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Ex-Arizona sheriff, Trump ally Joe Arpaio running for Senate

PHOENIX (AP) — Former Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who was spared a possible jail sentence last year when his political ally President Donald Trump pardoned his criminal conviction for disobeying a judge's order, announced Tuesday he plans to run for the U...

 

Court: Warrantless GPS tracking violated man's rights

PHOENIX (AP) — Police officers who put a GPS tracking device on a tractor-trailer without first getting a warrant violated the rights of a man who was later convicted of transporting more than 2,100 pounds of marijuana in the truck, the Arizona S...

 

Las Vegas gunman's vast arsenal included tracer bullets

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock's arsenal included tracer rounds that can improve a shooter's firing accuracy in the dark, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press on Friday. It wasn't clear whether Paddock fired any of...

 

Judge lets Trump's pardon of former Sheriff Arpaio stand

PHOENIX (AP) — President Donald Trump's pardon of former Sheriff Joe Arpaio's conviction for disobeying a court order in an immigration case will stand after a judge on Wednesday rejected arguments that it would encourage government officials to f...

 

Trump pardons ex-Sheriff Joe Arpaio over federal conviction

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump spared his ally former Sheriff Joe Arpaio a possible jail sentence on Friday by pardoning his conviction, reversing what critics saw as a long-awaited comeuppance for a lawman who escaped accountability for h...

 

Arizona dogged by suit over quality of health care in prison

PHOENIX (AP) — For more than five years, Arizona has been dogged by a federal lawsuit that alleges the state provides shoddy medical care for its prisoners. Now, the state is facing the prospect of millions of dollars in fines over its failure to c...

 

Joe Arpaio's troubled legacy lingers despite his conviction

PHOENIX (AP) — The criminal conviction of former Sheriff Joe Arpaio marks the ultimate repudiation of his tactics, but the fallout over his legacy is still being felt across Phoenix. The taxpayer cost from a racial profiling case that led to his c...

 

Joe Arpaio convicted after refusing to end immigrant patrols

PHOENIX (AP) — Former Sheriff Joe Arpaio was convicted of a criminal charge Monday for refusing to stop traffic patrols that targeted immigrants, marking a final rebuke for a politician who once drew strong popularity from such crackdowns but was u...

 

Arizona tells armed drivers how to avoid deadly police stops

PHOENIX (AP) — Gun-friendly Arizona is trying to avoid deadly encounters between police and people behind the wheel by teaching armed drivers how they should handle themselves when they are pulled over. Arizona, which allows residents to carry w...

 

Arizona man pleads guilty in cyberattack in Wisconsin

PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona man pleaded guilty Monday to a hacking charge in a cyberattack two years ago that authorities said interrupted communications equipment for emergency workers in Madison, Wisconsin. Randall Charles Tucker, 22, of Apache J...

 

Parents accused of murder; mom had said toddler shot child

PHOENIX (AP) — Police uncovered evidence that blood was cleaned up in a Phoenix home where a mother says her toddler shot and killed his 9-year-old brother, leading to new murder accusations against the parents, according to court documents r...

 

Arizona man awarded $2.5M in medical lawsuit vs VA hospital

PHOENIX (AP) — A judge on Monday awarded $2.5 million to a military veteran who said that his now-terminal cancer would have been curable had the Veterans Administration hospital in Phoenix diagnosed it sooner. U.S. Magistrate Judge Michelle Burns r...

 

Attorney: VA should have diagnosed client's cancer sooner

PHOENIX (AP) — A lawyer for a military veteran opened a medical-negligence trial Monday by saying his client's now-terminal prostate cancer would have been curable had the Veterans Administration hospital in Phoenix diagnosed it sooner. Attorneys d...

 

Witness: Officers in polygamous towns try to stop evictions

PHOENIX (AP) — A key witness in the federal government's effort to disband the police department in a polygamous community on the Arizona-Utah border told a judge Monday that officers routinely turn a blind eye to property crimes. Jeff Barlow, e...

 

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