Articles tagged with arizona
Tue, May 22, 2012
White supremacist gets 40 years for Arizona package bomb
By Tim Gaynor
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge sentenced a 61-year-old white supremacist to 40 years in jail on Tuesday for a ...
Tue, May 22, 2012
White supremacist gets 40 years for Arizona package bomb
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A federal judge sentenced a white supremacist to 40 years in jail on Tuesday for a 2004 package bombing that injured a ...
Sun, May 20, 2012
Arizona plane forced to make emergency landing at Austin Straubel Airport
ASHWAUBENON, WI (WTAQ) - A pilot from Arizona had to make an emergency landing at Austin Straubel International Airport Sunday.
It happened around 11 p ...
Fri, May 18, 2012
Arizona towns at risk as wildfires hit U.S. Southwest
By Mike Saucier
PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona wildfire threatened two more towns on Friday, with high winds on the way, even as firefighters made ...
Fri, May 18, 2012
Arizona elections chief seeks proof of Obama's citizenship
By Tim Gaynor
(Reuters) - Arizona's secretary of state said Friday he had asked officials in Hawaii to verify that Barack Obama was born ...
Fri, May 18, 2012
Arizona towns at risk as wildfires hit Southwest
By Mike Saucier
PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona wildfire threatened two more towns on Friday, with high winds on the way, as firefighters made progress ...
Wed, May 16, 2012
Winds, low humidity bedevil Arizona, Colorado firefighters
By Mike Saucier
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Firefighters struggled against strong winds on Thursday to halt the advance of Arizona wildfires that have charred more than ...
Wed, May 16, 2012
Pioneer graves found at site of new Arizona sheriff's office
By Tim Gaynor
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Workers digging the foundations for a new office of an Arizona sheriff accused of discriminating against Latinos have unearthed ...
Wed, May 16, 2012
Crews battle to contain raging Arizona wildfires
By Tim Gaynor
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Crews battled to contain wind-whipped Arizona wildfires on Wednesday that have raced across 27 square miles of parched ponderosa ...
Tue, May 15, 2012
Arizona top court stays execution over clemency hearing
By Tim Gaynor
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona's top court issued a stay of execution on Tuesday for death row inmate Samuel Villegas Lopez, a ...
Tue, May 15, 2012
Police release 911 calls reporting missing Arizona girl
By Tim Gaynor
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Tucson police on Monday released recordings of 911 calls reporting the disappearance of Arizona 6-year-old Isabel Celis, who authorities ...
Mon, May 14, 2012
Arizona governor vetoes law demanding return of federal lands
By Tim Gaynor and David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona Governor Jan Brewer on Monday vetoed a bill demanding the U.S. government turn over ...
Mon, May 14, 2012
Arizona wildfires scorch thousands of acres
By Tim Gaynor
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Hundreds of firefighters battled several Arizona wildfires on Monday that charred nearly 11 square miles (28 square km) of ...
Mon, May 14, 2012
Brothers of missing Arizona 6-year-old put in mother's care
By Tim Gaynor
PHOENIX (Reuters) - The older brothers of missing Arizona 6-year-old Isabel Celis, who authorities said may have been snatched from her bed ...
Mon, May 14, 2012
Arizona wildfires scorch thousands of acres
By Tim Gaynor
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Hundreds of firefighters battled several Arizona wildfires on Monday that charred more than 5,000 acres of parched Ponderosa ...
Fri, May 11, 2012
Embattled Arizona sheriff will not run for Congress
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A tough-on-immigration Arizona sheriff, who resigned as co-chairman of Mitt Romney's state campaign in February after allegations he threatened a male ...
Thu, May 10, 2012
Arizona school won't play ballgame against team with girl
By Tim Gaynor
PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona high school forfeited a shot at a state baseball championship on Thursday rather than compete against an ...
Thu, May 10, 2012
U.S. sues controversial Arizona sheriff for discrimination
By Tim Gaynor
PHOENIX (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department sued a controversial Arizona sheriff on Thursday for civil rights violations, saying he and ...
Thu, May 10, 2012
U.S. sues Arizona sheriff for discrimination
By Tim Gaynor
PHOENIX (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department sued an Arizona sheriff on Thursday for civil rights violations, alleging he and his ...
Sat, May 05, 2012
FBI investigating Arizona Neo-Nazi before shooting
By Tim Gaynor
PHOENIX (Reuters) - The neo-Nazi founder of an anti-immigrant border militia was already the subject of an FBI domestic terrorism probe before ...
Fri, May 04, 2012
Arizona bans funding to Planned Parenthood in abortion fight
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona Governor Jan Brewer on Friday signed into law a bill banning abortion providers like Planned Parenthood from receiving ...
Fri, May 04, 2012
Arizona surgeons carry out rare mom-to-child liver transplant
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Surgeons in Arizona have successfully carried out a rare mother-to-child liver transplant, after a search for an organ from a deceased donor ...
Thu, May 03, 2012
Neo-Nazi suspected in Arizona murder-suicide
By David Schwartz
GILBERT, Arizona (Reuters) - The Neo-Nazi founder of an anti-immigrant border militia is believed to have shot and killed four people before ...
Wed, May 02, 2012
Four suspected illegal immigrants killed in Arizona crash
By Tim Gaynor
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Four people in a truck packed with suspected illegal immigrants died on Wednesday in Arizona after the sport utility ...
Tue, May 01, 2012
Nationals offense stays lifeless in loss to Arizona
(Reuters) - Pitcher Trevor Cahill took advantage of a Washington lineup without any teeth as he pitched the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 5-1 victory over ...
Sat, April 28, 2012
Hundreds rally to back hard-line Arizona sheriff
By Tim Gaynor
FOUNTAIN HILLS, Arizona (Reuters) - As many as 200 activists, some chanting "go Joe, go Joe," rallied in Arizona on Saturday to ...
Wed, April 25, 2012
Hundreds march against Arizona immigration law
By Tim Gaynor
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A few hundred protesters, some toting placards reading "no to racial profiling," marched through downtown Phoenix on Wednesday to ...
Wed, April 25, 2012
Hundreds march against Arizona immigration law
By Tim Gaynor
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A few hundred protesters, some toting placards reading "no to racial profiling," marched through downtown Phoenix on Wednesday to ...
Wed, April 25, 2012
Parents of missing Arizona girl plead for her return
By Brad Poole
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - The anguished parents of a missing 6-year-old Arizona girl who authorities say may have been snatched from her ...
Wed, April 25, 2012
Arizona Senate passes bill demanding return of federal lands
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona is poised to join next-door neighbor Utah in demanding the U.S. government transfer title to millions of ...
Wed, April 25, 2012
Arizona executes killer who showed no remorse
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A defiant killer who asked for no mercy, shunned a clemency hearing and railed against immigrants at his sentencing ...
Wed, April 25, 2012
Arizona executes killer who showed no remorse
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A defiant killer who asked for no mercy, shunned a clemency hearing and railed against immigrants at his sentencing ...
Wed, April 25, 2012
Arizona set to execute killer who showed no remorse
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A defiant Arizona killer who asked for no mercy, shunned a clemency hearing and railed against immigrants in his ...
Wed, April 25, 2012
U.S. high court appears to back Arizona on immigration
By James Vicini and Joan Biskupic
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Conservative justices who hold a majority on the U.S. Supreme Court appeared to endorse Arizona ...
Wed, April 25, 2012
FBI behavior analysts in search for missing Arizona girl
By Marisa Gerber
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - After four days of fruitless physical searches in and around the home of a missing 6-year-old girl in ...
Tue, April 24, 2012
Family of missing Arizona girl, 6, allowed home
By Marisa Gerber
(Reuters) - The parents of a missing 6-year-old Arizona girl who authorities said may have been snatched from her bedroom in Tucson ...
Tue, April 24, 2012
Arizona sheriff locks down jail over racial tension
By Tim Gaynor
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A hard-line Arizona sheriff under federal investigation for alleged racial profiling of Hispanics placed parts of a Phoenix jail ...
Tue, April 24, 2012
Family of missing Arizona girl, 6, allowed home
By Marisa Gerber
(Reuters) - The parents of a missing 6-year-old Arizona girl who authorities said may have been snatched from her bedroom in Tucson ...
Mon, April 23, 2012
Search for Arizona girl, 6, turns back to her Tucson home
By Marisa Gerber
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - The search for a missing 6-year-old Arizona girl who authorities said may have been snatched from her bedroom ...
Mon, April 23, 2012
Arizona House votes to demand return of federally owned lands
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona lawmakers on Monday passed legislation demanding the U.S. government relinquish to the state millions of acres of ...
Mon, April 23, 2012
Search for Arizona girl, 6, turns back to her Tucson home
By Marisa Gerber
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - The search for a missing 6-year-old Arizona girl who authorities said may have been snatched from her bedroom ...
Mon, April 23, 2012
Search for 6-year-old Arizona girl turns back to her Tucson home
By Marisa Gerber
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - The search for a missing 6-year-old Arizona girl who authorities say may have been snatched from her bedroom ...
Wed, April 18, 2012
Iraq war vet wins Arizona Republican primary for Giffords' seat
By Brad Poole
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - Iraq war veteran Jesse Kelly has won the Republican primary in Arizona to pick the party's candidate ...
Wed, April 18, 2012
Iraq vet leads in Arizona GOP primary for Giffords seat
By Brad Poole
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - An Iraq war veteran was leading a Republican primary in Arizona on Tuesday to pick a candidate for ...
Tue, April 17, 2012
Arizona governor vetoes bill allowing guns in state buildings
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona Governor Jan Brewer on Tuesday vetoed a controversial bill that would have allowed people to tote guns into ...
Tue, April 17, 2012
Court says Arizona can demand voter identification
By Tim Gaynor
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday ruled Arizona may require voters to show identification at the polls, a ...
