Arizona
U.S. Republican presidential candidates Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney are in a tight race in Michigan, while Romney is enjoying a lead in Arizona, ahead of primary elections in those states next week. An average of polls in Michigan shows Santorum and...
Jared Loughner pleads not guilty to Arizona charges
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The man accused of the Arizona shooting attack that killed six people and wounded 13, including a US congresswoman, has pleaded not guilty to three attempted murder charges. Jared Loughner, 22, entered the pleas over the attempted assassination of...
Gabrielle Giffords move to Texas rehab 'flawless'
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Doctors treating US Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords said her transfer from a hospital to a rehabilitation centre had gone "flawlessly". At Memorial Hermann Rehabilitation Hospital in Texas, Dr Randall Friese said she had smiled and shed...
Bill Clinton: Politics must change after Arizona attack
Former President Bill Clinton has told the BBC the US political climate must change after the shooting of a US Congresswoman and others in Arizona. "No-one intends to do anything that encourages this sort of behaviour," he said. But political...
'Arizona gunman' appears in court
A man charged with trying to assassinate a US congresswoman in a shooting that left six people dead and more than a dozen wounded has appeared in federal court in Phoenix, Arizona. Jared Loughner, 22, faces several charges over the attack on Saturday...
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Gabrielle Giffords was born and raised in Tucson, Arizona, near the district she has represented for over four years. Ms Giffords is described as a trailblazer - the youngest woman elected to Arizona's state senate, the state's first Jewish and third...
Profile: Arizona shooting suspect Jared Loughner
The main suspect behind an attack on Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, which left her critically wounded and at least six of people dead, has been named locally as 22-year-old Jared Loughner. Witnesses said Mr Loughner opened fire with an automatic...
Arizona shooting: What we know
WHAT HAPPENED A gunman opened fire just after 1000 local time (1700 GMT) on Saturday as Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was meeting constituents in the city of Tucson. Ms Giffords was shot in the head at close range - witnesses said the gunman was...
Shot US congresswoman Giffords in 'critical condition'
A US congresswoman is in critical condition after a gunman shot her in the head and killed six people in an Arizona shooting spree. Democratic Representative Gabrielle Giffords was shot at close range at a public meeting in a Tucson supermarket. The...
Obama calls on Americans to come together following shooting of congresswoman
President Barack Obama has called on Americans to come together and support each other after a member of Congress and up to 17 other people were shot outside an Arizona shopping center Saturday. The president called the attack “an unspeakable...
