LANCASTER, Calif. - The asylum seeker from Somalia hung his head as an immigration judge grilled him about his treacherous journey from the Horn of Africa. By air, sea and land he finally made it to Mexico, and then a taxi delivered him into the arms of U.S. border agents at San Diego. 

LANCASTER, Ohio - The teen sister act known as Aly & AJ continued with plans to hold a concert Friday as a man accused of stalking and threatening them appeared in court.

A 2-year-old child was found unconscious in a back yard spa on Saturday, according to the Mesa Fire Department.

Discovering a mentor to help you define and reach your goals may be the best step toward success in your career. A mentor may be someone who is already a success in your chosen field. It may be someone you admire. It may be someone in a field you want to move into.

Former Arizona State infielder Steve Garrabrants made sure Lancaster’s successful season did not end prematurely.

Jason Urquidez continued his successful season in his professional debut Friday. Urquidez, the Diamondbacks’ 17th-round choice out of Arizona State who signed after the Sun Devils’ lengthy stay in the College World Series, pitched a perfect eighth inning in Yakima’s 3-2 Northwest League victory over Everett.

The parents of a Phoenix teen denied their son assaulted a police officer on Saturday.

A Gilbert man was identified and arrested after stealing a woman's purse while she was loading groceries into her vehicle late Sunday night.

I so agree with Gary Larson’s letter comparing California with Arizona financially. I am originally from Arizona, but have had to live in California due to my husband’s job, and I can not emphasize enough how badly California compares to Arizona. I am marking the days on my calendar till I can move back home. I visit my family here often and can see the differences.

Sereno 94 White, a boys soccer team from the Valley, finished as runner-up in the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships in Lancaster, Mass.

I can’t say I agree with some of what Governor Jan Brewer has advocated or seen enacted. But now, after having lived in a cultural milieu right on our borders — what to me seems a strange, even bizarre cultural environment, full of perversions of power and social dysfunction that is absolutely destructive — I definitely agree with at least one idea: We must get total control of our border.

Each summer, Dana Helfer of Tucson collects the long, yellowish string-bean-like pods produced by mesquite trees on her property and around her neighborhood. And each fall, she has the sweet-tasting pods ground into flour.

Ken Kendrick, one of the Diamondbacks’ controlling investors, dug through his extensive baseball card collection Monday and found a 1980s Wally Backman edition. It shows Backman plowing into a catcher.

ST. LOUIS - An investigation by Major League Baseball has found no wrongdoing on the part of the Diamondbacks in the matters surrounding the pitching prospect formerly known as Adriano Rosario.

SAN DIEGO - The Diamondbacks used the same starting lineup (spots one through eight) Saturday they used on opening day and five other times this season.

Chandler police say a male victim was shot inside a Serrano's Mexican Food restaurant near Arizona Avenue and Frye Road Saturday evening.

A Mesa mother was arrested on Wednesday after being accused of smoking marijuana in front of her children and leaving them home alone.

The FBI's Bank Robbery Task Force is seeking the public's assistance in identifying a person known as the Color Me Bad Bandit, who is responsible for four East Valley credit union robberies.

HELENA, Mont. - Portland State's Deonte Huff and Northern Arizona's Ruben Boykin Jr. were named the Big Sky Conference men's basketball players of the week Monday.

Education: Master of Science in Occupational Therapy from Boston University’s Sargent College of Rehabilitation Sciences and Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Connecticut

For Valley sports fans who enjoy attending professional baseball games but don’t always want to pay big-league prices, there is an alternative this summer.