Tue, April 17, 2012
Court says Arizona can demand voter identification
(Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday upheld Arizona's requirement that voters show identification at the polls, but struck down its requirement ...
Thu, April 12, 2012
Arizona governor signs law banning most late-term abortions
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona Republican Governor Jan Brewer signed into law on Thursday a controversial bill that bans most abortions after 20 ...
Tue, April 10, 2012
Arizona lawmakers vote to ban late-term abortions
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona state lawmakers gave final legislative approval on Tuesday to a bill that would ban most abortions after 20 ...
Wed, April 04, 2012
Government plans to sue Arizona sheriff for targeting Latinos
By Jeremy Pelofsky
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Tuesday said it was preparing to sue Arizona county sheriff Joe Arpaio and his department ...
Tue, April 03, 2012
Government plans to sue Arizona sheriff for targeting Latinos
By Jeremy Pelofsky
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Tuesday said it was preparing to sue Arizona county sheriff Joe Arpaio and his department ...
Wed, March 28, 2012
Controversial Arizona late-term abortion bill advances
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A controversial Arizona bill that bans most abortions performed after 20 weeks of pregnancy moved closer to becoming law ...
Wed, March 28, 2012
Arizona Senate passes late-term abortion ban: report
PHOENIX (Reuters) - The Arizona state Senate on Tuesday voted to ban most abortions performed after 20 weeks of pregnancy, according to news reports.
The ...
Tue, March 27, 2012
Two cousins plead guilty over Arizona's largest fire
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Two cousins accused of starting the largest wildfire ever recorded in Arizona by leaving a campfire unattended last year ...
Thu, March 08, 2012
Arizona executes man for murder of philanthropist
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - The killer of a Phoenix-area philanthropist who was injected with battery acid and strangled during a 1991 robbery of ...
Wed, March 07, 2012
Sheriff's pink-underwear policy may be unconstitutional: court
By Dan Whitcomb
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Firebrand Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio's requirement that jail inmates wear pink underwear may be unconstitutional when applied ...
Tue, March 06, 2012
U.S. has failed Americans over immigration, Arizona governor
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, firing a fresh salvo in her legal and political battle with president Barack Obama over ...
Sat, March 03, 2012
One arrested, 2 sought in Arizona club shooting
By Tim Gaynor
TEMPE, Arizona (Reuters) - One man is under arrest and two more are being sought in what police said on Saturday appeared ...
Fri, March 02, 2012
Man jailed in Arizona school shooting; one injured
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A man suspected of opening fire with a rifle outside an Arizona high school on Thursday, leaving one teenage boy slightly injured ...
Thu, March 01, 2012
Arizona sheriff says Obama's birth certificate a "forgery"
By Tim Gaynor
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A tough-talking Arizona sheriff, already embroiled in a Justice Department bias investigation, waded deeper into controversy on Thursday with ...
Thu, March 01, 2012
U.S. police bust Arizona-Mexico drug tunnel, seize marijuana
PHOENIX (Reuters) - U.S. police in Nogales, Arizona, uncovered a drug-smuggling tunnel from Mexico, the latest of more than 20 illicit passageways found under ...
Thu, March 01, 2012
One person wounded in Arizona school shooting
PHOENIX (Reuters) - One person was wounded in a shooting at an Arizona high school baseball field on Thursday, and a suspect was in custody ...
Thu, March 01, 2012
One person wounded in Arizona school shooting
PHOENIX (Reuters) - One person was wounded in a shooting at an Arizona high school baseball field on Thursday, and a suspect was in custody ...
Wed, February 29, 2012
Judge blocks part of Arizona immigration law
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A federal judge blocked Arizona on Wednesday from enforcing a part of its immigration law that prohibits occupants of vehicles from stopping ...
Wed, February 29, 2012
Arizona and Texas carry out executions
By David Schwartz and Karen Brooks
(Reuters) - A Texas man who confessed to being the ringleader of a ruthless band of murderers was executed ...
Wed, February 29, 2012
Judge blocks Arizona immigration law's day labor rules
By Tim Gaynor
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A federal judge blocked Arizona on Wednesday from enforcing a part of the state's immigration law that prohibits ...
Wed, February 29, 2012
Arizona and Texas carry out executions
By David Schwartz and Karen Brooks
(Reuters) - A Texas man who confessed to being the ringleader of a ruthless band of murderers was executed ...
Wed, February 29, 2012
Judge blocks Arizona immigration law's day labor rules
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A federal judge blocked Arizona on Wednesday from enforcing a part of the state's immigration law that prohibits vehicle occupants from ...
Wed, February 29, 2012
Arizona executes murderer, Texas to follow suit
By David Schwartz and Karen Brooks
(Reuters) - An Arizona man convicted of strangling and stabbing his adoptive mother was executed by lethal injection on ...
Wed, February 29, 2012
Arizona executes murderer who killed his adoptive mother
PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona man convicted of killing his adoptive mother while on a three-day prison release in 1984 was put to death by ...
Wed, February 29, 2012
Arizona and Texas set to carry out executions Wednesday
By David Schwartz and Karen Brooks
(Reuters) - An Arizona man convicted of strangling and stabbing his adoptive mother and a Texas man who confessed ...
Tue, February 28, 2012
Police demote Arizona cop over Obama image on t-shirt
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona police sergeant who posted a photo on his Facebook account showing youths with guns posing with an ...
Sun, February 26, 2012
Arizona governor endorses Romney for president
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, who had a finger-pointing confrontation with President Barack Obama last month, on Sunday endorsed Mitt Romney's bid ...
Fri, February 24, 2012
Jury convicts white supremacist in Arizona bombing
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A federal jury on Friday found one of two white supremacist twins guilty of a 2004 package bombing that ...
Wed, February 22, 2012
Romney edges back into White House race, assails Santorum
By Steve Holland
MILFORD, Michigan (Reuters) - Republican Mitt Romney assailed presidential rival Rick Santorum on Thursday for abandoning his conservative principles, pushing a line ...
Tue, February 21, 2012
Arizona AG will open investigation into embattled sheriff
By Mary Slosson
(Reuters) - The Arizona Attorney General on Tuesday agreed to investigate accusations by the male lover of a tough-on-immigration sheriff alleging that ...
Sat, February 18, 2012
Arizona sheriff quits Romney campaign amid accusations
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A local sheriff resigned as a co-chair of Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's campaign in Arizona on Saturday ...
Wed, February 15, 2012
Arizona is Romney's to lose, Santorum threatens
By John Whitesides
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Republican Mitt Romney faces a new challenge in Arizona's February 28 presidential primary, where the growing momentum of ...
Tue, February 14, 2012
State of Arizona and centenarian turn 100 together
By Jennifer Griffith
SAFFORD, Arizona (Reuters) - The state of Arizona and spirited senior Lavona Jones Evans both have a reason to celebrate on Tuesday ...
Fri, February 10, 2012
Arizona authorities furious over 215 mph Bugatti video
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona police are seeing red over the driver of a Bugatti Veyron luxury car who seems to have given ...
Tue, February 07, 2012
Astronaut Janice Voss dies in Arizona
(Reuters) - Former Astronaut Janice E. Voss, one of the few women launched into space, has died of breast cancer in Arizona, her alma mater ...
Tue, February 07, 2012
Arizona court keeps candidate off ballot over English skills
By Mary Slosson
(Reuters) - Arizona's Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that a city council candidate with limited English skills could be kept off ...
Sat, February 04, 2012
Arizona candidate says English challenge an abuse of power
By Mary Slosson
SAN LUIS, Arizona (Reuters) - An Arizona city council candidate struck from the ballot over her limited English skills concedes she isn ...
Fri, February 03, 2012
Police bust Arizona-Mexico drug ring, arrest 12
BISBEE, Arizona (Reuters) - Police in southern Arizona have broken up a drug trafficking network that smuggled more than 15 tons of marijuana and cocaine ...
Fri, February 03, 2012
Supreme Court to hear Arizona immigration arguments April 25
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court said on Friday it will hear arguments on April 25 on the power of states to adopt ...
Fri, January 27, 2012
Arizona candidate appeals English ability court decision
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A woman barred from seeking elected office in an Arizona border town by a judge who ruled she did ...
Thu, January 26, 2012
Obama: Spat with Arizona governor not a big deal
By JoAnne Allen
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A tense airport exchange with Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, in which she wagged her finger in his face, was ...
Wed, January 25, 2012
Obama has tense exchange with Arizona governor
By Caren Bohan
MESA, Arizona (Reuters) - A day after his confrontational election-year State of the Union address, President Barack Obama had a tense exchange ...
Fri, January 20, 2012
Arizona sting catches 2 officials in drug smuggling
By Tim Gaynor
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A U.S. Border Patrol agent and an Arizona jailer trapped in a sting operation have been arrested on ...
Wed, January 04, 2012
Prominent Navajo Code Talker dies in Arizona
By Tim Gaynor
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A prominent veteran of the Navajo Code Talkers, who confounded enemy combatants in World War Two by using the ...
Wed, January 04, 2012
Prominent Navajo Code Talker dies in Arizona
By Tim Gaynor
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A prominent veteran of the Navajo Code Talkers, who confounded enemy combatants in World War Two by using the ...
Wed, January 04, 2012
Arizona sheriff says will cooperate with federal officials
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A controversial Arizona sheriff said on Wednesday he would cooperate with federal officials who have said his office engages ...
Fri, December 30, 2011
Chippewa Falls fugitive captured in Arizona
LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ (WTAQ) - A fugitive from Chippewa Falls has been captured in Arizona.
37-year-old Danny Lee Warner Jr. was wanted for numerous ...
Thu, December 29, 2011
Facebook photos lead to child abuse arrests in Arizona
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Two Arizona parents were arrested by sheriff's deputies after apparently posting pictures on Facebook that showed their children, an infant and ...
