Skip navigation

  Western wildfires rage, hundreds evacuated

Minuteman U.S. border watch co-founder arrested on child sex charges

PHOENIX (Reuters) - The co-founder of the Minutemen civilian border patrol group that for several years watched for unauthorized immigrants crossing to Arizona from Mexico, was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of molesting three young girls. Full story

Rep. Grijalva sponsors anti-surveillance bill

   WASHINGTON, D.C. - Arizona representatives Raul Grijalva, Matt Salmon, and Kyrsten Sinema are all backing a bill that addresses the National Security Agency surveillance program. Full story

Arizona killer who asked for speedy execution found dead in cell

PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona death row inmate who wrote to the state Supreme Court asking for a speedy execution died on Wednesday after being found unresponsive in his cell, authorities said. Full story

Sponsored Links

Articles

AV Homes receives $135M investment from TPG

‘Real jeopardy’ for immigration in the House

Colorado wildfire destroys more than 500 homes, new blazes menace West

5 things to know for Monsoon 2013

Transgender candidate could become a first in NYC

Governor signs $8.8 billion Ariz. budget into law

Supreme Court invalidates Arizona voter registration law

UA coach takes offensive against assault charges, files defamation suit

Ted Cruz wants to push voter ID into immigration bill

Applications being accepted for Pima County judge

Video

  Colorado residents return to charred neighborhoods

The Black Forest fire destroyed more than 500 homes in Colorado Springs and scorched 14,000 acres. Now, another fire near Prescott, Ariz., has resulted in hundreds of evacuations. NBC’s Gabe Gutierrez reports.

  Wallenda ready to walk across Grand Canyon

Aerialist Nik Wallenda finishes training in Florida for his upcoming 1500-foot-high walk across Arizona's Grand Canyon. SNN's Grant Boxtleitner reports.

  Arizona wildfire burns 5,000 acres, residents flee

Hundreds of people have been evacuated after the wind-whipped wildfire spread across 5,000 acres in just hours.

  SCOTUS strikes down AZ voter ID law

The Supreme Court struck down a 2004 Arizona voter ID law, which required voters to show proof of citizenship when they register to vote. Meanwhile, Republican Arizona Governor Jan Brewer today signed into a law a Medicaid expansion. MSNBC's Alex Wagner discusses what these developments mean with MS

  SCOTUS strikes down Arizona voter law requiring citizenship proof

The Arizona law was intended to prevent voter fraud, but the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that it violates the 20-year-old Motor Voter law. NBC’s Pete Williams reports.

advertisement | ad info

Related Photos

A child and a senior citizen embrace in Sun City
A child and a senior citizen embrace in Sun City

A child and a senior citizen embrace in Sun City, Arizona, January 2013. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

Chris Simcox listens to a volunteer's radio transmission on the scout line
Chris Simcox listens to a volunteer's radio transmission on the scout line

Chris Simcox, president of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, listens to a volunteer's radio transmission on the scout line 23 miles north of the U.S. and Mexican border in the Avra Valley during the organization's month long muster near Three Points, Arizona, March 31, 2007. Picture taken March 31,

File photo of Chris Simcox co-founder of the Minutemen civilian border patrol group
File photo of Chris Simcox co-founder of the Minutemen civilian border patrol group

Chris Simcox, co-founder of the Minutemen civilian border patrol group and publisher of the Tombstone Tumbleweed in Tombstone, Arizona stands next to a gate during a break in patroling an area 5 miles north of the the Mexico U.S. border with his .45 cal semi-auto handgun on his hip for protection in

Charred cans burnt during the Doce Fire lie along a mountain side in Yavapai County, Arizona
Charred cans burnt during the Doce Fire lie along a mountain side in Yavapai County, Arizona

Charred cans burnt during the Doce Fire lie along a mountain side in Yavapai County, Arizona June 19, 2013. More than 500 firefighters were battling the Doce Fire, which has burned through 7,000 acres (2,830 hectares) of chaparral, pine and juniper since Tuesday morning near Prescott, about 100 mile