Wednesday, June 19 2013 2:07 AM EDT2013-06-19 06:07:54 GMT
A Tucson Police officer was chasing a suspect tonight near Wilmot and Broadway when he was hit by another police vehicle.According to Tucson Fire, the officer was conscious when the ambulance arrived and
A Tucson Police officer was chasing a suspect tonight near Wilmot and Broadway when he was reportedly hit by another police vehicle.
Wednesday, June 19 2013 1:22 AM EDT2013-06-19 05:22:03 GMT
The Tucson Unified School District has a new superintendent. The TUSD Governing Board voted 4-1 Tuesday night for Dr. H.T. Sanchez to succeed Dr. John Pedicone. "I hope this community supports the new
The Tucson Unified School District Governing Board voted 4-1 Tuesday night for Dr. H.T. Sanchez to succeed Dr. John Pedicone.
Wednesday, June 19 2013 1:18 AM EDT2013-06-19 05:18:59 GMT
A loud protest in the Sunnyside School Board meeting room Tuesday night as board members vote three to two in favor of extending Superintendent Manuel Isquierdo's contract.Isquierdo withdrew his name from
A loud protest in the Sunnyside School Board meeting room Tuesday night as board members vote three to two in favor of extending Superintendent Manuel Isquierdo's contract.
Wednesday, June 19 2013 12:29 AM EDT2013-06-19 04:29:53 GMT
City leaders passed a new ordinance similar to the one Bisbee passed earlier this month. Council members voted unanimously to extend benefits for same sex couples. You might remember in 2003 when they
City leaders passed a new ordinance similar to the one Bisbee passed earlier this month.
Wednesday, June 19 2013 12:22 AM EDT2013-06-19 04:22:57 GMT
A new 600 acre wildfire is burning about eight miles northwest of Prescott on the Prescott National Forest. Officials warn the public of smoky conditions from the Doce Fire around Williams, Ariz. and
Officials warn the public of smoky conditions from the Doce Fire around Williams, Ariz. and to be cautious when driving to the National Forest when visibility is limited.
Wednesday, June 19 2013 12:05 AM EDT2013-06-19 04:05:40 GMT
The Reid Park Zoo needs a new health center for the animals. The present one is old, small and doesn't fit their needs anymore. A new one, costing nearly $3.6 million will make the zoo more attractive
The zoo's master plan is filled with big ideas but the cost can be a factor.
Tuesday, June 18 2013 11:16 PM EDT2013-06-19 03:16:55 GMT
A new budget, approved Tuesday in pima county. It totals $1.266 billion. The board of supervisors is dealing with four million dollars less in property tax revenue than it had last year. They say
The food bank's old, tiny building is literally falling apart.
Tuesday, June 18 2013 10:00 PM EDT2013-06-19 02:00:18 GMT
Witnesses at Kekahakai State Park's Mahaiula Beach on the Big Island of Hawaii say someone was bitten by a shark Tuesday afternoon. A spokesperson for the Department of Land and Natural Resources confirms
A man was bitten by a 14-foot long shark while swimming at Kekahakai State Park's Mahaiula Beach on the Big Island of Hawaii Tuesday afternoon.
Tuesday, June 18 2013 9:35 PM EDT2013-06-19 01:35:34 GMT
TUCSON (Tucson News Now) - The national office of the American Red Cross has sent a local disaster volunteer to Norman Oklahoma to help tornado victims recover. Pat Dillingham will help relieve volunteers
He will help relieve volunteers who have been on the ground helping families since shortly after the tornadoes hit.
Tuesday, June 18 2013 9:26 PM EDT2013-06-19 01:26:09 GMT
By Anthony Mason, CBS NewsWhen the Gridley Middle School in Tucson, Ariz. added a virtual reality class in the fall, 13-year-old Rashad Stevenson was skeptical.Mason: "Were you surprised at how much you
In the class, 6th and 8th graders design & model their own virtual reality projects, anything from video games, to military equipment to a frosted donut. It's a pilot program developed with the Raytheon Corporation, the giant Aerospace & Defense contractor.
