OCOTILLO, Calif. - A magnitude-3.4 earthquake has jolted the California-Mexico border but there are no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano says unmanned aircraft flights patrolling the Mexican border in south Texas will begin Wednesday in a bid to seek out smuggling activities and improve border security.

EL CENTRO, Calif. - The U.S. Border Patrol's gleaming new regional headquarters building is just one sign of how the fast-growing agency is boosting the local economy.

A forecast for gusty winds has prompted a high pollution advisory for Tuesday.

WASHINGTON — Unemployment rates fell in August in nearly 90 percent of large U.S. metro areas mainly because more people gave up looking for work.

YUMA - A Yuma man accused of equipping his car with police lights and pulling over speeders in his neighborhood is an award-winning Border Patrol agent, authorities confirmed.

YUMA - A vehicle filled with suspected illegal immigrants rolled over early Monday, resulting in nine deaths, authorities said. The single-vehicle accident occurred on a dirt road about a mile west of U.S. 95 when the driver of a large SUV carrying up to 22 people attempted to make a U-turn with Border Patrol agents in pursuit and the vehicle rolled over when he lost control, a Border Patrol spokesman said.

The Tempe Union High School District has narrowed its superintendent search to five candidates.

WASHINGTON - Dozens of people accused of working for one of Mexico's largest drug cartels were arrested Wednesday in a multistate bust that netted more than $45 million worth of cocaine, heroin, marijuana and methamphetamine, federal officials said.

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KANSAS CITY, Kan. - One of Maria Carrillo’s clients said thieves jumped him on payday because they knew he’d leave the check-cashing business with his pockets full of bills.

Two sheriffs gave a grim assessment of security along the U.S.-Mexico border Thursday, telling a lawmakers they need the federal government to send more soldiers.

A 20-year-old man and his 48-year-old ex-teacher sat in a dark living room waiting for police to arrive as an 18-year-old man lay stabbed and dying in another room on April 10, according to a Chandler police report.

How does geothermal energy captured near southern California’s Salton Sea help us here in the Valley of the Sun? You’d be surprised.

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Sisters and best friends Krisse Brock Kelly and Julie Brock Campbell are sharing their passion for the Spanish language by trying to make it easier for children to learn Spanish.

So what do you do when you have three kids and no electricity anywhere for miles around?

Frida Kahlo. Diego Rivera. José Clemente Orozco. They’re Mexico’s most famous painters, known even to Americans with only a casual interest in art.

A hundred and twenty-three Paul Strand photographs will be exhibited at the Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City at the end of this year.

When Phoenix residents felt the strong earthquake that rocked Baja California on Sunday, disbelief and a sense of excitement quickly spread.

Arizona communities are losing construction jobs at levels that exceed much of the rest of the country, according to a new study.

TUCSON - Illegal immigrant deaths have risen along the U.S.-Mexico border in the past six months despite a nearly 25 percent drop in Border Patrol arrests that suggests far fewer people are entering the country unlawfully.

The Elliotts of San Diego showed up Tuesday evening at the Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort after escaping the soot-thick air generated by the raging fires that left the family suddenly homeless.