Fri, December 23, 2011
Judge rules against Arizona sheriff in immigrant stops
By Alex Dobuzinskis
(Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday barred high profile Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio from detaining people simply for being in the ...
Thu, December 22, 2011
Arizona student found after 9 days stranded in snow
By Alex Dobuzinskis
(Reuters) - A college student stranded in her car for nine days on a barren northern Arizona road has been rescued after ...
Thu, December 22, 2011
Arizona student found after 9 days stranded in snow
(Reuters) - A college student stranded in her car for nine days on a barren northern Arizona road has been rescued after living on candy ...
Tue, December 20, 2011
U.S. authorities bust Mexico drug network in Arizona
TEMPE, Ariz (Reuters) - U.S. authorities have arrested 203 people and smashed a Mexican trafficking ring that funneled millions of dollars in drugs to ...
Mon, December 19, 2011
Arizona agree deal with free agent Kubel
(Reuters) - The Arizona Diamondbacks have agreed a two-year deal with free agent Jason Kubel, adding another offensive threat to their outfield.
Major League Baseball ...
Thu, December 15, 2011
U.S. says Arizona sheriff violated civil rights laws
By Jeremy Pelofsky and David Schwartz
WASHINGTON/PHOENIX, Dec 15 (Reuters) - An Arizona sheriff and his deputies violated U.S. civil rights laws by ...
Thu, December 15, 2011
U.S. says Arizona sheriff violated civil rights laws
By Jeremy Pelofsky
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration accused a firebrand Arizona sheriff on Thursday of engaging in racial profiling of Latinos and making ...
Mon, December 12, 2011
Supreme Court to decide Arizona immigration law
By James Vicini
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Monday said it will rule for the first time on one of several tough, new ...
Thu, December 08, 2011
Arizona senators concerned over sex crime probes
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona's two U.S. senators on Thursday expressed concern over media reports accusing Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio ...
Wed, November 30, 2011
Convicted Arizona serial killer sentenced to death
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona jury sentenced a convicted serial killer on Wednesday to death for murdering nine people in a violent ...
Wed, November 23, 2011
Six believed dead in Arizona small plane crash
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Six people on board a small twin-engine plane appear to have been killed when it crashed in a ball of fire on ...
Tue, November 22, 2011
Three men killed "execution style" near Arizona-Mexico border
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - The bodies of three suspected drug traffickers were found shot to death "execution style" in a remote area near the Arizona-Mexico ...
Tue, November 22, 2011
GAO study links Arizona wildfires to illegal immigrants
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A government study released on Tuesday links many wildfires in the Arizona-Mexico border region to illegal immigrant activity, a finding that Arizona ...
Mon, November 21, 2011
Arizona hunter spots rare U.S.-Mexico borderlands jaguar
PHOENIX, Arizona (Reuters) - An Arizona hunter has made a rare confirmed sighting of a wild jaguar close to the Mexico border in southeastern Arizona ...
Fri, November 18, 2011
Guru gets two years jail for Arizona sweat lodge deaths
By Tim Gaynor
PRESCOTT, Ariz (Reuters) - A judge sentenced self-help guru James Ray on Friday to two years in jail for the deaths of ...
Fri, November 18, 2011
Guru to be sentenced over Arizona sweat lodge deaths
By Tim Gaynor
PRESCOTT, Ariz (Reuters) - A self-help guru convicted of the deaths of three people following a sweat lodge ceremony in Arizona two ...
Thu, October 13, 2011
Warren Jeffs wife breaks away from Arizona compound
By James Nelson
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - One of the wives of Warren Jeffs has broken away from the private Arizona compound once ruled ...
Sat, October 08, 2011
Milwaukee Brewers win NLDS with 3-2 extra inning victory over Arizona
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - The Milwaukee Brewers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-2 in 10 innings on Friday to reach the National League Championship Series (NLCS) by ...
Tue, October 04, 2011
Arizona slam Milwaukee to level series 2-2
PHOENIX, Arizona (Reuters) - The Arizona Diamondbacks charged ahead with another grand slam home run to defeat the Milwaukee Brewers 10-6 Wednesday and take their ...
Tue, October 04, 2011
Arizona dust storm triggers fatal traffic pile-up
By Brad Poole
TUCSON, Ariz (Reuters) - A dust storm in Arizona cut visibility to zero along Interstate 10 between Tucson and Phoenix on Tuesday ...
Mon, October 03, 2011
"King of Infomercials" found dead in Arizona jail cell
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A TV infomercial pitchman accused of defrauding more than 226,000 people out of nearly $52 million has died in his Arizona ...
Mon, October 03, 2011
Brewers on brink of Arizona sweep
The Milwaukee Brewers were baseball's best team at home all year and they surged to a 2-0 lead against the Arizona Diamondbacks in ...
Sun, October 02, 2011
Milwaukee Brewers win 4-1; lead Arizona 1-0 in NLDS
MILWAUKEE (WTAQ) - Yovani Gallardo allowed just four hits in eight innings, retiring 14 out of 15 at one point, and leading Milwaukee to a ...
Sat, October 01, 2011
Brewers win 9-4 to put Diamondbacks on brink
(Reuters) - The Milwaukee Brewers flexed their home field advantage to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-4 on Sunday for a commanding 2-0 lead in their ...
Thu, September 29, 2011
UPDATE: Milwaukee Brewers host Arizona Diamondbacks Saturday, times revealed
MILWAUKEE (WTAQ) - For the only the third time since 1982, Wisconsin sports fans are being distracted from their October football.
The Milwaukee Brewers – who ...
Fri, September 16, 2011
Security incident over at Arizona military base: official
TUCSON, Ariz (Reuters) - A security incident at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in southern Arizona is over and there were no injuries, a fire official ...
Fri, September 16, 2011
Lockdown ends at Arizona air base, no gunman found
TUCSON, Ariz (Reuters) - A security incident that placed Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in southern Arizona on lockdown ended after a thorough search of the ...
Thu, September 15, 2011
Possible meteor sightings dazzle Arizona and California
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Dozens of people reported observing a dazzling, bright light, or lights, streaking across the sky Wednesday night over Arizona ...
Wed, September 14, 2011
Romney woos Arizona business leaders with economic plan
By Tim Gaynor
TUCSON, Ariz (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney won support from business leaders in Arizona on Wednesday, pledging to cap government ...
Thu, September 08, 2011
Power restored in Southwest, Mexico after outage
By Marty Graham
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Power was restored on Friday to some 7 million people plunged into darkness by a blackout, blamed partly ...
Wed, September 07, 2011
Arizona Walmart employees rob store to fund sex change
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Two Walmart employees robbed an Arizona store where they worked, stealing $45,000, and planned to buy a car and fund a ...
Tue, September 06, 2011
Appeals court upholds same-sex benefits in Arizona
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that Arizona must continue for now to provide health care benefits to ...
Fri, September 02, 2011
Arizona opts not to bring primary forward to January 31
PHOENIX, Sept 2 (Reuters ) - Arizona Governor Jan Brewer on Friday opted not to move up the state's Republican presidential primary to January 31 ...
Wed, August 31, 2011
Arizona man impaled through skull with pruning shears
TUCSON, Ariz (Reuters) - An 86-year-old Arizona man who was impaled through the skull with pruning shears in a freak gardening accident was expected to ...
Tue, August 30, 2011
Arizona man impaled through skull with pruning shears
TUCSON, Ariz (Reuters) - An 86-year-old Arizona man who was impaled through the skull with pruning shears in a freak gardening accident was expected to ...
Mon, August 29, 2011
Ex-mayor of Arizona border town gets 3.5 years in prison
By Brad Poole
TUCSON, Ariz (Reuters) - A judge sentenced the former mayor of the small Arizona border town of Nogales on Monday to 3 ...
Fri, August 26, 2011
Arizona tomato firm fined for hiring illegal workers
PHOENIX (Reuters) - The United States' largest year-round grower of greenhouse tomatoes has pleaded guilty to knowingly hiring undocumented workers in Arizona and been fined ...
Thu, August 25, 2011
Arizona sues federal government over voter rights law
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona filed a lawsuit on Thursday challenging a U.S. federal voting rights law governing how the state conducts its elections.
The ...
Thu, August 25, 2011
Rapper DMX nabbed in Arizona again, this time for speeding
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Troubled rapper DMX, released from an Arizona prison last month, was arrested again after the car he was driving ...
Wed, August 24, 2011
Two charged with starting largest ever Arizona wildfire
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Two cousins who allegedly left a campfire unattended have been charged with starting Arizona's largest ever wildfire that torched more than ...
Wed, August 24, 2011
Two charged with starting largest ever Arizona wildfire
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Two cousins who allegedly left a campfire unattended have been charged with starting Arizona's largest ever wildfire that torched more than ...
Tue, August 23, 2011
Jobless Arizona bank robber says he "stole to survive"
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A jobless man accused of robbing a dozen banks across the Phoenix valley told investigators he did it to survive and that ...
Tue, August 23, 2011
Hoax sign warns Arizona drivers of panda rampage
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A wave of "panda-monium" has swept through a northern Arizona city thanks to a mischievous street sign hacker who warned motorists of ...
Tue, August 16, 2011
Arizona university honors Pat Tillman with veteran center
PHOENIX (Reuters) - The alma mater of football star turned soldier Pat Tillman, who was killed in Afghanistan while serving with the U.S. Army ...
Mon, August 15, 2011
Arizona man jailed for life for killing father, daughter
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A judge on Monday sentenced a member of an Arizona border vigilante group to life in jail for gunning down a man ...
Thu, August 11, 2011
Arizona court lifts injunction on abortion law
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona appeals court, in a victory for abortion opponents, tossed out an injunction on Thursday that blocked key ...
Wed, August 10, 2011
Arizona appeals to Supreme Court on immigration law
By James Vicini
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Arizona Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its appeal and overturn a ruling that put on ...
