An Arizona tattoo artist pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges in the Oregon’s ranching standoff case. Brian Cavalier, a bodyguard for standoff leader Ammon Bundy and his father Cliven Bundy, pleaded guilty to conspiracy and possessing a gun in a federal facility. Cavalier admitted in federal court in Portland that he conspired with others to impede Interior Department employees from doing their jobs at the refuge near Burns.
The Arizona Public Safety Department has identified two people killed in western Arizona traffic accidents just 5 miles apart on Interstate 40. The first crash occurred at 11:30 p.m. Sunday, about 11 miles east of the California border.
Both the Metropolitan Police Department and the FBI believe there are “no credible threats” to the Las Vegas Valley after a video featuring footage of San Francisco and the Las Vegas Strip was released Monday.
— Lighter winds are helping firefighters make gains on a voracious and deadly wildfire in central California that has burned 150 homes and claimed two lives.
Surrounded by muddy devastation, Cathy Light and her husband Chris thought it was “heaven sent” they had free burgers to munch on in a Clendenin parking lot Saturday.
Early reports indicate about 9 inches of rain damaged or destroyed more than 100 homes and knocked out power to tens of thousands of others, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin said.
Though nearly 5,000 miles from the voting, two area residents paid close attention to the results.
A California homicide suspect was arrested Thursday afternoon in Las Vegas, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the practice of considering race in college admissions, rejecting a white woman’s challenge to a University of Texas affirmative action program.
Firefighters battling home-threatening wildfires in the West caught a break overnight as gusty winds died down but with the region bracing for sweltering heat, Saturday’s respite could be brief, authorities said.