Tuesday, June 18 2013 8:23 PM EDT2013-06-19 00:23:52 GMT
It's been a year and two weeks since Shaun Michael Searle went missing. It was June 5th, 2012 when the 28-year-old Searle stepped out of his mother's midtown home and continued to walk down East Elm
Missing for more than a year now, was Shaun Michael Searle the victim of foul play? The latest in the investigation and a first-time interview with the missing man's mother. Som Lisaius reports.
Tuesday, June 18 2013 8:22 PM EDT2013-06-19 00:22:22 GMT
Police have identified two men accused of stealing thousands of pounds of watermelons from local grocery stores. Beaverton police were called out to the WinCo Foods store on Cedar Hills Boulevard the
Police have identified two men accused of stealing thousands of pounds of watermelons from local WinCo Foods stores.
Tuesday, June 18 2013 8:11 PM EDT2013-06-19 00:11:57 GMT
(RNN) – Rapper Lil' Wayne is attempting to stomp his way out of controversy after a clip of him walking on the American flag went viral over the weekend. A behind-the-scenes clip of the music video God
Rapper Lil' Wayne is getting attention for a viral video some are calling unpatriotic.
Tuesday, June 18 2013 6:55 PM EDT2013-06-18 22:55:13 GMT
Sierra Vista residential streets will be chip sealed in a two-week project, beginning Wednesday, June 19. The original start date for the maintenance was set for June 6 but material supply difficulties
Sierra Vista residential streets will be chip sealed in a two-week project, beginning Wednesday, June 19.
Tuesday, June 18 2013 4:20 PM EDT2013-06-18 20:20:32 GMT
An 11 year old Columbus girl wanted to do something special to support our troops fighting overseas, so she wrote a letter to a soldier in Afghanistan.
An 11 year old Columbus girl wanted to do something special to support our troops fighting overseas, so she wrote a letter to a soldier in Afghanistan. On Father's Day, she found out just how much that simple gesture meant to the sergeant who received it.
Tuesday, June 18 2013 2:54 PM EDT2013-06-18 18:54:41 GMT
Tucson Police have arrested the wife of the man who died last night after a shooting on the southeast side. TPD responded to a 911 call about a shooting in the 10500 block of East Bridgeport. After
Police say Susan Thacker was arrested and charged with one count of second-degree murder in the shooting death of her husband, Gregory Thacker, on Monday night.
Tuesday, June 18 2013 12:44 PM EDT2013-06-18 16:44:03 GMT
The "Prescription Product" line will be discontinued from national retail company, Urban Outfitters, following a plea from 24 Attorney Generals last month, including Ohio's Attorney General, Mike DeWine
The "Prescription Product" line will be discontinued from national retail company, Urban Outfitters, following a plea from 24 Attorney Generals last month, including Ohio's Attorney General, Mike DeWine and Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway.
Mario Chalmers broke out of a shooting slump to score 10 points, lifting the Miami Heat to a 27-25 lead over the San Antonio Spurs after one quarter of Game 6 in the NBA Finals on Tuesday night.
LeBron James saved a championship reign, canceled a celebration.
The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee says it appears the much-criticized national electronic surveillance program foiled "dozens" of terrorist plots.
The U.S. foiled a plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange because of the sweeping surveillance programs at the heart of a debate over national security and personal privacy, officials said Tuesday at a rare open hearing on...
Award-winning journalist and war correspondent Michael Hastings has died in a car accident in Los Angeles.
Award-winning journalist and war correspondent Michael Hastings, whose unflinching reporting ended the career of a top American army general, died early Tuesday in a car accident in Los Angeles, his employer and family said.
Tuesday, June 18 2013 10:34 PM EDT2013-06-19 02:34:44 GMT
Four people have charged for holding a mother and her child captive for years. Jordie Callahan, Jessica Hunt, Daniel J. Brown and a fourth person are accused of engaging in human trafficking. According
Four people have been arrested for holding a mother and her child captive for years in Ashland.