Thu, July 28, 2011
Arizona girl found suffocated was locked in box as punishment
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Four adult relatives of a girl found suffocated in a storage bin in Arizona have been arrested after investigators ...
Wed, July 27, 2011
Arizona man killed girlfriend, lived with corpse: police
PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona man who confessed to killing his girlfriend and living with her decomposing corpse in his one-bedroom apartment for two months ...
Wed, July 27, 2011
Quarterback Kolb traded to Arizona by Philadelphia
By Larry Fine
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Arizona Cardinals got their quarterback, working out a deal with the Philadelphia Eagles for Kevin Kolb, as ...
Tue, July 26, 2011
Arizona woman dies four weeks after bear attack
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona woman has died from a massive brain hemorrhage nearly a month after being mauled by a 250-pound ...
Sat, July 23, 2011
Three dead in shooting at Arizona motorcycle rally
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A shooting late Friday at a motorcycle rally in Northern Arizona left three dead and one critically wounded, police said on Saturday ...
Tue, July 19, 2011
Arizona executes convicted murderer by lethal injection
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona executed a convicted murderer on Tuesday for robbing and beating a man to death near Tucson in 1987 ...
Tue, July 19, 2011
Rapper DMX released from Arizona prison
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Troubled rapper DMX was released from an Arizona prison on Tuesday after spending seven months behind bars for violating probation, his manager ...
Wed, July 13, 2011
Arizona governor orders recall vote for immigration law author
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona Governor Jan Brewer on Tuesday ordered a special election for November 8 to decide the fate of a ...
Wed, July 13, 2011
Arizona girl dies in hide-and-seek accident, police say
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A 10-year-old girl was found dead on Tuesday after she likely suffocated in a storage container she may have climbed into during ...
Sat, July 09, 2011
Arizona bus day tour goes to Mexico border for answers
By Tim Gaynor
NOGALES, Ariz (Reuters) - After listening to a fiery national debate about the impact of illegal immigration and drug smuggling over the ...
Fri, July 08, 2011
Officials confirm Arizona death tied to E. coli epidemic
By David Beasley
ATLANTA (Reuters) - U.S. health officials have confirmed that the recent death of an Arizona resident was linked to an E ...
Fri, July 08, 2011
Arizona anti-illegal immigration lawmaker faces recall
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A citizens' group that opposes the Arizona senate president because of his stance on illegal immigration and other issues ...
Wed, July 06, 2011
Historic dust storm sweeps Arizona, turns day to night
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Phoenix brushed itself off and returned to normal on Wednesday after a "historic dust storm" swept over the area ...
Wed, July 06, 2011
Historic dust storm sweeps Arizona, turns day into night
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Phoenix brushed itself off and returned to normal on Wednesday after a "historic dust storm" swept over the area, sending residents scrambling ...
Tue, July 05, 2011
Body found just across Mexico border in southern Arizona
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - The body of a Mexican man found in a plastic bag in far south Arizona, may have been murdered in Mexico ...
Thu, June 30, 2011
Arizona executes man for 1988 child murder
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona on Thursday executed a convicted child killer, branded among the "worst of the worst" by a state clemency official, for the ...
Wed, June 29, 2011
Arizona woman seriously injured in rare bear attack
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona woman was seriously wounded when a 250-pound male black bear attacked her while she walked her dog ...
Fri, June 24, 2011
Details emerge of Arizona death tied to E.coli outbreak
PHOENIX (Reuters) - More details emerged on Friday of the Arizona resident whose death earlier this month could be linked to the recent fatal E ...
Fri, June 24, 2011
Hackers break into Arizona police computers
WASHINGTON/BOSTON (Reuters) - Computer hackers who previously broke into a U.S. Senate server and brought down the CIA website struck an Arizona police ...
Thu, June 23, 2011
Arizona death prompts probe for European E.coli link
By David Beasley
ATLANTA (Reuters) - U.S. health officials are investigating whether the death of an Arizona resident could be linked to the recent ...
Wed, June 22, 2011
Arizona wildfire burns horses as well as pasture and homes
By Tim Gaynor
PALOMINAS, Arizona (Reuters) - When fire ripped through the mountain pasture in southern Arizona, old roping horse Charlie panicked and charged straight ...
Tue, June 21, 2011
Arizona sheriff blames Mexican smugglers some fires
By Tim Gaynor
PALOMINAS, Ariz (Reuters) - Two Arizona wildfires that have scorched a quarter-million acres combined and destroyed dozens of homes just north of ...
Tue, June 21, 2011
Arizona wildfire evacuees recall trauma, fret over homes
By Tim Gaynor
SIERRA VISTA, Ariz (Reuters) - Retiree Vernon Marquez watched in horror as the wind-whipped wild fire sprinted over the last quarter of ...
Fri, June 17, 2011
Firefighters battle two blazes in Arizona
By Brad Poole
DUDLEYVILLE, Ariz (Reuters) - As firefighters in eastern Arizona gain ground against the largest wildfire in state history, a smaller blaze near ...
Thu, June 16, 2011
Stiff winds test gains of wildfire crews in Arizona
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Fire crews battling stubborn flames in eastern Arizona's mountainous pine forests faced a return of stiff winds on ...
Thu, June 16, 2011
Arizona schools chief says Tucson program violates law
By Brad Poole
TUCSON (Reuters) - Arizona's superintendent of schools said on Wednesday a controversial ethnic studies program in Tucson public schools violates new ...
Sat, June 11, 2011
Arizona lawmaker charged with assault, endangerment
PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona lawmaker has been charged with reckless assault and endangerment in a February altercation with his then-girlfriend, prosecutors said on Friday ...
Sun, June 05, 2011
Arizona wildfire investigators question two people
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Investigators probing the origins of Arizona's biggest wildfire on record are questioning two people in connection with an ...
Sat, June 04, 2011
Gunman targeted divorce adversaries in Arizona rampage
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - All five people shot dead by an elderly Arizona man on Thursday appear to have been targeted by him ...
Sat, June 04, 2011
Wildfire consumes homes in eastern Arizona
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A stubborn 5-day-old wildfire that has forced hundreds of people to flee their homes in eastern Arizona grew dramatically ...
Fri, June 03, 2011
Shooting in Yuma, Arizona, leaves 6 dead
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A man apparently angry over a divorce case went on a shooting spree in and around Yuma, Arizona, on ...
Thu, June 02, 2011
Medical marijuana superstore opens on Arizona
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Some local wags are calling it the "Wal-Mart of Weed" or "Home DePot."
Seeking to capitalize on Arizona's ...
Tue, May 31, 2011
Two Arizona toddlers killed in separate car accidents
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Two Arizona toddlers have been struck and killed by cars driven by their parents in separate incidents in Tucson and Phoenix, police ...
Sat, May 28, 2011
Palin welcome in Arizona neighborhood, media less so
By Tim Gaynor
SCOTTSDALE (Reuters) - Residents in this sprawling neighborhood of horse properties in far north Scottsdale welcome Sarah Palin as a potential neighbor ...
Sat, May 28, 2011
Police arrest Arizona's suspected "Rock Burglar"
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Police arrested a suspect as Arizona's notorious "Rock Burglar" on Friday after a 17-year crime spree that netted ...
Thu, May 26, 2011
Supreme Court backs Arizona business immigration law
By James Vicini
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld an Arizona law that allows the state to shut down businesses that hire ...
Thu, May 26, 2011
Court backs Arizona business immigration law
By James Vicini
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld an Arizona law that allows the state to shut down businesses that hire ...
Wed, May 25, 2011
Arizona executes convicted child killer
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona apartment complex custodian was put to death by lethal injection on Wednesday for the 1984 rape and ...
Wed, May 25, 2011
Arizona Supreme Court stays execution
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona's highest court has put on hold the execution scheduled for Wednesday of an apartment complex custodian set ...
Tue, May 24, 2011
Arizona to sue to clarify medical marijuana act
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona will file a lawsuit in federal court to learn whether a controversial medical marijuana law passed by voters ...
Tue, May 24, 2011
Arizona sheriff nabs own employees on smuggling charges
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Three employees of a tough Arizona sheriff were arrested on Tuesday on charges that they helped a drug and human smuggling organization ...
Tue, May 24, 2011
Lawmaker introduces Arizona-style immigration bill
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - After weeks of talking about it, a conservative lawmaker finally introduced his Arizona-style immigration bill Tuesday.
Assembly Republican Don Pridemore of ...
Fri, May 20, 2011
Arizona college was worried Loughner armed
TUCSON, Ariz (Reuters) - Emails released by court order from an Arizona college about Tucson shooting rampage suspect Jared Lee Loughner show campus police were ...
Thu, May 19, 2011
Police break up Arizona-Mexico drug smuggling network
By Brad Poole
TUCSON (Reuters) - Police in Arizona have arrested 25 suspected members of a Mexican drug cartel, significantly hampering the group's ability ...
Wed, May 18, 2011
Arizona seeks to build its own Mexico border fence
By Tim Gaynor
TUCSON, Ariz (Reuters) - Using public donations and cheap convict labor, an Arizona lawmaker is working to build a fence to secure ...
Wed, May 18, 2011
Arizona seeks to build its own Mexico border fence
By Tim Gaynor
TUCSON, Ariz (Reuters) - Using public donations and cheap convict labor, an Arizona lawmaker is seeking to build a fence to secure ...
Tue, May 17, 2011
Arizona mom arrested after toddlers wander streets
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona mother accused of leaving two young daughters alone in a car while she attended a party was ...
Fri, May 13, 2011
Arizona man arrested on chemical weapon charges
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - An Arizona man was arrested on Friday on charges he made chemical weapons and used them to release a cloud of ...
