Philly abortion doctor guilty in 3 babies’ deaths

PHILADELPHIA — An abortion doctor was convicted Monday of first-degree murder and could face execution in the deaths of three babies who were born alive and then killed with scissors at his grimy, “house of horrors” clinic.

Arizona Wildcats football: Trial date set for All-American Ka’Deem Carey

A trial has been set for Arizona Wildcats running back Ka’Deem Carey.

State Bar declines to probe complaint

The State Bar of Arizona will not investigate allegations made against a state prosecutor by a paralegal fired in September.

Tucson woman given 25-to-life for role in ex-boyfriend's killing

A Tucson woman who arranged for her former boyfriend to be beaten to death was sentenced to life in prison Monday with release possible after 25 years. She was also sentenced to a consecutive five-year sentence for kidnapping.

Sex at heart of Arizona murder trial

PHOENIX — The photographs present a chilling portrait of sex and death.

Teen gets 5 years in home invasion when he was 13

Sixteen-year-old Vicente Valles, right, pleaded guilty on Nov. 1 to one count of armed robbery stemming from the 2010 home invasion. Defense attorney Mark Resnick is at left.

Teen gets 5 years in home invasion when he was 13

A Tucson mother of three told a teenage home invader Monday his actions devastated her family, but she is praying for him.

Mexican beauty queen killed in shootout

CULIACAN, Mexico —A 20-year-old state beauty queen has been killed in northern Mexico during a running gun battle between soldiers and the gang of drug traffickers she was traveling with, officials say.

Tucson murder trial linked to naughty Kardashian cellphone pic begins

For hours, Carlos Torres told detectives, his new girlfriend and his parents the same thing.

Tucson man given no-parole life term in 2010 killing

A Tucson man was sentenced to a no-parole life term Monday in the November 2010 death of his girlfriend’s former boyfriend.

Slain Tucson teen's mom sues his shooter

The mother of a Tucson teen who was shot and killed on Mount Lemmon has filed a lawsuit against a woman who was acquitted in his death last fall.

Tucson man sentenced in suffocation death of his baby

Henry Diaz may or may not have broken several bones in his 6-month-old son’s body, but he definitely smothered him to death and deserves a lengthy prison sentence, a prosecutor told a judge Monday.

Sierra Vista man tried in friend’s 1984 murder in Texas

FORT WORTH, Texas — A teen confessed to killing a former high school acquaintance in 1986, but authorities didn’t find out until nearly 25 years later when DNA testing of stored evidence led to that man living in Sierra Vista, prosecutors said Tuesday.

Probation for dad who ignored baby son’s many injuries

A Tucson man must spend the rest of his life on intensive probation for failing to seek medical attention for his infant son, who suffered multiple broken bones and other injuries last fall.

Handler of DPS K-9 that died to enter diversion program

An Arizona Department of Public Safety officer whose canine partner died after being left in a hot patrol car has entered a diversion program that will allow the charge against him to be dismissed, said Tucson City Prosecutor Baird Greene.

Indictment: NJ man sexually abused woman during flight from Phoenix

NEWARK, N.J. — A New Jersey man has been indicted on a charge of sexually abusing a sleeping woman on a cross-country flight.

Hearing in UA dorm killing postponed

Pima County Superior Court Judge Scott Rash imposed a stay in the Galareka Harrison case Thursday after prosecutors announced they will be asking the Arizona Court of Appeals to overturn his decision to grant Harrison a new sentencing hearing.

Old grudge killing gets S.D. man, 73, life term

MADISON, S.D. — A jockstrap pulled over his head in a high school locker room more than 50 years ago provoked a 73-year-old South Dakota man to fatally shoot his long-ago classmate, a prosecutor said Friday.

Inmate executed for killing Tucson college student

FLORENCE — Thomas Kemp was executed this morning for robbing and killing a Pima Community College student nearly 20 years ago.

Maricopa County’s former top prosecutor disbarred

PHOENIX — An Arizona ethics panel has disbarred Maricopa County's former top prosecutor for failed corruption investigations he and America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff conducted, targeting officials who crossed them.