Milton Lee: The recent announcement that the East Valley criminal courts for Maricopa County are to be returned to Phoenix should evoke sheer outrage by East Valley citizens - especially those of us in Mesa.

On paper, the issue the U.S. Supreme Court will take up Monday is simple: should Arizona lawmakers be forced to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to comply with a judge’s ruling that they do more to ensure students learn English?

A federal security official from Phoenix has been accused of falsifying records in connection with a San Francisco shooting that involved two other federal agents.

A former U.S. sailor who once had access to top-secret naval information was arrested on suspicion of terrorism and spying Wednesday by federal agents in Phoenix.

Phoenix police arrested a 40-year-old U.S. Navy sailor Friday on suspicion of molesting a 13-year-old girl on a flight from Hawaii to Sky Harbor International Airport.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - A former Navy sailor charged with supporting terrorism by disclosing secret information about the location of Navy ships and the best ways to attack them also discussed attacking military personnel and recruiting stations, prosecutors disclosed Monday.

The nation's second largest book store chain appears headed for liquidation.

The nation's second largest book store chain appears headed for liquidation.

The nation's second largest book store chain appears headed for liquidation.

The nation's second largest book store chain appears headed for liquidation.

PHOENIX — Apollo Group Inc., the for-profit company that owns the University of Phoenix, fraudulently misled investors about its student recruitment policies, a federal jury ruled Wednesday, and was ordered to pay shareholders about $280 million.

A federal appeals court refused to block timber cutting on land in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests burned in the Rodeo-Chediski wildfire last year.

PHOENIX -- Arizona will get its last legal shot this spring to finally enforce all of its 2-year-old immigration law.

Defense attorneys argued before the nation’s high court Tuesday that twice-convicted murderer Jeffrey Landrigan should get another hearing that could lighten his sentence.

An ex-sailor from Phoenix accused of passing on naval secrets to terrorists will be tried early next year.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - A federal judge ruled Thursday that the USA Patriot Act is constitutional, rejecting a claim by a former Navy sailor charged with supporting terrorism that evidence against him was illegally obtained.

NEW HAVEN - A former Navy sailor pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges that he supported terrorism by disclosing secret information about the location of Navy ships and the best ways to attack them.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Federal prosecutors played intercepted phone calls in federal court Wednesday of a former a Navy sailor from Phoenix charged with supporting terrorism by allegedly disclosing secret information on the location of Navy ships.

Federal attorneys are urging a judge not to allow others challenging Arizona's new immigration law to piggy-back onto their case.

My top three reasons why Mesa Police Association members think they should be paid to get dressed for work (inspired by a story in the Fresno Bee):

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - A former Navy sailor arrested two weeks ago on terrorism charges was indicted Wednesday in Connecticut and is due in court Friday.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - A federal judge ruled Thursday that prosecutors trying a former Navy sailor charged with supporting terrorism can tell a jury about his coded speech and admissions that he communicated with suspected terrorism supporters and destroyed videos that promoted violent jihad.

Washington  --  A US Airways executive repeated assurances in Washington on Tuesday that the company plans to maintain a significant corporate presence in Phoenix after its proposed merger with Texas-based American Airlines.