Feds delay policy to allow small knives on planes

WASHINGTON — Airline passengers will have to leave their knives at home after all. And their bats and golf clubs.

How immigration bill would affect Arizona and Tucson Sector

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How immigration bill would affect Arizona and Tucson Sector

Senators introduced Tuesday night a long-awaited immigration bill that seeks to reform what many from both sides of the debate call a broken system.

Border Patrol union president offers pay cut to keep hours

WASHINGTON — Border Patrol agents would be willing to give up time-and-a-half overtime pay if it meant they would not have to be furloughed as part of mandated federal spending cuts, their union president testified Friday.

AP source: Senate plan would tighten border security

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators finalizing a landmark immigration bill has agreed to require greatly increased surveillance of the border and apprehensions of people trying to cross it, a person familiar with the proposals said Wednesday.

Napolitano says security is 'trending in right direction'

"As illegal immigration has dropped, agents and officers can focus on narco-traffickers and human smugglers," Homeland Security SecretaryJanet Napolitano said Friday at the end of a two-day visit to review border security in Texas and Arizona.

Napolitano says security is 'trending in right direction'

While a specific metric to measure border security is still lacking, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says it's important to take a broad view of the border to judge the effectiveness of the government's efforts.

Immigration bill will require compromise, senators say

NOGALES, Ariz. - The comprehensive immigration reform bill that's likely to be filed when senators return to Washington in two weeks will be heavy on compromise, lawmakers from both sides of the aisle said after a border tour here Wednesday.

Police clear UA campus 3 hours after report of gunman

Police officers locked down several UA buildings Friday evening after reports of a man on campus with a gun. After about three hours police began to clear the scene without finding a gunman.

A look back at Alcatraz

This is a gun tower on the west side of Alcatraz Prison Island in San Francisco Bay, shown April 30, 1952. The San Francisco skyline can be seen in the background. (AP Photo/Ernest K. Bennett)

Cannon used to shoot marijuana over border

MEXICALI, Mexico — A powerful improvised cannon was used to hurl packets of marijuana across a border fence into California, police in the border city of Mexicali say.

Tucson police end search for shooter

Tucson police ended a search for a shooter shortly before 9 p.m. Wednesday near the intersection of East 31st Street and South Irving Avenue.

1 killed in mobile home fire on Tucson’s SW side

One person was found dead inside a southwest-side mobile home destroyed by a fire Thursday morning.

Brazen thefts of pottery aggravate store's owners

Glazed Expressions Pottery co-owner Joseph Pitonzo builds a moveable structure to display his pottery in front of the north-side store. He plans to move the store displays in and out of the yard to stop thieves from taking off with the expensive Talavera pottery.

Brazen thefts of pottery aggravate store's owners

Glazed Expressions Pottery co-owner Joseph Pitonzo builds a moveable structure to display his pottery in front of the north-side store. He plans to move the store displays in and out of the yard to stop thieves from taking off with the expensive Talavera pottery.

Brazen thefts of pottery aggravate store's owners

The pottery store's security camera captures a thief in action on Dec. 30.

Brazen thefts of pottery aggravate store's owners

The pottery store's security camera captures a thief in action on Dec. 30.

Brazen thefts of pottery aggravate store's owners

Twice in just over a week, thieves took off with pricey Talavera from a north-side pottery store, and the owners are frustrated and fed up.

2 ranchers illustrate border- plan split

"Sovereign countries control their borders," says Nogales-area rancher Dan Bell.

2 ranchers illustrate border-plan split

NOGALES, Ariz. - When Dan Bell drives through his 35,000-acre cattle ranch, he speaks of the hurdles the Border Patrol faces in his rolling green hills of oak and mesquite trees - the hours it takes to drive to some places, the wilderness areas that are generally off-limits to motorized vehi…