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The Biden administration evacuated more than 70,000 Afghans from their country on Aug. 15, 2021. Two years on, many are still in legal limbo, caught in a growing asylum backlog.
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Aug. 21, 2023
Judge's gavel
A Biden administration program that allows people from Nicaragua, Haiti, Venezuela and Cuba to apply to come to the U.S. with the help of a sponsor is going to trial this month. That’s after a coalition of Republican states sued to stop it earlier this year.
Aug. 21, 2023
police line blocking the street
Traffic was shut down in both directions on Interstate 10 near 16th Street during morning rush hour on Monday because of a person on top of a pedestrian bridge, officials said.
Aug. 21, 2023
traveler with luggage
In a unanimous decision, the court held that a jury could find that one of Mesa Air Group's pilots acted in a way that was racially motivated.
Aug. 17, 2023
Katie Hobbs
Sometimes referred to as the "Doomsday Mom," Vallow was found guilty in May by an Idaho judge for the murders of her two children, Tylee Ryan and Joshua “JJ” Vallow, as well as Tammy Daybell, the late wife of Vallow’s current husband, Chad Daybell.
Aug. 16, 2023
police gun
A group called Street Cop Training is charging about $300 per police officer to attend a class scheduled for Aug. 24 in the far southeast Valley. The company also fights against subpoenas by New Jersey oversight officials in connection with its 2021 October conference in Atlantic City that featured a conservative firebrand.
Aug. 16, 2023
scales of justice
On Tuesday, Aug. 22 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Pima County Public Defense Services is hosting a free legal clinic — with the main purpose of helping people seal eligible criminal records.
Aug. 15, 2023
My Florist is a Dick art print by Shepard Fairey
Mesa Arts Center is replacing exhibits featuring protest art by local Indigenous artists with a celebration of the city. It’s partially because of a controversy over one piece in a traveling exhibition by a world-famous artist.
Aug. 15, 2023
University of Arizona campus
The University of Arizona has enacted new safety measures following the shooting of a professor on campus last year.
Aug. 14, 2023
gavel in a courtroom
Four years ago, Arizona lawmakers opened a temporary window for child sex abuse victims over age 30 to sue for damages. Now, the state court of appeals has revived a case against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix brought by an anonymous plaintiff who was 11 years old in 1979.
Aug. 11, 2023
Phoenix police
In November, Wall Street Journal reporter Dion Rabouin conducted interviews on the sidewalk outside a Chase Bank location. Phoenix police said Wednesday that an officer who detained him was not wrong for doing so. The newspaper disagrees.
Aug. 10, 2023
The Show talked more about the dark net with Scott Brown, special agent in charge for Homeland Security Investigations for Arizona, and the conversation started with the difference between the dark net and the regular internet.
Aug. 10, 2023
phoenix police car
Phoenix police say the officer who detained a Wall Street Journal reporter conducting interviews outside a bank last year will undergo training. And the agency has revised its policy on trespassing after a discovery related to the officer’s conduct.
Aug. 9, 2023
Afghanistan flag
It’s been almost two years to the day since the U.S. evacuated more than 70.000 Afghans from their country after the American troops withdrew and the Taliban took control. Now many of those evacuees are still in limbo and the clock is ticking.
Aug. 9, 2023
Cochise County residents attend a congressional meeting.
U.S. House Republicans were back in southern Arizona this week for a remote congressional hearing about what they call a crisis at the border created by the Biden administration.
Aug. 9, 2023
A Chandler police SUV.
Chandler is offering a new health tool for its police officers with the goal of preventing and early detection of heart disease.
Aug. 8, 2023
U.S. Border Patrol agents with migrants
A new report by a pair of human rights groups details a years-long tally of human rights abuses by Customs and Border Protection officers and Border Patrol agents against migrants.
Aug. 8, 2023
Katie Hobbs
Gov. Katie Hobbs has allocated $3.2 million for law enforcement in Pinal County. It will be divided between police departments in Eloy, Casa Grande, Queen Creek, Florence and Coolidge.
Aug. 7, 2023
Phoenix police
This week marks two years since civil rights investigators from the the Department of Justice launched a sweeping review of Phoenix and its police department. The interim police chief who says his department is working hard to get federal officials information they need to finish their task.
Aug. 4, 2023
Lori Vallow Daybell
An Idaho judge sentenced Lori Vallow Daybell to spend the rest of her life in prison for murdering two of her children, but she also faces two pending criminal cases. Prosecutors are working to extradite her to Arizona, where she has also been indicted on conspiracy murder charges related to her late husband's killing.
Aug. 3, 2023

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