Campaign to recall "America’s toughest sheriff"
Sheriff Arpaio of Maricopa County Arizona, accused of brutal law enforcement and racial profiling; faces a recall campaign from an independent coalition. … Read More
View ArticleIran Uranium Mine Partner Would Benefit From Senate Land-Swap Bill
WASHINGTON -- A bill offered Thursday by Arizona's two senators would aid a company that partners with Iran in an African uranium mine.The bill, the Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act...
View ArticleAngry town hall crowd heckles McCain for opposing mass deportations
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) got an earful at a town hall in Tucson on Tuesday over his support for comprehensive immigration reform. As members of the audience became more and more angry, the Arizona...
View ArticleBrickbat: Don’t Tell Anyone
The Maricopa County, Arizona, sheriff's office agreed to pay $3.25 million to the family of Deborah Braillard to settle a wrongful death suit. Braillard was a diabetic who was arrested on minor drug...
View ArticleDon’t Tell Anyone
The Maricopa County, Arizona, sheriff's office agreed to pay $3.25 million to the family of Deborah Braillard to settle a wrongful death suit. Braillard was a diabetic who was arrested on ;minor drug...
View ArticlePolice: 17 injured in 400-inmate brawl at Tucson prison
A fight involving more than 400 inmates broke out Sunday morning at a prison near Tucson, Arizona, leaving 17 prisoners injured along with two members of the prison staff, according to The Associated...
View ArticleRepublicans rally around Rand
By the time he ended his nearly 13-hour filibuster around 1 a.m. Thursday morning, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., had turned his opposition to John Brennan's nomination to the CIA into a rallying point for...
View ArticleAsteroid ‘size of city block’ skims past Earth on Saturday
The enormous piece of space debris has passed just 2.5 lunardistances from planet Earth – the moon is approximately 384,400 km(238,000 miles) from us, meaning the asteroid’s flyby will be at adistance...
View ArticleSheriff Joe Arpaio ally: Bill to scramble recall elections just ‘respecting...
Confronted by activists on Thursday, Arizona State Rep. John Kavanagh (R) refused to say whether his sponsorship of a bill that would scramble the state’s recall election is meant to defend the...
View ArticleSupreme Court to consider Arizona’s voter registration law
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will consider the validity of an Arizona law that tries to keep illegal immigrants from voting by demanding all state residents show documents proving their U.S....
View ArticleDouble-amputee Marine humiliated by TSA
Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) sent a letter to theTransportation Security Administration this week, condemning TSAofficers for mistreating the wounded soldier on March 13. TheMarine, who is still on...
View ArticleArizona lawmaker wants to ban trans people from using the “wrong” bathroom
Last month, the Phoenix City Council passed a package of nondiscrimination protections to ensure that people have equal access to employment, housing and public accommodations regardless of sexual...
View Article‘Ungoogleable’: Sweden removes term after pressure from Google
Google asked for the definition of the new Swedish term 'ogooglebar,' – meaning something that you cannot find on the web with the use of a search engine – to be amended to refer only to searches...
View ArticleGun shop blocks Mark Kelly’s right to buy AR-15, citing political ‘intent’
The owner of a gun shop in Tucson, Arizona on Monday refused to hand over an AR-15 military-style rifle that Mark Kelly purchased in order to demonstrate how easy it was to obtain assault weapons. In a...
View ArticleArizona House approves softened bill targeting the transgendered
PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona House panel late Wednesday approved a measure targeting transgendered people who want to use bathrooms of the gender they identify with, voting along party lines to advance a...
View ArticleArizona city mulling free shotguns in crimestopping bid
The former Tucson mayoral candidate's theory is testing the premise that more guns in an area will lead to lower crime. McClusky said the vigilante program is necessary because the Tuscon City Council...
View Article‘Phoenix jihadist’s’ dad claims son worked for the CIA
Harroun, a 30-year-old American from Phoenix, Arizona, has been charged by the US government for conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction (namely a rocket propelled grenade launcher) to conduct...
View ArticleHouse GOPer: My son is gay but I’m still against gay marriage
Rep. Matt Salmon, R-Ariz., will not join Sen. Rob Portman, R-Wis., in backing gay marriage just because his son is gay. “I don’t support the gay marriage,” said Salmon, who is a social conservative.“My...
View ArticleMuseums join Hopi tribe to oppose Paris artifact sale
Two museums in the southwestern US state of Arizona have joined an effort by Hopi cultural officials to halt the sale of sacred Hopi kachina artifacts at a Paris auction house next week. In messages on...
View ArticleCindy McCain to star in Prop. 8 play
Cindy McCain is ready for her close-up.The wife of Sen. John McCain -- and a memorable and sometimes icy figure from the 2008 Presidential campaign -- is to appear in a Phoenix production of "8," the...
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