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Will that drive all the scorpions -- eek! -- inside your home?]]> https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/will-heavy-phoenix-monsoon-create-a-perfect-storm-for-scorpions-40675254/feed/ 0 Phoenix New Times https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/tempe-teen-taken-ice-outside-school-returned-home-40675289/ https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/?p=40675289 Morgan Fischer https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/tempe-teen-taken-ice-outside-school-returned-home-40675289/#respond Tue, 16 Jun 2026 20:25:22 -0700 In May, ICE arrested Dilan Paredes' mother before collecting him from school at her request. They spent weeks in detention.]]> https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/tempe-teen-taken-ice-outside-school-returned-home-40675289/feed/ 0 Phoenix New Times https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix-police-disciplined-helicopter-pilot-spelled-name-sky-40675227/ https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/?p=40675227 Morgan Fischer https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix-police-disciplined-helicopter-pilot-spelled-name-sky-40675227/#respond Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:47:09 -0700 Last summer, flight trackers caught a police helicopter spelling out "ALEX" over a west Phoenix neighborhood.]]> https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix-police-disciplined-helicopter-pilot-spelled-name-sky-40675227/feed/ 0 Phoenix New Times https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/how-much-arizona-wages-grown-past-five-years-40675174/ https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/?p=40675174 Morgan Fischer https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/how-much-arizona-wages-grown-past-five-years-40675174/#respond Tue, 16 Jun 2026 06:30:00 -0700 You may be making more money than you were five years ago, but it probably doesn't feel like it.]]> https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/how-much-arizona-wages-grown-past-five-years-40675174/feed/ 0 Phoenix New Times https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix-sued-again-over-parks-ordinance-restricting-homeless-aid-40675186/ https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/?p=40675186 Clarissa Sosin https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix-sued-again-over-parks-ordinance-restricting-homeless-aid-40675186/#respond Mon, 15 Jun 2026 21:19:22 -0700 Circle the City and Valle del Sol are taking Phoenix to court over the ordinance, claiming it violates the First Amendment.]]> https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix-sued-again-over-parks-ordinance-restricting-homeless-aid-40675186/feed/ 0 Phoenix New Times https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/joe-arpaio-birthday-party-rife-scuzzy-has-beens-40675113/ https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/?p=40675113 Stephen Lemons https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/joe-arpaio-birthday-party-rife-scuzzy-has-beens-40675113/#respond Mon, 15 Jun 2026 12:42:20 -0700 Sheriff Joe's shindig had an Elvis impersonator, an ex-mob enforcer, a disgraced former congressman and an alleged pedophile.]]> https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/joe-arpaio-birthday-party-rife-scuzzy-has-beens-40675113/feed/ 0 Phoenix New Times https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix-police-shooting-victims-2026-40653174/ https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/?p=40653174 Clarissa Sosin https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix-police-shooting-victims-2026-40653174/#respond Mon, 15 Jun 2026 10:21:25 -0700 The Phoenix Police Department killed 11 people last year, and is more than halfway to that death toll so far in 2026.]]> https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix-police-shooting-victims-2026-40653174/feed/ 0 Phoenix New Times https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/map-where-phoenix-police-shootings-happen-40673464/ https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/?p=40673464 Clarissa Sosin https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/map-where-phoenix-police-shootings-happen-40673464/#respond Mon, 15 Jun 2026 10:17:06 -0700 We've mapped every police shooting -- fatal and non-fatal -- involving a Phoenix officer since 2019.]]> https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/map-where-phoenix-police-shootings-happen-40673464/feed/ 0 Phoenix New Times