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…
Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication is lobbying to get its namesake’s face on a postage stamp. Christopher Callahan, the school’s dean, started organizing a letter-writing campaign after the U.S. Postal Service announced last week that it is considering a proposal, submitted by the Society…
Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s contempt trial resumes at 9 a.m. today in federal court before Judge G. Murray Snow, and Arpaio’s …
A new op-ed in the Washington Post penned by President Barack Obama’s former chief of staff, William M. Daley, blames the Republican Party’s current dysfunction on Arizona Senator John McCain’s “reckless” choice of Sarah Palin for his presidential running mate in 2008. Daley calls McCain “one of the party’s more…
In the latest sign of marijuana going mainstream, a three-day marijuana-industry conference at the Phoenix Convention Center kicked off this week with a well-attended job fair. The main events of the Southwest Cannabis Conference and Expo will take place today and Wednesday, featuring about 300 exhibition booths, guest speakers and…
Arizona is now one of 24 states officially suing the Environmental Protection Agency over President Obama’s flagship carbon-emissions-reduction initiative, the Clean Power Plan. Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich, who has been talking about suing the EPA for months, announced that his office and the Arizona Corporaton Commission jointly signed onto…
A detective in a massage-parlor sting was nude when he began receiving what court records call a “hand job” from a suspect in May, but Glendale police insist the officer stayed within policy. The incident during an undercover operation demonstrates the fine line officers have to walk to make busts…
The word “alien” is a technical term defined by Merriam-Webster as “relating, belonging, or owing allegiance to another country or government.” But U.S. Representative Ruben Gallego says it’s “dehumanizing and offensive.” He recently signed on to co-sponsor a bill, introduced by Congressman Joaquin Castro (D-Texas), that would strike the word…