According to the charges, the suspects used beatings, threats of death and threats of attacks from pit bulls and large snakes to hold a woman and her child against their will for two years.
The abortion wars return to Congress in a big way with House legislation to ban almost all abortions after a fetus reaches the age of 20 weeks.
The Republican-led House on Tuesday passed a far-reaching anti-abortion bill that conservatives saw as a milestone in their 40-year campaign against legalized abortion and Democrats characterized as yet another example of a...
A large bomb exploded in the Afghan capital on Tuesday, killing at least three people on the day the international military coalition hands over responsibility for fighting the Taliban insurgency to the nascent...
The Taliban and the U.S. said Tuesday they will hold talks on finding a political solution to ending nearly 12 years of war in Afghanistan, as the international coalition formally handed over control of the country's...
Military leaders are ready to begin tearing down the remaining walls that have prevented women from holding thousands of combat and special operations jobs near the front lines.
Declaring "the days of Rambo are over," a top general said Tuesday that cultural, social and behavioral concerns may be bigger hurdles than tough physical fitness requirements for women looking to join the military's...
Tuesday, June 18 2013 5:12 PM EDT2013-06-18 21:12:52 GMT
A 13-year-old boy was arrested and charged with second degree murder after his 5-year-old sister died Sunday. Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Detectives say the boy admitted to practicing "WWE" moves on the
A 13-year-old boy was arrested and charged with second degree murder after his 5-year-old sister died Sunday. Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Detectives say the boy admitted to practicing "WWE" moves on the girl, even after she told him that she was in pain.
A military judge Tuesday refused a three-month trial delay for the Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage.
Nearly four years after the deadly Fort Hood shooting rampage, the Army psychiatrist charged in the case will finally go on trial after a judge Tuesday refused his request for a three-month delay.
Five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams has pulled out of the grass-court Grand Slam tournament because of a lower back injury.
After 16 consecutive years of always showing up at Wimbledon, winning five titles along the way, Venus Williams pulled out of the grass-court Grand Slam tournament.
Leaders of the G-8 wealthy nations are spending the final day of their summit focused on how to deter kidnappings of foreign workers in North Africa and how to corner globe-trotting companies into paying more taxes.
President Barack Obama, Russian President Vladimir Putin and other G-8 leaders attempted to speak with one voice Tuesday on seeking a negotiated Syrian peace settlement - yet couldn't publicly agree on whether this means...
Reid Park Zoological Society is reminding the community about its Summer Safari Friday nights, which runs now through July 12. This event offers a little something for everyone in the family.
Iraqi authorities say a suicide bomber has blown himself up amid worshippers in a Shiite mosque in Baghdad, killing eleven people and wounding 25.
Two suicide bombers targeted a Shiite mosque in Baghdad on Tuesday, one blowing himself up at a nearby checkpoint while the other slipped inside during prayers. The blasts killed 34 people, Iraqi officials said.
Effective June 19, the BLM Gila District, all districts of the Coronado National Forest, Saguaro National Park, Coronado National Memorial, Chiricahua National Monument, Fort Bowie National Historic Site, Tumacácori National Historical Park, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, and the Arizona State Forestry Division will increase campfire and smoking restrictions in southeastern Arizona.
A Pakistani spokesman says a bomb blast at a funeral in northwestern Pakistan has killed 12 people.
A suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowd of hundreds of mourners attending a funeral in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing 29 people. Among the dead was a newly elected lawmaker who may have been the target,...
Tuesday, June 18 2013 12:27 PM EDT2013-06-18 16:27:27 GMT
(NASA/CNN) - This week marks the 30-year anniversary of the first U.S. woman in space. On June 18, 1983 - Sally Ride made history when she rode aboard the space shuttle Challenger. Ride was the second woman
Sally Ride made history when she rode aboard the space shuttle Challenger.
