Maryvale block watchers refuse to be thwarted by serial shooter

PHOENIX — Despite a nerve-wracking wave of violence, Maryvale neighbors work to thwart the serial shooter, discouraging petty crime along the way.


Phoenix residents, mayor and police vow to build solutions in Black Lives Matter meeting

PHOENIX – A teacher vowed to educate her students on race and social justice.


Wish you were here: Arizona Republican delegates speak to those who skipped the convention

As part of the Cronkite News multi-platform coverage of the Republican National Convention, we're connecting with Arizona delegates through text messages.


No surprises: Arizona delivers all 58 delegation votes for Trump

CLEVELAND - Arizona delegates cast all 58 of their votes Tuesday for Donald Trump, helping him complete his run to be the unlikely presidential nominee of the Republican Party in a red, white and blue sea of chanting convention delegates.


Delegates call plagiarism charge an attempt to ‘demonize’ Melania Trump

CLEVELAND - Arizona Republican delegates stood firmly behind Melania Trump Tuesday against charges that she lifted parts of a Monday speech from a similar speech in 2008 by first lady Michelle Obama.


Interactive: Meet the Arizona RNC delegation

In advance of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Cronkite News reporters reached out to every member of the Arizona delegation to learn more about the people who will represent the state's Republicans.


State Republicans call for unity on first day of fractious convention

CLEVELAND - Arizona GOP leaders called for unity Monday as they kicked off the Republican National Convention, just hours before the party erupted into chaos over a procedural rules vote on the floor.


As GOP convention opens, Democrats go on the attack

CLEVELAND - Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Phoenix, condemned likely Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s foreign policy proposals Monday, part of a coordinated Democratic attack on the opening day of the GOP convention.


Arizonans explain why they became Republican delegates

As part of the Cronkite News multi-platform coverage of the Republican National Convention, we connected with Arizona delegates through text messaging. We asked Arizona Republicans in Cleveland why they decided to become delegates. Here's what they had to say:


New Phoenix police chief Jeri Williams: ‘Work tirelessly to make the community safe’

PHOENIX – Arizona native Jeri Williams will become the first woman and second African American to lead the Phoenix Police Department when she becomes chief in October.


Arizona delegates turn to GoFundMe to finance convention trips

WASHINGTON - Kelly Thornton, a Prescott yoga teacher and Democratic delegate for Bernie Sanders, said she "choked" when she saw the estimated $4,000 price tag to go to the party's national convention.


Court upholds conviction, death sentence in 1989 Pima County double murder

WASHINGTON - A divided federal appeals court Friday upheld the conviction and death sentence of a Pima County man in a 1989 drug deal turned double murder.