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Rosh Hashana, the Jewish holiday, begins Friday evening. Here is everything Phoenix-area Rabbi Al Green wants you to know about the holiday.

Five storytellers with ties to Mexico and Puerto Rico will share personal experiences about what home means to them.

6 things to know about rattlesnakes, including what to do if you encounter one, their strike range and what to do if you're bitten.

A man was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Friday for accidentally shooting 14-year-old Christian Villareal in Phoenix in 2020.

A Scottsdale wildlife conservation center raised nearly $20,000 in a vote to name two rescued mountain lion cubs.

Students at ASU Preparatory Academy in Phoenix make asteroid belts during Psyche Mission Spirit Week on Sept. 15, 2023.

Arizona Schools chief Tom Horne found common ground with controversial group Moms for Liberty Thursday night: flipping school boards in 2024.

A swarm of bees attacked a man in his 40s near north Scottsdale, leaving him in critical condition, fire department officials said.

The Mount Graham red squirrel lives at the top of a Sky Island, which means if temperatures change the landscape, the squirrels have no place to go.