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Arizona indicts man for using AI to create child sex abuse images
A Chandler man will be the first person in Arizona prosecuted under a new law that makes it a felony to create AI-generated child pornography.
The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office on Tuesday announced that it had indicted...
The sun rises over Lake Powell in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area on July 10, 2025, in Page, Arizona. Lake Powell, a critical Colorado River reservoir, is only at a third of its capacity as drought conditions in the Southwest worsen. (Photo by Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)
Arizona voters rank water supply above immigration and inflation, new poll finds
As the state faces the possibility of big cuts to its share of Colorado River water, a new poll shows that protecting the water supply is a top issue for likely Arizona voters across the political spectrum...
Brig. Gen. John Conley answers questions during the May 11, 2026, hearing of the Arizona Senate Director Nominations Committee. (Screenshot via azleg.gov)
Senate panel advances Hobbs’ National Guard nominee after combative GOP-led hearing
Republican senators spent hours on Monday grilling the Democratic governor’s nominee to lead the Arizona National Guard and criticizing him for perceived transgressions like his “lawyerly attitude” toward decisionmaking.
The Arizona Senate Director Nominations Committee hearing was marked by the contentious exchanges and focus on...
U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly speaks during a press conference on the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program on May 12, 2026, outside the U.S. Capitol. (Photo by Graeme Sloan/Getty Images)
Mark Kelly pushes permanent citizenship for DACA recipients as renewal delays spike
Immigrant rights groups and elected officials are calling for the creation of a permanent pathway to citizenship for people who came to the country as minors, even as President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign puts them at risk.
More than 500,000 people across the country depend on the work permit and temporary protection against deportation...
Justin Heap speaking at a rally for Donald Trump in Glendale on Aug. 23, 2024. (Photo by Gage Skidmore/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0)
OPINION | Maricopa County’s election IT fight isn’t about IT. It’s about democracy.
Democracy in Maricopa County is dangerously close to falling into the hands of a partisan actor with direct ties to President Donald Trump’s election conspiracy machine.
On April 17, the Maricopa County Superior Court issued a landmark ruling that could hand Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap total control over our election IT infrastructure. While the court may see this as...
Unleaded gas is $4.09 per gallon at the Marathon station on Point Street in Providence, Rhode Island on April 30, 2026. (Photo by Christopher Shea/Rhode Island Current)
How the Strait of Hormuz affects the price of filling your gas tank
On paper it makes little sense. Ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, roughly 7,000 miles from the United States, is restricted and gasoline prices in this country soar?
The strait is the major export route for oil produced by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Iraq, Bahrain and...
Migrants, many fleeing violence in Haiti, cross the Rio Grande at Del Rio, Texas, in 2021 to buy supplies in Mexico while waiting to claim asylum in the United States. The U.S. Supreme Court is likely to weigh in on a Trump administration policy that allows detention without bond for millions of migrants who illegally crossed a border. (Photo by Jordan Vonderhaar/The Texas Tribune)
Some immigrants face indefinite detention, likely leading to Supreme Court case
As appeals courts split on the constitutionality of mandatory detention for millions of immigrants, the U.S. Supreme Court is likely to decide the matter.
A Trump administration policy threatening imprisonment without bond has been struck down by three appeals courts, which could soon be joined by a fourth, but upheld by...
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