Wed, May 11, 2011
Arizona governor pens memoir on immigration battle
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona's Republican Governor Jan Brewer is penning a tell-all memoir about the controversial state crackdown on illegal immigration ...
Tue, May 10, 2011
New York, Arizona eateries duel over belly-bursting bites
By Basil Katz
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A famous Manhattan deli wants the right to keep giving its patrons heart attacks: kosher ones, that is ...
Tue, May 10, 2011
Liberals in southern Arizona seek to form new state
By Brad Poole
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - A long-simmering movement by liberal stalwarts in southern Arizona to break away from the rest of the largely ...
Mon, May 09, 2011
Police find tunnel under Arizona-Mexico border
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - U.S. border police have found a sophisticated smugglers' tunnel fitted with lights, water pumps and a ventilation system running under ...
Mon, May 09, 2011
Arizona to petition Supreme Court on immigration
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona's Republican Governor Jan Brewer said on Monday she would immediately petition the U.S. Supreme Court to ...
Fri, April 29, 2011
Arizona allows Tea Party license plate
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Tea Party faithful in Arizona now can drive around with a new state license plate that they can call ...
Thu, April 28, 2011
Loughner returned to Arizona after mental evaluation
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Accused Tucson shooter Jared Loughner has been returned to jail in Arizona after a trip to Missouri for a mental evaluation to ...
Thu, April 28, 2011
Arizona governor makes Colt revolver official state gun
PHOENIX (Reuters) - The Colt revolver, a historic remnant from the shoot-em-up days of the old West, is now Arizona's official gun.
Arizona Governor ...
Tue, April 26, 2011
Arizona inmate attacks jailer to stay behind bars
PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona jail inmate who feared he would be killed by a Mexican drug cartel if were set free assaulted a detention ...
Fri, April 22, 2011
A year on, divisions linger over Arizona immigration law
By Tim Gaynor
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Protesting outside the Arizona legislature this week, Hispanic activist Carlos Galindo was clear about the impact of the desert ...
Thu, April 21, 2011
Arizona man arrested for flashing faux Lady Liberty
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A Phoenix man who allegedly exposed himself to a woman dressed as the Statue of Liberty on Tax Day has been arrested ...
Wed, April 20, 2011
Arizona House votes to make Colt revolver official state gun
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Taking a page out of the old West history books, the Arizona Legislature early on Wednesday made the Colt ...
Tue, April 19, 2011
Trial starts for alleged Arizona serial killer
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Jury selection began on Tuesday in the trial of an alleged serial killer charged with nine murders and a ...
Mon, April 18, 2011
Arizona governor vetoes birther, campus gun bills
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona's Republican Governor Jan Brewer on Monday vetoed two controversial bills, one mandating proof of U.S. citizenship ...
Fri, April 15, 2011
Iraqi jailed in Arizona for 34 years in daughter's killing
PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona judge on Friday sentenced an Iraqi immigrant to 34-1/2 years in jail for murder and assault charges including killing ...
Fri, April 15, 2011
Georgia lawmakers pass Arizona-style immigration bill
By David Beasley
ATLANTA (Reuters) - A tough Arizona-style immigration bill cleared the Georgia legislature late Thursday and needs only the governor's signature to ...
Fri, April 15, 2011
Arizona may require U.S. birth proof for candidates
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A Republican bill that would make Arizona the first U.S. state to require presidential candidates to prove their ...
Fri, April 15, 2011
Arizona may require U.S. birth proof for candidates
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A bill that makes Arizona the first in the nation to require presidential candidates prove U.S. citizenship has ...
Fri, April 15, 2011
Georgia lawmakers pass Arizona-style immigration bill
By David Beasley
ATLANTA (Reuters) - An Arizona-style immigration bill cleared the Georgia legislature late Thursday and needs only the governor's signature to become ...
Thu, April 14, 2011
One dead, one injured in Arizona desert shooting
PHOENIX (Reuters) - One man was shot dead and a second wounded after a group of illegal entrants from Mexico came under fire from suspected ...
Wed, April 13, 2011
Arizona border city gets new Mexico fence
NOGALES, Ariz (Reuters) - Nearly three miles of steel fencing marking the Mexico border in Nogales is being replaced with a taller barrier that will ...
Wed, April 13, 2011
U.S. wants Arizona suit over border security tossed
By Jeremy Pelofsky
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration has asked a judge in Arizona to dismiss a lawsuit by the state that argues that ...
Tue, April 12, 2011
Georgia Senate passes Arizona-style anti-immigration bill
By David Beasley
ATLANTA (Reuters) - The Georgia Senate passed an Arizona-style immigration bill late Monday after removing one of the measure's toughest components ...
Mon, April 11, 2011
Court rules against Arizona immigration law
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court, in a ruling released on Monday, upheld a preliminary injunction against parts of Arizona's controversial immigration ...
Thu, April 07, 2011
Arizona House passes law allowing guns on campuses
PHOENIX (Reuters) - The Arizona House on Thursday approved a landmark bill allowing guns on campuses, making it only the second state in the nation ...
Thu, April 07, 2011
Arizona restores organ transplant funding
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona has restored funding for some organ transplants that the state cut last year in a controversial move to help close a ...
Thu, April 07, 2011
Arizona jury condemns second vigilante to death
TUCSON, Ariz (Reuters) - A jury on Wednesday sentenced a second member of a small Arizona border vigilante group to death for gunning down a ...
Wed, April 06, 2011
Arizona jury condemns second vigilante to death
TUCSON, Ariz (Reuters) - A jury on Wednesday sentenced a second member of a small Arizona border vigilante group to death for gunning down a ...
Mon, April 04, 2011
Supreme Court temporarily blocks Arizona execution
PHOENIX (Reuters) - The Supreme Court has granted a stay of execution for a convicted killer in Arizona who was due to die by lethal ...
Fri, April 01, 2011
U.S. appeals court clears way for Arizona execution
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona death row inmate on Friday lost an attempt to block his execution, when a U.S. appeals ...
Wed, March 30, 2011
Arizona executes condemned killer
By Tim Gaynor
PHOENIX (Reuters) - The condemned killer of two convenience store employees was executed by lethal injection on Tuesday after losing an 11th-hour ...
Tue, March 29, 2011
Arizona enacts ban on abortions based on gender, race
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona Governor Jan Brewer on Tuesday signed into law a controversial bill that makes the state the first in ...
Tue, March 29, 2011
Arizona executes condemned killer by lethal injection
By Tim Gaynor
PHOENIX (Reuters) - The condemned killer of two convenience store employees was executed by lethal injection on Tuesday after losing an 11th-hour ...
Tue, March 29, 2011
Arizona executes convicted killer by lethal injection
PHOENIX, March 29 - A man who shot dead two convenience store workers in a robbery in 1989 was executed by lethal injection on Tuesday ...
Tue, March 29, 2011
Arizona set to execute convicted killer
PHOENIX, March 29 - A man who shot dead two convenience store workers in a robbery in 1989 is due to be executed by lethal ...
Mon, March 28, 2011
Supreme Court considers Arizona campaign finance law
By James Vicini
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court considered on Monday its first campaign finance case since ruling last year that corporations have the ...
Thu, March 24, 2011
Arizona House approves ban on some abortions
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - The Arizona House of Representatives on Wednesday approved controversial legislation that would make the state the first in the ...
Wed, March 23, 2011
Arizona shooting suspect moved to Missouri for mental evaluation
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Jared Loughner, the college dropout charged in January's Arizona shooting rampage, was moved to Missouri on Wednesday for mental evaluation, the ...
Wed, March 23, 2011
Arizona House approves ban on abortions for race or gender
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - The Arizona House of Representatives on Wednesday approved controversial legislation that would make the state the first in the ...
Thu, March 17, 2011
Arizona Senate votes down immigration bills
PHOENIX (Reuters) - The Arizona Senate on Thursday rejected five immigration bills, placing a major stumbling block in the way of state conservatives' hopes to ...
Wed, March 16, 2011
Oklahoma Senate passes Arizona-style immigration bill
By Steve Olafson
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - The Oklahoma state Senate on Wednesday approved an Arizona-style immigration bill that gives police the authority to verify ...
Tue, March 15, 2011
Utah governor signs Arizona-like immigration law
By James Nelson
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - Utah's governor on Tuesday signed a package of immigration laws including one that would allow a ...
Tue, March 15, 2011
Arizona senate majority leader removed from post
PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona lawmaker who was detained by police last month after an alleged altercation with his girlfriend was removed as the state ...
Sat, March 05, 2011
Transplant patients a target of Arizona budget cuts
By Tim Gaynor
PEORIA, Arizona (Reuters) - A pacemaker and defibrillator fitted to carpenter Douglas Gravagna's failing heart makes even rising from the couch ...
Fri, March 04, 2011
Accused Arizona shooter Loughner newly charged
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors on Friday unsealed an expanded 49-count indictment against Tucson shooting rampage suspect Jared Lee Loughner, setting in ...
Thu, March 03, 2011
Police link Arizona beheading to Mexican drug cartel
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Police have tied the October beheading of a man in a Phoenix suburb to Mexican drug cartels, saying it was rare for ...
Thu, March 03, 2011
Arizona shooting suspect wants prison conduct confidential
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Lawyers for Tucson shooting rampage suspect Jared Lee Loughner are seeking to block federal prison officials from furnishing psychological ...
Tue, March 01, 2011
Guru's trial over Arizona sweat lodge deaths starts
By Tim Gaynor
CAMP VERDE, Ariz (Reuters) - An Arizona jury on Tuesday heard how participants in a sweat lodge became delirious and passed out ...
Tue, March 01, 2011
Guru's trial over Arizona sweat lodge deaths starts
CAMP VERDE, Ariz (Reuters) - The trial of self-help guru James Arthur Ray is set to begin on Tuesday on manslaughter charges in the deaths ...
