2+ hour, 21+ min ago   (221+ words) Texas expansion team in the works MUNICH -- The NHL is hoping to award an expansion franchise to Texas as soon as the end of this year, deputy commissioner Bill Daly told The Athletic this week. "We're moving forward in Texas,…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (973+ words) PHOENIX -- Enrollment in the biggest federally funded food aid program in the U.S. dropped by more than 13% in a 12-month span -- a decline far steeper than the government estimated as work requirements and other provisions of President Donald Trump's "big beautiful…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1130+ words) PHOENIX -- Matt Hasselbeck took some nasty hits to the head during his 17-year NFL career, four years at Boston College and a childhood full of sports, but the quarterback seems to have emerged from more than two decades of collisions…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (385+ words) PHOENIX -- Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has picked a Republican-turned-independent to be her running mate in a tough reelection campaign, setting up a bipartisan ticket as voters elect the state's first lieutenant governor. Hobbs is considered the most vulnerable Democratic…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (501+ words) A man charged with starting a wildfire in Spokane, Wash., admitted the crime, describing how he planned it for weeks and created a device to ignite a blaze that destroyed hundreds of buildings, police said. Aaron Farinacci studied weather forecasts…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (72+ words) Group sues Secretary of State to force inclusion of ballot measure in fall election The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Group sues secretary of state to force inclusion of ballot measure in fall election John Calipari, Brad Calipari press conference: Arkansas basketball defeats…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (19+ words) GOP ballot blockade means Arkansas got snookered again The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette GOP ballot blockade means Arkansas got snookered again...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1024+ words) TEMPE, Ariz. -- Larry Fitzgerald came to the Arizona Cardinals as a 20-year-old intent on becoming an NFL superstar. First, he had to learn how to do some laundry. As Fitzgerald -- one of the greatest and most productive receivers in league…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (515+ words) LEGE-CAP FERRET, France -- An uncontained wildfire four times the size of Paris threatened to surge again in southwest France on Wednesday -- as three firefighters died in Greece and crews across southern Europe confronted a punishing mix of heat, drought and…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (371+ words) The U.S. Energy Department on Sunday evening issued an emergency order authorizing Little Rock-based grid operator Southwest Power Pool to deploy idle power sources to help prevent heat wave blackouts. The Southwest Power Pool territory is home to 20 million people and…...