Author: Anita Snow
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A South Sudan activist in the US is charged with trying to illegally export arms for coup back home
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A leading South Sudanese academic and activist living in exile in the United States has been charged in Arizona along with a Utah man born in the African nation on charges of conspiring to buy and illegally export millions of dollars’ worth of weapons to overthrow the government back home
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A US appeals court ruling could allow mine development on Oak Flat, land sacred to Apaches
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An Apache group that has fought to protect land it considers sacred from a copper mining project in central Arizona has suffered a significant blow
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Phoenix scorches at 110 for 19th straight day, breaking big U.S. city records
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PHOENIX • The extreme heat scorching Phoenix set a record Tuesday, the 19th consecutive day temperatures hit at least 110 degrees in a summer of suffering echoing around much of the globe. As human-caused climate change and a newly formed El Nino combine to shatter heat records worldwide, the Phoenix region, where it reached 116…
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5-year firearms enhancement dropped in Baldwin shooting case
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The prosecution in the case of a fatal New Mexico film-set shooting made a stark turnaround Monday, dropping the possibility of a mandatory five-year sentence against Alec Baldwin, new court filings show. The actor-producer’s attorneys had earlier objected to the enhancement, saying it was unconstitutional because it was added after the October 2021 shooting. Legal…
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U.S. sues Arizona over shipping containers on Mexico border
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PHOENIX • The U.S. government sued Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey and the state Wednesday over the placement of shipping containers as a barrier on the border with Mexico, saying it is trespassing on federal lands. The complaint filed in U.S. District Court comes three weeks before the Republican governor steps aside for Democratic Gov.-elect Katie…
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Voting snag in Arizona fuels election conspiracy theories
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PHOENIX • A printing malfunction at about one-quarter of the polling places across Arizona’s most populous county slowed down voting Tuesday, but election officials assured voters that every ballot would be counted. Still, the issue at 60 of 223 vote centers in Maricopa County gave rise to conspiracy theories about the integrity of the vote…
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Arizona refuses U.S. demand to remove containers along border
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PHOENIX • Arizona has refused the federal government’s demand to take down double-stacked shipping containers it placed to fill gaps in the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, saying it won’t do so until the U.S. moves to construct a permanent barrier instead. The Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs dug in its heels in…
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Trump: 2,000-4,000 troops needed for Mexico border security
PHOENIX — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he wants to send 2,000 and 4,000 National Guard members to the U.S.-Mexico border to help federal officials fight illegal immigration and drug trafficking. Trump’s comments to reporters on Air Force One were his first estimate on guard levels he believes are needed for border protection. It…
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Arizona flash flood kills 9 relatives celebrating birthday
TONTO NATIONAL FOREST, Ariz. — The flash flood that killed nine people in an Arizona river canyon began its deadly descent as an impressive but avoidable surge of churning water, black with cinders from a recent wildfire and choked with tumbling tree trunks and limbs. By the time it reached a rocky swimming hole several…