Three small earthquakes centered near Black Canyon City rattled central Arizona late Sunday night, shaking dishes, creating a cacophony of wind chimes and barking dogs, and giving many people pause as they suddenly felt their homes vibrating for a few seconds. So far, no major damage or injuries have been reported,…
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has hired a high-profile Arizona immigration activist to assist his campaign with outreach to Latinos, an increasingly important voting bloc. Erika Anidola, a 28-year-old undocumented immigrant from Mexico, will join the Sanders campaign as a Latino outreach strategist for the southwest states. She starts work…
Arizona is now one of five states suing the Environmental Protection Agency over an updated provision within the Clean Air Act. While Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich calls the change “unreasonable” and “nearly impossible for Arizona to attain,” environmental groups are applauding the effort, and say the new rule will…
October has not been a kind month for Sheriff Joe Arpaio in his ongoing contempt trial before federal Judge G. Murray Snow. With only a few witnesses left, and oral arguments scheduled for November 10, an end to the trial, which began in April, is near. The 10 biggest revelations…
Sweeter than Halloween candy, and sure to cause cavities in die-hard followers of Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s contempt trial. Such is the warning that should accompany the following documents, made public by the ACLU Friday, regarding Cold Case Posse Commander Mike Zullo and his involvement in the MCSO’s so-called Seattle operation. The…
A giant jack-o-lantern with hollow black eyes and a menacing grin is tumbling through the streets, bouncing off vans, knocking down street lights, and bowling into pedestrians. It may sound like a scene out of a bad horror film, but it actually happened in Arizona Thursday when a 25-foot tall, 350-pound…
Are local anarchists planning to attack police officers around the country —including the metro Phoenix area — on Halloween as many news outlets have reported? Or has the entire scandal been fabricated? The answer, it turns out, isn’t so clear. Melkorka Licea at the New York Post was the first…
Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s Cold Case Posse commander Mike Zullo has erupted in a fit of fury and frustration directed at Arpaio’s attorneys in the sheriff’s ongoing contempt trial before federal Judge G. Murray Snow. In a filing Zullo recently made to the court pro se (on his own behalf), the…
The percentage of Arizona children who don’t have health insurance is shrinking, but, for the fifth year in a row, the state remains among the worst in the nation for access to care, according to a new report from Georgetown University. Ten percent of Arizona children were uninsured in 2014,…
In honor of National Cat Day, Uber brought kittens to dozens of offices throughout Phoenix to help employees with everyday office tasks: shredding paper, sorting strings, being pawsitive. Considering all the ways kittens can help around the office got us thinking about other little critters we wouldn’t mind dropping by…..
Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s attorney John Masterson pulled a page from legendary University of North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith Wednesday, doing the legal version of Smith’s legendary four-corners maneuver, and running out the clock on the plaintiffs in the sheriff’s ongoing contempt trial. As ACLU attorney Cecillia Wang sat tightly…
Looking for a new office assistant? Well, in honor of National Cat Day, Uber drivers in Phoenix are offering to bring adorable kittens to your office between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. for you and your coworkers to play with, fall in love with, or put to work — we hear…
More than a year after the use of an experimental-drug cocktail left an inmate gasping on the executioner’s gurney for nearly two hours, the Arizona Department of Corrections has revised its lethal-injection protocols — but prisoner advocates say the changes won’t fix the problem. When Joseph Wood was put to death…
In an effort to boost turnout among young voters, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) held a “national student town hall” meeting that was live-streamed at colleges and universities across the country, including to Arizona State University. A throng of students gathered at ASU’s Tempe campus Wednesday evening to hear the…
As 27-year-old veteran Jose Martinez ambled on his prosthetic legs, a crutch tucked under what remains of his amputated right arm, a stranger approached him. “I’m sorry about what happened to you,” the man said. “I lived, sir,” Martinez replied. “I’m walking. I’m talking. I’m living. Don’t feel sorry for…
After Arizona State University student Erika Escalante recently tweeted three photos of herself and a friend picking cotton under the caption: “Our inner n***** came out today,” social media erupted in outrage: “You are racist. Ignorant,” one woman posted on Twitter. ” Ur so ignorant its painful,” tweeted another. “That’s…
LifeLock announced today that it reached a new agreement with the Federal Trade Commission over allegations that it violated terms of a 2010 settlement plan. Back in 2010, the ethically-challenged company was ordered to pay $12 million to the FTC for engaging in deceptive advertising. The company clawed back to…
The Phoenix Police Department Disciplinary Review Board is suggesting Sergeant Percy Dupra — the officer who fatally shot Michelle Cusseaux during a routine court-mandated mental health pick up order last year — be demoted for his actions, and Cusseaux’s family and friends are furious. “[The] decision not to recommend termination…
Remember junior high, when the algebra teacher caught you passing notes, then made you read one out loud to the class? On Tuesday, that embarassing vignette repeated itself in federal Judge G. Murray Snow’s court, with Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s favorite deputy, Detective Brian Mackiewicz’s being questioned by plaintiffs’ attorney Michelle…
Cannabis enthusiasts rolled into the Phoenix Convention Center Tuesday for the second day of the Southwest Cannabis Conference and Expo. The three-day marijuana conference, which kicked off Monday with a job fair, hosted hundreds of weed-related businesses, products, and professionals in Arizona’s growing cannabis industry. Packing the convention center at…
Still scrambling for a last-minute Halloween costume? We’ve got your back. From politicians to musicians to criminals, Arizona is full of scary-as-hell people just begging to be your muse. Here are 14 DIY costume options that promise to horrify your friends: 14. Jan Brewer All you need is a blond wig,…
Get excited, Phoenix because it’s time for round three of the frenetic yelling fest otherwise known as the Republican Presidential Debate! The theme of the night is “your money, your vote,” which might normally sound like a snooze-fest, but with the combined business acumen of Donald Trump and Carly Fiorina…
