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- New police reports reveal that former Arizona prisons director Charles Ryan was drinking before the hourslong standoff with Tempe police at his home.
- A spike in homelessness among elderly people has led to more people circulating between hospitals and homeless shelters in metro Phoenix.
- When deputies headed to Whitaker's home to arrest him on charges of sexual conduct with a minor in 2020, he fled to the desert with a handgun.
- Tempe and Chandler restaurants were cited for four violations in inspections. See 20 top-scoring eateries in metro Phoenix, too.
- Arizona's seven-day death rate per 100,000 people ranked 18th among states and territories as of Tuesday, according to the CDC.
- Arizona's education board has passed rule changes to help school districts stem a substitute teacher shortage worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Schools would have to tell parents what books their kids check out at the library, and whether they confide personal information to school officials.
- Richard Jacobson was camping at Flatiron in Lost Dutchman State Park when he went to take a photo and fell off the mountain, officials said.
- The Phoenix City Council commits to trying to make the roads safer as traffic fatalities continue to rise.
- The fire was burning close to the road as of 7:50 p.m., according to the Arizona Department of Transportation.
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