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One dead after home with “heavy fuel load” catches fire in Tucson
TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - A body was found on Sunday, May 19 in the remains of a house fire. The Tucson Fire Department responded to the fire late the night before, near the intersection of South Avenida Regulo and East Golf Links Road. TFD described a “heavy fuel load”...
Family of Tohono O'odham man killed by Border Patrol last year files wrongful death suit
Family members of Tohono O’odham tribal member Raymond Mattia speak outside the Evo A. DeConcini Federal Courthouse in Tucson on Friday, Nov. 17, 2023. Lawyers representing the family of a Native American man shot and killed by Border Patrol agents on tribal land last May have filed suit against the federal government.
Closing arguments set in trial of University of Arizona grad student accused of killing a professor
Closing arguments are scheduled for Monday in the trial of a former University of Arizona graduate student accused of killing a professor on campus two years ago.Murad Dervish, 48, faces seven felony charges including first degree murder in the death of Thomas Meixner, 52, who was shot nine times near his office and was pronounced dead at a Tucson hospital.Defense attorney Leo Masursky told jurors that the killing wasn’t premeditated and that Dervish is “guilty except insane to second-degree murder,” an insanity defense.Pima County prosecutors said Dervish planned the shooting and knew what he was doing.Meixner headed the university’s...
Man dies days after two-vehicle crash in Tucson
TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - A man has died days after a two-vehicle crash near South 12th Avenue and West Drexel Road in Tucson. The Tucson Police Department said Larry Flaming, 82, died from his injuries and tthat the crash happened around 8:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 12. The TPD...
Average college graduate in Tucson can only afford a 645 SF apartment
In your student years, you might happily live in your corner of an eight-person shoebox, waiting your turn for a weekly shower and learning to stack tall piles of dirty dishes in the smallest possible footprint. But researchers found that the average size of affordable rental for a college graduate in Tucson is just 645 square feet.
NCAA Softball Tournament 2024: Super Regionals Bracket and Schedule Info
Fourteen of the top 16 teams in the NCAA softball tournament advanced through the regional round to next weekend's super regional round. The top-seeded Texas Longhorns and No. 2 seed Oklahoma Sooners were among the teams who swept through their respective regional rounds from Friday to Sunday. The Arizona Wildcats...
Refuge at risk: Arizona's Sky Islands grow more vulnerable to climate change, wildfires, mining
SUMMERHAVEN — When there’s snow on the mountain, an only-in-Arizona party breaks out. It’s Southern Comfort and Krispy Kremes for a birthday party around a forested picnic table on this island in the sky with its views plunging 6,000 feet to the drab expanse of desert scrub and saguaro cactuses below. ...
Arizona beats Villanova, advances to face Oklahoma State in super regional
TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - Arizona beat Villanova 9-4 Sunday to advance to the super regional round of the NCAA softball tournament. Arizona went 3-0 in the Fayetteville Regional to advance for the 17th time in 18 seasons since the super regionals started in 2005. The Wildcats will play at...
Massive I-10 project over Gila River begins
The long-awaited construction of new I-10 lanes over the Gila River began this week as the Arizona Department of Transportation took a big step in a four-phase expansion of the highway between Phoenix and Casa Grande that will take at least four years and cost close to $1 billion. The...
Body found in Sahuarita home, homicide investigation underway
TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - A homicide investigation is underway in Sahuarita after a person was found dead in a home. The Sahuarita Police Department said a body was found Friday in a house in the 300 block of East Calle Minerva, which is near Interstate 19 and South Nogales Highway.
FIRST ALERT FORECAST - Fire Weather Watch Monday
TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - Tucson has made it through yet another week of 2024 without triple digits. Highs in Tucson flirted with the century mark Saturday afternoon, but the official reading at the airport peaked at 99°! A ridge of high pressure will start shifting east today, allowing temperatures to cool by a few degrees.
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