Saturday, November 16, 2024

Arizona man who wore horns in riot pleads guilty to felony

PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona man who sported face paint, no shirt and a furry hat with horns when he joined the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 pleaded guilty Friday to a felony charge and wants to be released from jail while he awaits sentencing.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Arizona man who wore horns in riot pleads guilty to felony

PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona man who sported face paint, no shirt and a furry hat with horns when he joined the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 pleaded guilty Friday to a felony charge and wants to be released from jail while he awaits sentencing.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Arizona man who wore horns in riot pleads guilty to felony

PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona man who sported face paint, no shirt and a furry hat with horns when he joined the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 pleaded guilty Friday to a felony charge and wants to be released from jail while he awaits sentencing.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Arizona man who wore horns in riot pleads guilty to felony

PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona man who sported face paint, no shirt and a furry hat with horns when he joined the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 pleaded guilty Friday to a felony charge and wants to be released from jail while he awaits sentencing.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Records rebut claims of unequal treatment of Jan. 6 rioters

It's a common refrain from some of those charged in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol and their Republican allies: The Justice Department is treating them harshly because of their political views while those arrested during last year's
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Records rebut claims of unequal treatment of Jan. 6 rioters

It's a common refrain from some of those charged in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol and their Republican allies: The Justice Department is treating them harshly because of their political views while those arrested during last year's
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Records rebut claims of unequal treatment of Jan. 6 rioters

It's a common refrain from some of those charged in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol and their Republican allies: The Justice Department is treating them harshly because of their political views while those arrested during last year's
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Rioters accused of erasing content from social media, phones

PHOENIX (AP) — They
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Rioters accused of erasing content from social media, phones

PHOENIX (AP) — They
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Rioters accused of erasing content from social media, phones

PHOENIX (AP) — They
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Rioters accused of erasing content from social media, phones

PHOENIX (AP) — They
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Prosecutors drop case against man charged in Capitol riot

Federal prosecutors have dropped the criminal case against a New York man who was accused of participating in the riot at the U.S. Capitol, in what appears to be the first such move by the Justice Department in its sprawling Jan. 6 prosecution.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Prosecutors drop case against man charged in Capitol riot

Federal prosecutors have dropped the criminal case against a New York man who was accused of participating in the riot at the U.S. Capitol, in what appears to be the first such move by the Justice Department in its sprawling Jan. 6 prosecution.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Prosecutors drop case against man charged in Capitol riot

Federal prosecutors have dropped the criminal case against a New York man who was accused of participating in the riot at the U.S. Capitol, in what appears to be the first such move by the Justice Department in its sprawling Jan. 6 prosecution.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

The mob made me do it: Rioters claim Jan. 6 crowd at fault

Christopher Grider said he came to Washington on Jan. 6 with no intention of
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

The mob made me do it: Rioters claim Jan. 6 crowd at fault

Christopher Grider said he came to Washington on Jan. 6 with no intention of
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

The mob made me do it: Rioters claim Jan. 6 crowd at fault

Christopher Grider said he came to Washington on Jan. 6 with no intention of
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Capitol rioters make questionable claims about police

PHOENIX (AP) — Joshua Matthew Black said in a YouTube video that he was protecting the officer at the U.S. Capitol who had been pepper sprayed and fallen to the ground as the crowd rushed the building entrance on Jan. 6.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Some Jan. 6 defendants try to use journalism as riot defense

The Trump supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol in January created a trove of self-incriminating evidence, thoroughly documenting their actions and words in videos and social media posts. Now some of the camera-toting people in the crowd are claiming they were only there to record history as journalists, not to …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Some Jan. 6 defendants try to use journalism as riot defense

The Trump supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol in January created a trove of self-incriminating evidence, thoroughly documenting their actions and words in videos and social media posts. Now some of the camera-toting people in the crowd are claiming they were only there to record history as journalists, not to …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Some Jan. 6 defendants try to use journalism as riot defense

The Trump supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol in January created a trove of self-incriminating evidence, thoroughly documenting their actions and words in videos and social media posts. Now some of the camera-toting people in the crowd are claiming they were only there to record history as journalists, not to …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Some Capitol riot suspects apologize as consequences sink in

PHOENIX (AP) — The helmet-wearing Idaho man photographed dangling by one hand from the Senate’s balcony during
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Some Capitol riot suspects apologize as consequences sink in

