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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — This week marks the 25th anniversary of one of Arizona's most notorious unsolved crimes. On the morning of April 10, 2001, Scottsdale police responded to reports of an explosion at a home near 74th and Oak streets. Upon arrival, the bodies of Mary Fisher and her two children, Bobby and Brittney, were discovered in the burning residence. The three victims appeared to have sustained fatal injuries before the house fire. And the family's patriarch, Robert Fisher, was nowhere to be seen. Police later named Fisher as a suspect as investigators believed he rigged the family's home to...

Savannah Guthrie’s ailing 84-year-old mom likely suffered a fatal medical episode during her kidnapping — and her greedy captors were forced to dump her body because she was no longer “of value” to them once dead, according to a cold-case expert. The kidnappers likely “underestimated” how fragile Nancy Guthrie’s health was when they carried out their sickening money grab, Brian Martin, an Indiana detective who specializes in cold cases, told NewsNation’s Brian Entin. That left them forced to scrap their ransom plan and get rid of her body when things went “sideways” with the “Today” show host’s mom, who had...

Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., is facing heat for attempting to discredit a user on X who said sexual misconduct allegations against Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., who is running for governor, will end up "kick[ing] his a--." Gallego, who has been friends with Swalwell for many years, also defended Swalwell for being "targeted" in a separate post on social media, arguing he is the subject of sexual misconduct allegations because he is "in first place." Swalwell has fiercely denied the allegations being elevated on social media by Democratically-aligned politicos, including Cheyenne Hunt, a former Capitol Hill staffer who is currently a...

Both CNN and the Washington Post reported yesterday that the Iranian regime is plotting to kill President Trump. Jewish World Review has posted the Washington Post story in accessible form here. Intelligence concerning the plot derives from a human source and is apparently unrelated to the attempted assassination of Trump over the weekend.NRO’s Jimmy Quinn quotes Rich Goldberg’s tweet on the rationale for such an operation: “Donald Trump is an existential threat to the Islamic Republic of Iran. The regime knows maximum pressure will return.”The incompetence of the Secret Service presents something of a national security crisis. The Post drily...

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Democratic strategists are reportedly pushing for the 2028 presidential candidate to be a "straight, White, Christian man" after recent losses, an Axios report alleged. "Some top Democrats are quietly debating a fraught question: whether the party's best bet for winning back the presidency in 2028 is to nominate a man — perhaps a straight, White, Christian man," Axios reported on Sunday. "Their fear, divulged with dismay in group chats, at cocktail parties and increasingly in public, is that parts of the electorate are too biased to support a woman or other diverse candidate for president," the report continued. The report...

A Marine formerly stationed at Camp Pendleton is accused of stealing a missile system and thousands of rounds of ammunition from the base and selling the military items in Arizona, according to federal court documents obtained by ABC 10News. A federal criminal complaint stated Cpl. Andrew Paul Amarillas faces federal charges of Conspiracy to Possess and Sell Stolen Ammunition and Commit Theft of Government Property in connection with the alleged thefts and sales. Amarillas, who was stationed at Camp Pendleton from Feb. 2022 to Jan. 2026, allegedly used his role as Ammunition Technician Specialist at the School of Infantry West...

A California Marine has been hauled into federal custody after authorities say he treated a military armory like a personal pawn shop, stealing high-tech missile systems and selling them off in Arizona. Corporal Andrew Paul Amarillas, an Arizona native who served as an ammunition technician at Camp Pendleton, is accused of making off with a terrifying haul of restricted “weapons of war,” including Javelin missile systems and military-grade ammo, according to federal court documents.

“An Arizona deputy was arrested on kidnapping charges and booted from the sheriff's department that's leading the months-long Nancy Guthrie investigation. Ex-Pima County deputy Travis Reynolds, 22, was detained on Thursday and accused of kidnapping a detainee whom he was transporting to the Pima County Jail. The Tucson Police Department charged him with one count of kidnapping in connection with alleged misconduct that reportedly occurred while he was on duty,' according to a police statement obtained by Fox. Following his arrest and given the serious nature of the allegations, Reynolds's employment with the Pima County Sheriff's Office was immediately terminated.”

FLAGSTAFF, AZ (AZFamily) — Nearly four decades after a Northern Arizona University student was murdered outside of her apartment in Flagstaff, police have cracked the case and made an arrest. Flagstaff police announced that James Arthur Runnels Jr. was taken into custody for the murder of Ina Claire Langstaff. Police say on Nov. 7, 1987, Langstaff was found stabbed to death outside of her apartment in Flagstaff’s Old Town neighborhood. Despite an extensive investigation into the 24-year-old student’s murder, the case went unsolved for almost 40 years. Evidence collected from the original crime scene was re-examined, and several items were...

