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Mexico first filed suit against major gun makers — which it alleges design, market and sell weapons in ways that arm cartels and fuel violence. A second suit against five Arizona gun stores argues that they systematically participate in trafficking firearms across the border.
Mar. 5, 2024
gavel in a courtroom
More than 50 victims were targeted, including officers from El Mirage and Surprise, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, DPS and authorities from the Arizona Department of Transportation.
Mar. 5, 2024
A kitten in the Arizona Humane Society's Bottle Baby Intensive Care Unit
The bill would have required people convicted of animal cruelty, animal fighting or bestiality to register with the Department of Public Safety. And it would have prohibited a person from knowingly giving an animal to a person on the list.
Mar. 5, 2024
Man in prison clothes
Raad Noah Almansoori, 26, was arraigned Tuesday in Maricopa County Superior Court on charges stemming from the stabbings on Feb. 17 in Phoenix and on Feb. 18 in Surprise.
Mar. 5, 2024
Gilbert Police Department
Arizona Republic reporter Robert Anglen has been reporting on the “Gilbert Goons” violence and talked to The Show about a whistleblower who has come forward in the death of 16-year-old Preston Lord.
Mar. 5, 2024
Raad Almansoori
Raad Almansoori is being held without bond in Phoenix on charges of attempted murder and other counts associated with the separate stabbings of two women that occurred after he traveled to Arizona from New York.
Mar. 4, 2024
Looking at a gavel on the judge's bench into the courtroom
A federal grand jury indicted Larry Edward Brown Jr. on one count of involuntary manslaughter of an officer of the U.S. He was released Friday after his initial court appearance in Tucson. An April 2 trial is scheduled.
Mar. 4, 2024
Phoenix police motorcycles
The Phoenix city council is set to consider calling on the U.S. Justice Department to release more than just a summary of findings from its ongoing investigation. The move was formally requested by a man who unsuccessfully sued the city after Phoenix police shot and killed his son.
Mar. 1, 2024
The sun shines over the Arizona Department of Education building in Phoenix on May 15, 2023.
Prosecutors said Thursday that the three employees approved applications for 17 students — five of whom were fictitious — that admitted them into the voucher program using forged birth certificates and special education evaluations.
Feb. 29, 2024
Apartment kitchen
Phoenix leaders want state lawmakers to rethink some actions that are putting the city in a financial bind.
Feb. 28, 2024
A for-rent sign at a home
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes filed a lawsuit accusing the RealPage real estate software company of illegally colluding with nine large apartment owners to raise rents in Phoenix and Tucson.
Feb. 28, 2024
Pedro Quintana-Lujan
The National Transportation Safety Board released a report Tuesday on the Feb. 25, 2023, crash on a Goodyear bridge that left two bicyclists dead and 17 others injured.
Feb. 28, 2024
Sheriff Russ Skinner
The Show sat down with newly appointed Maricopa County Sheriff Russ Skinner to talk about his experience as Paul Penzone’s chief deputy, the legacy of Joe Arpaio and why he’s running for the office as a Democrat.
Feb. 28, 2024
Axon’s headquarters in Scottsdale
A plan by the Scottsdale-based maker of Taser stun guns to build a new campus in north Scottsdale has run into problems — both with the city and nearby residents. The Show speaks with Sam Kmack of The Arizona Republic.
Feb. 27, 2024
gavel in a courtroom
The hearing comes one month to the day after an appeals court in Boston ruled another suit brought by Mexico against major US gun makers was allowed to move forward.
Feb. 26, 2024
Rachel Mitchell
Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell has defended her decision not to extradite a New York City murder suspect because she says he should first be tried in connection with two Phoenix-area stabbings.
Feb. 23, 2024
phoenix police car
Two investigations by Phoenix Police Department into officer-involved incidents weren’t up to snuff, according to a pair of reports the city’s Office of Accountability and Transparency released this week.
Feb. 23, 2024
A vote center at El Mirage City Hall
The 52-year-old was charged with one count of communicating an interstate threat and made an initial court appearance Friday in San Diego, according to a statement from the U.S. Department of Justice.
Feb. 23, 2024
Gila monster
Through KJZZ’s Q&AZ reporting project, a listener asked on social media if it's illegal to keep Gila monsters as pets and breed them in Arizona.
Feb. 22, 2024
Gilbert water tower
Some Gilbert residents are calling for the resignation of both the mayor and police chief over the town’s handling of teen violence.
Feb. 22, 2024

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