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Fil-Am Remy Martin withdraws from NBA Draft, returns to ASU

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 03 10:02 AM

Filipino-American guard Remy Martin has decided to withdraw from the NBA Rookie Draft, and instead return for his senior season with Arizona State. Read more »

Crowds pack Arizona river as US posts record COVID-19 cases for 3 days running

Lisa Shumaker, Reuters
Updated as of Jun 29 01:18 PM

Hot and sunny weather in Arizona led to crowds tubing on at least one river this weekend as that state and a dozen others face the worst surge in coronavirus cases since the pandemic started.   Read more »

Fil-Am Remy Martin vows to keep representing PH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 06 03:31 PM

Filipino-American guard Remy Martin reaffirmed his desire to play for the Philippines, after a glittering career in Arizona State University. Read more »

Body of Arizona girl swept away in floods believed found

David Schwartz, Reuters
Posted at Dec 14 10:02 AM

PHOENIX - Arizona searchers on Friday recovered what was believed to be the body of a missing six-year-old girl at a lake northeast of Phoenix, the third child to have died when her family's vehicle attempted to cross a rain-swollen creek, authorities said. Read more »

Pearl Harbor veteran interred on sunken ship

Jocelyne Zablit, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 08 02:16 PM

LOS ANGELES, United States – With speeches and salutes, veterans and officials on Saturday commemorated the 78th anniversary of the 1941 sneak attack by Japan on Pearl Harbor, which brought a previously reluctant United States into World War II.   Read more »

Care home operators react to indictment of Pinoy couple in senior client's death

Fleur Magbanua-Mansur, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 28 05:06 PM

CHANDLER, Arizona - Joseph and Lolita Somera were arrested last August 15th for allegedly causing the death of 69-year old Jon Rager who was under their care at Happy Homes Assisted Living in Chandler, Arizona. Read more »

Fil-Am father dies in Arizona while saving drowning son

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 25 06:47 PM

A Filipino man drowned while trying to save his 11-year old son at a popular swimming area in Fossil Creek, Camp Verde, Arizona last Sunday. Read more »

Cardinals eye quarterback Murray with NFL Draft top pick

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 24 10:29 AM

Quarterback Kyler Murray, the Heisman Trophy winner as American football's top collegiate player, is expected to be selected Thursday by the Arizona Cardinals with the top pick in the NFL Draft. Read more »

Jaguar claws Arizona woman who climbed zoo barrier to take a selfie

Reuters
Posted at Mar 11 07:51 AM

A jaguar clawed an Arizona woman who climbed over a barrier to take a picture at the Wildlife World Zoo near Phoenix, officials said, and the zoo assured animal lovers the big cat would not be put down. Read more »

Fil-Ams Sedrick Barefield, Remy Martin put on a show in US NCAA basketball

ABS-CBN North America News Bureau
Updated as of Jan 06 01:08 AM

Sedrick Barefield finished with 24 points for University of Utah, while Remy Martin tallied 22 points for Arizona State University. Read more »

Arizona boy kills grandma, self, after told to clean his room

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 06 08:44 AM

LOS ANGELES, United States - An 11-year-old boy in Arizona reportedly shot his grandmother in the back of the head and then turned the gun on himself, apparently because he was upset at being asked to clean his room.  Read more »

Woman survives six days in Arizona desert after crash

Reuters
Posted at Nov 01 10:46 AM

A 53-year-old woman survived six days in the Arizona desert on grass and water after crashing her car, before being rescued by a rancher and highway workers who were chasing a cow, police and local media said on Wednesday. Read more »

Arizona to mourn Senator John McCain at state capitol

David Schwartz, Reuters
Posted at Aug 30 12:16 AM

PHOENIX - The body of John McCain, who endured 5-1/2 years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam and went on to become a lion of the U.S. Senate and a two-time Republican candidate for president, will lie in state on Wednesday in the Arizona state capitol. Read more »

PH dance crews win big in World Hip Hop Dance tilt

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 12 06:08 PM

Four dance teams from the Philippines won medals in the Hip Hop International's World Hip Hop Dance Championship in Phoenix, Arizona. Read more »

PH teams shine in World Hip Hop Dance tilt

Fleur Magbanua, ABS-CBN North America News Bureau
Posted at Aug 11 01:27 PM

Nine teams from the Philippines with approximately 150 delegates are among the more than 4,000 dancers from 50 countries competing for the Hip Hop International in Phoenix, Arizona.   Read more »

Golf: Bianca Pagdanganan recalls clutch shot, as Arizona wins US NCAA title

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 24 07:26 PM

While Pagdanganan fell short in the final, she was a key contributor in Arizona's road to get there. Read more »

US teachers end Arizona walkout after winning pay raise

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 04 08:37 AM

LOS ANGELES - Arizona teachers ended their five-day walkout Thursday after lawmakers approved a 20-percent pay raise, in the latest protest by US educators over public school funding.  Read more »

Uber reaches settlement with kin of woman killed by self-driving car

Bernie Woodall, Reuters
Posted at Mar 29 01:02 PM

TEMPE, Arizona - The family of the woman killed by an Uber Technologies Inc self-driving vehicle in Arizona has reached a settlement with the ride services company, ending a potential legal battle over the first fatality caused by an autonomous vehicle. Read more »

Arizona's Ayton makes case to be No. 1 overall pick

Field Level Media/Reuters
Updated as of Nov 14 01:38 PM

Arizona Wildcats big man Deandre Ayton is sure to be a top prospect in the 2018 NBA Draft. Read more »

3 tourists dead in US Grand Canyon chopper crash

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Sep 07 10:53 AM

At least 3 people were killed and 4 others injured Saturday when a helicopter carrying tourists in Arizona went down in the Grand Canyon, authorities said.  Read more »