Thousands march in downtown Phoenix to celebrate MLK Day
PHOENIX – On Martin Luther King Day, thousands of people marched in the streets of downtown Phoenix to remember him
Court: Tucson man wrongly jailed cannot collect for years behind bars
WASHINGTON - A Tucson man who spent 42 years in prison on 28 arson-related murder counts that were later vacated cannot now collect damages for the years he spent behind bars, a federal appeals court ruled, adding that it took "no pleasure in reaching this unfortunate result,"
A trip to India set Cindy McCain on a mission against human trafficking
PHOENIX – Gov. Doug Ducey and Cindy McCain, co-chair of the Arizona Human Trafficking Council, discussed their work to slow human trafficking and work with traumatized victims. The council has trained 31,000 people – first responders, counselors, nurses, and juvenile probation officers – so spot signs of human trafficking
Supreme Court won’t hear Arizona law denying bail in sex-assault cases
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to revive a voter-approved Arizona law that would deny bail to suspects in sexual assault cases, declining without comment to review a 2018 Arizona Supreme Court ruling that struck the law down as unconstitutional.
Court says Tucson woman can use battered woman syndrome as defense
WASHINGTON - A federal appeals court ordered a new trial for a Tucson woman who was convicted of illegally buying a gun for a violent former boyfriend, saying she was wrongly denied the chance to present evidence of battered woman syndrome in her defense.
On eighth anniversary of shooting, Giffords in D.C. to support gun bill
WASHINGTON - Eight years to the day after an attack that killed six and wounded 13, one of those victims, former Tucson Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, was back in Washington Tuesday to tell Congress it's time to act on gun control.
New Congress likely to resume torrid pace of judicial confirmations
WASHINGTON - Democrats are gearing up for change in Washington after their midterm election surge, but the GOP still holds the upper hand in judicial nominations, with the Senate likely to resume the torrid pace of confirmations for President Donald Trump's judicial nominees next year.
Victims of Baptist Foundation scheme still recovering 20 years later
PHOENIX – Anne Mezzapelle Cacace was one of 11,000 investors who lost $580 million when the Baptist Foundation of Arizona, or BFA, a registered nonprofit, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1999, in what prosecutors described as a Ponzi scheme. To this day, it is considered one of the largest affinity frauds in U.S history.
Buckle up? Not in every seat in Arizona, which some experts frown on
WASHINGTON - Buckling up saves lives, particularly during the busy holiday travel season, but safety experts saw Arizona's relatively lax seatbelt laws leave a lot to be desired. One state expert disagrees, saying Arizona actually does better on seatbelt use than many states with stricter laws.
White House vows to fight ‘absurd’ ruling against asylum restrictions
WASHINGTON - The White House vowed to fight a federal judge's ruling that temporarily blocked restrictions on asylum seekers, who administration officials said threaten to "incapacitate our already overwhelmed immigration system."
Report: Crimes against Native women vastly underreported in urban areas
WASHINGTON - A lack of solid data in government and law enforcement records has led to the underreporting of hundreds of deaths and thousands of missing persons cases for Native American women and girls who are living in urban areas, a new report says.
Sinema wins Senate seat, will become first woman U.S. senator from Arizona
PHOENIX – A settlement was reached Friday afternoon in a lawsuit filed by several Republican parties over still uncounted early ballots. The agreement allows all 15 counties in Arizona to “cure” the remaining early ballots through 5pm on November 14.
