Sources: Fox News
Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, investigates over 160 suspected heat-related deaths related to ongoing heat waves in Arizona, California, and Oregon. 2024-07-6
U.S. Rep. Scott Perry and U.S. Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri object to Pennsylvania's electoral college votes, forcing a second vote to accept or reject the objection. This comes after the House and the Senate defeated a similar objection to Arizona's electoral college votes from Rep. Paul Gosar and Senator Ted Cruz. The Senate and the House both vote to reject the objection, allowing Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to receive the state’s electoral votes. 2021-01-7
Senator Ted Cruz and Rep. Paul Gosar object to the state of Arizona, making it the first time a vote is forced to accept or reject the objection since 2004, when Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones and Senator Barbara Boxer objected to George W. Bush's victory in Ohio against John Kerry. The objection failed 6-93 in the Senate and 121-303 in the House. 2021-01-6
Voters in Arizona, New Jersey, Montana and South Dakota approve legislation legalizing recreational cannabis, while voters in Mississippi approve the medical use of cannabis. Oregon becomes the first U.S. state to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of hard drugs such as cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine. 2020-11-3
An Arizona woman in Scottsdale is arrested at Target after pulling face masks off the displays. 2020-07-5
The first one-on-one debate of the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries takes place between former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders in Washington, D.C., instead of Arizona as originally scheduled and without an audience as a result of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. 2020-03-15
Police say the safety driver of an Uber self-driving car that fatally struck a pedestrian in Arizona was distracted by watching a TV show on her phone. 2018-06-22
A U.S. Border Patrol agent is shot dead near the U.S.-Mexico border in the state of Arizona. A second agent was shot and is being treated for non-life threatening injuries. 2012-10-2
Voters in the 8th congressional district in the US state of Arizona go to the polls for a special election caused by the resignation of Gabby Giffords due to health reasons with Democrat Ron Barber duly elected. 2012-06-12
Campaigners against an immigration law in the U.S. state of Arizona adopt children's cartoon character Dora the Explorer as a symbol of their cause. 2010-05-21