Mel Wymore (WEYE'-mohr) is a typical city council candidate in many ways. He's campaigning in New York as a community board appointee, ex-PTA chair and founder of local organizations.
Mel Wymore is a typical city council candidate in many ways, campaigning as a community board appointee, ex-PTA chair and founder of a roster of local organizations. But Wymore's community-leader resume has an unusual...
Tuesday, June 18 2013 11:50 AM EDT2013-06-18 15:50:38 GMT
Tucson Police are investigating a deadly shooting on the southeast side. Officers were called to a report of shots fired in the 10500 Block of East Bridgeport St. just after 9:00 p.m. Monday. Police
Officers were called to a report of shots fired in the 10500 Block of East Bridgeport St. just after 9:00 p.m. Monday.
Tuesday, June 18 2013 11:29 AM EDT2013-06-18 15:29:56 GMT
A series of International Space Station flybys are visible in the night sky this week. The information below is from NASA. Date Visible Max Height Appears Disappears Mon Jun 17, 10:25 PM < 1 min 18° 11
Click on this story for a list of when and where to look in the sky.
Tuesday, June 18 2013 10:58 AM EDT2013-06-18 14:58:38 GMT
A sergeant in the Arizona National Guard who served in Iraq has been sentenced to three years in a Massachusetts prison after pleading guilty to his role in a scheme to move $1 million worth of cocaine from Mexico to...
A sergeant in the Arizona National Guard who served in Iraq has been sentenced to three years in a Massachusetts prison after pleading guilty to his role in a scheme to move $1 million worth of cocaine from Mexico to Canada.
Tuesday, June 18 2013 10:33 AM EDT2013-06-18 14:33:00 GMT
Happening today 20 suspects from a major drug trafficking operation in Cochise County will be arraigned in Tucson. The Pima County Superior Court is where the 20 suspects will be arraigned today at 1
The Pima County Superior Court is where the 20 suspects will be arraigned today at 1 p.m.
Tuesday, June 18 2013 10:25 AM EDT2013-06-18 14:25:08 GMT
(CNN) - The Oxford English Dictionary is acknowledging that tweeting isn't just for the birds. In its latest update, the dictionary has revamped the entry for "tweet" to include its social networking usage. It
In its latest update, the dictionary has revamped the entry for "tweet" to include its social networking usage.
The community is invited to join Tucson Unified School District and RISPNet (Refugee Integrated Service Provider Network of Tucson) in celebrating World Refugee Day.
After weeks of sometimes-violent confrontation with police, Turkish protesters have found a new form of resistance: standing still and silent.
After weeks of sometimes violent confrontation with police, protesters in Turkey have found what could be a more potent form of resistance: standing still.
Tuesday, June 18 2013 10:08 AM EDT2013-06-18 14:08:57 GMT
(NASA/CNN) - NASA is looking for asteroids big enough to destroy an entire city, and it wants your help finding them. According to the Washington post, The White House and NASA will discuss the potential
NASA is looking for asteroids big enough to destroy an entire city, and it wants your help finding them.
Federal agents are digging up a field in suburban Detroit in search of the remains of ex-Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa, last seen alive when he left for lunch with two mobsters 38 years ago.
The FBI saw enough merit in a reputed Mafia captain's tip to once again break out the digging equipment to search for the remains of former Teamsters union leader Jimmy Hoffa, last seen alive before a lunch meeting with...
Tuesday, June 18 2013 9:58 AM EDT2013-06-18 13:58:14 GMT
(CNN) - We've undoubtedly seen some pretty wicked and expensive natural disasters this year, but 2012 was one for the record books. Superstorm Sandy, numerous wildfires, to the devastating drought weather
We've undoubtedly seen some pretty wicked and expensive natural disasters this year, but 2012 was one for the record books.
