crime & safety
Posted Jun 30, 2022, 5:08 pm
Jerod MacDonald-Evoy
/Arizona Mirror
Arizona Senate President Karen Fann and Mesa Republican Senator Kelly Townsend were subpoenaed by the FBI for an on-going investigation into President Donald Trump's alleged pressure campaign on state officials to overturn the 2020 presidential election results.... Read more»
Posted Jun 30, 2022, 11:00 am
Uriel J. Garcia & Dave Harmon/Texas Tribune
Federal authorities have charged four men with human smuggling in the deaths of 53 migrants from Mexico and Central America who were found in a sweltering tractor-trailer in Southwest San Antonio on Monday.... Read more»
Posted Jun 30, 2022, 10:15 am
Jerod MacDonald-Evoy
/Arizona Mirror
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich said that a 158-year old Arizona law declaring that any woman or provider who facilitates a procedure that causes a miscarriage or abortion can face a prison sentence is now in effect and effectively bans abortion.... Read more»
Posted Jun 30, 2022, 9:53 am
Jerod MacDonald-Evoy
/Arizona Mirror
The 84 people who signed bogus documents claiming Donald Trump won the 2020 election include dozens of local Republican Party leaders, four current candidates for public office, six current office holders and at least five previous office holders.... Read more»
Posted Jun 30, 2022, 6:30 am
Jerod MacDonald-Evoy
/Arizona Mirror
A recently released report by the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration revealed that since new mandatory reporting requirements began, Arizona has reported 12 crashes involving self-driving cars since July of last year.... Read more»
Posted Jun 29, 2022, 11:28 am
Rose Wagner
/Courthouse News Service
In the wake of decisions gutting abortion and gun laws, minority power on Capitol Hill leaves federal lawmakers with little maneuvering as nearly all congressional legislation requires a supermajority of 60 votes in the Senate to overcome the filibuster.... Read more»
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Posted Jun 29, 2022, 11:16 am
Jim Small
/Arizona Mirror
Democrats are launching a digital ad buy in Arizona highlighting newly resurgent efforts to ban abortions nationwide after the U.S. Supreme Court last week overturned the constitutional right for women to seek abortions.... Read more»
Posted Jun 29, 2022, 10:43 am
Kelsey Reichmann
/Courthouse News Service
Limiting McGirt v. Oklahoma, the Supreme Court reinstated a state court conviction and allowed that the federal government and states have concurrent jurisdiction to prosecute crimes committed by non-Indians against Indians in Indian country.... Read more»
Posted Jun 29, 2022, 8:24 am
Jerod MacDonald-Evoy
/Arizona Mirror
Flagstaff Republican Sen. Wendy Rogers refused to meet with the attorney for the Senate Ethics Committee, but her lawyer said in a letter to the panel that her tweet was a reference to a 2019 hip hop song and not a nod to white supremacist online culture.... Read more»
Posted Jun 29, 2022, 5:17 am
Jacob Fischler
/Arizona Mirror
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra pledged Tuesday to work to preserve abortion access — though the department’s specific actions will depend on how states seeking to limit abortion access proceed.... Read more»
Posted Jun 28, 2022, 3:00 pm
Bennito L. Kelty
/TucsonSentinel.com
Agentes de inmigración ya no priorizarán el arresto de inmigrantes que creen que son una amenaza para la seguridad nacional, luego de que un juez federal falló que no debe concentrar en un segmento reducido de personas presuntas de estar ilegalmente en EE. UU.... Read more»
Posted Jun 28, 2022, 11:29 am
Rose Wagner
/Courthouse News Service
President Trump was repeatedly warned about armed rallygoers on Jan. 6, and he responded by calling for the Secret Service to reduce security so he could have a larger audience for his speech that preceded the violent attack on the Capitol.... Read more»
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Posted Jun 28, 2022, 9:57 am
Jaden Edison & Patrick Svitek/Texas Tribune
A tractor-trailer found near Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio contained the bodies of 50 dead people, along with 16 others who have been taken to hospitals, according to local officials in San Antonio and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.... Read more»
Posted Jun 28, 2022, 6:56 am
Tracy Abiaka
/Cronkite News
The Supreme Court decision Friday to eliminate a constitutional right to an abortion has “unleashed chaos” for abortion providers in Arizona, where there is little agreement on where the law stands now. ... Read more»
Posted Jun 28, 2022, 6:31 am
Jerod MacDonald-Evoy
/Arizona Mirror
Fences and concertina wire were installed over the weekend at the Arizona Capitol - by the National Guard at the request of DPS - amid ongoing protests over the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.... Read more»
Posted Jun 28, 2022, 6:16 am
Adriana Gonzalez-Chavez
/Cronkite News
In a post-Roe world, those seeking an abortion will have to live in, or travel to, a state where it’s legal - but those who forgo the procedure may need help with an unplanned pregnancy. ... Read more»