Western wildfires force evacuations, shut down recreation
A wildfire in northern Arizona crept closer to the region’s largest city Tuesday, threatening to force people from their…
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Gun sales rise among Black people as they look for firearm training and education
By Ryan Young, Dakin Andone and Pamela Kirkland, CNN Deborah Roberts grew up in a family of gun owners. But it wasn’t until March this year…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for June 23: Voting rights, US violence, Covid-19, Hong Kong, Brexit
By AJ Willingham, CNN The Amazon rainforest may be headed for another devastating fire season. After a destructive 2020 and with drought conditions…
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Gadsden band teacher arrested on sexual misconduct charges
A Gadsden Elementary School District (GESD32) band teacher is facing 10 counts of sexual conduct with a…
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San Diego Border Patrol adds Marine Unit
The San Diego Border Sector of the U.S. Patrol has added a new Marine Unit to help in the fight against illegal drug smuggling, migrant smuggling,…
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Migrants at risk as temps rise in Yuma
Border Patrol agents rescue migrants suffering from heat-related…
Continue Reading Personal information may have been leaked to the dark web after cyberattack on Tulsa’s computer system, officials warn
By Aya Elamroussi and Chris Boyette, CNN Officials in Tulsa, Oklahoma, are warning residents their personal information may have been leaked to the…
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More evacuations ordered for Walnut Fire
The Walnut Fire has jumped Interstate 10 in Cochise County forcing more people to evacuate in the face of the…
Continue Reading Kobe Bryant’s widow, other families, settle wrongful death suit related to fatal helicopter crash
By Alexandra Meeks and Jon Passantino, CNN Vanessa Bryant and other families have settled a wrongful death lawsuit with the company that owned and…
Continue Reading Connecticut become first state to make calls free for inmates and their families
By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN A bill in Connecticut makes calls from prison free for the inmates and their families, becoming the first state to do so.…
Continue Reading Texas grand jury declines to indict jailers involved in Marvin Scott in-custody death
By Keith Allen, CNN A grand jury in Texas declined Tuesday to indict the eight former detention officers involved in the in-custody death of Marvin…
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Unemployment on the rise in Yuma County
While hiring signs are hanging all over Yuma County, unemployment claims are up from April to May this year according to Arizona@Work.…
Continue Reading Chicago is throwing its ‘whole government’ at summer violence
By Omar Jimenez, CNN “I’m not saying I’m God or I can prevent anything from happening, but I know in my heart I did what I can at 1…
Continue Reading 153 Houston Methodist employees resign or are fired after refusing to get Covid-19 vaccine, official says
By Keith Allen, CNN More than 150 Houston Methodist Hospital employees were officially out of a job Tuesday, 10 days after a judge dismissed a…
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Central American asylum-seekers refuse to return home in spite of deportation
Many Central American migrants who want to claim asylum in the United States say they won’t go home, even after being deported under a Trump-era…
Continue Reading Students sue Indiana University in federal court over vaccine mandate
By Rebekah Riess and Steve Almasy, CNN A potential showdown is looming between eight students who want to come to the Indiana University campus in…
Continue Reading Police chief says slain Colorado officer was ‘targeted’ in Monday shooting
By Keith Allen, CNN The shooting that left three people dead in Arvada, Colorado, on Monday appears to have been a deliberate attack on a police…
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Local Girl Scouts not affected by ‘Cookie Crisis’
Whether you’re a Thin Mint, Tagalong, or a Samoa cookie-love, each bite of one of those cookie delights, goes to help a good cause. So, when news…
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Victim claims she was held at gunpoint at her Foothills home in armed robbery
On Monday, The Yuma County Sheriff’s Office (YCSO) announced that deputies are looking into a home invasion robbery in the Foothills that happened in…
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5 taken to hospital after car crash in Somerton
Bystanders tell firefighters a third vehicle that left the scene caused the…
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