Tuesday, June 18 2013 9:48 AM EDT2013-06-18 13:48:55 GMT
People can find out a lot more about the air they are breathing in Southern Arizona today. There will be an air quality forum starting at 8:30 a.m. this morning. The forum is free, open to the public,
People can find out a lot more about the air they are breathing in Southern Arizona today. There will be an air quality forum starting at 8:30 a.m. this morning.
Tuesday, June 18 2013 9:23 AM EDT2013-06-18 13:23:30 GMT
A 5-year-old girl set up a lemonade stand across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church compound, and now the group is targeting her. Jayden Sink raised nearly $200 on Friday while she sold lemonade
A 5-year-old girl set up a lemonade stand across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church compound, and now the group is targeting her.
The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee says it appears the much-criticized national electronic surveillance program foiled "dozens" of terrorist plots.
The U.S. foiled a plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange because of the sweeping surveillance programs at the heart of a debate over national security and personal privacy, officials said Tuesday at a rare open hearing on...
Award-winning journalist and war correspondent Michael Hastings has died in a car accident in Los Angeles.
Award-winning journalist and war correspondent Michael Hastings, whose unflinching reporting ended the career of a top American army general, died early Tuesday in a car accident in Los Angeles, his employer and family said.
There's no guarantee that President Barack Obama's health care law will launch smoothly and on time, congressional investigators say in the first in-depth independent look at its progress.
There's no guarantee that President Barack Obama's health care law will launch smoothly and on time, congressional investigators say in the first in-depth independent look at its progress.
A tropical depression has formed off the coast of Belize and forecasters say it is expected to bring as much as five inches of rain to parts of Belize, Guatemala and northern Honduras.
Forecasters say a tropical depression is dumping heavy rains on Central America and could be near tropical storm-strength when it reaches the eastern coast of Mexico.
Plenty of Americans are eager to use their mobile phones and tablet computers to better manage their health care, a new poll finds -- though the nation has a way to go before we're all consulting Dr. Smartphone.
Plenty of Americans are eager to use their mobile phones and tablet computers to better manage their health care, a new poll finds -- though the nation has a way to go before we're all consulting Dr. Smartphone.
Tuesday, June 11 2013 9:08 PM EDT2013-06-12 01:08:12 GMT
For years, Arizona has either been at or near the top nationally when it comes to identity theft. The woman we're about to introduce you to is a classic example why. Authorities say she's victimized hundreds
Suspected fraudster, bad check writer and identity thief facing nine-count felony indictment.
Wednesday, May 22 2013 11:00 AM EDT2013-05-22 15:00:54 GMT
Tucson Police continue to seek information in the stabbing death of an east-side convenience store clerk. 22 year old Erick Bridges was critically wounded Friday morning when somebody attacked him at
Investigators seeking information on suspect who stabbed and killed an east-side convenience store clerk last week.
Monday, May 13 2013 7:08 PM EDT2013-05-13 23:08:40 GMT
Antonio Rodriguez, the executive chef at Westward Look Resort, was in the Tucson News Now studio to demonstrate some truffles recipes that you can use to impress and please your family.
Antonio Rodriguez, the executive chef at Westward Look Resort, was in the Tucson News Now studio to demonstrate some truffles recipes that you can use to impress and please your family.
Cody is a two year old Lab/Shepherd mix. Sadly, his owner had to give him up because he could no longer take care of Cody.He is happy and energetic, and loves to go for walks. He gets along well with
Cody is ready to go home. He would make a terrific pet. He is house trained and good-natured.
Zoe is a four year old Queenland Heeler Lab mix. She has had it rough. Her former owners abandoned her last summer. She has been at the Pima Animal Care shelter since June when officers picked her up. Even
Zoe has had a rough past, but she is still incredibly loving and trusting.
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Members of the National Security Agency held a hearing to educate members of congress and the public on what is allowed and what is not allowed under law.
Members of the National Security Agency held a hearing to educate members of congress and the public on what is allowed and what is not allowed under law.
Dorothy Baker was willing to protect her two boys from harm at all costs, and things turned out worse for the suspect than for her family.
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