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Inmate stabbed Derek Chauvin 22 times, charged with attempted murder, prosecutors say
An incarcerated former gang member and FBI informant was charged Friday with attempted murder in the stabbing last week of ex-Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin at a federal prison in Tucson.
‘The violence needs to stop’: Arizona Jewish community beefs up security amid Israel-Hamas war
Due to the latest war between Israel and Hamas, Jewish communities in Arizona have felt the need to bolster their security presence.
Bison gored Arizona woman in Yellowstone, the park’s first such attack in 2023
A bison gored and significantly injured an Arizona woman in Yellowstone National Park.
GOP lawmakers target school boards group
The Arizona School Boards Association, which successfully sued the Legislature to invalidate key parts of the state budget last year, is now being targeted by Republican lawmakers who have long... […]
After Paris attacks, Ducey calls for halt to refugee settlement
Gov. Doug Ducey has called for an “immediate halt” to the federal government’s settlement of all refugees in Arizona, joining a host of Republican governors who have in some way sought to reject new Syrian refugees in the wake of last week’s devastating terrorist attack in Paris.
Huppenthal’s Common Core comments generate attack by twitterers
Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal compared Common Core opponents to “barbarians at the gate” May 13 and vowed to fight them to preserve the educational standards, setting off a Twitter attack by conservative blogger and syndicated columnist Michelle Malkin.
State Supreme Court rules killer’s record won’t be wiped clean
The Arizona Supreme Court decided Nov. 21 to leave intact the criminal record of a death row inmate who died of natural causes before his case ended.
Arizonans in ‘Old Guard’ say honoring the fallen is the greatest service
Former Phoenix residents Tyler O’Connor and Enrique Garcia took different paths to the Army.
O’Connor knew at age 7 that he wanted to be a soldier and spent four years in Army ROTC at Arizona State University to earn a commission in the infantry. Garcia decided much later to enlist, about a year after high school. O’Connor wound up serving in Afghanistan, Garcia was deployed twice to [...]
Man pleads guilty in attack on Arizona lawmaker
A Casa Grande man has pleaded guilty to a kidnapping charge in an attack on state Rep. Frank Pratt late last year. The Arizona Republic says Hilyard Bardney Scott entered the plea Tuesday in Pinal County Superior Court.
