Nation Aug 29 Utah Supreme Court blocks firing squad execution of prisoner with dementia The impending execution of a man by firing squad in Utah was blocked by the state’s Supreme Court on Friday after his attorneys argued he should be spared because he has dementia.
Nation Jul 25 Lori Vallow Daybell receives life sentences in Arizona over murder conspiracy convictions Vallow Daybell, already serving life sentences in Idaho in the killings of her two youngest children and a romantic rival, was convicted at separate trials this spring in Phoenix of conspiring to murder her estranged husband, Charles Vallow, and her…
Arts Feb 28 Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa tested negative for carbon monoxide, sheriff says Preliminary autopsy results didn’t determine how Oscar-winner Gene Hackman and his wife died at their home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, but did rule out that they were killed by carbon monoxide poisoning, the sheriff leading the investigation said Friday.
Nation Aug 28 Backpage founder Michael Lacey sentenced to 5 years in prison, fined $3M for money laundering Michael Lacey, a founder of the lucrative classified site Backpage.com, was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison and fined $3 million for a single money laundering count in a sprawling case involving allegations of a yearslong scheme to promote and profit…
Politics Aug 22 Supreme Court rejects Republican effort to block over 40,000 Arizona voters, but partly approves proof of citizenship law The justices on Thursday acted on an emergency appeal filed by state and national Republicans that sought to give full effect to voting measures enacted in 2022 following President Joe Biden's narrow win over Donald Trump in Arizona.
Politics Jun 18 Boris Epshteyn, Trump’s adviser, pleads not guilty to 9 felony charges in Arizona’s fake elector case Epshteyn is accused of assisting Rudy Giuliani in carrying out the scheme to submit fake electors for Trump in Arizona and obstruct the certification of election results by Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.
Nation Jun 13 Phoenix police violate civil rights and use excessive force, Justice Department says The Justice Department says Phoenix police violate people’s rights, discriminate when enforcing the law and use excessive force, including unjustified deadly force. …
Politics Jun 07 Mark Meadows pleads not guilty to Arizona felony charges alleging submission of fake electors Meadows is accused of working with other Trump campaign members to submit names of fake electors from Arizona and other states to Congress to keep Trump in office despite his defeat at the ballot box in November 2020.
Politics Jun 04 Arizona voters will decide whether local police can make border-crossing arrests The 31-29 vote Tuesday by the Republican-controlled House bypasses opposition from Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs and instead sends the measure to the Nov. 5 ballot.
Politics May 17 Attorney John Eastman pleads not guilty in 2020 election overturn case Attorney John Eastman has pleaded not guilty in an attempt to overturn Joe Biden's win in the 2020 election.