Arizona Senate Bill 1424 has passed the Senate and has passed the House Education Committee and the House Rules Committee. The bill requires school districts and charter schools to provide age-appropriate firearm safety awareness training in all grades, kindergarten through 12th grade. The instruction is to be objective and not promote firearms ownership or any political position. The instruction is to be limited to accident prevention and personal safety awareness. It is to include guidance on safe firearms storage in homes and vehicles. The instruction is to provide guidance on what to do if a firearm is encountered, including not...

As the search for Nancy Guthrie hit its 50th day Sunday, leaving the local sheriff desperate and humiliated, a legendary cold-case detective insisted to The Post that the case is still ripe with potential leads. “Nancy’s case is still very fresh,” said Brian Martin, the crack detective from Fort Payne, Ind., who helped catch the killer of 8-year-old April Tinsley almost 30 years after her murder. Martin said he is optimistic that law enforcement will track down the abductor of the 84-year-old mom of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie, after Nancy vanished with nary a trace from her home near...

A 15-foot crescent moon that was created by students to commemorate Ramadan was destroyed on top of an Arizona mountain. The City of Tempe announced Tuesday that the symbol atop A Mountain, where other religious symbols have been displayed, was found 'completely destroyed' after being reinstalled just years ago. 'A student group designed and built a 15-foot-tall crescent moon to shine a light on the holiday [of Ramadan] for the entire community,' read a statement from the city posted on X. 'It stood on A Mountain, just like religious symbols of other faiths have done in the past. It was...

The Arizona sheriff leading the hunt for Nancy Guthrie has responded to efforts to recall him for being “an embarrassment” for his handling of the high-profile kidnapping case. Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos addressed the effort to oust him soon after it was first revealed by The Post on Tuesday. Republican congressional candidate Daniel Butierez told The Post on Tuesday that he had launched the recall campaign over Nanos’ handling of the Guthrie case as well as allegations he misrepresented his employment history. There is increasing disquiet over his conduct among rank-and-file Pima County police officers as well as Sheriff...

Arizona State Rep. John Gillette’a referral cites potential violations of several federal statutes related to election administration, computer security, and voter eligibility Arizona State Rep. John Gillette (R-Kingman) presented a detailed investigative packet to the Arizona House Committee on Federalism, Military Affairs, and Elections on March 11 outlining alleged voter registration irregularities and discrepancies between county election records and figures reported by the Arizona Secretary of State. During the presentation, Gillette, who chairs the committee, said the findings would be submitted as part of a criminal referral to federal authorities, including the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Department...

In a letter, AG Kris Mayes and SOS Adrian Fontes warned that election officials who improperly release protected voter information could face criminal consequences Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes and Secretary of State Adrian Fontes have sent letters to county recorders urging them not to comply with federal requests for voter data tied to new investigations into the 2020 election. The letters were sent as federal authorities, including the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security, pursue probes related to the 2020 presidential election in Arizona. In the joint correspondence to county officials, Mayes and Fontes warned that providing certain...

The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) and Firebird Motorsports Park officials announced time changes for the upcoming FMP NHRA Arizona Nationals presented by NGK Spark Plugs, which takes place March 20-22. Taking an abundance of caution for the expected heat in the weekend forecast, racing in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series will shift to earlier in the morning on each day, setting up a Coffee and Nitro weekend at the Duel in the Desert. Friday qualifying will begin at 9:30 a.m. local time on Friday with Pro Stock, followed by Funny Car and Top Fuel. The second session...

The FBI is expanding its criminal probe into suspected election irregularities, secretly obtaining a large tranche of voting records from Arizona’s largest county with a recent grand jury subpoena, multiple people familiar with the probe told Just the News. The sources, who spoke only on condition of anonymity because of the secrecy of the grand jury probe, said FBI agents are receiving gigabytes of electronic election data from Maricopa County, about a month after the bureau first disclosed an investigation into election irregularities by raiding a warehouse near Atlanta and seizing ballots from the 2020 election conducted in Fulton County,...

Aliens exist — they just haven’t visited Earth, a NASA veteran has claimed. Dr. Gentry Lee has worked at the US space agency since 1968, when he first got involved with the Viking mission to Mars. He has since spent more than half a century designing probes to land on distant planets — but argues Earth has not yet been visited by otherworldly beings. “There exists nothing today that says any alien or any alien machine has ever landed on the planet Earth,” he told the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) conference in Phoenix. “If you believe...

A day of extreme violence in Mexico has left American tourists, including several Arizonans, sheltering in place as the U.S. Department of State issued urgent new travel restrictions following a major military operation. **SNIP** Dig deeper: In Puerto Vallarta, tourists reported a sudden shift in the city's atmosphere. Melissa Selvey, an Arizonan sheltering at her resort, shared photos of fires visible from her balcony and described an "eerie" feeling among the staff. "The vibes changed really fast," she said. "Yesterday was a beautiful, wonderful Puerto Vallarta vacation day, and then today just feels very eerie, and very like vacant looks...