Aug 05 WATCH: U.S. to probe Phoenix police over excessive force allegations By Michael Balsamo, Bob Christie, Associated Press Earlier this year, the Justice Department announced it was opening similar investigation into police forces in Minneapolis, after the death of George Floyd, and in Louisville, Kentucky, after the death of Breonna Taylor. Continue reading
Jul 25 AP FACT CHECK: Trump is relentless in election fabrications By Calvin Woodward, Jonathan J. Cooper, Associated Press In mid-May, partisan investigators hired by Arizona state lawmakers backed off their allegation that the state’s most populous county had destroyed its 2020 election database. Confronted with proof that the data still existed, they admitted everything was there. Continue reading
Jul 23 Watch 6:23 Here’s how Border Patrol apprehends, aids migrants stranded at the U.S.-Mexico border By Lorraine Rivera, Arizona Public Media The number of apprehensions at the U.S.-Mexico border have climbed steadily this year. In May alone, border agents reported more than 180,0000 encounters with migrants. Lorraine Rivera of Arizona Public Media reports from the ground with U.S. Customs and Border… Continue watching
Jul 16 AP report: Few AZ voter fraud cases, discrediting Trump’s claims By Bob Christie, Christina A. Cassidy, Associated Press While it's possible more cases could emerge, the numbers illustrate the implausibility of Trump's claims that fraud and irregularities in Arizona cost him the state's electorate votes. Continue reading
Jul 12 More migrant deaths recorded in heat along Arizona border By Anita Snow, Associated Press The bodies of an unusually large number of migrants who died in Arizona's borderlands are being recovered this summer amid record temperatures. The nonprofit group Humane Borders maps the discoveries with data from the medical examiner in Tucson. Continue reading
Jul 09 Wildfires continue to burn in the West as high temperatures return By Associated Press Climate change is considered a "key driver" of a trend that is creating "longer and more intense dry seasons that increase moisture stress on vegetation and make forests more susceptible to severe wildfire."… Continue reading
Jul 01 Watch 8:43 What the Supreme Court’s decision on Arizona voting laws means for voting rights By John Yang, Alex D'Elia On the final day of its term, the Supreme Court issued major decisions that put the court's 6-3 conservative majority in the spotlight, especially given the national debate on voting rights. John Yang reports with Marcia Coyle, chief Washington correspondent… Continue watching
Jul 01 Supreme Court upholds Arizona voting restrictions By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The Supreme Court upheld voting restrictions in Arizona in a decision that could make it harder to challenge other voting measures put in place by Republican lawmakers following last year's elections. Continue reading
Jun 10 Arizona refurbishes gas chamber in push to resume executions By Jacques Billeaud, Associated Press Arizona purchased materials to make hydrogen cyanide, the gas used in executions in the U.S. and by the Nazis to kill 865,000 Jews at the Auschwitz concentration camp alone. Continue reading
May 18 Watch 8:48 Republican Maricopa County official decries the ‘big lie’ behind third vote audit By Stephanie Sy An order to audit the 2020 vote by the Republican-controlled state senate in Arizona has been opposed by several members of the county board of supervisors, who say the process has made Arizona a "laughing stock" and it's time to… Continue watching