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DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Pistons have reached an agreement to hire former Suns coach Monty Williams, AP sources say.

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Florida put itself in difficult positions all season, none more dire than its deep hole against Florida State in the national semifinals. The experienced Gators consistently found ways to dig their way out and it helped them when things got tight Wednesday in the championship

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs is urging President Joe Biden to use the Antiquities Act to designate the tribally proposed Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni Grand Canyon National Monument. In a letter dated Tuesday, Hobbs told Biden that she is committed to preserving cultural and natural treasures throughout Arizona and said the Grand Canyon

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The family of a man who drowned in Tempe Town Lake a year ago filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city Wednesday, noting that its police department doesn’t have a policy requiring officers to go into the water to save someone. The civil suit said 34-year-old Sean Bickings pleaded for

BISBEE, Ariz. (AP) — A former elections official for a rural Arizona county where leaders have embraced election conspiracy theories has received a $130,000 settlement over toxic work environment claims. Lisa Marra, who was Cochise County elections director during the 2022 midterm election, got the payout through the county’s risk management insurer, the Sierra Vista

BISBEE, Ariz. (AP) — A former Cochise County elections director has received a $130,000 settlement following claims of a toxic work environment. Lisa Marra got the payout through the county’s risk management insurer, the Sierra Vista Herald/Review reported Wednesday. She filed a notice of constructive discharge against the rural Arizona county in January, saying two

By CLAUDIA LAUER and MIKE CATALINI The Associated Press Vanessa Martinez was finishing preparations for her daughter’s second birthday in September 2021 when her ex-boyfriend broke into her Mesa, Arizona, condo and shot her in the head as she frantically tried to shield their three young children. Doctors had to remove a third of her

By JACK THOMPSON Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Zac Gallen pitched six shutout innings, Ketel Marte and Evan Longoria homered in the first inning and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Colorado Rockies 5-1 on Tuesday night. Gallen (7-2) is 6-0 with a 0.66 ERA in six starts at Chase Field this season. He gave up

By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the U.S. Border Patrol announced that he’s retiring, after seeing through a major policy shift that seeks to clamp down on illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border following the end of Title 42 coronavirus pandemic restrictions. Chief Raul Ortiz said Tuesday in a note

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer Caleb Love is now headed to Arizona. The North Carolina transfer tweeted Tuesday, less than a month after decommitting from Michigan, that he will play next season with the Wildcats. “Caleb is a tremendously talented guard who has significant experience playing college basketball at a high level,” Arizona coach

EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings will have two different teams come to training camp this year, hosting joint practices with both the Tennessee Titans and the Arizona Cardinals prior to their preseason games. Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell announced the news on Tuesday. There will be two days of practice sessions with each team

MESA, Ariz. (AP) — A man’s strong dislike for drugs and homelessness may have led to five separate shootings in the Phoenix metro area that left four people dead and a woman wounded, authorities said Tuesday. Iren Byers, 20, was taken into custody Sunday on suspicion of four counts of first-degree murder and one count

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer ROCKY RIVER, Ohio (AP) — Standing a few feet from a golf green, Deshaun Watson made a pitch for DeAndre Hopkins to join him in Cleveland. The Browns quarterback said Tuesday that he has spoken to Hopkins, his close friend and former Houston teammate, and encouraged the three-time All-Pro

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Phoenix has become the largest U.S. city to successfully challenge its population count from the 2020 census after claiming that dozens of group homes, jails and drug and alcohol treatment centers were overlooked during the nation’s head count. The U.S. Census Bureau told Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego last week that

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Water conflicts are nothing new to the arid West, where myriad users long have vied for their share of the precious resource from California’s Central Valley to the Colorado and Missouri rivers. But few have waded into the legal question playing out in rural Nevada: To

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer The Las Vegas Aces celebrated last season’s championship over the weekend and are looking once again like the team to beat n the league. The Aces unveiled the championship banner on Saturday before dismantling a short-handed Los Angeles team. An easy win over Minnesota the next day has Las

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer ROCKY RIVER, Ohio (AP) — Standing a few feet from a golf green, Deshaun Watson made a pitch for DeAndre Hopkins to join him in Cleveland. The Browns quarterback said Tuesday that he has spoken to Hopkins, his close friend and former Houston teammate, and encouraged the three-time All-Pro