The state Board of Education gave preliminary approval Monday to adding requirements for high school students to get their diplomas.

CONCORD, N.H. - Republican presidential hopeful John McCain on Tuesday officially signed up to compete in his second New Hampshire primary, scrawling "He's BAAAACK!" on a commemorative poster at the secretary of state's office.

The president of Mexico defended the right of his countrymen to migrate to the United States and to be treated with dignity, no matter whether they arrive legally or not.

Fresh after Democrats picked up two new congressional seats in Arizona in 2006, they want more. Party leaders are focusing on two additional seats in the U.S. House, both of which represent parts of the East Valley.

WESTMINSTER, S.C. - Republican John McCain is accusing Democratic rival Hillary Rodham Clinton of indecisiveness on foreign policy, arguing that the nation can't afford a post-Sept. 11 commander in chief who employs a triangulation policy.

PHOENIX -- Arizona and at least seven other states are asking a federal judge to overturn new regulations by the Bush administration limiting the growth of the federal children's health program.

PHOENIX - A federal judge has temporarily blocked criminal enforcement of a new Arizona law that bans sales of items that use names of U.S. troops killed in Iraq without permission of their families.

The judge granted a request by a man who sells anti-war T-shirts displaying names of service members killed in Iraq. The T-shirts say "Bush Lied — They Died."

The legal battle between Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard and Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio will be waged in public after a judge ruled the case should not be shielded under the guise of a grand jury investigation.

Most Arizonans want state lawmakers to follow the Phoenix’s lead and ban text messaging while driving, according to a new state poll.

A survey by KAET-TV, the Phoenix PBS affiliate, shows 87 percent of those polled support a law that would make it illegal for motorists to send messages from cell phones, personal-digital assistants and similar devices while they are operating a motor vehicle.

NEW YORK - John McCain argued Thursday that the United States would be safer with him as president than if his leading Republican rivals were commander in chief as he seized on newfound opportunities to revive his weakened candidacy.

PHOENIX -- Gov. Janet Napolitano said she intends to grill the nation's homeland security chief about delays in erecting a "virtual fence" along the state's southern border.

A squabble between the U.S. Department of Justice and Arizona’s highest court could end up being decided by some federal judges.

A judge has dismissed a criminal indictment against former state Rep. Russ Jones, granting a defense motion that argued that the charges against the Yuma Republican were based on an unconstitutionally vague election law.

CHICAGO - Republican presidential candidate John McCain called it "astonishing" and "astounding" that Iran's president is in New York to speak at Columbia University.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad spoke at a university forum and plans to follow it up with a scheduled address to the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday.

PHOENIX (AP) -- Arizona has received a three-year, $8.3 million federal grant to help fight against methamphetamine abuse in the state.

The money will support the expansion and enhancement of meth treatment and recovery services through drug courts. That will mean more options for substance-abuse treatment and recovery, including faith-based services.