Time names Donald Trump 'Person of the Year'

President-elect Donald Trump was named Time magazine’s 2024 Person of the Year on Thursday. Trump edged a short list of other finalists, including Vice President Kamala Harris, X owner Elon Musk, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Kate, the Princess of Wales. Trump was previously named Time’s Person of the Year in 2016, the year he won the presidency for the first time after defeating Hillary Clinton.

Biden commutes 1,500 sentences, pardons 39 people

President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed on home confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic and is pardoning 39 individuals convicted of nonviolent crimes. Biden’s actions mark the biggest single-day act of clemency in modern history.

Trump named Time's 'Person of the Year'

President-elect Donald Trump has been honored as Time magazine’s "Person of the Year" and will ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange.

AZ lawmaker looks to abolish death penalty

An Arizona lawmaker reintroduced a bill to abolish the death penalty. Democratic state Representative Patty Contreras of Ahwatukee argues there is no evidence that executions deter crime and is disproportionately applied.

AZ AG sues Fondomonte over groundwater usage

The Arizona Attorney General's Office allege that Fondomonte, which is the subsidiary of a Saudi Arabia-based company, pumped groundwater in western Arizona at a level that violates the state's public nuisance law.