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Digging deep into Tucson's news

Blog: New US Attorney discusses agency conflicts, ethics case

Blog: New US Attorney discusses agency conflicts, ethics case

  • Tim Steller, Arizona Daily Star

Tasty leftovers from the Star's interview with new U.S. Attorney for Arizona John Leonardo.

Blog: Polls give contrasting pictures of US gun ownership

Blog: Polls give contrasting pictures of US gun ownership

  • Tim Steller, Arizona Daily Star

One respected poll shows household gun ownership in America spiking in 2011 after years of relatively steady results. Another shows a steady decline in households where someone owns a gun. What gives?

Loughner's three appeals on meds cover familiar ground

  • Tim Steller, Arizona Daily Star

In Jared Lee Loughner's appeals, the arguments are getting repetitive as a debate over whether Loughner can be forcibly medicated proceeds in three cases spanning seven months.

Gordon Hirabayashi, imprisoned near Tucson, honored at death

Gordon Hirabayashi, imprisoned near Tucson, honored at death

  • Tim Steller, Arizona Daily Star

Gordon Hirabayashi's remarkable story is being remembered after his death this week. He spent months at a prison camp near Tucson for refusing internment in concentration camps for Japanese-Americans during World War II.

Sealing of Brian Terry murder case not likely part of cover-up, experts say (updated)

  • Tim Steller, Arizona Daily Star

Some critics of Operation Fast and Furious have pointed to the sealing of the case against the alleged killers of Brian Terry as evidence of a cover up. People who know the federal court say that's not likely.

On the gun-control theory of ATF's Fast and Furious

On the gun-control theory of ATF's Fast and Furious

  • Tim Steller, Arizona Daily Star

A couple of additional points bolster the gun-control theory of Fast and Furious. But when you add it all together, does the theory make common sense? 

Attorneys in Loughner case spar over who spilled the subpoenas

  • Tim Steller, Arizona Daily Star

Defense attorneys and prosecutors in the Jared Loughner case are blaming each other for the revelation of 23 defense subpoenas and a possible defense strategy.

Blog: 'I'm f***ed,' Arizona border agent says after drug arrest

    The FBI arrested yet another U.S. Border Patrol agent this week after watching him go to the border fence near Wellton, Ariz. and pick up bales of marijuana.

    Blog: Mexican media blames Calderón, as new body count emerges

    Blog: Mexican media blames Calderón, as new body count emerges

      Mexican news organizations are marking the end of Felipe Calderón's presidency with sober, damning evaluations of his biggest legacy: Years of shocking violence. 

      Blog: In Nogales, Sonora, workers see mural as graffiti, paint it over

      Blog: In Nogales, Sonora, workers see mural as graffiti, paint it over

        In its effort to respond quickly to citizen complaints about graffiti, city workers in Nogales, Sonora recently painted over a 16-year-old mural just south of the border.

        Blog: For Americans, the word best describing Mexico is "drugs"

        Blog: For Americans, the word best describing Mexico is "drugs"

          A new survey shows that most Americans view Mexico in an unfavorable light, due largely to the drug-trafficking related violence that broke out in the country in recent years. 

          Blog: More misconduct allegations against Babeu's inner circle (update)

          Blog: More misconduct allegations against Babeu's inner circle (update)

            Tempe police have accused Deputy Richard "Hank" Mueller of disorderly conduct after he punched someone outside a Tempe bar. It's the latest of several personnel problems facing Babeu, and the third involving members of his inner circle.

            Blog: Key new Mexican labor law passes, easing hiring, firing

            Blog: Key new Mexican labor law passes, easing hiring, firing

              Mexico's new labor law will make it easier for employers to hire and fire workers, potentially accelerating employment in the country.

              Blog: Reports show scale of Mexico's disappearances, innocents killed

              Blog: Reports show scale of Mexico's disappearances, innocents killed

                Researchers have revealed the troubling extent of Mexico's drug-war disappearances and killing in a series of recent reports. Among the shocking facts: Mexico's human rights commission has 6,000 open reports on people disappeared at the hands of government forces.

                Local News

                Photos: 17th annual Tucson Comic-Con returns to TCC this weekend

                Photos: 17th annual Tucson Comic-Con returns to TCC this weekend

                Tucson celebrates the 17th annual Tucson Comic-Con with three days of cosplay, curated shopping, photo ops, celebrity appearances and more. This year’s Comic-Con featured guests are William Shatner and Jim Starlin.

                Tohono O'odham Tribal Chairman Verlon Jose

                Tohono O'odham Tribal Chairman Verlon Jose

                Tohono O'odham Tribal Chairman Verlon Jose.

                Photos: Vigil for Capara, Siqueiros draws hundreds to Tucson park

                Photos: Vigil for Capara, Siqueiros draws hundreds to Tucson park

                Hundreds gathered in Catalina Park to honor and remember Vincent Anthony Siqueiros, 42 and Cameron Davis Capara, 33, who were shot and killed in the parking lot of the Venture-N bar early Monday.

                Arizona Daily Star on this date: September 5

                Arizona Daily Star on this date: September 5

                See the A1 covers from the past for this day in history.

                State & Regional

                Sinema has 'not been credible' in 'homewrecker' case, judge says

                Sinema has 'not been credible' in 'homewrecker' case, judge says

                Former U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema testified that she did not flirt with her former bodyguard before their coast-to-coast sexual affair began at an Airbnb in Napa, California.

