Considering the 432 cases of child sexual molestation Sheriff (Joe) Arpaio has not bothered to handle in El Mirage, it's way past time for the Sheriff to resign. The East Valley Tribune reported on these cases in 2008, and won a Pulitzer Prize for its efforts.

The relatives of a 5-year-old Glendale girl who police believe was murdered are preparing to sue the agencies that were supposed to protect her.

The parents of a man shot and killed by Scottsdale police last year have filed a wrongfuldeath and negligence lawsuit against the city.

A student and his parents have filed suit against the Gilbert Unified School District in connection with an apparent prank that went awry.

The Gilbert mayor and a councilman have been subpoenaed to testify in an upcoming trial where two Gilbert families are suing the town over an alleged sewage station odor.

A San Tan Valley woman probably will not be charged in connection with her 3-year-old grandson shooting himself after finding a handgun under a couch.

LOS ANGELES - Randy Quaid, who plays a tough sheep rancher in "Brokeback Mountain," claims he was fleeced for his work in the movie. Quaid filed a lawsuit Thursday in Los Angeles County Superior Court alleging producers got him to work cheap by falsely claiming "Brokeback" was "a low-budget, art-house film, with no prospect of making any money."

SAN DIEGO - Former Blink-182 bassist Mark Hoppus sued a father-and-son business Monday, alleging they pocketed his investment in a venture to install automated checkout machines at McDonald's restaurants.

Millions of tax dollars are paid out by East Valley cities each year to people who were thinking of suing them — and city lawyers approved the payoffs because it is deemed cheaper to settle than to risk greater expenses from going to trial.

LOS ANGELES - An 89-year-old man whose car hurtled through a farmers market, killing 10 people, was let off on probation Monday by a judge who said he believed the defendant deserved to go prison but was too ill.

CAIRO, Egypt - A sharp rise in oil prices has led the gross domestic product of Arab states last year to increase to more than $1 trillion for the first time, the chairman of a pan-Arab economic council said Sunday.

The family of a Phoenix woman who died after a highspeed police pursuit has filed a lawsuit against Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and a Tucson woman seriously injured in another pursuit has filed a notice of claim, threatening to sue.

LOS ANGELES - Heaven beat the devil at the box office this weekend.

Eight years ago, a Tucson man suspected of stealing a bottle of lotion was asphyxiated by a security guard.

WASHINGTON - The Army said Saturday it will launch a criminal investigation into the April 2004 death of Pat Tillman, the former professional football player who was shot to death by fellow soldiers in Afghanistan in what previous Army reviews had concluded was an accidental shooting.

The Army said Saturday it will launch a criminal investigation into the April 2004 death of Pat Tillman, the former professional football player who was shot to death by fellow soldiers in Afghanistan in what previous Army reviews had concluded was an accidental shooting.

State lawmakers are moving to keep patients injured by medical students from being able to sue them.

Jon Beydler, guest commentary

After a long string of political defeats that culminated in the Democratic Party’s loss of control in Congress in 1994, gun-control activists decided to take a new tack.

LOS ANGELES — Good Samaritans, temperature guns and tougher laws are the newest tools in the campaign to keep animals out of hot cars, where just minutes can mean death.

State lawmakers are moving to give some relief to employers who fear the new medical marijuana laws are going to leave them powerless to fire or transfer workers who will soon be legally entitled to use the drug.

State lawmakers are moving to give some relief to employers who fear the new medical marijuana laws are going to leave them powerless to fire or transfer workers who will soon be legally entitled to use the drug.

State lawmakers are moving to give some relief to employers who fear the new medical marijuana laws are going to leave them powerless to fire or transfer workers who will soon be legally entitled to use the drug.

Kyle Barker stepped into the street to cross midblock in the early morning of Nov. 26. About the same time, a Chevrolet Impala barrelling down Baseline Road was headed toward him. The car swerved a little, but it was too late.