Cash App users may receive a refund from the mobile banking platform after a government group ordered the company to pay out $175 million for its weak security procedures. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which oversees consumer financial protections, ordered Cash App’s parent company Block to refund users $120 million. The order also indicates it…
Declaring a national emergency and deploying armed military personnel to the southern border. Mass deportations. Ending birthright citizenship. Reinstate Remain in Mexico. Designate cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. Travel and asylum bans. Donald Trump plans to take sweeping executive actions on the border and immigration after being sworn in as the 47th President of the…
Arizona has zero tolerance when it comes to those who decide to get in the driver’s seat after having a drink or two. The state has some of the harshest laws on the books, including one that could penalize people who try to wait the booze out of their system in their vehicle before hitting…
Phoenix police officers fatally shot a man on Thursday night near 79th Avenue and Mitchell Drive in west Phoenix’s Maryvale Village, where residents say gun violence has overtaken their neighborhood. At about 10:30 p.m., officers received a call about a person who was possibly armed harassing another near 83rd Avenue and McDowell, Phoenix police said…
A man died and a woman was seriously injured in a shooting at a Tempe apartment complex Thursday night. At about 8:30 p.m., Tempe police responded to reports of a shooting at an apartment complex near Washington Street and North Center Parkway, police said. When they arrived, they found a man and a woman who…
A U.S. fighter jet with a troubled history became the subject of an online spat between an Arizona congressman and tech mogul Elon Musk, previewing possible tensions between the new Trump administration’s fiscal goals and the country’s defense sector. Musk, who President-elect Donald Trump recently appointed to lead a government efficiency effort, took aim at…
Five years after being sentenced to prison, former Goodyear teacher Brittany Zamora’s criminal case continues to capture public attention. Once a star teacher, then-27-year-old Zamora taught elementary school and fell from grace when she was caught sending illicit text messages to a 13-year-old male student over Instagram and other messaging platforms, months after a “relationship”…
The Bluesky social media platform — an alternative to X, formerly Twitter — has picked up hundreds of thousands of new users since the 2024 presidential election on Nov. 5. Bluesky is designed to feel familiar to X users, with a layout and functionality closely resembling X’s traditional format. People can make posts; share videos;…
President-elect Donald Trump announced over the weekend that Thomas Homan, a senior immigration official in his first administration, will serve as “border czar,” overseeing border enforcement along with maritime and aviation security. Trump announced Homan’s new role in a post to his social media platform, Truth Social, though he shared few additional details about Homan’s…
Election Day is just around the corner, and many Arizonans have already turned in their early mail-in ballot to make their voice heard in this year’s critical election cycle. Some Arizonans, however, will opt to physically travel to a voting center to cast their ballot. Those in-person voters will have to make sure they know…