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Brian Skoloff

A U.S. Customs and Border Patrol drone aircraft is prepped prior to it's flight, Wednesday, Sept 24, 2014 at Ft. Huachuca in Sierra Vista, Ariz. The U.S. government now patrols nearly half the Mexican border by drones alone in a largely unheralded shift to control desolate stretches where there are no agents, camera towers, ground sensors or fences, and it plans to expand the strategy to the Canadian border. It represents a significant departure from a decades-old approach that emphasizes boots on the ground and fences. (AP Photo/Matt York) (AP)

AP Exclusive: Drones patrol half of Mexico border

Elliot Spagat, Brian Skoloff

Arias to represent herself at death penalty trial

Brian Skoloff

Predator drone now part of Calif. wildfire battle

Tracie Cone, Brian Skoloff

Jodi Arias (AP/The Arizona Republic, Rob Schumacher, Pool)

Mistrial in penalty phase of Arias case

Brian Skoloff

Jodi Arias (AP/The Arizona Republic, Rob Schumacher, Pool)

Jodi Arias: I deserve a second chance

Brian Skoloff, Josh Hoffner

Jodi Arias: I want the death penalty

Brian Skoloff

Life sentence in Arizona attack that wounded Giffords

Jacques Billeaud, Brian Skoloff

A photographer looks at smoke from a burnout fire as firefighters battle the Wallow Fire in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, Ariz., Sunday, June 12, 2011. Roughly 7,000 residents of two eastern Arizona towns evacuated last week as a wildfire loomed nearby were allowed to return home Sunday as officials expressed confidence that they were making progress in their battle against the huge blaze that has been burning since May. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) (AP)

Arizona wildfire may be biggest in state history

Brian Skoloff, Bob Christie

A photographer looks at smoke from a burnout fire as firefighters battle the Wallow Fire in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, Ariz., Sunday, June 12, 2011. Roughly 7,000 residents of two eastern Arizona towns evacuated last week as a wildfire loomed nearby were allowed to return home Sunday as officials expressed confidence that they were making progress in their battle against the huge blaze that has been burning since May. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) (AP)

Fight against Arizona wildfire continues

Brian Skoloff, Bob Christie

A forest burns during a backburn operation to fight the Wallow Fire in Nutrioso, Ariz., Friday, June 10, 2011. A massive wildfire in eastern Arizona that has claimed more than 30 homes and forced nearly than 10,000 people to evacuate is likely to spread into New Mexico soon, threatening more towns and possibly endangering two major power lines that bring electricity from Arizona to West Texas.(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) (AP)

Huge AZ wildfire spreads, health conditions worsen

Brian Skoloff, Susan Montoya Bryan

BP Gulf spill fund pays accelerated claims

Brian Skoloff

BP gets OK to burn off captured oil, gas at sea

Brian Skoloff, Ray Henry

Trained noses to sniff out Gulf seafood for oil

Brian Skoloff

Researchers: Oil slick could move to Eastern seaboard

Brian Skoloff