Author: Paul Davenport
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Wind whips destructive wildfires in New Mexico, Colorado
SANTA FE • Firefighters scouted the drought-stricken mountainsides around a New Mexico village on Wednesday as they looked for opportunities to slow a wind-driven wildfire that a day earlier had burned at least 150 homes and other structures while displacing thousands of residents and forcing the evacuation of two schools. Homes were among the structures…
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Wind in forecast raises fears after Nevada fire burns homes
RENO, Nev. • A day after a wind-whipped wildfire in northern Nevada roared through a neighborhood in Reno and destroyed at least five houses, more than 1,000 people who were forced to evacuate — including the mayor — started returning home Wednesday. Another fire about 100 miles south and across the border in California also…
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Planes clip wings in ground collision at Phoenix airport
PHOENIX — Two passenger jets clipped their wingtips in a minor ground collision close to a Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport terminal. Nobody was injured in the Thursday evening incident. The Federal Aviation Administration said Friday it is investigating the collision, but National Transportation Safety Agency spokesman Terry Williams said that agency isn’t investigating because…
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Lawsuits target Ariz. law amid calls for boycotts
PHOENIX — Backlash against a new Arizona law cracking down on illegal immigration is broadening beyond the political arena as opponents file lawsuits, entertainers and other countries denounce the measure and protesters chant for a boycott of the state at an Arizona Diamondbacks baseball game in Chicago. A lawsuit from 15-year Tucson police veteran Martin…
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Ariz. governor signs bill revising new immigration law
PHOENIX — Gov. Jan Brewer on Friday signed a follow-on bill approved by Arizona legislators that make revisions to the state’s sweeping law against illegal immigration — changes she says should quell concerns that the measure will lead to racial profiling. The law requires local and state law enforcement to question people about their immigration…
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Obama: Ariz. immigration measure ‘misguided’
PHOENIX — President Barack Obama called an Arizona immigration bill “misguided” Friday and said it could violate people’s civil rights, intensifying pressure on the state’s Republican governor to veto the nation’s toughest legislation against illegal immigration. Obama said he’s instructed the Justice Department to examine the Arizona bill to see if it’s legal, and said…