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A planned memorial for the victims and survivors of a Tucson mass shooting that targeted U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords could become part of the National Park System.

Arizona's three most populous counties now have new sheriffs after the election defeats of top lawmen in Pima and Maricopa counties and the decision by the Pinal County sheriff to make a failed bid for a congressional seat.

Joe Arpaio's attorney filed court papers saying that an elected official's actions should be decided by an impartial jury of his peers, not a judge.

The Arizona Supreme Court says prosecutors have more than one chance to declare they're seeking the death penalty in a murder case.

Arizona will require public schools to teach cursive handwriting as one of a number of new education standards approved by the state Board of Education.

A federal judge says a lawsuit pitting a southern Arizona tribe against the state over the tribe's Glendale casino will require a full trial to decide.

The state of Arizona has agreed to settle part of a lawsuit that protests the way it carries out executions.

President-elect Donald Trump is the business titan who has spoken appreciatively of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Republican Sen. John McCain is the tough-talking national security hawk who warns that Russian interference in the U.S. election threatens to "destroy democracy."

About 150 protesters gathered outside the Arizona Capitol as the state's 11 Electoral College voters are set to formally cast ballots for Republican Donald Trump.

The U.S. Justice Department asked U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton in a filing Thursday to hold a bench trial rather than let a jury decide Arpaio's misdemeanor case.