Sat, February 26, 2011
Arizona lawmaker stopped by police after fight with girlfriend
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Scott Bundgaard, the Arizona state senate majority leader, was involved in a domestic violence dispute with his girlfriend, but ...
Sat, February 26, 2011
The spectacular highs and lows of Arizona for Holmes
By Mark Lamport-Stokes
MARANA, Arizona (Reuters) - J.B. Holmes has developed a habit of either thriving or spectacularly imploding in PGA Tour events staged ...
Wed, February 23, 2011
Indiana lawmakers pass immigration curbs like Arizona
INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - The Indiana senate passed a sweeping immigration bill that echoes Arizona's tougher measures on illegal immigrants and despite opposition from some ...
Tue, February 22, 2011
Poulter gets his mittens out for early start in Arizona
By Mark Lamport-Stokes
MARANA, Arizona (Reuters) - Winning last year's WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship has earned Ian Poulter no favors for his teeoff time ...
Tue, February 22, 2011
Arizona jury condemns anti-immigration activist to death
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - A jury on Tuesday sentenced the leader of a small Arizona group opposed to illegal immigration to die for her role ...
Tue, February 22, 2011
Woods ready for Arizona's desert winds after Dubai struggle
By Mark Lamport-Stokes
MARANA, Arizona (Reuters) - Tiger Woods returns to the Arizona desert this week for the first time in two years with renewed ...
Mon, February 21, 2011
Arizona university founds civility institute
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - A university in Tucson is seeking to turn the shooting rampage that severely wounded U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords last month ...
Sun, February 20, 2011
Top seed Westwood to face former winner Stenson in Arizona
By Mark Lamport-Stokes
PACIFIC PALISADES, California (Reuters) - The draw for next week's WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in Marana, Arizona was formally announced on ...
Fri, February 18, 2011
Intel plans $5 billion Arizona chip plant by 2013
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Intel Corp <INTC.O> plans to build a $5 billion, cutting-edge microchip factory in Arizona by 2013, sharply ramping up its ...
Fri, February 18, 2011
Intel plans $5 bln Arizona chip plant by 2013
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Intel Corp plans to build a $5 billion, cutting-edge microchip factory in Arizona by 2013, sharply ramping up its U.S ...
Mon, February 14, 2011
Arizona anti-immigration activist convicted of murder
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - A jury on Monday found the leader of an Arizona anti-illegal immigration group guilty of two counts of first degree murder ...
Thu, February 10, 2011
Arizona Senator Jon Kyl says will not run again
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Veteran Arizona Senator Jon Kyl, the second-ranking Republican in the U.S. Senate, said on Thursday he will not seek a fourth ...
Thu, February 10, 2011
Arizona sues government on Mexico border security
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona on Thursday filed a lawsuit against the federal government, alleging that Washington has failed to secure the state ...
Thu, February 10, 2011
Arizona Senator Jon Kyl says will not run again
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona Senator Jon Kyl, the second-ranking Republican in the U.S. Senate, said on Thursday that he will not seek reelection in ...
Thu, February 10, 2011
Arizona Senator Jon Kyl says will not run again
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Veteran Arizona Senator Jon Kyl, the second-ranking Republican in the Senate, said on Thursday that he will not seek a fourth term ...
Wed, February 09, 2011
New Jersey rating cut while Arizona outlook negative
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Standard & Poor's on Wednesday cut New Jersey's bond rating a notch due to an unfunded pension shortfall and high ...
Tue, February 08, 2011
Arizona man gets jail time for putting baby in freezer
PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona man who admitted putting his 7-month-old son in the freezer while high on methamphetamine was sentenced on Tuesday to 10 ...
Sat, February 05, 2011
Arizona man held over Super Bowl porn broadcast
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - Thousands of Tucson football fans got a shock two years ago when transmission of the nail-biting final minutes of the 2009 ...
Mon, January 31, 2011
One dead, 3 hurt in Arizona police helicopter crash
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - One person was killed and three injured, one of them critically, when a sheriff's department helicopter slammed into a remote ...
Mon, January 31, 2011
Judge approves moving Arizona shooting case to Tucson
PHOENIX (Reuters) A federal judge has approved moving court proceedings to Tucson, Arizona from Phoenix for Jared Lee Loughner, the 22-year-old college dropout accused ...
Thu, January 27, 2011
Proposed Arizona law targets "birthright" citizenship
By Tim Gaynor and David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona Republicans introduced legislation on Thursday seeking to challenge the right to U.S. citizenship for ...
Thu, January 27, 2011
Proposed Arizona law targets "birthright" citizenship
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona Republicans are to introduce legislation on Thursday seeking to challenge the right to U.S. citizenship for the children of legal ...
Sun, January 23, 2011
Arizona "honor killing" trial set to start
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Iraqi immigrant is due to begin trial on Monday to face charges he murdered his daughter by running ...
Fri, January 21, 2011
Arizona memorial for slain border agent draws thousands
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - Several thousand people turned out at a Tucson baseball stadium on Friday to remember a U.S. Border Patrol agent killed ...
Wed, January 19, 2011
Accused Arizona shooter Loughner indicted
By Brad Poole
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - A federal grand jury in Arizona indicted Jared Lee Loughner on Wednesday on charges of attempting to assassinate ...
Tue, January 18, 2011
No intention to move Arizona shooting trial: Justice Dept
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - There are no plans to move from Arizona the trial venue of the suspect in the Tucson shooting that killed six and ...
Mon, January 17, 2011
Ford wants gun law action after Arizona shootings
Jared Lee Loughner is alleged to have embarked on a shooting spree at a political event in the state on Saturday, killing six, including ...
Sat, January 15, 2011
Arizona suspect complains on video about wars, grades
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - A rambling home video narrated by shooting suspect Jared Lee Loughner shows more unusual behavior by the man accused of killing ...
Sat, January 15, 2011
Home video shows bizarre behavior by Arizona suspect
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - A rambling homemade video narrated by shooting suspect Jared Lee Loughner portrays the man accused of killing six people speaking about ...
Sat, January 15, 2011
Obama urges bipartisanship after Arizona shootings
By Jeff Mason
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama urged Americans on Saturday to maintain the "spirit of common cause" that arose from grieving over ...
Fri, January 14, 2011
Police describe accused Arizona gunman's night
By Tim Gaynor and Brad Poole
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - Jared Lee Loughner, charged with killing six people and trying to assassinate a U.S ...
Thu, January 13, 2011
Michelle Obama sees lessons after Arizona shooting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - First lady Michelle Obama urged parents across the United States on Thursday to talk to their children about the Arizona shootings and ...
Thu, January 13, 2011
Police find bag holding ammo in Arizona shooting
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - Police on Thursday were examining a bag containing ammunition that was found near the home of Jared Lee Loughner, the man ...
Wed, January 12, 2011
Obama leads mourning of Arizona shooting victims
By Jeff Mason and Tim Gaynor
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - President Barack Obama mourned the victims of an Arizona shooting spree on Wednesday and urged ...
Wed, January 12, 2011
Obama leads Arizona memorial service
By Jeff Mason and Tim Gaynor
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - Thousands of people crowded an arena on Wednesday to hear President Barack Obama comfort Americans ...
Wed, January 12, 2011
Arizona shooting suspect had scrapes with police
By Tim Gaynor
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - The man accused of shooting six people dead in Arizona on Saturday had previous police encounters as far ...
Wed, January 12, 2011
Obama leads Arizona memorial service
By Jeff Mason and Tim Gaynor
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - Thousands of people crowded an arena on Wednesday to hear President Barack Obama comfort Americans ...
Wed, January 12, 2011
Accused Arizona gunman stopped for running red light
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - Arizona shooting rampage suspect Jared Loughner was pulled over for running a stoplight about two hours before he shot six people ...
Wed, January 12, 2011
Disruptive Arizona suspect axed from online group
By John Goh
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The Arizona man accused of a killing spree that targeted a U.S. congresswoman was kicked out of an ...
Wed, January 12, 2011
House to condemn "horrific attack" in Arizona
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A saddened House of Representatives on Wednesday observed the Arizona shooting that left one of its members gravely wounded as it discussed ...
Tue, January 11, 2011
Memorial service held for Arizona shooting victims
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - More than 600 mourners gathered on Tuesday at a memorial service for the victims of a shooting spree that killed six ...
Tue, January 11, 2011
Arizona lawmakers seek to block funeral protests
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona state lawmakers moved swiftly on Tuesday to try to block members of a Kansas-based fundamentalist church from staging ...
Tue, January 11, 2011
Arizona trauma surgeon unfazed by shooting
By Peter Henderson
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - The head of the trauma team that fought to save the lives of Arizona shooting victims on Saturday ...
Tue, January 11, 2011
Arizona governor asks residents to pray for victims
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - Arizona Governor Jan Brewer asked Arizonans on Tuesday to pray for the victims of a Tucson shooting spree that killed six ...
Tue, January 11, 2011
Arizona shooting suspect's parents said "devastated"
TUCSON, Ariz (Reuters) - The parents of the 22-year-old Arizona man accused of Saturday's shooting rampage are devastated and planning to release a statement ...
Mon, January 10, 2011
Suspect in Arizona shootings appears in court
PHOENIX, Ariz. (Reuters) - A troubled 22-year-old college dropout made his first court appearance on Monday on five federal charges, including the attempted assassination of ...
Mon, January 10, 2011
Could Arizona shooting have been prevented?
By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Jared Lee Loughner, the 22-year-old Arizona man charged with killing six people and injuring 12 ...
Mon, January 10, 2011
Arizona rampage renews issue of gun screenings
By Steve Gorman
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The deadly shooting spree in Tucson, Arizona, has renewed questions about a U.S. system that relies on ...
Sun, January 09, 2011
Arizona shooting suspect charged with murder
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Sunday charged Jared Lee Loughner, the man suspected of killing six people and wounding a congresswoman in Arizona ...