PHOENIX (AP) — The helmet-wearing Idaho man photographed dangling by one hand from the Senate’s balcony during
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Some Capitol riot suspects apologize as consequences sink in

PHOENIX (AP) — The helmet-wearing Idaho man photographed dangling by one hand from the Senate’s balcony during
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Bid to toss DNA evidence in Phoenix canal killings rejected

PHOENIX (AP) — A judge has rejected a bid to throw out DNA evidence against a man charged with sexually attacking and fatally stabbing two young women in separate attacks in the early 1990s while they were riding bikes near a canal system that winds through metro Phoenix.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Bid to toss DNA evidence in Phoenix canal killings rejected

PHOENIX (AP) — A judge has rejected a bid to throw out DNA evidence against a man charged with sexually attacking and fatally stabbing two young women in separate attacks in the early 1990s while they were riding bikes near a canal system that winds through metro Phoenix.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Feds back away from claim of assassination plot at Capitol

PHOENIX (AP) — Federal prosecutors who initially said there was “strong evidence” the pro-Trump mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol last week aimed to “capture and assassinate elected officials” backed away from the allegation after the head of the investigation cautioned Friday that the probe is still in its early …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Feds back away from claim of assassination plot at Capitol

PHOENIX (AP) — Federal prosecutors who initially said there was “strong evidence” the pro-Trump mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol last week aimed to “capture and assassinate elected officials” backed away from the allegation after the head of the investigation cautioned Friday that the probe is still in its early …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Feds back away from claim of assassination plot at Capitol

PHOENIX (AP) — Federal prosecutors who initially said there was “strong evidence” the pro-Trump mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol last week aimed to “capture and assassinate elected officials” backed away from the allegation after the head of the investigation cautioned Friday that the probe is still in its early …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Feds back away from claim of assassination plot at Capitol

PHOENIX (AP) — Federal prosecutors who initially said there was “strong evidence” the pro-Trump mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol last week aimed to “capture and assassinate elected officials” backed away from the allegation after the head of the investigation cautioned Friday that the probe is still in its early …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Official: No 'direct evidence' of plot to kill at Capitol

PHOENIX (AP) — Federal prosecutors said there was “strong evidence” the pro-Trump mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol last week aimed to “capture and assassinate elected officials,” but the head of the investigation cautioned Friday that the probe is still in its early stages and there was no “direct evidence” …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Feds: Capitol mob aimed to 'assassinate' elected officials

PHOENIX (AP) — The pro-Trump mob that
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Prosecutors keep pushing for death penalty for immigrant

PHOENIX (AP) — Prosecutors are still pursuing the death penalty against a Mexican immigrant charged with murder in the 2015 killing of a convenience store clerk in metro Phoenix during a robbery, even though a judge has twice dismissed the state’s bid to seek his execution because he has been …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Arizona Supreme Court upholds election challenge dismissal

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a lower court decision dismissing the last in a series of challenges that sought to decerify Democrat Joe Biden's victory in the state.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Arizona Supreme Court upholds election challenge dismissal

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a lower court decision dismissing the last in a series of challenges that sought to decerify Democrat Joe Biden's victory in the state.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

8 abuse suits filed in Arizona against Boy Scout councils

PHOENIX (AP) — Eight lawsuits filed Monday allege that Boy Scout leaders in Arizona had sexually abused children dating back decades, signaling what is expected to be a flood of lawsuits in the state before the end of the year for childhood sex abuse victims who now are 30 years …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

8 abuse suits filed in Arizona against Boy Scout councils

PHOENIX (AP) — Eight lawsuits filed Monday allege that Boy Scout leaders in Arizona had sexually abused children dating back decades, signaling what is expected to be a flood of lawsuits in the state before the end of the year for childhood sex abuse victims who now are 30 years …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

8th lawsuit fails to overturn presidential voting in Arizona

PHOENIX (AP) — A judge dismissed another lawsuit Tuesday that sought to decertify Democratic President-elect Joe Biden’s win in Arizona, marking the eighth failed case that challenged the election results in the state.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

US Supreme Court asked to decertify Biden’s win in Arizona

PHOENIX (AP) — Conservative lawyer Sidney Powell has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to decertify Democrat President-elect Joe Biden's victory over Republican President Donald Trump in Arizona.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

