It seems kind of rude to ask a random parent whether their 4-year-old child is a boy or a girl.It’s certainly rude to ask that question, then call the parent a liar, and stuff your hand down the 4-year-old’s pants to check for yourself — which is exactly what police…
Yesterday, Janet Napolitano gave her farewell speech as the Secretary of Homeland Security, as she moves on to run the University of California system.It’s kind of hard to see the reward (for the rest of us) for her abandoning Arizona in the first place…
Phoenix voters returned Councilman Sal DiCiccio and Councilman Jim Waring to the Phoenix City Council, and appear to have narrowed the crowded field in District 6 and District 8. City election officials posted unofficial results at phoenix.gov, and note that those figures include early ballots, and that counts will be…
In the name of science, we now know what kind of porn people from Arizona are into.The website PornHub released the top-three search terms used on the website, as well as the average duration of a visit to the website, all broken down by state…
Stand With Arizona, one of the largest anti-“amnesty” organizations in existence, gives its followers three talking points to use today as Senators John McCain and Jeff Flake are in Mesa touting immigration reform.One: McCain and Flake abandoned border security. Two: The Senators should stand with Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Three: Tell…
Disbarred former prosecutors Andrew Thomas and Lisa Aubuchon want former Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard’s testimony tossed from former Maricopa County Supervisor Attorney Don Stapleys lawsuit. Yes, that lawsuit — one of the larger pieces of detritus left over from years of county infighting. Stapley, who quit politics last year…
A pregnant 17-year-old and another woman were hit by a car moments after the driver stole that car, police say.The alleged driver, 25-year-old Guadalupe Castaneda, denied hitting anyone or anything with the car, police say. However, according to court documents obtained by New Times, Castaneda did admit to throwing back…
Seráh Blain is fighting homelessness with homelessness.Blain, the executive director of a local political-advocacy group, the Secular Coalition for Arizona, has been voluntarily living on the streets of Phoenix for more than a week now…
The weekend before classes started at Arizona State University, a task force focused on alcohol-related crimes in Tempe arrested 371 people in just three days.In the first weekend after classes started, the same task force went out and nabbed 486 people in a three-day stretch, which seems to mean that…
An 18-year-old from Apache Junction who’s been missing since last week was found dead in southern Oregon yesterday.The Douglas County, Oregon Sheriff’s Office says Johnathan Croom’s death appears to be a suicide…
For some reason(s), Yavapai County Attorney Sheila Polk believes that the autopsy reports of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, which are public records, should not be released.The Associated Press, one of the media organizations that requested the documents, reports that Polk’s response claimed the privacy interests of the Hotshots’ families override…
A Venezuelan Air Force colonel is going to prison for 19 months in an illegal airplane-parts deal that netted a Phoenix man about $1.5 million. As New Times reported in May, Floyd Stilwell, a former principal of Marsh Aviation in Mesa, received probation and a $250,000 fine for his significant…
Phoenix, and Arizona in general, may always seem to be on the crappier side of rankings (see: high suicide rates, low levels of freedom) but we’ve found a good one — according to one analysis, Phoenix is one of the top 10 big cities in the country for small business.Well,…
Police believe a 25-year-old Tempe resident fatally shot his 3-month-old son before committing suicide.Rajneesh Saini was at a family gathering at a home in Chandler when he went out to his vehicle and committed the murder/suicide, police believe…
It turns out that there were actually two topless protests in the Valley this weekend.Last year marked the first time a Phoenix “Go Topless Day” protest was organized to demonstrate against gender inequality, and the organizer of that event decided to move it to Tempe this year. At the same…
Following John Dougherty’s report on the growing evidence that the Granite Mountain Hotshots never should have been deployed to the fire that killed almost the entire crew, some interesting responses to the story showed up in New Times’ mailbag.A former Prescott mayor, a former hotshot, and others sent us their…
A total of 10 Mesa police officers were involved in deadly shootings over the weekend.Phoenix police say the 10 Mesa officers were involved in either of two shooting incidents, both of which occurred in Phoenix…
In case you missed it, no, Governor Jan Brewer is not putting “gay-to-straight programs” in Arizona schools.Tons of people fell for the fake news story that was circulated online, and many people — including those who were fooled and those who were not — said they wouldn’t put it past…
Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s legal Lhasa Apso Tim Casey is either a past master of logical paradoxes, or he has a tin ear for irony. At least that’s how his latest filing with the federal court in the ACLU’s big civil rights case Melendres v. Arpaio reads. Last Friday, the parties…
The right-wing Goldwater Institute released its “legislative report card,” and if you’re buyin’ what the institute’s sellin’, then liberty is on the decline here in Arizona.Well, at least, the Legislature’s not as Goldwater-y as it has been in years past, according to the report card.However, since the recipient of the…
The wildfire burning just miles away from Yarnell — where 19 firefighters were killed while battling another blaze — is 85 percent contained.The fire’s expected to be completely contained this evening, and the 850-acre blaze hasn’t really threatened the nearest sign of civilization, which is Yarnell…
In the days and weeks following the deaths of 19 out of 20 Granite Mountain Hotshots in the Yarnell Hill Fire, Governor Jan Brewer and Arizona officials have pushed for federal disaster money to help foot the bill for the fire-recovery effort. In early August, FEMA denied Arizona’s request for…
