Jonathan J. Cooper

Arizona artists win suit over same-sex wedding invitations

September 16, 2019 at 9:28 p.m.

The free speech rights of two Christian artists who make wedding invitations were violated by an anti-discrimination ordinance in Phoenix that makes it illegal to refuse service to same-sex couples...

Chris Williamson, pictured in Phoenix in April, rents his car on Turo, a car-sharing platform that is similar to Airbnb for rental cars. Ross D. Franklin, The Associated Press

鈥淟eveling the playing field鈥�: Increased popularity of car-sharing apps is fueling tax debate

August 11, 2019 at 11:00 a.m.

At stake is hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue that cities and airports count on to pay for stadiums and convention centers or to fund police, fire and other...

In this April 3, 2019 file photo, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey talks to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington following a meeting with President Donald Trump.

Immigrant-heavy GOP states OK with census citizen question

April 28, 2019 at 5:05 p.m.

It's not just Democratic-leaning states at risk of losing federal money and clout in Congress if the Supreme Court says the upcoming census can include a citizenship question.

Trump signs Colorado River drought plan

April 17, 2019 at 1:06 a.m.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a plan to cut back on the use of water from the Colorado River, which serves 40 million people in the U.S. West.

Arizona will miss U.S. deadline for Colorado River drought plan, officials say

February 19, 2019 at 9:26 p.m.

Arizona won't have all the pieces of a Colorado River drought plan finished by the federal government's deadline to finalize protections for water used by millions across the U.S. West,...

Arizona lawmaker accused of endangering Colorado River drought plan

February 15, 2019 at 5:47 p.m.

Top Arizona Democrats on Friday accused the Republican House speaker of risking the collapse of a drought plan for the Colorado River by pushing legislation that has angered the Gila...

Arizona joins Colorado River drought plan

January 31, 2019 at 11:28 p.m.

Arizona delivered one of the final puzzle pieces for a Colorado River drought plan, agreeing Thursday to join six other states and Mexico in voluntarily taking less water from the...

Sydney Carlier, foreground, accompanied by roommates, Jenna Brouwer, center and Camille Foder, behind flag, places flowers on a memorial for slain Davis Police Officer Natalie Corona, Friday, Jan. 11, 2019, in Davis, Calif.

Rookie cop in Northern California “ambushed” at crash scene

January 11, 2019 at 8:53 p.m.

Investigators believe Natalie Corona was ambushed by a gunman on a bicycle, but they haven't a determined the motive for his actions.

A helicopter drops water on a brush fire behind homes during the Woolsey Fire in Malibu, Calif., Friday, Nov. 9, 2018. A fast-moving wildfire in Southern California has scorched a historic movie site recently used by the HBO series “Westworld” and forced numerous celebrities to join the thousands fleeing flames that have claimed homes and prompted the total evacuation of the celebrity enclave Malibu. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

2 killed in Southern California fire that抖阴ap doubled in size

November 10, 2018 at 11:13 a.m.

A wildfire that tore through Malibu mansions and working-class suburban homes in Southern California's hills and canyons has killed two people and had more than doubled in size by Saturday.

Fires besiege California city reeling from mass shooting

November 9, 2018 at 10:04 p.m.

A city reeling from the tragedy of a mass shooting was under a siege of a different sort Friday as raging wildfires on both sides of the city forced widespread...

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