The Latest Breaking News from Arizona

Crews tackle growing wildfires; 'A very chaotic situation'

Destructive U.S. Southwest fires have burned dozens of homes in northern Arizona and put numerous small villages in New Mexico in the path of danger, as wind-fueled flames chewed up wide swaths of tinder-dry forest and grassland and plumes of smoke filled the sky

The Independent UK · Apr 23, 2022

Fierce winds drive wildfires in U.S. Southwest

Howling winds pushed wildfires towards villages in northern New Mexico on Friday, forcing thousands to flee homes as blazes burned across the parched U.S. Southwest.

Reuters · Apr 22, 2022

‘This is not typical’: Arizona wildfire fighters brace for threat ‘on steroids’

Winds and dryness heighten danger from Tunnel fire as teams battle blazes in American south-west

The Guardian - US · Apr 22, 2022

Arizona wildfire almost triples in size, forcing thousands to flee

Flames from the Tunnel Fire burned 16,625 acres, an area larger than Manhattan

The Independent UK · Apr 21, 2022

Woman with two uteruses suffers two 'excruciatingly painful' periods every month

Leanne Bell, 37, from Arizona in the US, says she uses two tampons and she usually has two periods at the same time, but when they happen at a different time "it’s like three months of bleeding"

Daily Mirror · Apr 21, 2022

Forecasters: Strong wind could lead to explosive fire growth

Winds that are expected to intensify through the end of the week have been a major obstacle for firefighters battling blazes across the Southwest

The Independent UK · Apr 21, 2022

Judge mulls lawsuit seeking to kick Trump backers off ballot

Attorneys representing two Republican congressmen and a GOP state House member running to be Arizona’s top election official urged a judge in Phoenix to dismiss lawsuits seeking to kick them off the November ballot

The Independent UK · Apr 21, 2022

Arizona death-row prisoner won’t be executed in gas chamber

A prisoner scheduled to be executed in what would be Arizona’s first use of the death penalty in nearly eight years won’t be put to death in the gas chamber

The Independent UK · Apr 20, 2022

AP sources: Administration to replace acting ATF director

The Biden administration is removing the acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives from his position and replacing him with the U.S. attorney in Arizona

The Independent UK · Apr 20, 2022

Can Texas declare a border 'invasion' and return migrants to Mexico?

HOUSTON — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is facing mounting pressure from far-right and former Trump administration officials to immediately declare a migrant "invasion" at the U.S.-Mexico border, under a constitutional provision that would allow local law enforcement and National Guard troops to stop migrants at the border and send them…

Los Angeles Times · Apr 20, 2022