US Supreme Court asked to decertify Biden’s win in Arizona

PHOENIX (AP) — Conservative lawyer Sidney Powell has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to decertify Democrat President-elect Joe Biden's victory over Republican President Donald Trump in Arizona.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Ward takes bid to undo Biden win in Arizona to Supreme Court

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona GOP chief Kelli Ward has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear an appeal in her bid to overturn Democratic President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the state over Republican President Donald Trump, challenging the “safe harbor” deadline for completing election litigation six days before the Electoral …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Powell trying to resurrect bid to undo Biden’s Arizona win

PHOENIX (AP) — Conservative lawyer Sidney Powell is appealing the dismissal of her lawsuit seeking to decertify election results that gave Democrat President-elect Joe Biden a victory in Arizona over Republican President Donald Trump.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Judges reject suits over Trump losses in Arizona, Wisconsin

PHOENIX (AP) — A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit that sought to decertify Democrat President-elect Joe Biden's win over Republican President Donald Trump in Arizona, marking another failed attempt to reverse Biden’s victory in the state.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Judges reject suits over Trump losses in Arizona, Wisconsin

PHOENIX (AP) — A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit that sought to decertify Democrat President-elect Joe Biden's win over Republican President Donald Trump in Arizona, marking another failed attempt to reverse Biden’s victory in the state.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Judge tosses suit seeking to decertify Biden win in Arizona

PHOENIX (AP) — A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit that sought to decertify Democrat President-elect Joe Biden's win over Republican President Donald Trump in Arizona, marking another failed attempt to reverse Biden’s victory in the state.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Arizona Supreme Court rejects GOP bid to undo Biden victory

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court has rejected a GOP bid to undo Democrat President-elect Joe Biden's victory over President Donald Trump in the state, saying no evidence of misconduct or illegal votes was presented in a lawsuit that challenged certain ballots in metro Phoenix.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Arizona Supreme Court rejects GOP bid to undo Biden victory

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court has rejected a GOP bid to undo Democrat President-elect Joe Biden's victory over President Donald Trump in the state, saying no evidence of misconduct or illegal votes was presented in a lawsuit that challenged certain ballots in metro Phoenix.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Arizona Supreme Court denies GOP bid to inspect more ballots

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court has rejected a request from the state’s GOP chairwoman to inspect more ballots in her lawsuit that seeks to undo Democrat President-elect Joe Biden’s victory over Republican President Donald Trump in Arizona.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Judge peppers lawyer with questions on Arizona election suit

PHOENIX (AP) — A judge presiding over a lawsuit seeking to decertify the election results that gave Democrat President-elect Joe Biden his Arizona win over President Donald Trump peppered a lawyer with questions on Tuesday about why the legal challenge should remain alive in court.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Judge dismisses GOP bid to undo Biden's victory in Arizona

PHOENIX (AP) — A judge has thrown out a Republican bid to undo Democrat President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in Arizona, concluding the GOP failed to prove fraud in a challenge of election results in metro Phoenix and that evidence presented at trial wouldn’t reverse President Donald Trump’s loss in the …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Judge dismisses GOP bid to undo Biden's victory in Arizona

PHOENIX (AP) — A judge has thrown out a Republican bid to undo Democrat President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in Arizona, concluding the GOP failed to prove fraud in a challenge of election results in metro Phoenix and that evidence presented at trial wouldn’t reverse President Donald Trump’s loss in the …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Judge urged to toss suit seeking to undo Biden’s Arizona win

PHOENIX (AP) — Lawyers for election officials urged a judge Friday to dismiss a Republican lawsuit that seeks to undo Democrat President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in Arizona, arguing there was no evidence of fraud in how ballots were processed in metro Phoenix and that the number of votes President Donald …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Official estimates errors could have cost Trump 103 votes

PHOENIX (AP) — Errors in processing certain ballots could have caused President Donald Trump to lose 103 votes in metro Phoenix, an elections official estimated in court Thursday in a GOP lawsuit that seeks to undo Democrat President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in Arizona by more than 10,000 votes.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

2,500 ballots to be inspected in suit by Arizona GOP chief

PHOENIX (AP) — County election officials agreed Wednesday to expand their inspection of certain ballots in metro Phoenix that are being challenged in a Republican lawsuit that seeks to reverse Joe Biden’s victory in the state.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Ex-Arizona politician gets 6 years in adoption scheme

