Maricopa County

Supporters of Arizona's immigration law earlier this week protest a decision by the Los Angeles City Council to boycott Arizona. (AP/Damien Dovarganes) by Richard A. Serrano and Kate Linthicum Top Justice Department officials have drafted a legal...

Evanston Public Library Director Mary Johns has resigned from her position, effective July 15, to take a post as director of Siouxland Libraries in Sioux …...

Arizona has been full of arguably bad ideas for many years. I should know, I grew up in Tucson and lived through the impeachment of Gov. Evan Mecham and the release of the Public Enemy hit "By The Time I......

The 1987 Fiesta Bowl, in which Penn State defeated Miami 14-10 for the national championship, is credited for changing college football's landscape so significantly that it produced the BCS. Now, the bowl's curator has been fired, and the bowl itself........

In a lawsuit echoing recurring complaints about mortgage lenders, Arizona accused Bank of America Corp. of failing to implement anti-foreclosure measures it had promised in March 2009 to settle accusations that its Countrywide Financial unit had defrauded...

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, touching on immigration enforcement in Arizona, offered a wager Monday to Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon over the outcome of the NBA battle between the Lakers and the Suns. Should the Suns win the NBA Western......

Joe Arpaio, perhaps the most well-known and controversial sheriff in America, has weighed in on a congressional race far from his home in Maricopa County, Arizona. Arpaio has endorsed Todd Long, one of the seven Republicans seeking his party's...

Jan Brewer, Arizona's governor, explains why she is appealing a court ruling against parts of her state's new immigration bill....

By JACQUES BILLEAUD and AMANDA LEE MYERS Associated Press Writers PHOENIX (AP) — As the days tick down until the Arizona immigration law takes effect, the state stands as a monument to the anger over illegal immigration that is present in so many...

By Tim Gaynor PHOENIX (Reuters) – A U.S. judge Wednesday blocked key parts of Arizona's tough new immigration law just hours before it was to take effect, handing a victory to the Obama administration as it tries to take control over the issue....

On a humid Monday morning, Erin Carr-Jordan was crawling through the tubey slides of a McDonald's PlayPlace on the West Side. When she got to the top of the colorful structure, she peered through a cloudy plastic window and mouthed the words: "This is...

PHOENIX, Arizona -- Relatives of a 10-year-old girl who suffocated inside a footlocker used to punish her for taking a popsicle without permission pleaded not guilty Wednesday to murdering her. John and Samantha Allen, both 23, entered not guilty pleas...