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August 26, 2022

George Floyd’s killer moved from Minnesota prison to Arizona pen with likely fewer restrictions

Derek Chauvin was taken Wednesday from a maximum-security prison in a Minneapolis suburb to a medium-security federal prison in Tucson.
January 15, 2013

Ann Coulter on gun violence: ‘It’s a demographic problem’

theGRIO REPORT - Right wing pundit Ann Coulter has ignited another racial firestorm with her incendiary remarks on gun violence…
November 8, 2012

Gabrielle Giffords' shooter gets life sentence

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, partially blind, her right arm paralyzed and limp, came face to face…
August 29, 2012

Attorney general Eric Holder meets Tucson shooting survivors

WASHINGTON (AP) - More than a dozen survivors and family members from the 2011 shootings in Tucson, Ariz., that wounded…
January 22, 2012

Obama calls retiring Rep. Gabrielle Giffords an 'inspiration'

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is praising Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords as an 'inspiration' and 'the very best of…
October 16, 2011

Tuskegee Airman, 90, dies in Tucson

The Arizona Republic - Retired Lt. Col. Luke J. Weathers Jr., a member of World War II's famed Tuskegee Airmen,…
May 5, 2011

Obama at ground zero: The picture America needs to see

OPINION - President Obama's responsibility, in leadership, is to capture that energy and assure that it not become misguided and…
January 28, 2011

First lady says Tucson service showed ‘who we are’

WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama says her presence in settings like Tucson "gives me energy to do the next thing. It's…
January 26, 2011

Obama and Congress pass crucial test of civility

OPINION - There were no audible outbursts. There were no caught-on-camera rolled eyes or disparaging glances...
January 25, 2011

What you won’t hear in the State of the Union

OPINION - The predicted mixed message will give the White House room to define the real message going into this…
January 24, 2011

Powell still bullish on Obama, not joining govt

WASHINGTON (AP) - Powell also lamented the lack of civility in political discourse and urged Americans to display tolerance in…
January 21, 2011

Beautyshop Buzz: Can Obama’s State of the Union continue civil tone?

VIDEO - The latest buzz has been that Democrats and Republicans may break tradition and choose to seated side-by-side this…
January 20, 2011

Obama’s approval rating highest since July 2009

VIDEO - In a recent NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, new numbers show that 53 percent of Americans approve of…
January 20, 2011

MLK parade bomb should spark dialogue on racist rhetoric

OPINION - What is missing from most of the analysis of these events is the subtle and sometimes not so…
January 17, 2011

McCain calls Obama a ‘patriot’, rejects critics who say he’s ‘unworthy’ to lead

From Politics Daily: Sen. John McCain lost a bitter campaign against Barack Obama in 2008 and has been at loggerheads
January 17, 2011

Americans ponder King in wake of Tucson shootings

ATLANTA (AP) - Arizona once resisted the notion of a federal King holiday -- and last year was the setting…
January 15, 2011

MLK III: Tucson shootings underscore father’s message

ATLANTA (AP) - Martin Luther King III spoke Saturday at a dinner where the King Center is honoring the late…
January 14, 2011

Obama could get boost from Tucson tragedy speech

WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama's speech earned compliments from even some of his severest conservative critics, who used such words as…
January 14, 2011

Barbershop Buzz: Is gun control needed in aftermath of Tucson?

VIDEO - Many are reflecting on the presence of guns in our society and asking whether new laws are needed…
January 13, 2011

How Obama rose to the occasion as ‘Comforter-in-Chief’

OPINION - This speech will go down in the annals of politics as one of the most inspiring, compassionate and…