(TUCSON, Ariz.) -- A United Airlines flight en route to Los Angeles from Cancun made an emergency landing in Tucson Sunday night after reporting an engine problem.
(TUCSON, Ariz.) - A Border Patrol agent is at a Tucson hospital after being injured in a rollover accident Wednesday.
The Arizona Department of Public Safety says that the officer rolled his vehicle after crashing into a drainage ditch near Douglas, Ariz.
He was flown to University Medical Center in Tucson. The extent of the agent's injuries have not been released.
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(MARANA, Ariz.) - A birthday party went terribly wrong after wind gusts caused an inflatable jumping castle with two young girls inside to go airborne.
A 10-year-old girl was in stable condition at University Medical Center after landing on a neighbors roof and suffering a head injury. A seven-year-old girl, who was also in the structure, was ejected and suffered only minor injuries.
The castle traveled around 100 feet before landing on the rooftop.
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(PIMA, Ariz.) -- Authorities in Pima County believe they have found the remains of a third Utah man who had gone missing in the Arizona mountains while searching for a missing gold mine back in July.
Curtis Merworth's wallet was found Saturday in the Superstition Mountains, beside some human remains. What are believed to be the remains of the other two, Ardean Charles and Malcom Weeks, were found last week.
The Pima County medical examiner is expected to examine the remains to determine identity.
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(TUCSON, Ariz.) -- The Arizona Sun reports the Tucson School District will not join the 11 teachers of its Mexican American studies program in a lawsuit challenging a new state law. The law was created specifically for the Tucson schools because backers felt the Mexican-American studies program created resentment against whites while segregating students by race.
The district says its program is legal and it would appeal any finding to the contrary.
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(TUCSON, Ariz.) – The four suspects in the case of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry’s death December were indicted Thursday on illegal immigration charges, according to KGUN-TV, ABC’s Tucson affiliate.
Terry was shot and killed near Rio Rico on Dec. 14, and officials subsequently arrested four suspects. There are no reports yet on whether the suspects have been exonerated of suspicion in Terry's murder.
The arraignment on the immigration charges is scheduled for Jan. 28 in Tucson.
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Photo Courtesy - Tom Willett/Getty Images(TUCSON, Ariz.) -- U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords has made more progress in her recovery from last Saturday's assassination attempt.
University Medical Center doctors announced that Giffords started moving her limbs after a physical therapy session Thursday. She has been acknowledging her friends and families in visits, as well.
Doctors have said that the next breakthrough will be speech. They intend to remove her breathing tube in the next phase of recovery.
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(TUCSON, Ariz.) – The Pima County Sherriff’s Office obtained a black bag on Thursday in Jared Lee Loughner’s neighborhood that they hope may help them piece together the tragic shooting last Saturday.
The office released this statement:
“At approximately 10:00 a.m., the Pima County Sheriff’s Department responded to a report of a black bag found in the 4000 block of W Soledad Place by an individual walking his dog. The bag was determined to be a diaper bag resembling a backpack and contained 9mm ammunition. The found bag is believed to be the black bag that Randy Loughner described his son carrying the morning of the shooting. The bag has been transferred to the custody of the FBI where further analysis will be conducted.”
Police say an 18-year-old man found the bag while walking his dog. Loughner is suspected in the shooting that injured Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
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(TUCSON, Ariz.) – The Pima County Sheriff’s office announced Thursday that the FBI has finished its investigation at the La Toscana Village shopping center, the site of Saturday’s shooting that injured Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
A report from KGUN-TV, ABC’s Tucson affiliate, says that the Safeway grocery store where the shooting happened is still closed, but all other shops in the cluster are open.
The Pima County Sheriff’s office also released a statement saying:
"We recognize how difficult it was for the merchants to have the shopping center blocked off during the course of the investigation. The Pima County Sheriff's Department and the FBI would like to thank the merchants for their patience and support. We encourage citizens to patronize the merchants as they had before this incident."
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(WILLCOX, Ariz.) -- Willcox High School was partially destroyed by a fire Wednesday. There have been no reported injuries and investigators are looking into the cause of the blaze.
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