PHOENIX (AP) — A former Arizona politician who admitted running an illegal adoption scheme in three states involving women from the Marshall Islands was sentenced in Arkansas to six years in federal prison. It was the first of three punishments he’ll face for arranging adoptions prohibited by an international compact.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Ex-politician in adoption scheme to be sentenced in 3 states

PHOENIX (AP) — U.S. prosecutors in Arkansas will seek a 10-year prison sentence for a former Arizona politician who acknowledged running an illegal adoption scheme in three states involving women from the Marshall Islands.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Judge rejects GOP bid to delay vote certification in Phoenix

PHOENIX (AP) — A judge has rejected the Arizona Republican Party’s bid to postpone the certification of election results in Maricopa County and dismissed the party’s legal challenge that sought a new audit of a sampling of ballots.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Arizona GOP pressures counties to delay certifying vote

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Republican Party is pressuring county officials statewide to delay certifying their election results despite no evidence of legitimate questions about the vote count that shows Democratic President-elect Joe Biden won the state.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Arizona GOP pressures counties to delay vote certification

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Republican Party is pressuring county officials across the state to delay their certification of election results — even though there hasn’t been any evidence of legitimate questions about the vote tally showing that Democrat Joe Biden won the state's presidential contest.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

GOP seeks to postpone Maricopa County election certification

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Republican Party has asked a judge to bar Maricopa County from certifying its Nov. 3 election results, including Democrat Joe Biden’s win over President Donald Trump, until the court issues a decision about the party's lawsuit seeking a new hand-count of a sampling of ballots.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Judge dismisses Trump’s suit over ballots in metro Phoenix

PHOENIX (AP) — A judge has dismissed the Trump campaign’s lawsuit seeking the manual inspection of ballots in metro Phoenix after the campaign’s lawyers acknowledged that the small number of ballots at issue wouldn’t change the outcome of how Arizona voted for president.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Arizona officials seek dismissal of Trump’s election suit

PHOENIX (AP) — Attorneys defending Arizona election officials argued Thursday that the Trump campaign’s lawsuit that seeks the manual inspection of Election Day ballots in metro Phoenix should be dismissed because the campaign hasn’t proven systematic errors in the way poll workers handled ballots that were rejected by tabulation machines.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Trial begins in suit over metro Phoenix's freeway attacks

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Department of Public Safety has never accepted responsibility for falsely arresting a landscaper in shootings five years ago on metro Phoenix’s freeways that terrorized motorists, even after the case was dismissed amid heavy criticism of its ballistic evidence, the landscaper’s attorney said Wednesday at a …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Trial begins in suit over metro Phoenix's freeway attacks

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Department of Public Safety has never accepted responsibility for falsely arresting a landscaper in shootings five years ago on metro Phoenix’s freeways that terrorized motorists, even after the case was dismissed amid heavy criticism of its ballistic evidence, the landscaper’s attorney said Wednesday at a …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Civil trial to begin over arrest in Phoenix freeway attacks

PHOENIX (AP) — Leslie Merritt Jr. was jailed for seven months after he was charged in four of the 11 shootings that terroritzed motorists five years ago on metro Phoenix freeways.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Civil trial to begin over arrest in 2015 freeway shootings

PHOENIX (AP) — A civil trial is scheduled to begin Wednesday in a false-arrest lawsuit filed by a landscaper once charged in some of metro Phoenix’s 2015 freeway shootings.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Sheriff’s office in Phoenix struggling with Arpaio legacy

PHOENIX (AP) — Even though Joe Arpaio was ousted as metro Phoenix’s sheriff four years ago, the agency he used to run still struggles in the wake of his controversial 24-year tenure, including overhauling traffic patrols that treat Black and Hispanic drivers differently than whites and a backlog of 1,800 …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Court rejects bid to extend ballot counting on Navajo Nation

PHOENIX (AP) — An appeals court has refused to give an extra 10 days after Election Day to count ballots mailed by Navajo Nation members living on the Arizona portion of the tribe’s reservation, ruling that a later deadline for Navajos would burden election officials who wouldn’t be able to …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Pascua Yaqui Tribe seeks early voting site on reservation

