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Sunday, August 31st, 2025
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Good morning, Maricopa. Here's your local news at a glance for Sunday, the 31st of August.
ACCIDENTS NEWS
- ➤ Rescue teams saved several hikers on Valley trails after they faced dangerous heat—conditions that posed a risk even without an extreme heat warning being in effect. 12 News
ACTIVE NEWS
- ➤ TODAY'S SPONSOR We found your go-to item for upping fall runs and workouts: a top-selling weighted strength training vest. Choose from six pounds up to 30 pounds and add the weighted vest to runs, classes, or gym sessions to enhance calorie burning, improve your core, and increase muscle gains. The Buy
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BUSINESS NEWS
- ➤ American Airlines introduced connection-saving technology at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport ahead of Labor Day weekend + the system holds flights for less than 10 minutes on average and sends notifications when a connecting flight is delayed. KTAR
CRIME NEWS
- ➤ A Privacy Journal study found that online dating in Arizona is very risky—users face high rates of romance scams, fraud, identity theft and STD reports with 14 romance scams per 100,000 users, placing the state as the fourth most dangerous in the nation. KTAR
HEALTH NEWS
- ➤ A valley man donated a kidney to his mother today—he did so to improve her quality of life. 12 News
SPORTS NEWS
- ➤ On Saturday, Aug. 30, the Diamondbacks hosted the Dodgers at Dodger Stadium with pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez, who had a rough outing in Milwaukee, starting against Los Angeles pitcher Tyler Glasnow who struggled with health issues—he has faced Arizona in past matchups. Today at 1:10 p.m., the teams will meet again as Diamondbacks' Brandon Pfaadt is set to start against Dodgers' Yoshinobu Yamamoto. The Arizona Republic
- ➤ The Arizona Republic is asking readers to vote for the best high school football play from Week 2—featuring key moments from games on Aug. 28-29 as the poll remains open until Sept. 3 at 6 p.m. The Arizona Republic
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