AZ Central – by Trevor Fey

A Goodyear police officer accused of filming more than 20 unknowing naked women at a tanning salon was sentenced Friday in Maricopa County Superior Court to three years in prison.

Judge Brad Astrowsky also ordered Jeffrey Streeter to register as a sex offender and serve lifetime probation upon release, but with the possibility of that probation sentence being reduced down the line.   Continue reading “Goodyear officer who filmed naked women gets 3 years in prison”

NPR

Celebrities, politicians and activists, ranging from Bernie Sanders to Hamilton creator Lin Manuel Miranda and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, are asking President Obama to grant clemency to a man who was part of a militant group that fought for Puerto Rican independence.

Oscar López Rivera has been in federal prison since 1981, convicted for “seditious conspiracy” to overthrow the the government of the United States, in relation to his membership in the Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional, or FALN. Between 1974 and 1983, the FALN claimed responsibility for more than 70 bombings of in New York, Chicago and Washington, D.C. The bombings caused millions in property damage, dozens of injuries and five deaths.   Continue reading “Pardon Sought For Prisoner Who Fought For Puerto Rican Independence”

Fox 10 News – by Nicole Garcia

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (KSAZ) – Minimum wage is a topic that can be divisive, and that is proving to be true for the Flagstaff community, which has set a higher standard, when it comes to minimum wage.

Last year, Flagstaff voters passed Proposition 404 along with Proposition 206. This means that for Flagstaff, the minimum wage there has to be at least $2 above Arizona’s minimum wage.   Continue reading “Voter-approved minimum wage law divides Flagstaff”

Tucson.com

The DeConcini port of entry in downtown Nogales closed for much of Sunday afternoon after demonstrations in Mexico turned violent and police fired numerous gunshots in the air.

Mexican police reported that two officers were injured as some demonstrators threw rocks on the fifth day of protests against gasoline-price increases in Mexico. Police responded to the rock-throwing by firing shots in the air just south of the port of entry, El Diario de Sonora reported. That’s when American officials closed the port of entry.
Continue reading “Gunshots at gas-price protest shut Nogales port of entry”