extending the longest active hitting streak in the majors to 15 games with a homer, double and two RBIs as the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-3 Monday night. Pavin Smith also homered for the Diamondbacks, who have won eight of their last

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Rose Zhang won just about everything there is in amateur golf. With a flawless performance at the NCAA Championships, the Stanford sophomore now has done something no one else has, not even Lorena Ochoa: win back-to-back national titles. Zhang shot a bogey-free, 4-under 68 on

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has vetoed a bill that would have compelled schools not to refer to transgender students by the names or pronouns they identify with. Hobbs announced the veto Monday afternoon, saying the legislation was an attack on transgender children. “Instead of coming up with new ways to target and

By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Taxpayers in metro Phoenix are approaching a milestone in their financial pain from a 2013 racial profiling verdict over former Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s immigration crackdowns: In roughly a year, those ongoing costs will exceed a quarter of a billion dollars. The bill is projected to reach $273

The Associated Press Reigning Olympic beach volleyball champion April Ross is pregnant. The gold, silver and bronze medalist announced Monday on Instagram that she is expecting a baby in October. “Been working on this project for a little while now,” Ross wrote next to pictures of her holding a strip of ultrasound images. “So happy

PHOENIX (AP) — An ex-convict has been indicted on a first-degree murder charge in the death of a woman who was attacked from behind and stabbed 15 times while walking on a desert trail in northeast Phoenix last month, authorities said Monday. The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office announced the grand jury indictment and said it

By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer Most of the 30 automatic qualifiers and 34 at-large picks for the NCAA baseball tournament will be determined in this week’s conference tournaments. Penn and Army became the first two qualifiers Monday. The Quakers won the Ivy League with a 16-3 victory over Princeton and Army beat Bucknell 21-6

By SUMAN NAISHADHAM and KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Arizona, Nevada and California said Monday they’re willing to cut back on their use of the dwindling Colorado River in exchange for money from the federal government — and to avoid forced cuts as drought threatens the key water supply for the U.S.

By SUMAN NAISHADHAM and KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Arizona, California and Nevada on Monday proposed a plan to significantly reduce their water use from the drought-stricken Colorado River over the next three years, a potential breakthrough in a year-long stalemate that pitted Western states against one another. The plan would conserve

By SUMAN NAISHADHAM and KEN RITTER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Arizona, California and Nevada on Monday proposed a plan to significantly reduce their water use from the drought-stricken Colorado River over the next three years, a potential breakthrough in a year-long stalemate over how to deal with a rising problem that pitted Western states

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Brittney Griner won the opening tip and ran to her familiar spot in the low post. There was nowhere else the ball was going on the Phoenix Mercury’s opening possession of the season — not after what Griner had gone through to get here. Her back

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Brittney Griner won the opening tip and ran to her familiar spot in the low post. There was nowhere else the ball was going to go on the Phoenix Mercury’s opening possession of the season — not after what Griner had gone through to get here.

PHOENIX (AP) — Kahleah Copper scored 15 points and the Chicago Sky spoiled Brittney Griner’s regular-season home debut, holding on down the stretch for a 75-69 win over the Phoenix Mercury on Sunday. Griner finished with 27 points, 10 rebounds and four blocked shots in her first regular-season home game since being released after spending