Sat, January 08, 2011
Internet manifesto may be linked to Arizona shooter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI is investigating whether the suspect in Saturday's shooting rampage in which a congresswoman was critically wounded was the same ...
Sat, January 08, 2011
Factbox: Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords shot in Arizona
(Reuters) - Democratic Representative Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona was shot and gravely wounded on Saturday by a man who opened fire at a meeting she ...
Fri, January 07, 2011
Rights groups seeks to block more of Arizona immigration law
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A coalition of rights groups asked a federal judge on Friday to block parts of an Arizona state law cracking down on ...
Fri, December 17, 2010
Arizona sues Bank of America over mortgage servicing
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The state of Arizona has sued Bank of America Corp alleging the lender consistently misled consumers about its home loan modification ...
Thu, December 16, 2010
Rapper DMX sentenced to one year in Arizona prison
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Troubled rapper DMX was sentenced to one year in prison by an Arizona judge on Thursday after admitting he violated his probation ...
Wed, December 15, 2010
Border agent killed in gun battle in Arizona
By Tim Gaynor
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A U.S. Border Patrol agent was shot dead by suspected smugglers in a gun battle close to the ...
Wed, December 15, 2010
Border agent shot dead in Arizona, four arrested
By Tim Gaynor
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A U.S. Border Patrol agent was shot dead by suspected smugglers close to the Mexico border in southern ...
Wed, December 08, 2010
Supreme Court considers 2007 Arizona immigration law
By James Vicini
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Wednesday stepped into the fierce national debate over illegal immigration, considering an Arizona law that ...
Tue, November 30, 2010
Week 12 Wrapped Up With The San Francisco 49’ers Winning At Arizona
The home team was never in the game last night as San Francisco led all the way in whipping Arizona 27-to-6 to put a ...
Mon, November 29, 2010
Supreme Court to decide Arizona campaign finance law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court said on Monday that it will decide another campaign finance law, taking up a challenge to Arizona's system ...
Wed, November 24, 2010
Rapper DMX denied bail, remains in Arizona jail
PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona judge on Wednesday denied bail for rapper DMX, keeping him jailed on charges that he violated probation by using drugs ...
Mon, November 22, 2010
Hulk hunts illegal immigrants as part of Arizona's crackdown
Officials in Arizona have introduced controversial new immigration rules, which give cops the power to arrest and detain anyone they believe does not have ...
Wed, November 17, 2010
"Hulk" actor joins Arizona sheriff's posse
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Television 'Hulk' actor Lou Ferrigno has joined an Arizona sheriff's posse targeting illegal immigrants in the Phoenix valley area, the sheriff ...
Thu, November 11, 2010
Arizona bans Mexico produce checks
By Tim Gaynor
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona has banned produce inspections by its agriculture department in Mexico over fears that escalating drug violence there could ...
Mon, November 08, 2010
Border Patrol issues wanted posters in Arizona
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - U.S. Border Patrol agents in southern Arizona are handing out wanted posters to crack down on drug and human smugglers ...
Mon, November 01, 2010
Judges ask tough questions on Arizona immigration law
By Peter Henderson
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. judges considering whether to let Arizona's crackdown on illegal immigrants take effect asked attorneys tough ...
Tue, October 26, 2010
Arizona voter citizenship law overturned
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Tuesday struck down an Arizona statute requiring residents to prove their U.S. citizenship in order ...
Tue, October 26, 2010
Arizona executes killer by lethal injection
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona executed a convicted murderer by lethal injection on Tuesday in a case that stirred controversy after it emerged that one of ...
Sun, October 10, 2010
Saints fall to Arizona for second loss of season
GLENDALE, Arizona (Reuters) - The Arizona Cardinals, led by an undrafted rookie quarterback, upset the defending Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints 30-20 on Sunday ...
Tue, October 05, 2010
Hands-only bystander CPR saving lives in Arizona
By Frederik Joelving
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A massive Arizona campaign to get bystanders to do hands-only CPR if they see someone collapse appears ...
Tue, October 05, 2010
Former Tiger Kirk Gibson Has Signed A 2-Year Deal To Manage The Arizona Diamondbacks
With the playoffs starting tomorrow, a couple of notes prior to the beginning of the postseason. Former Tiger Kirk Gibson has signed a two ...
Thu, September 02, 2010
Justice Department sues Arizona sheriff in immigration probe
By Jeremy Pelofsky and David Schwartz
WASHINGTON/PHOENIX (Reuters) - The Justice Department on Thursday sued an Arizona sheriff for refusing to cooperate with its ...
Wed, August 11, 2010
Dawson recruits stars to fight Arizona's immigration law in PSA
Dawson recruited Alba and Longoria Parker to join a host of Latin stars to fight the controversial legislation, which gives Arizona police new powers ...
Sat, July 31, 2010
Activists rally for Arizona immigration law
PHOENIX, Arizona (Reuters) - A few hundred supporters of a new Arizona law that cracks down on illegal immigrants rallied in central Phoenix Saturday, as ...
Fri, July 30, 2010
Arizona sends Jackson to White Sox for two pitchers
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Arizona Diamondbacks traded right-hander Edwin Jackson, a former All-Star who threw a no-hitter this season, to the Chicago White Sox ...
Thu, July 29, 2010
Arizona Files Appeal to Immigration Law Ruling
PHOENIX, Ariz. (WTAQ) - The state of Arizona is appealing a federal judge's ruling blocking key parts of the state's immigration law.
In ...
Thu, July 29, 2010
Milwaukee Group To Protest Against Arizona Law
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - A Milwaukee immigrant rights’ group went ahead with a protest this morning against Arizona’s watered down immigration law. Voces de ...
Wed, July 28, 2010
Judge blocks key parts of Arizona immigration law
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A judge on Wednesday blocked key parts of Arizona's tough new immigration law, granting the Obama administration's request for an ...
Wed, July 28, 2010
Judge blocks key parts of Arizona immigration law
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Wednesday blocked key parts of Arizona's tough new immigration law, granting the Obama administration's request ...
Wed, July 28, 2010
Arizona appeals immigrant law ruling amid protests
By Carolina Madrid and Tim Gaynor
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona on Thursday appealed a judge's decision to block key parts of the state's ...
Mon, July 26, 2010
Migrants sell up, flee Arizona ahead of crackdown
By Tim Gaynor
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Nicaraguan mother Lorena Aguilar hawks a television set and a few clothes on the baking sidewalk outside her west ...
Sun, July 25, 2010
Migrants sell up and flee Arizona ahead of crackdown
By Tim Gaynor
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Nicaraguan mother Lorena Aguilar hawks a television set and a few clothes on the baking sidewalk outside her west ...
Thu, July 22, 2010
No ruling in hearing over Arizona immigration law
By Tim Gaynor
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A U.S. judge grilled lawyers for the Obama administration and Arizona on Thursday over the legality of the ...
Wed, July 21, 2010
Rockers Rage Against the Machine target Arizona law
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Militant rockers Rage Against the Machine said on Wednesday they would headline a concert to raise money for organizations challenging a ...
Tue, July 20, 2010
Arizona fights Obama challenge to immigration law
By Tim Gaynor
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona on Tuesday urged a federal judge to reject the U.S. government's bid to quash its strict ...
Thu, July 15, 2010
Court hears Arizona immigrant law challenge
PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona police officer on Thursday urged a federal judge to stop a strict new state immigration law from going into effect ...
Tue, July 13, 2010
Players voice opposition to Arizona immigration law
ANAHEIM, California (Reuters) - An increasing number of major leaguers are expressing their opposition to Arizona's controversial immigration law and some are calling for ...
Tue, July 06, 2010
Federal Gov't Sues Arizona Over Immigration Law
PHOENIX, Ariz. (WTAQ) - The Justice Department is suing the state of Arizona over a tough new immigration law. The controversial state law was passed ...
Tue, July 06, 2010
Obama administration sues Arizona over immigration law
By Jeremy Pelofsky and James Vicini
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Tuesday sued Arizona over the state's strict new immigration law, attempting ...
Mon, June 28, 2010
Supreme Court to hear Arizona immigration law challenge
By James Vicini
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court said on Monday it would hear a legal challenge by business, civil rights and ...
Fri, June 25, 2010
Jackson tosses no-hitter in Arizona win
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Reuters) - Edwin Jackson of the Arizona Diamondbacks walked seven batters in the first three innings but settled down to throw a ...
Tue, June 22, 2010
Mexico drug gang threatens Arizona police
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Police in an Arizona border city are on heightened alert after receiving a warning from a Mexican drug cartel that officers may ...
Tue, June 22, 2010
Mexico backs case against Arizona immigration law
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico joined a legal challenge to Arizona's controversial new immigration law on Tuesday, arguing that the measure is unconstitutional and ...
Tue, June 22, 2010
Arizona blast Burnett to beat Yankees
ARIZONA (Reuters) - The Arizona Diamondbacks scorched struggling pitcher A.J. Burnett to slug their way to a 10-4 victory over the New York Yankees ...
Sun, June 20, 2010
PHOTOS: Arizona Diamondbacks at Detroit Tigers
DETROIT, MI -- (WKZO) The Detroit Tigers defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-1 Sunday afternoon at Comerica Park. WKZO.COM's Sean Patrick photographed the following ...
Fri, June 18, 2010
Rapper Chuck D takes aim at Arizona in new track
By John Benson
CLEVELAND (Billboard) - Public Enemy's Chuck D has Arizona in his crosshairs - again.
Nearly 20 years after the socially conscious hip-hop ...
Thu, June 17, 2010
Justice still reviewing Arizona immigration law
By Jeremy Pelofsky
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department is still reviewing a possible challenge to the controversial Arizona immigration law, a spokesman ...