PHOENIX (AP) — A judge will hear arguments Monday over whether to order an election official in southern Arizona to open an early voting and ballot collection operation for the Nov. 3 election on a Native American reservation on the edge of Tucson that hasn’t had an early voting site …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Early end ordered to Arizona's voter registration extension

PHOENIX (AP) — An appeals court on Tuesday night ordered an early end to an extension of Arizona’s voter registration deadline that was ordered by a judge after pandemic restrictions led to a decrease in people signing up to vote.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Early end ordered to Arizona's voter registration extension

PHOENIX (AP) — An appeals court on Tuesday night ordered an early end to an extension of Arizona’s voter registration deadline that was ordered by a judge after pandemic restrictions led to a decrease in people signing up to vote.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Hobbs, groups agree to end Arizona registration extension

PHOENIX (AP) — Democratic Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs and two advocacy groups have agreed to put an early end to an extension of Arizona’s voter registration deadline that was ordered by a judge after pandemic restrictions led to a decrease in people signing up to vote.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Court mulls bid to extend vote counting on Navajo Nation

PHOENIX (AP) — Appeals court judges considering whether to give an extra 10 days after Election Day to count ballots mailed from Navajo Nation members living on the Arizona portion of the tribe's reservation peppered lawyers with questions Tuesday over how such ballots would be distinguished for counting from those …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Lawyers seeking release of nonviolent inmates in Tucson jail

PHOENIX (AP) — Prosecutors and public defenders were working Tuesday to win the release of an unknown number of nonviolent inmates in the county jail in Tucson to guard against the spread of COVID-19, marking another effort to reduce the state’s jail population after 50 inmates were released in northern …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Some sheriffs ask to reduce jail population amid virus worry

PHOENIX (AP) — The risks from coronavirus are leading to criminal justice changes in Arizona that would have previously seemed impossible in such a law-and-order state: Some elected sheriffs are calling for the release of certain offenders from jail and urging police agencies to issue citations rather than arrest people.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Arizona prisons take more steps to guard against COVID-19

PHOENIX (AP) — Inmates in Arizona’s prisons are being offered free soap and are no longer routinely being moved between prison complexes in the latest efforts to guard against the risks of the coronavirus.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Inmates: Arizona lacks adequate coronavirus plan in prisons

PHOENIX (AP) — Attorneys representing the 34,000 inmates in Arizona’s prisons asked a judge Monday to order the state to develop an adequate plan for confronting the new coronavirus behind bars, arguing housing conditions and the state’s lack of preparation put the lives of older prisoners with chronic illnesses at …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Search for freeway shooter continues

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Another Arizona immigration law struck down

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 10 YEARS AGO

Profiling lawsuit could add to sheriff's troubles

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Court to hear arguments over immigration law

PHOENIX - The impassioned debate over the nation's immigration policy takes center stage at the Supreme Court Wednesday in a dispute over an Arizona law that punishes employers who knowingly hire workers illegally in the U.S.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Governor mulls changes to immigration law

PHOENIX - The fight over Arizona's immigration law showed no signs of letting up Friday as the federal judge who blunted its force faced threats and the Republican governor who signed it considered changes to address any faults.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Judge blocks parts of Arizona immigration law

PHOENIX - A federal judge stepped into the fight over Arizona's immigration law at the last minute Wednesday, blocking the heart of the measure and defusing a confrontation between police and thousands of activists that had been building for months.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

New border plan similar to Bush's

PHOENIX - President Barack Obama's plan to send as many as 1,200 National Guard troops back to the U.S.-Mexico border quelled demands that he must do more to battle illegal immigration and drug smuggling, but advocates for tougher enforcement say the troops need authority to make detentions.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Obama to send 1,200 troops to border

WASHINGTON - Under pressure to take action, President Barack Obama on Tuesday ordered 1,200 National Guard troops to boost security along the U.S.-Mexico border, pre-empting Republican efforts to force a congressional vote to send the troops.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Van companies accused of immigrant smuggling

PHOENIX - The illegal immigrants being sneaked into the country were allegedly given phony $30 tickets and receipts for a van ride. And they were warned that if the van got pulled over by police, they should show the receipt.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Six die in Arizona bus crash

SACATON, Ariz. - The bus that rolled over on a busy interstate outside Phoenix, killing six people and leaving 16 others injured early Friday, was operating illegally, federal transportation officials said.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO