New “Fixit” stations provide bikers on the Loop with tools for quick and easy bike adjustments, but one of the six stations has already been vandalized in the first week since they were set up.... Read more»
Critics of a bipartisan Senate bill to overhaul the nation’s immigration system falsely claim that it will cost an additional $6.3 trillion, citing a study by a conservative group that opposes the bill. However, the report is not an analysis of the bill, and it says the cost of keeping the status quo “could run into the trillions” – so the net cost would be substantially lower than $6.3 trillion.... Read more»
Interviews with former Tucson Mayor George Miller on why he believes the proposed city budget is a big mistake. Also, Keith Rosenblum, Buckmaster Mexico contributor, talks about Americans traveling in Sonora. Next, state Rep. Andrea Dalessandro of Sahuarita has the latest from the state Capitol, and, Dr. Mark V. Sykes, head of Tucson-based Planetary Science Institute, talks about the challenges of a trip to Mars.... Read more»
In separate incidents northwest of Tucson on Tuesday morning, U.S. Border Patrol agents seized two abandoned trucks that held 3,400 pounds of marijuana worth an estimated $1.7 million. Other recent seizures included $370,000 worth of meth in Nogales, and two seizures totaling $150,000 of marijuana in Douglas.... Read more»
Gun deaths outnumbered deaths by motor vehicle in Arizona in 2010, a new report said. The D.C.-based Violence Policy Center found Arizona had 931 gun deaths and 795 motor vehicle deaths that year, the nonprofit said. Tucson tracks the rest of the state, with more people killed by guns than by cars.... Read more»
The death rate among migrants in Southern Arizona has “increased exponentially” since the early 2000s, despite an overall decrease in illegal border crossings, a report released Wednesday said. In 2011, the rate of bodies found in the desert was double that in 2009, compared to the number of border crossers caught.... Read more»3
Border Patrol agents may not face furlough days if leaders of the U.S. House Appropriations Committee approve a Department of Homeland Security plan that would cut agents’ overtime pay instead. Rep. Ron Barber, D-Tucson, wrote to the ranking members of the Appropriations Committee Tuesday and urged them to act on the proposal.... Read more»
They worship their leader “San Nazario” like a saint and claim they need extortion cash to protect the unprotected. But for many, this cult-like, meth-pushing Mexican gang is a menace to society.... Read more»
Miguel Angel Altamirano III, born August 13, 1991 in Tucson, was unexpectedly taken from us May 24, 2013. Miguel loved to play sports. He played baseball for Southwestern Little League and Pop Warner football for the Redskins. Miguel attended Cholla High Magnet School where he played football, baseball and wrestled. He graduated in 2009, and had made plans to attend college in the fall.... Read more»
The county of Coalcoman, Michoacan became fed up with the cult-like Knights Templar gang’s extorting, raping and killing. Here’s what it took to stop it — for now.... Read more»
A 78-year-old man with Alzheimer’s disease who left his South Side home for a walk Monday night and did not return was found safe late in the night, Tucson police said.... Read more»
An elderly man with Alzheimer’s disease who drove away from his Southeast Side home Sunday night to get something to eat was located in Phoenix on Monday night, police said. John McCall, 87, was “found safe and unharmed,” a spokesman said.... Read more»
If you feel unsafe at a public pool in Charleston, W.Va., you may soon have the right to lie there on a towel with a handgun at your side. For 20 years, Charleston has been an island of modest gun restrictions in a very pro-gun rights state. But its gun laws — including a ban on guns in city parks, pools and recreation centers — are now likely to be rolled back, the latest victory in a long-standing push to deny cities the power to regulate guns.... Read more»
It may seem hard to believe — 11 young people kidnapped in broad daylight in this bustling capital. But that is exactly what distraught relatives believe happened last Sunday morning.
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States that impose the death penalty have been facing a crisis in recent years: They are short on the drugs used in executions.... Read more»
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