A Montana billionaire secreting thumb drives of sensitive info through airport security in his socks. Handwritten receipts for cash payments to MCSO confidential informant # 1437, aka, Dennis Montgomery, whose e-mail alias, “David Webb,” is also fictional super-spy Jason Bourne’s birth-name. And multiple timelines’ tying together former Phoenix Mayor Phil…
Do terminally ill individuals have the right to end their own lives? Should it be legal for doctors to help facilitate the process? According to a new poll from the Phoenix-based Behavior Research Center, 56 percent of Arizonans think so. Researchers asked Arizonans if they would “favor or oppose a…
Mesa Police now say that when medical staff at Banner Health Cardon Children’s Medical Center discovered 5-year-old patient Helious Griffith and his mother Lola “Tami” Griffith dead in a hospital room this weekend, the little boy had a piece of medical tubing wrapped around his neck. As has been widely…
The Campaign to Legalize Marijuana Like Alcohol in Arizona announced today that it’s collected 100,000 signatures, or 2/3 of what it needs to get The Regulation and Taxation of Marijuana Act on the November 2016 ballot. CRMLA still needs to get at least 50,000 more valid signatures by July, though…
Federal Judge G. Murray Snow on Friday denied a motion from Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s Cold Case Posse commander, Mike Zullo, for a protective order on 87 disputed items of evidence in Arpaio’s ongoing contempt trial. Snow instructed defense counsel to produce the documents, which are related to the MCSO’s controversial…
Supporters of a municipal identification card that Phoenix residents could use to access city services or use as a valid proof of identity say Phoenix City Council members have the votes to approve the plan but have refused to do it. “At this point, there is very little excuse for…
At 19, Phoenix resident Ryan O’Sullivan got a tattoo of a black and red star… on his lower back. “I got a tramp stamp, believe it or not, back before there was such a thing as tramp stamps,” says O’Sullivan, now a 36-year-old married executive. “It was the spur of…
In a move designed to increase transparency, accountability, and civilian-officer relations, officers with the Arizona State University Police Department now wear body cameras as part of their uniform. ASU purchased 80 cameras that weigh only 3.5 ounces and can record up to 9.5 hours of audio and visual footage. The…
Masked protesters marched up and down Camelback Road waving shredded American flags, shouting expletives, and flipping off passing drivers as part of a worldwide show of discontent organized by hacktivist collective Anonymous. Phoenix authorities warned nearby businesses of possible violence and a squad of bicycle-mounted police officers hovered nearby, but…
A conservative non-profit group that helped drive former Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne from office today called on the U.S. Attorney for Arizona to investigate Arizona Corporation Commission Chair Susan Bitter Smith for possible federal crimes. In a press conference held outside the U.S. Attorney’s office in downtown Phoenix, Tyler…
Standing on the sidewalk outside the Arizona Department of Health Services building in Phoenix, midwife Wendi Cleckner addressed the crowd of about 200 men and women—many cradling babies or holding protest signs. “What we want is safe birth in Arizona,” said Cleckner, president of the Arizona Association of Midwives, which…
Crisis averted: the baby goat stolen from the Great American Petting Zoo has been found and is en route to be returned to his mother, officials from the Arizona State Fair say. GusGus, a three-and-a-half week old baby goat, was missing for twenty hours when someone discovered him swimming in…
Terry Rambler — San Carlos Apache Tribe chairman and frequent critic of the Washington Redskins football team’s name and mascot— issued a public apology this morning for his Bob Marley Halloween costume after many called it racist. Rambler painted his face black, donned a dreadlocked wig, and wore a Bob…
The clock is ticking for GusGus, the baby goat stolen Wednesday evening from the Great American Petting Zoo exhibit at the Arizona State Fair. He could die if not returned immediately, zoo officials say. GusGus is five weeks old, weighs less than five pounds, and is too young to be…
Once again, Arizona Congressman Paul Gosar has harsh words for those who disagree with him; though unlike in the past, his latest comments aren’t directed at the Pope or Planned Parenthood, or what appears to be his favorite target, the Environmental Protection Agency. This time he’s going after a Congressional…
After many citizens across Arizona learned that Planned Parenthood Arizona was purposefully excluded from the State Employees Charitable Campaign, they channelled their fury into swift and proactive responses. One state employee, Aanya Rispoli, started an online petition demanding Governor Doug Ducey and the SECC put Planned Parenthood back on the…
Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s birther-prober Mike Zullo attended a telephonic hearing before federal Judge G. Murray Snow on Tuesday, phoning in to a nearly-deserted courtroom to discuss pending issues in Arpaio’s ongoing contempt trial. Zullo was on the line with about 16 or so attorneys for the various parties in the…
In more than 1,600 Arizona households with children, families are wondering how they’ll cope with losing welfare benefits starting July 1. They’re facing tough decisions because of Arizona’s draconian cuts to lifetime welfare benefits, now the toughest in the nation. States are allowed to use federal Temporary Assistance to Needy…
A drunk British woman saved from a Grand Canyon cliff edge late Sunday night greeted her rescuers with scorn and spit, rangers say. Charmaine Isaacs, 36, whose hometown was listed as the small village of Ilton, England, was arrested by National Park Service rangers on suspicion of disorderly conduct (creating…
The menacing online poster who threatened to shoot up Arizona State University with an assault rifle Monday is a 12-year-old boy in Canada, law enforcement officials announced today. The boy has “apologized for his actions and the disruption they caused,” according to an ASU police statement. He has been contacted…
Arizona Senator John McCain thinks this year’s Republican presidential candidates need to “man up” and be less picky about their demands for televised national debates. “I think their complaints are legitimate, but come on, man, up and move on. I think it’s OK if the temperature isn’t exactly 67 degrees,”…
Migrant advocates today announced a November 20 march against deportations and family separations on the one-year anniversary of President Obama’s executive action on immigration. Last November , the president announced a series of orders on immigration that he said were meant to prioritize the deportation of “felons, not families.” But…
