Jeff Flake Wins Arizona Senate Race
United States Congress(NEW YORK) — Rep. Jeff Flake will defeat Democrat Richard Carmona in what became a surprisingly competitive battle for Arizona’s Senate seat, ABC News projects.Republican Sen. Jon Kyl’s surprise announcement that he would not see…
Arizona Home Invasion Caught on Video
ABC News(TUCSON, Ariz.) — A horrific home invasion was caught on tape in Arizona and two of the three suspects remain at large.The video, which was recorded by the homeowner’s surveillance camera, shows two men approaching the Tucson home.Police…
Baby Gabriel’s Mother Used Him as a Pawn in Custody Battle, Said Prosecutors
Comstock/Thinkstock(TEMPE, Ariz.) — Nearly three years after 8-month-old Gabriel Johnson was reported missing in San Antonio, Texas, prosecutors say his mother used him as a pawn against his biological father because she was angry at him and wanted to…
Arizona Senate Race: Things Get Personal Between Candidates
Hemera/Thinkstock(PHOENIX) — Senate ads have been dark and foreboding, if often boilerplate. But Arizona’s Senate race has swiftly become one of the most intense and personal in the country, thanks to two new TV ads released last week by R…
Bear Cub Finds Arizona Home Just Right
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(SONOITA, Ariz.) — A bear cub with a sweet tooth ravaged an Arizona kitchen.The 30-pound cub broke in through the kitchen window of a home in Sonoita, Ariz., Thursday, and helped itself to a chocolate cake on the counter as well …
Slain Border Agent Identified, Drug Traffickers Suspected
Slain border patrol agent Nicholas Ivie. Dept of Homeland Security(NACO, Ariz.) — Two U.S. Border Patrol Agents were shot today near Naco, Ariz., leaving one agent dead and another badly wounded. The gunshots were possibly fired by drug traffickers, …
Pat Boone and Sheriff Joe’s Arizona ‘Birther’ Party Scrapped
PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images(PHOENIX) — The Greater Phoenix Tea Party Patriots group has pulled the plug on Pat Boone and Sheriff Joe Arpaio, canceling their Sept. 22 “Birther” bash at the city’s Celebrity Theatre “due to …
Mom of Missing Arizona Girl Charged with Murder
Hemera/Thinkstock(GLENDALE, Ariz.) — The mother of Jahessye Shockley, a 5-year-old Arizona girl who has been missing for nearly a year, was arrested and charged with felony child abuse and first-degree murder for her daughter’s death.”For the past 11 …
Judge Rules in Favor of Arizona’s ‘Show Me Your Papers’ Provision
Ethan Miller/Getty Images(PHOENIX) — Authorities in Arizona will shortly begin enforcing the “show me your papers” provision of the state’s controversial immigration law, SB 1070.U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton ruled on Wednesday that after stopping …
Arizona Hospital’s $80,000 Bill Stings Worse Than Scorpion Venom
Hemera/Thinkstock(PHOENIX) — An Arizona woman was shocked when her brush with a scorpion led to a stinging $83,046 hospital bill.Marcie Edmonds, 52, called the poison control center an hour after a bark scorpion stung her in the stomach while she was …
Caught on Tape: Arizona Man Hit by Truck Survives
Comstock/Thinkstock(CHANDLER, Ariz.) — Police in Chandler, Ariz., are looking for two teenage girls who they say are responsible for a hit-and-run that injured a 26-year-old man.Luckily, Steven Bright only suffered a broken right hand and bruised ribs…
Five Arizona Siblings Marry Same Day in ‘Mega Wedding’
Altrendo images/Thinkstock(Mesa, Ariz.) — All eyes might have been on France this weekend for the rumored wedding of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie that went bust, but a pretty spectacular wedding took place Friday in Mesa, Ariz. Not one, not two, …
Jared Lee Loughner Expected to Change Plea to Guilty
Pima County Sheriff’s Department(TUCSON, Ariz.) — The man accused of going on a shooting spree in Tucson, Ariz., last year is expected to change his plea to guilty in federal court Tuesday.Jared Lee Loughner is charged with killing six people on Jan. …
Jared Lee Loughner Reportedly Set to Plead Guilty
Pima County Sheriff’s Department(NEW YORK) — The man accused in the January 2011 shooting rampage in Tucson, Ariz., that left six people dead and 13 wounded, including former Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, is set to plead guilty in court…
Arizona Pediatrician Cured of Frustrating Facial Twitch
KABC-TV(LOS ANGELES) — An Arizona doctor is thrilled to be still after surgery to stop a spasm in the muscles of his face.Dr. Vic Oyas said the spasm started more than 20 years ago as a tiny twitch in his left eye.”I didn’t pay much attention to it at…
Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s Racial Profiling Trial Begins
PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — A civil rights trial against Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the self-styled “America’s Toughest Sheriff,” began Thursday in which Arpaio and his department stand accused of racially profiling Latinos in Mar…
Immigration Groups File Suit Against AZ Immigration Law
Wavebreak Media/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Staying true to their promise, immigration groups are asking a federal judge to block Arizona’s “show me your papers provision” from going into effect.The provision, which the Supreme Court up…
Border Patrol Applicant Admits to Molestation, Bestiality in Job Interview
Yuma County Sheriff’s Office(YUMA, Ariz.) — Cody Slaughter may have been a little too forthcoming while interviewing for a job with the border patrol.The 22-year-old from Somerton, Ariz., was arrested last week after U.S. Customs and Border Protection…
Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio Challenges George Lopez
Frazer Harrison/Getty Images(PHOENIX) — Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Ariz., responded to George Lopez’s profanity-filled tirade against him by telling the comedian to come meet with him.“Get some guts, come down here and meet me …
Betty Smithey, Longest Serving Female Inmate, May Get Parole For 1963 Murder
Arizona Department of Corrections(NEW YORK) — Betty Smithey has been in prison for 49 years, convicted of killing a baby. Until now she was without the possibility of parole, but the “old code lifer” has been granted a chance at freedom by Arizona Gov…