                CAP board authorizes legal action vs. feds 'if necessary' over Colorado River

                CAP board authorizes legal action vs. feds 'if necessary' over Colorado River

                CAP officials say the federal Colorado River plan could impose devastating cuts on Arizona. The board has now cleared the way for possible litigation.

                Protesters banned from AZ Legislature lose round in court

                Protesters banned from AZ Legislature lose round in court

                LUCHA members challenged their exclusion from Arizona legislative buildings on First Amendment grounds. A federal judge says they may return to court before the next session.

                AZ schools chief candidate files complaint vs. opponent over school visits

                AZ schools chief candidate files complaint vs. opponent over school visits

                Both candidates vying for the state's top education office sat in classrooms, talked to students and used the footage for campaign fodder. But only one could land in legal trouble for doing so.

                Nation & World

                Scientists make potential breakthrough in search for dark matter

                Scientists make potential breakthrough in search for dark matter

                Scientists have made a possible breakthrough in the hunt for dark matter — observing hints of it during an experiment about a mile underground in South Dakota.

                How AOC is upending norms around motherhood, political candidacy

                How AOC is upending norms around motherhood, political candidacy

                Declining U.S. fertility rates relate to changing social and economic factors; Ocasio-Cortez’s transparency on egg freezing underscores the political significance of reproductive rights and family policies.

                Work to begin on Trump's 250-foot arch despite criticism

                Work to begin on Trump's 250-foot arch despite criticism

                He said excavation would begin during the next two weeks at Memorial Circle near Arlington National Cemetery.

                US judge again blocks Postal Service's mail-in voting rule

                US judge again blocks Postal Service's mail-in voting rule

                The administration on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene and lift the restraining order so the rule could take effect.

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                LDS Church picks Arizona site for planned temple

                LDS Church picks Arizona site for planned temple

                WinCo Foods discount grocery chain buys $18M property in Tucson

                WinCo Foods discount grocery chain buys $18M property in Tucson

                Tucson gunman's cousin says he never heard anti-gay sentiments from him

                Tucson gunman's cousin says he never heard anti-gay sentiments from him

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                Crime

                23 photos from inside the Macon County Jail through the years

                23 photos from inside the Macon County Jail through the years

                Check out the inside of the Macon County Jail through photos from the Herald & Review archives. More archive photos at herald-review.com.

                Wellsville man accused of giving drugs to Pharaoh's witness faces new charges

                Wellsville man accused of giving drugs to Pharaoh's witness faces new charges

                A new indictment has added two kidnapping and six witness tampering charges against an Allegany County man under federal investigation since a government witness in the Pharaoh’s strip club case turned up dead in his home.

                Prosecutors say Wellsville man tampered with government witnesses

                Prosecutors say Wellsville man tampered with government witnesses

                Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicholas Cooper told a judge that his office intends to file witness tampering charges against Simon P. Gogolack 39, of Wellsville.

                Wellsville man accused of giving drugs to Pharaoh's witness who died

                Wellsville man accused of giving drugs to Pharaoh's witness who died

                A Southern Tier man with a history of drug-related charges has become entangled in the FBI’s probe into the death of a government witness in the Pharaoh’s strip club case.

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                Contributor content. Learn the benefits of planned tire programs for Tucson freight vehicles during the summer months.

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                Crime

                Notes, ammo found in Tucson shooter's apartment

                Notes, ammo found in Tucson shooter's apartment

                One of the notes seized by investigators indicated Ousman Ceesay acted alone and reinforced suspicion of the shooting being a hate-based crime, police said.

                Border Patrol trainee, U of A student accused of sex-assault, kidnapping

                Border Patrol trainee, U of A student accused of sex-assault, kidnapping

                A Border Patrol trainee and a University of Arizona student have been arrested on suspicion of kidnapping and sexual assault.

                Police body-cam video from Tucson mass shooting released

                Police body-cam video from Tucson mass shooting released

                A gunman shot and wounded nine people in a July 19 shooting in downtown Tucson.

                Friends: Tucson shooting victim used camera to document injustices

                Friends: Tucson shooting victim used camera to document injustices

                If Wednesday’s vigil wasn’t for him, Cameron Davis Capara would have been photographing it.

                Politics

                CAP board authorizes legal action vs. feds 'if necessary' over Colorado River

                CAP board authorizes legal action vs. feds 'if necessary' over Colorado River

                CAP officials say the federal Colorado River plan could impose devastating cuts on Arizona. The board has now cleared the way for possible litigation.

                Protesters banned from AZ Legislature lose round in court

                Protesters banned from AZ Legislature lose round in court

                LUCHA members challenged their exclusion from Arizona legislative buildings on First Amendment grounds. A federal judge says they may return to court before the next session.

                Trump looms over Arizona AG showdown

                Trump looms over Arizona AG showdown

                The race to be Arizona's next attorney general is likely to hinge on a name that won't even be on the ballot: Donald Trump

                Tucson swim teams hit by pool fee hike

                Tucson swim teams hit by pool fee hike

                For now, the swim teams at Vail's Mica Mountain and Cienega high schools are getting funding from council member Nikki Lee’s office to help cover the cost of increased pool fees to keep practicing at Clements Swimming Pool.

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