Tue, June 15, 2010
Arizona trades Jackson for needed relief pitching
PHOENIX (Reuters) - The Arizona Diamondbacks have traded outfielder Conor Jackson to the Oakland Athletics for a minor league pitcher, the teams said Tuesday.
Jackson ...
Sat, June 05, 2010
Arizona police officer challenges migrant law
By Tim Gaynor
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - Tucson police officer Martin Escobar has worked to build relationships of trust in the working class Mexican-American neighborhood ...
Thu, June 03, 2010
Arizona governor and Obama still far apart on immigration
By Patricia Zengerle
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and President Barack Obama sat down for half an hour to discuss immigration on Thursday ...
Wed, June 02, 2010
Doctor criticizes Arizona immigration law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Arizona's controversial new law cracking down on illegal immigration could put doctors into a pickle, an Arizona physician said in a ...
Tue, June 01, 2010
Arizona governor to meet Obama on immigration
By JoAnne Allen
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Arizona Governor Jan Brewer said on Tuesday that she intends to press the issue of border security in a ...
Sat, May 29, 2010
Critics, backers of Arizona immigration law rally
By Tim Gaynor
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Critics and supporters of Arizona's crackdown on illegal immigrants held separate rallies in the state on Saturday, highlighting ...
Wed, May 26, 2010
Police vent to Holder on Arizona immigration law
By Jeremy Pelofsky
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Arizona's controversial new immigration law will strain police ties to the community, sap limited law enforcement resources and ...
Wed, May 26, 2010
Campaigning on Arizona law may help Republicans: study
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Republican candidates who make Arizona's immigration crackdown a campaign issue could benefit in this election year, a study found on Wednesday ...
Sun, May 23, 2010
Arizona border businesses lose key Mexican clients
By Tim Gaynor
NOGALES, Arizona (Reuters) - Adalberto Lopez' family-run musical instrument shop in the bustling Arizona border city of Nogales sells guitars and accordions ...
Fri, May 21, 2010
Arizona law triggers concert cancellations
By Ayala Ben-Yehuda
LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - The fear and anger stirred by Arizona's new immigration enforcement law are beginning to take a toll ...
Wed, May 19, 2010
Arizona official dares L.A. to cut power supply
By Dan Whitcomb
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An Arizona power commissioner has dared Los Angeles officials to turn off the electricity they get from Arizona ...
Wed, May 19, 2010
Arizona voters approve 1-cent sales tax increase
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX, Arizona (Reuters) - Arizona voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a temporary 1-cent sales tax increase to help cure deep budget woes ...
Tue, May 18, 2010
Mexico migrants head for Arizona despite crackdown
By Tim Gaynor
NOGALES, Mexico (Reuters) - Kidnapped by bandits, and caught and repatriated three times by the U.S. Border Patrol, Mexican migrant Roberto ...
Wed, May 12, 2010
Los Angeles to boycott Arizona over immigration law
By Dan Whitcomb
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Los Angeles officials on Wednesday approved a ban on future business with Arizona in protest against its crackdown ...
Wed, May 12, 2010
Broad support for Arizona migrant law
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A solid majority of Americans back Arizona's tough crackdown on illegal immigrants, while just 25 percent support President Barack Obama's ...
Wed, May 12, 2010
Arizona city guarantees league $25 million to keep Coyotes
PHOENIX (Reuters) - The city of Glendale on Tuesday agreed to guarantee the National Hockey League up to $25 million to keep the Phoenix Coyotes ...
Tue, May 11, 2010
Arizona immigration law hits Latino businesses
By Tim Gaynor
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A month ago, Efrain Gaytan's Mexican diner was bustling with migrant workers wolfing down a breakfast of eggs ...
Tue, May 11, 2010
U.N. experts join criticism of Arizona immigration law
By Stephanie Nebehay
GENEVA (Reuters) - United Nations human rights experts added their voices to criticism of a new immigration law in Arizona, saying it ...
Mon, May 10, 2010
NY judge orders NHL's suit against Moyes to Arizona
By Jonathan Stempel
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Manhattan judge has ordered the transfer of the National Hockey League's $61 million lawsuit against former ...
Fri, April 30, 2010
"Family Guy" creator says Arizona law like Nazi Germany
By Phil Furey
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane has compared a tough new immigration law in Arizona to those of Nazi ...
Fri, April 30, 2010
Hispanics decry Arizona law at May Day rallies
By Jill Serjeant
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Angered by Arizona's crackdown on illegal immigrants, protesters took to the streets on Saturday to denounce the ...
Fri, April 30, 2010
Arizona law reignites California immigration fight
By Peter Henderson
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A few weeks ago, California Latinos had little to fight for. Now they've got something to fight ...
Tue, April 27, 2010
Shakira heads to Arizona to back immigrant rights
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Colombian-born pop star Shakira will meet with the mayor of Phoenix this week to help campaign against a new Arizona law ...
Tue, April 27, 2010
Baseball, tourism caught in boycott of Arizona law
By David Schwartz and Tim Gaynor
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Immigration rights activists called on baseball fans on Tuesday to stay home from Arizona Diamondbacks games ...
Tue, April 27, 2010
Arizona migrant law may waste resources: Napolitano
By Jeremy Pelofsky
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new Arizona law aimed at cracking down on illegal immigrants could divert resources from pursuing those in the ...
Tue, April 27, 2010
Mexico warns citizens may be "harassed" in Arizona
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico warned its citizens living in or traveling to Arizona that they could be "harassed" there after the state passed one ...
Mon, April 26, 2010
Arizona law to force hard choices on migrants
By Tim Gaynor
PHOENIX (Reuters) - With Arizona's crackdown on illegal immigrants looming, Guatemalan Samuel Roldan is swapping the family's battered Chevy Suburban ...
Fri, April 23, 2010
Arizona governor signs toughest immigration law
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona Governor Jan Brewer on Friday signed into effect the toughest immigration law in the United States, which President ...
Tue, April 20, 2010
Arizona passes tough illegal immigration law
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona lawmakers passed a controversial immigration bill on Monday requiring police in the state that borders Mexico to determine if people are ...
Mon, April 19, 2010
Arizona passes tough illegal immigration law
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona lawmakers passed a controversial immigration bill on Monday requiring police in the state that borders Mexico to determine if people are ...
Thu, April 01, 2010
Arizona murder prompts calls to tighten security
By Tim Gaynor
DOUGLAS, Arizona (Reuters) - The murder of a prominent Arizona rancher near the Mexican border is spurring charges that Washington is doing ...
Fri, March 26, 2010
Palin stumps for "Maverick" McCain in Arizona race
By Tim Gaynor
TUCSON (Reuters) - Conservative darling Sarah Palin urged a cheering crowd on Friday to vote for her former running mate John McCain ...
Tue, March 16, 2010
Rapper DMX sentenced to six months in Arizona jail
PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona judge sentenced rapper and actor DMX on Tuesday to six months in a Phoenix jail for violating his probation by ...
Mon, February 22, 2010
Arizona dog is world's tallest
PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona canine is now the world's Top Dog.
Giant George -- all 43 inches tall and 245 pounds (111 kg) of ...
Wed, February 03, 2010
Police arrest guru over Arizona "sweat dome" deaths
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Police arrested self-help guru James Arthur Ray on Wednesday for the manslaughter of three people who fell ill during a ceremony in ...
Wed, January 20, 2010
Palin to campaign for McCain in Arizona
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican John McCain helped turn Sarah Palin into a household name during last year's presidential campaign. Now she is returning the ...
Sun, January 03, 2010
Packers Close Out Regular Season Dominating Arizona 33-7
GLENDALE, Ariz. (WTAQ) - A fast start on both sides of the ball helped the Packers dominate the Cardinals 33-7 at University of Phoenix Stadium ...
Sun, October 25, 2009
Matteson wins Arizona Open in three-way playoff
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Troy Matteson won his second PGA Tour title in a three-way playoff for the Arizona Open on Sunday after shrugging off a ...
Sun, October 25, 2009
Matteson, Fowler and Lovemark in Arizona playoff
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Overnight leader Troy Matteson and fellow Americans Rickie Fowler and Jamie Lovemark took the Arizona Open into a sudden-death playoff at Grayhawk ...
Fri, October 23, 2009
Eagle helps Briton Owen fly high in Arizona desert
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Britain's Greg Owen spectacularly holed out with a sand wedge to eagle the par-four 15th on the way to a share ...
Thu, October 22, 2009
Sizzling O'Hern takes charge with birdie blitz in Arizona
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Australian Nick O'Hern covered the last nine holes in a blistering seven-under-par 28 to charge one shot clear in Thursday's ...
Mon, October 19, 2009
Third person dies in Arizona "sweat dome"
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - A third person has died after falling ill in a sauna-like "sweat dome" at a retreat in northern Arizona, authorities said ...
Sat, October 17, 2009
Arizona sheriff conducts migrant sweeps despite curb
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona sheriff known for cracking down on undocumented migrants is conducting an immigration and crime sweep around Phoenix ...
Fri, October 16, 2009
Criminal probe into Arizona "sweat dome" deaths
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Police have begun a criminal investigation into the deaths of two people who fell ill in a sauna-like "sweat dome" at a ...
Fri, October 09, 2009
Two dead, 19 sick at Arizona "sweat dome" retreat
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Two people died and 19 were treated in hospital after falling ill in a sauna-like "sweat dome" at a retreat in northern ...
Wed, September 23, 2009
Arizona's Reynolds sets new strikeouts record
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman Mark Reynolds broke his own record for strikeouts in a season with three more against the San Francisco ...
Sun, September 13, 2009
Brewers crush Diamondbacks in Arizona
PHEONIX, Az. (WSAU) - Casey McGehee went 4-for-5 with a pair of homers and drove in a career-high six runs, as the Milwaukee Brewers used ...
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