There have been at least 11 people “accidentally” shot and killed in Arizona this year.Just this week, a 24-year-old Phoenix woman was killed after her boyfriend’s gun discharged as he pulled it out of his waistband. See the details on the 11 shootings below…
CBS 5 is once again showing purported video of Bigfoot, which is remarkable, considering Bigfoot doesn’t exist.Looks like the local TV news crew that claims to be “telling it like it is” got abducted by aliens again…
The Phoenix Coyotes season starts tonight in Glendale.The team missed the playoffs last season, which was a shortened season, but maybe new ownership and a couple new players will make a difference this year…
Nothing went wrong in the Yarnell Hill Fire, which killed 19 firefighters in June. This according to the “Serious Accident Investigation Report” into the fire, released recently by federal, state, and local firefighting officials in Prescott. “The [interagency] Team found no indication of negligence, reckless actions, or violations of policy…
Arizona Cardinals fans will have to find someone new to blame every time Carson Palmer gets sacked.The team announced that left tackle Levi Brown has been traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers, pending Brown’s passing a physical.Although Brown was the fifth overall pick by the Cardinals in the 2007 draft, most…
A 24-year-old Phoenix woman is dead after being shot by her boyfriend.Phoenix Police Sergeant Tommy Thompson says the shooting appears to be an accident…
Although it’s been nearly three months since the deadly Yarnell Hill Fire was contained, the signs of the fire still remain in the small town.Consider the photo above of what used to be a home, which was completely burned down. Notice that the grass surrounding the foundation is almost perfectly…
Jim Morrison was really onto something with that whole “People Are Strange” theory.If you’ve ever wondered why so many conspiracy-theory-based bills are actually discussed at Arizona Legislature, it appears there’s an explanation for that: Many people actually believe in these things (and also use tinfoil hats to deflect the government’s…
A third person has been arrested for having sex with a German shepherd.That German shepherd was owned by one Christopher Lynn Jackson, of Chandler, who first came to New Times’ attention earlier this month upon his arrest for allegedly drugging his ex-girlfriend and branding his initials onto her vagina…
Governor Jan Brewer “has did” it again — she came down with another severe case of brain flatulence in public.Upon Brewer commemorating the Tuskegee Airman — by repeatedly stumbling over the word “Tuskegee,” and eventually using eight different pronunciations — we put together a list of Brewer’s five smelliest brain…
Nobody did anything wrong in fighting the Yarnell Hill Fire, which killed 19 wildland firefighters in June, according to the team assigned to investigating the incident.Thanks to videos shot by reporter John Dougherty, you can watch as firefighting officials explain how everything about the events surrounding the deaths of the…
No matter how many police reports we read through on a monthly basis, the criminal creativity, stupidity, and craziness never ceases to amaze us.Just when you think you’ve seen it all, there’s always something worse. From a naked meth-head’s chase of imaginary people, to a man playing in traffic, to…
In case you’re just tuning in to reality today, the federal government’s closed.Well, kind of — things like military paychecks, Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid payments are still expected to be doled out. Border Patrol’s still operating, so is the Postal Service, and if you’re accused of a federal crime,…
Remember Sheriff “Nickel Bag” Joe Arpaio’s last immigration raid, which included the arrests of four cleaning ladies?Arpaio’s office says the county is now safe from 20 more janitors/cleaning ladies as a result of the same investigation…
Governor Jan Brewer will likely be remembered for years to come, not for her policy work as governor, but for her excessive brain farts.Check out Brewer’s five biggest, er, smelliest, brain farts:…
A local poison-control center reported what appears to be the first reported cases of people using the drug “Krokodil” in the country.The drug, which apparently gets its name from the appearance many of its users get, due to sores, is described as a “moonshine” version of heroin…
The scheme by county officials to round up immigrants for conspiring to smuggle themselves into the country has been busted up by a federal judge.As a result of yet another immigration-related lawsuit filed against the county, a federal judge ruled that Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery, and…
In honor of this year’s edition of Best of Phoenix, we bring you the year’s best local TV moments…
The Arizona State University Sun Devils beat the University of Southern California in a shootout this weekend in Tempe, 62-41.New Times was there to capture the pre-game festivities:…
Along with the report on the Yarnell Hill Fire, investigators also released a video in an attempt to explain what happened.Like the report, the video doesn’t answer all the questions surrounding the deaths of the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots, but it is a pretty good visual representation of how the…
Welcome to Courthouse Update, a weekly rundown goings-on at the Maricopa County Superior Court.This week was big for women accused of murder — two women get trial dates for murder charges, Jodi Arias’ next court hearing will be closed, and more:…
It seems fairly clear at this point that human cloning would lead the Arizona Cardinals to a Super Bowl victory, with a roster of 53 Patrick Petersons.The Cardinals didn’t look good in their 13-10 victory Sunday against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but wins all count the same, and Peterson played…
