Associated Press

Phoenix is facing dueling lawsuits as it tries to manage a crisis of homelessness that has converted its downtown into a tent city housing hundreds of people as summer temperatures soar.

Families are being forced out of a plot of land that Grand Canyon University bought for student housing.

Brittney Griner scored 27 points, grabbed 10 rebounds, and blocked four shots in the Mercury’s home opener.

“It’s kind of a freak accident,” Diamondbacks pitcher Zac Gallen said. “It’s unfortunate.”

In the first release of results from Tuesday’s referendum, voters in Tempe were strongly against three propositions to build a $2.3 billion entertainment district that would include a new arena for the Coyotes.

Critics pointed out the possibility of bias in facial recognition technology, and possible repercussions for people who want to opt out.

Tribe members still face border officials who they say lack the cultural awareness to process them without problems.

Today about 500 of the nearly 770 tribal members live in Supai Village on the reservation adjacent to the Grand Canyon, so remote it can be reached only by foot, mule or helicopter.

Native Americans whose relatives have gone missing or been killed wore red on Friday, a color synonymous with raising awareness about the disproportionate number of Indigenous people who have been victims of violence.

The new boundaries for Waymo taxis will cover 180 square miles in metro Phoenix, double what it was late last year.