Carjacking Led To Phoenix Crash With 3 Deaths, 6 Injuries: Police - Phoenix, AZ - Three people died and six were injured after a stolen car crashed into a bus in Phoenix Thursday afternoon, Phoenix police said.
UpdatedSun, May 30, 2021 at 7:01 am MT
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Memorial Day is just around the corner in Tucson. While many will mark the day of remembrance by spending the day with family and friends, it’s important to note which businesses will be open if you head out that day to shop or grab a bite to eat. (Getty Images Stock Photo)
TUCSON, AZ Memorial Day is just around the corner in Tucson. While many will mark the day of remembrance by spending the day with family and friends, it s important to note which businesses will be open if you head out that day to shop or grab a bite to eat.
UpdatedThu, May 13, 2021 at 2:56 pm MT
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California-based Silicon Valley Bank Financial Group is launching a nationwide scholarship fund that includes Arizona State University this fall. (Getty Images Stock Photo)
TEMPE, AZ California-based Silicon Valley Bank Financial Group is launching a nationwide scholarship fund that includes Arizona State University this fall.
The bank s University Scholarship Program provides $5 million to ASU, as well as Florida A&M University, Tulane University and Xavier University of Louisiana, beginning this fall.
The program will fund 25 four-year, full-ride scholarships in total, across the four universities, in addition to creating paid summer internships for students that include housing costs at one of the bank s locations while they attend college, the company said.
UpdatedWed, May 12, 2021 at 6:01 am MT
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11 students from Phoenix are winners of the second round of the National Merit Scholarship, which awards $2,500 to recipients. (Getty Images Stock Photo)
PHOENIX, AZ. 11 students from Phoenix are winners of the second round of the National Merit Scholarship, which awards $2,500 to recipients.
The first round of corporate-sponsored scholarships were announced April 21 and included 18 students from Arizona.
For each state, the number of winners is proportional to the state s percentage of the nation s graduating high school seniors. The program says the winners are the finalists judged to have the strongest combination of accomplishments, skills and potential for success in rigorous college studies.
UpdatedSun, May 2, 2021 at 7:00 am MT
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In Arizona, 72 wrong-way crashes were reported from 2010-2018, with 107 deaths occurring from those crashes. (Getty Images Stock Photo)
ARIZONA Thousands of Americans, including many in Arizona, have been killed in wrong-way crashes over the past decade plus.
Deaths from wrong-way crashes have been on the uptick in recent years, the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety said in a recently released study that looked at the number of wrong-way crashes on divided highways nationwide.
Wrong-way driving crashes caused 2,008 deaths between 2015 and 2018, an average of about 500 per year, compared with an average of 375 deaths per year from 2010 to 2014, the data shows. That s an increase of more than 33 percent in the four most recent years included in the study.