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State, Rights Groups Settle Challenges Over SB 1070

Agreement calls for guidelines on how 'show me your papers' part of law is applied.

Rights Groups: Close Private Immigrant Detention Centers

300 organizations send letter after federal promise to phase out private prisons.

Cell Phone Search Requires Warrant, Arizona Supreme Court Says

Right to privacy extends to one's phone even when it is in another's apartment, judges wrote.

Pima County Group Aims to Break Cycle of Incarceration

MacArthur Foundation-funded program wants to reduce missed court dates, jailtime for some nonviolent crimes.

Bus Fare Debate: Tucson Wants Revenue; Riders Say No

Plus: Election Recap, OSIRIS-REx Preview, and US Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan speech.

In Tucson, Supreme Court Justice Kagan on Scalia, Her Job

Court is 'a check on political institutions, political process,' she tells Tucson audience.

Human Rights Group: Detention Center Photos Show Abuse

A federal judge ordered the pictures be made public after Border Patrol tried to block the release.

Pima County Attorney LaWall Faces Feinman in Primary

Democratic rivals differ in their approaches to criminal prosecutions.

Pima Sheriff's Candidates: New Leadership Needed

Two Republicans face off for right to challenge appointed Sheriff Chris Nanos.

Pima County Attorney and Sheriff Primary Races

Republican sheriff candidates and Democratic attorney candidates vie for your vote.

Rebuilding On the Outside

A Tucsonan faces stigma, challenges after serving time in prison.

Supreme Court Justice Kagan Reschedules Tucson Visit

Will deliver UA College of Law Lecture next month and visit with law students.

Ruling: Smell of Marijuana Justifies Police Search

Arizona Supreme Court Sides With State on Probable Cause Question.

FBI: Arrested Tucsonan Called Himself 'American Jihadist'

18-year-old man being held in Phoenix on terrorism, conspiracy charges.

Sheriff: Cartels Forcing Migrants to Traffic Drugs

Armed drug smugglers are using threats and intimidation against unwilling migrants.

Supreme Court Leaves Obama Immigration Policy Blocked

Range of Arizona reactions: President must 'enforce immigration laws;' 'heartbreaking news.'

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