Jessica Johnson

The Brief PEORIA, Ariz. - Centennial High School Principal Scott Hollabaugh has resigned amid the fallout from an internal investigation

Firefighters discovered a deceased woman and two dead pets inside a burning home near Warner and Dobson roads around 3 p.m. on Friday, May 22.

Future partnerships with the city of Atlanta must include stronger accountability, a revisit of pilot payments and a deeper analysis of existing caps on corridor TADs.

A woman has been indicted on felony charges, including manslaughter, endangerment and drug possession, following an April 12 rollover crash on I-17 in Phoenix that killed her daughter and injured three other children.

One person died and three others were critically hurt Tuesday night following a fiery two-car crash near 35th Avenue and Bell Road in Phoenix.

Six years after Gilbert air conditioning business owner Nick Cordova was shot and killed, police are still searching for answers. Authorities are asking anyone with information to come forward.

Mesa police arrested a woman and her boyfriend on charges of first-degree murder and child abuse following the death of her 22-month-old son.

A child is in extremely critical condition after being pulled from an inflatable pool in Avondale on Friday afternoon.

/ -- This June, local organizations, youth leaders, creatives, and community members are coming together to host the SCHOOL'S OUT YOUTH CELEBRATION, a two-day event focused on creativity, community healing, youth empowerment, and positive summer engagement.

On May 25, Pope Leo XIV released his first encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence.” This pastoral letter has been much anticipated by the Catholic Church, and immediate news headlines expressed intrigue that the pope addressed the moral dilemma of AI and compared it to the story of the Tower of Babel in Genesis. He also discussed Nehemiah, the cupbearer to Persian King Artaxerxes I during the 5th century B.C. In a detailed breakdown of the pope's central points in “Magnifica Humanitas,” Our Sunday Visitor reporter Gina Christian highlights the timeliness of the Tower of Babel comparison to today's ethical debates regarding AI, quoting the pope's statement of warning that “the limits of any effort that, however grandiose, arises from self-affirmation, sacrifices human dignity for efficiency and aspires to reach heaven without God's blessing.” As job losses continue to rise due to companies investing heavily in AI automation, we can definitely question whether increased efficiency is ethical. Just because AI can work an entire day without needing a lunch or restroom break, does this justify eliminating thousands of entry-level jobs, positions that have been the starting foundation for college graduates? Another concern raised by industry experts is the pace of AI's advancement in the absence of regulation. Max Tegmark, president of the Future of Life Institute, cautioned in an interview with CNBC's Trevor Laurence Jockims last year that “(i)f we continue racing ahead with totally unregulated AI, we'll first see a massive wealth and power concentration from workers to those who control the AI, and then to the machines themselves as their owners lose control over them.” So, the primary question, given the pope's admonition concerning AI, is, who will succumb to the temptation to use it solely for financial gain and exploitative purposes? The people who attempted to build the Tower of Babel were motivated by a selfish desire for fame, even though they tried to convince themselves that they were undertaking this ambitious project to keep them united. God saw the self-centeredness of their hearts, as they sought their own glory rather than loving and worshipping Him. This is why, in Genesis 11:7, the Lord “(confounded) their language.”