A dust storm rolled through the Valley on Thursday afternoon, while Department of Public Safety officials warned that visibility was seriously impaired on many roads.

PHOENIX - Authorities say they questioned an “investigative lead’’ in their investigation of last weekend’s killing of a young Scottsdale couple.

SAN FRANCISCO - David Halberstam, a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer who chronicled the Vietnam War generation, civil rights and the world of sports, was killed in a car crash Monday, his wife and local authorities said. He was 73.

Authorities found two bodies in Scottsdale on Tuesday morning — one in the desert at the base of the McDowell Mountains and another in a hotel room near downtown.

Authorities found two bodies in Scottsdale on Tuesday morning — one in the desert at the base of the McDowell Mountains and another in a hotel room near downtown.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has stripped Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio of his authority to arrest suspected illegal immigrants based solely on their immigration status. But Arpaio said Tuesday he plans to continue his controversial “crime suppression operations."

Authorities will again be searching for any remaining tourists or hikers in and around the Havasupai Tribe's village of Supai deep in the western portion of the Grand Canyon after floodwaters forced the evacuation of scores of people.

No neighborhood or even rural area is exempt from gangs, a coalition of law-enforcement agencies reported Thursday while pledging to renew efforts to clamp down on what they believe is becoming a more organized and diverse crime problem.

Creation of a public/private authority to oversee the development of broadband infrastructure in rural areas of Arizona was endorsed Thursday by attendees at a state telecommunications summit in Mesa.

NEW YORK - Kurt Vonnegut mixed the bitter and funny with a touch of the profound in books such as "Slaughterhouse-Five," "Cat's Cradle," and "Hocus Pocus."

NEW YORK - In books such as "Slaughterhouse-Five," "Cat's Cradle," and "Hocus Pocus," Kurt Vonnegut mixed the bitter and funny with a touch of the profound.

LOS ANGELES - Sidney Sheldon, who won awards in three careers - Broadway theater, movies and television - then at age 50 turned to writing best-selling novels about stalwart women who triumph in a hostile world of ruthless men, has died. He was 89.

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK - National park rangers, the Arizona Department of Public Safety and deputies from Coconino County are searching inside the Grand Canyon National Park for two carjacking suspects.

The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office is resuming its search for a missing Mesa man in the desert where he went riding on his ATV.

SYDNEY, Australia - "Crocodile Dundee" star Paul Hogan challenged Australian tax authorities Friday to track him down in the United States after a newspaper report that he was under investigation for tax evasion.

Authorities arrested a man they said fired a high-powered rifle into the air, the ground and surrounding areas Sunday in east Mesa.