Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio violated the civil rights of Latinos who were detained during immigration sweeps, a federal judge ruled Friday. The 142-page decision came in a case brought by the ACLU and MALDEF that alleged Arpaio and his deputies relied on race in determining who to target for immigration enforcement.... Read more»
The ATF is under the gun yet again. Mexican police recently conducted a raid in Ciudad Juarez, a hotspot for the drug trade, and they swept up a cache of weapons. Among that cache? At least five assault rifles linked to a secretive anti-smuggling operation.... Read more»
U.S. law enforcement officers in Hidalgo County received heavy weapons fire from Mexico on Thursday, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.... Read more»
First, a sex scandal, followed by a messy cover-up and an even messier fessing-up. The sequence has become all but routine in Washington. But the criminal case against two-time Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards is anything but run-of-the-mill.... Read more»
Flames from the Wallow Fire churned through the small town of Greer on Wednesday afternoon. As high winds pushed flames down hillsides and into canyons on the northwestern flank of the blaze, officials ordered the evacuation of both Eagar and Springerville. (with photo gallery)... Read more»
Authorities ordered the full evacuation of Springerville and Eagar on Wednesday, as the 389,000-acre Wallow Fire in Eastern Arizona was being pushed north and was zero percent contained.... Read more»
A summary of Border Patrol activities in the Tucson Sector over the past 48 hours.... Read more»
Gabrielle Giffords turned 41 years old Wednesday. That’s not a very remarkable birthday for most people, but for Giffords it also marks five months since she was shot through the left side of her brain. That makes her 41st remarkable indeed.... Read more»2
The Wallow Fire in Eastern Arizona has grown to 389,000 acres - about 607 square miles. The blaze in the White Mountains is zero percent contained, authorities said Wednesday morning.... Read more»
A Nuclear Regulatory Commission report said more employees at the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station need regular training on the plant’s Severe Accident Mitigation Guidelines, and that training exercises are rare.... Read more»
Sabino Canyon, Mount Lemmon and the Coronado National Forest will be closed due to extreme fire risks in Southern Arizona. The Wallow Fire, burning in Eastern Arizona, is now the second-largest in state history at more than 311,000 acres.... Read more»
A summary of Border Patrol activities in the Tucson Sector over the past 24 hours.... Read more»
Japan more than doubled its initial estimate of radiation released from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in the week after the tsunami. The revision, almost three months after the earthquake and tsunami, is likely to fuel criticism of the way information about the accident was initially disseminated... Read more»
Former senator John Edwards needed something big – really big – to distract the media from his campaign finance scandal. And he got it.... Read more»
Former Senator John Edwards rejected a plea offer from prosecutors who have charged him with misuse of campaign funds.... Read more»
A summary of Border Patrol activities in the Tucson Sector over the past few days. Agents arrested 10 criminals who entered the U.S. illegally, seized nearly 2,000 pounds of marijuana, rescued 7 people and found the remains of 2 others.... Read more»
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