Arizona Police Officer Kills Teen Holding a Toy Gun
Police in the Phoenix suburb of Tempe say a burglary suspect who was shot to death by an officer was a 14-year-old boy carrying a replica gun.
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Trump Announces First Judicial Picks of New Year
President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced six new candidates for jobs on federal courts in Texas, Louisiana, Arizona and North Dakota, his first new batch of judicial nominations since October.
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The Ninth Circuit agreed Wednesday to hold an en banc rehearing of claims by the Democratic National Committee that the Arizona secretary of state and Republican Party suppress minority voting.
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The Ninth Circuit affirmed in part and reversed and remanded in part a civil rights class action alleging cruel and unusual punishment in Arizona prisons through violations of a settlement intended to address inadequate health care.
Read moreMcSally of Arizona Promoted to US Senate Seat
Arizona Governor Doug Ducey on Tuesday appointed Republican congresswoman Martha McSally to fill the U.S. Senate seat held for decades by John McCain.
Read moreMcCain’s Senate Successor Jon Kyl to Step Down
Positioning the governor to appoint a second successor to the late Senator John McCain, Senator Jon Kyl of Arizona announced Friday he will resign Dec. 31.
Read moreFighting Ex-Felon Label, Arpaio Fires on News Outlets
Leveling defamation claims against three news outlets and their reporters, pardoned former Sheriff Joe Arpaio accused the journalists in a federal complaint Monday of overstating his criminal history.
Read moreNo Additional Trial for Border Patrol Agent in Teen Shooting
There will be no third criminal trial for a U.S. Border Patrol agent acquitted twice in the death of a Mexican teen he shot in 2012 through an urban fence separating Arizona from Mexico, federal prosecutors said Thursday.
Read moreHopi Tribe Loses Lawsuit Over Artificial Snow on Sacred Grounds
Snow made from reclaimed wastewater for an Arizona ski resort won’t cause the Hopi Tribe any nuisance beyond what the general public would suffer despite the presence of sacred sites nearby, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
Read moreArizona Governor Faces Suit Over Senate Appointee
Voters filed a federal lawsuit against Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, claiming he violated the 17th Amendment when he appointed Jon Kyl to former Sen. John McCain’s empty U.S. Senate seat.
Read moreBorder Patrol Agent Acquitted in Death of Mexican Teen
A small, loud protest erupted outside the Evo A. DeConcini Courthouse Wednesday after a federal jury acquitted a U.S. Border Patrol agent of involuntary manslaughter in the 2012 shooting death of a Mexican teenager.
Read moreTrump Politics, Rhetoric Helped Turn Sun Belt Blue
While much of the post-midterm analysis of the “blue wave” that swept Democrats into power in Congress has focused on the Midwest, trends in the American West – particularly the Sun Belt – also favor the Democrats, not just in 2018 but in 2020 and beyond.
Read moreClosing Arguments Made in Border Patrol Teen Shooting Trial
Former Border Patrol Agent Lonnie Swartz wasn’t scared for his life in October 2012 when he fired his handgun through a border fence, killing a Mexican teen who was lobbing rocks up and over the barrier, the lead prosecutor in Swartz’s federal manslaughter trial told the jury Friday.
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The Arizona Court of Appeals reinstated a $30 million jury award to parents whose son was killed in a high-speed police chase in which he was not involved.
Read moreBorder Patrol Agent Testifies in Mexican Teen Shooting Trial
A former U.S. Border Patrol agent who shot a Mexican teen through an urban border fence in southern Arizona doesn’t remember much of the incident, he testified at his manslaughter trial Tuesday.
Read moreKyrsten Sinema Flips Arizona Senate Seat to Democrats
Kyrsten Sinema has won the U.S. Senate seat in Arizona, flipping it from Republican to the Democrats. Her opponent Martha McSally conceded on Monday after Sinema’s lead grew to 38,197 votes at 5 p.m., a 1.7 percent margin.
Read moreArizona Senate Race Still Undecided as Vote Count Continues
Democrat Kyrsten Sinema stretched her lead over Republican Martha McSally to just over 1 percent Friday in the undecided Arizona U.S. Senate race to replace retiring Sen. Jeff Flake, and a court battle continued over whether to count thousands of ballots.
Read moreDemocrat Sinema Takes Lead in Arizona for US Senate
Democrat Kyrsten Sinema has taken a slim lead over Republican Martha McSally — 9,610 votes out of 1.85 million ballots cast in Arizona’s Senate race — and the Republican Party sued the secretary of state to try to stop verification of ballots.
Read moreArizona GOP Sues to Limit Mail-In Ballots in US Senate Race
Republicans filed a lawsuit Wednesday night to challenge the way some Arizona counties count mail-in ballots as election officials began to slowly tally more than 600,000 outstanding votes in the narrow U.S. Senate race — a task that could take days.
Read moreRepublican Holds Slim Lead in Arizona Senate Race
With the U.S. Senate race between Congresswomen Kyrsten Sinema and Martha McSally still too close to call, Arizonans woke up this morning not knowing who their first woman senator will be.
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