Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords tonight gave her first interview since being shot “through the brain” during the January 8 Tucson shooting rampage that took the lives of six people, and wounded 13 others.When asked if she was angry at Jared Loughner, the man who shot her and 18 others, Giffords answers…
Presidential candidate Herman Cain is the latest politico to suffer a public bout with brain flatulence — an affliction with which Arizona Governor Jan Brewer is all too familiar.Cain recently met with the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel’s editorial board. He was asked whether he agrees with how President Barack Obama handled the…
Arizona Senator John McCain — who spent the better part of five years getting tortured by North Vietnamese soldiers during the Vietnam War — took to Twitter this morning to let some of his fellow GOPers know that he’s “very disappointed” in their positions on waterboarding, a controversial CIA interrogation…
David Appleton, a Scottsdale defense attorney who once served as the president of the Phoenix Trial Lawyer’s Association, fatally shot a motorist last week during an apparent road-rage incident. Turns out, Appleton’s got a bit of a history in the road-rage department.According to court documents obtained by New Times, Appleton’s…
Jonathan Knight, a children’s Tae Kwon Do instructor in Glendale, was in Maricopa County Superior Court this morning where he pleaded not guilty to charges that he sent photos of his penis to one of his 12-year-old female students.Knight was arrested last month and faces four counts of furnishing obscene material…
Heroin’s not good for anyone — especially an 11-month-old baby, like the one found in a Scottsdale hotel room that her mother baked out with heroin smoke yesterday afternoon.According to court records obtained by New Times, 25-year-old Matthew Nakihei and his baby-mama, Stefanie Bindes, 34, were arrested yesterday after police were called the…
The Kevin Kolb-less Arizona Cardinals stunned Michael Vick and the Philadelphia Eagles with a 21-17 road victory in the city of brotherly love yesterday — which never would have happened if wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald wasn’t straight-up nasty.Aside from Fitzgerald’s two touchdowns — making him the franchise’s touchdown leader with…
Last week, we asked our readers to offer suggestions for an appropriate caption for the above photo of former Senate President Russell Pearce throwin’ in the towel for this week’s New Times’ You Write the Caption contest..We had nearly 60 responses in the comment section of the post, which you…
“Inconsistencies” in his story about fatally shooting a man during an apparent road-rage incident last night has led to the arrest of Scottsdale attorney David Appleton, who once served as the president of the Phoenix Trial Lawyer’s Association.. About 7 p.m. yesterday, Appleton called police to report that he’d shot…
The much anticipated interview with Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords — her first interview since getting shot in the head during the January 8 Tucson shooting — is set to air Monday night on ABC.It remains unclear how much viewers will see of Giffords in her current state — her staff says…
State Senator Steve Pierce was pegged by his Republican Senate colleagues to replace ousted former Senator Russell Pearce as the president of the Senate — and Arizona Democrats aren’t thrilled with the GOP’s pick.We commented yesterday that Pierce’s taking over as Senate president seems like a standard case of “meet…
Today marks one month since 5-year-old Glendale girl Jahessye Shockley was reported missing by her family, and police are no closer to finding her.Shockley, police say, wandered away from siblings — who were caring for her at her family’s apartment at the time — a little before 5 p.m. on October…
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu is often compared to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio for several reasons — his crusade against illegal immigrants, and love of TV cameras, to name a few.There’s another similarity: dude can raise cash.Babeu announced last week that he’s considering running for Congress. Since his announcement,…
In celebration of Russell Pearce’s recent fall from grace, we submit to you the above photo of the now-former Senate president throwin’ in the towel for this week’s New Times You Write the Caption contest.Here’s how you play You Write the Caption: We show you a picture (above) and you…
A poll released Wednesday shows that the vast majority of Arizonans prefer a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants who’ve been in the United States for an extended period of time, and can meet reasonable criteria for citizenship — as oppose to simply booting them back to their native countries,…
The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today that it will re-hear New Times’ lawsuit against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and others over the 2007 arrest of its founders after our newspaper published an article about a grand jury that — the public would later learn — didn’t actually…
As if the ouster of former Senator Russell Pearce wasn’t enough of a signal to border-hawk Arizona politicos that it’s time to perhaps reassess their positions on immigration, a poll released yesterday shows that the majority of Arizonans prefer a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants, as opposed to simply…
Ousted former Arizona Senate President Russell Pearce went On the Record With Greta Van Susteren last night to discuss his getting booted from office — and piss and moan about Jerry Lewis, the man who beat him in Tuesday’s historic recall election.Van Susteren asked Pearce whether he and Lewis are…
A teacher with the Scottsdale Unified School District was arrested yesterday after two 12-year-old girls accused him of grabbing their breasts.The two girls, who police say are best friends, say the alleged gropings happened while the two were in the school’s library with 60-year-old Thomas Weaver, their teacher at the…
State Senate Republicans confirm to New Times that GOPers have selected a replacement for ousted Senate President Russell Pearce following his historic loss in Tuesday night’s recall election. The new Senate President: Senator Steve Pierce, a Prescott Republican.Pierce is one of three possible replacements for Pearce Senate Republicans considered. The…
Christian Weems, the friend of Susan Brock — the soon-to-be-former wife of Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock — who pleaded guilty to charges that she tried to hide evidence of the sexual relationship Brock was having with a teenage boy, was sentenced to probation this morning.Brock’s adult daughter Rachel also…
Russell Pearce may be spending “a little time with [his] god” after getting the boot from his powerful position as state Senate president Tuesday night, but for the less pious, Pearce’s ouster means one thing: it’s time to speculate about what he’ll do next.The predictions have ranged from his again…
