Court rules against tough sheriff

A US court in Maricopa County, Arizona has found that high-profile sheriff Joe Arpaio violated the constitutional rights of Latino men and women in his attempt to stop illegal immigration. Judge Murray Snow ruled that Arpaio's office would have to stop using race or Latino ancestry as a factor in stopping vehicles carrying Latino occupants. Arpaio had been sued by several Hispanic drivers ...

3 more arrested in London attack

A man thought to be a serving British soldier was killed by two armed men in a frenzied attack on a London street Wednesday, in what the government is treating as a suspected act of ...

Owner charges fee for Canyon Skywalk

MEADVIEW, AZ - On one of the busiest holiday weekends of the year, some travelers looking to get to the Grand Canyon's glass-bottom Skywalk will have to pay an extra fee to cross through a private ranch. Land owner Nigel Turner tells The Associated Press it's his right as a property owner to charge what he calls an admission fee for visitors to cross a portion of the 168-square-mile ...

Texas flooding 1 dead another...

Flooding left one person dead and another missing in San Antonio, Texas, authorities said Saturday. A woman was swept from her vehicle, fire department spokesman Christian Bove told CNN. Her body was found along a creek, he said. Bove said the department has been involved in at least 100 rescues since the flooding started. "Our phone hasn't stopped ringing from early this ...

Officer Raetz remembered at funeral

PHOENIX - Phoenix police officers, family and friends gathered Saturday morning to remember an officer who was killed last weekend while on duty. Officer Daryl Raetz was conducting a DUI stop last Sunday when another vehicle struck him at about 3:30 a.m. and then fled. He was taken to a hospital where he later died. The 29-year-old Raetz was an Iraq war veteran and had been a Phoenix officer for ...