An Arizona grandfather has been arrested and accused of leaving his five-year-old granddaughter alone in the desert with a loaded and cocked .45-calibre handgun and the instruction to “shoot any bad guys”.

An Arizona sheriff has announced plans to deploy an armed volunteer posse to protect students in the wake of the Connecticut school shooting.

ARIZONA is preparing to ask an appeals court to lift a judge’s ruling that put most of the state’s immigration law on hold in a key first-round victory for the federal government in a fight that may go to the US Supreme Court.

MIKE TYSON was arrested early yesterday on suspicion of driving under the influence and possession of cocaine after police stopped him shortly after he left a nightclub in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Country legend Glen Campbell is being investigated by an American TV news show after journalists stumbled upon evidence that the singer was given star treatment during his 10-day prison term.