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Arizona Death Row Inmate Takes Two Hours to Die after Lethal Injection

Wood had been one of six death row prisoners who sued Arizona last month arguing that secrecy surrounding the drugs used in other botched executions in Ohio and Oklahoma violated their rights.

(PHOENIX, Ariz.) - An Arizona inmate took almost two hours to die by lethal injection on Wednesday and his lawyers said he "gasped and snorted" before succumbing in the latest botched execution to raise questions about the death penalty in the United States.

The execution of convicted double murderer Joseph Wood began at 1:52 p.m. local time at a state prison complex, and the 55-year-old was pronounced dead just shy of two hours later at 3:49 p.m.

Families of 12 Arizona Hotshots Killed in Wildfire Sue State

The suit also seeks a definitive answer on what went wrong in the nation's worst wildfire in eight decades.

(PHOENIX, Ariz. ) - The families of a dozen of the 19 Arizona firefighters killed last year in the Yarnell Hill Fire have filed wrongful death suits against the state.

A lawsuit filed this week seeks unspecified damages for funeral costs, pain and suffering, and lost income in the deaths of the Granite Hill Hotshots.

Mexico Apologizes for Firing on U.S. Boarder Patrol Agents

The shots were fired at a Border Patrol vehicle.

(PHOENIX, Ariz. ) - U.S. authorities are investigating after two shots were fired from a Mexican law enforcement helicopter when it crossed the border into Arizona, although no injuries or damage to U.S. property were reported, the U.S. Border Patrol said on Friday.

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a statement the incident took place early on Thursday at the Tohono O'odham Indian Nation reservation in southern Arizona.

Life Near the Mexican Border

The long term vision is an end to all suffering and death in the desert...

(TUCSON) - “You have no rights here!” barked a U.S. Border Patrol agent to a resident of Arivaca, AZ who was passing through a Customs and Border Protection checkpoint 23 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border.

This remark confirms a sense of violation of rights that many borderlands residents have when encountering one of the 71 permanent or tactical checkpoints scattered across the southwestern U.S. These off-border sites were condoned by the U.S. Supreme Court more than 40 years ago.

Man Who Spent 40+ Years In Prison Set to Be Released On Tuesday

Should the state of Arizona be sued for mishandling this case?

(TUCSON YBW) - In 1972, a then-eighteen-year-old Louis Taylor was convicted of killing 29 people in a horrific fire at Pioneer Hotel in Tucson, AZ that occurred two years prior.

In December 1970, a then-16-year-old Taylor was at the hotel participating in the Christmas festivities and attempting to persuade hotel guests to buy him a drink.

`Hindu Canyon` in USA

There is “Hindu Canyon” in the Mohave County of Arizona state of USA.

(RENO, NV) - “Hindu Canyon” in the Grand Canyon corridor is a sequence of beautiful chutes, cascades, unusual-scenic narrows and pools.

Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, admiring the fascination of the West with Hindu names, urged it also to explore the rich philosophical thought which Hinduism offered.

FNS News: Border Food Summit Convened

The decades-old Southwest Marketing Network brings together producers, distributors and consumers of agriculture in the states of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah.

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - In the waning days of summer, southern Arizona will become the hot spot for food.

Convened by the Southwest Marketing Network, the upcoming Border Food Summit is meant to attract people from across the region for three days of farm tours, presentations, workshops, discussions and, of course, traditional foods sampling.

States Respond to Deferred Deportation

The Obama administration’s deportation suspension program could benefit upwards of 1.4 million young people.

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - California and Arizona have a lot in common. They both were once part of Mexico, share the Colorado River and exchange mutual passions over their National League baseball teams.

Both states were among the hardest-hit by the housing bust and Great Recession, suffering foreclosures and fiscal crises.

The Sun of Dharma Will Rise (Sri Dharma Pravartaka Acharya)

The life-enhancing teachings of Sanatana Dharma are God's free and precious gift for all sentient beings in existence, regardless of their nationality, gender, or parentage.

(CHENNAI, India) - A new Vedic movement is being born today that is unlike any movement ever seen before in world history. This Sanatana Dharma movement is empowered by God Himself.

It is a movement that is destined to thoroughly change the face of the entire Earth as it is presently constituted.

Hindu Gods Getting Married in Oregon, Arizona, Wisconsin & Washington

Oregon's event, claimed to be first time in Portland and described as “divine opportunity”, will be performed in a special mandap ordered from India.

(RENO, NV.) - Hindu gods will reportedly be getting married in the coming weeks in grand ceremonies in Arizona, Wisconsin, Oregon and Washington states of USA.

In a statement in Nevada today, Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, applauded efforts of India’s Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams and temple communities in USA to organize this ancient ceremony.