Family's ties to alleged pot ring detailed

Both brothers of a Tucson man killed during a SWAT raid in 2011 are among five people named in a 29-count indictment alleging they imported and sold at least $4.9 million worth of marijuana between 2005 and the time of the fatal raid.

Services set in Yuma for Marine killed in crash

YUMA — A private memorial service is set for Wednesday afternoon for one of the seven Marines killed when two military helicopters collided nearly a week ago near western Arizona.

9 feared dead in Coast Guard, Marine air collision off SoCal

SAN DIEGO — The nighttime collision of a Coast Guard aircraft on a rescue mission and a Marine helicopter left nine people feared dead at sea Friday as investigators tried to solve the mystery of how the air crews failed to see each other in a heavily used military area.

9 feared dead in Coast Guard, Marine air collision off SoCal

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Obama: 'Sobering' return of US fallen, families' grief to bear on Afghan policy

WASHINGTON — Hours after a personal encounter with the grim cost of war, President Obama said Thursday the sight of 18 flag-covered cases holding the remains of Americans killed this week in Afghanistan can't help but influence his thinking about sending more troops overseas.

Obama: 'Sobering' return of US fallen, families' grief to bear on Afghan policy

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When the tough should get going

The former Marine officer Matthew Hoh, who resigned his Foreign Service post in Afghanistan because he feels the war is pointless and not worth dying for, deserves all the attention he's gotten and more. The Obama administration faces hard decisions there, and the man made a good case agains…

New hotel owner tips the racial scales in Taos

TAOS, N.M. — Larry Whitten marched into this northern New Mexico town in late July on a mission: resurrect a failing hotel.

New hotel owner tips the racial scales in Taos

Deal struck on Great Lakes ship pollution

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Congressional negotiators reached a deal Tuesday that would effectively exempt 13 ships that haul iron ore, coal and other freight on the Great Lakes from a proposed federal rule meant to reduce air pollution.

Roadside bombs claim 8 more US lives

KABUL — Roadside bombs — the biggest killer of U.S. soldiers — claimed eight more American lives Tuesday, driving the U.S. death toll to a record level for the third time in four months as President Obama nears a decision on a new strategy for the troubled war.