https://phx-experimental.voicemediagroup.com The Leading Independent News Source in Phoenix, Arizona Tue, 18 Nov 2025 18:24:34 +0000 Tue, 18 Nov 2025 18:24:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Copyright 2025 Phoenix New Times. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Phoenix New Times readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Phoenix New Times letters@phoenixnewtimes.com (Phoenix New Times Editor) web@voicemediagroup.com (Phoenix New Times Webmaster) https://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss https://phx-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/09/PHX_1320x825-100-1.jpg The Leading Independent News Source in Phoenix, Arizona https://phx-experimental.voicemediagroup.com 144 90 https://phx-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/news/ex-arizona-lawmaker-guilty-attempted-election-fraud-40622084/ https://phx-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/?p=40622084 Zach Buchanan https://phx-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/news/ex-arizona-lawmaker-guilty-attempted-election-fraud-40622084/#respond Tue, 18 Nov 2025 11:24:33 -0700 Former GOP state Rep. Austin Smith was caught submitting fake signatures in his reelection campaign.]]> https://phx-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/news/ex-arizona-lawmaker-guilty-attempted-election-fraud-40622084/feed/ 0 Phoenix New Times https://phx-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/news/how-mesa-woman-lost-forty-thousand-in-bitcoin-scam-40620790/ https://phx-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/?p=40620790 Zach Buchanan https://phx-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/news/how-mesa-woman-lost-forty-thousand-in-bitcoin-scam-40620790/#respond Fri, 14 Nov 2025 09:33:47 -0700 Arizonans lost more than $390 million to cyber-enabled crime last year. Here's how one such scam played out.]]> https://phx-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/news/how-mesa-woman-lost-forty-thousand-in-bitcoin-scam-40620790/feed/ 0 Phoenix New Times https://phx-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/news/phoenix-cops-have-a-new-policy-dont-harass-homeless-people-40620780/ https://phx-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/?p=40620780 Zach Buchanan https://phx-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/news/phoenix-cops-have-a-new-policy-dont-harass-homeless-people-40620780/#respond Thu, 13 Nov 2025 16:18:21 -0700 The Department of Justice found Phoenix police regularly stopped people just for being unhoused and routinely (and illegally) destroyed their stuff.]]> https://phx-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/news/phoenix-cops-have-a-new-policy-dont-harass-homeless-people-40620780/feed/ 0 Phoenix New Times https://phx-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/news/phoenix-cop-charged-for-causing-wreck-while-going-50-mph-over-limit-40620616/ https://phx-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/?p=40620616 Zach Buchanan https://phx-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/news/phoenix-cop-charged-for-causing-wreck-while-going-50-mph-over-limit-40620616/#respond Wed, 12 Nov 2025 18:02:22 -0700 Despite asserting a commitment to transparency, the Phoenix Police Department has not named the officer.]]> https://phx-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/news/phoenix-cop-charged-for-causing-wreck-while-going-50-mph-over-limit-40620616/feed/ 0 Phoenix New Times https://phx-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/news/maga-woman-in-infamous-scottsdale-target-video-sought-by-u-k-police-40620543/ https://phx-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/?p=40620543 Zach Buchanan https://phx-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/news/maga-woman-in-infamous-scottsdale-target-video-sought-by-u-k-police-40620543/#respond Wed, 12 Nov 2025 13:01:54 -0700 Melissa Rein Lively, who went viral for a 2020 anti-mask tantrum in Scottsdale, may have participated in an assault in London.]]> https://phx-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/news/maga-woman-in-infamous-scottsdale-target-video-sought-by-u-k-police-40620543/feed/ 0 Phoenix New Times https://phx-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/news/bullet-mesa-police-shootout-hits-ice-deportation-plane-40618551/ https://phx-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/?p=40618551 Zach Buchanan https://phx-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/news/bullet-mesa-police-shootout-hits-ice-deportation-plane-40618551/#respond Wed, 05 Nov 2025 13:22:10 -0700 It's not clear who fired the bullet that hit the plane, which ICE says is still airworthy.]]> https://phx-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/news/bullet-mesa-police-shootout-hits-ice-deportation-plane-40618551/feed/ 0 Phoenix New Times https://phx-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/news/phoenix-widow-seeks-stop-sale-gun-killed-husband-40618499/ https://phx-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/?p=40618499 Zach Buchanan https://phx-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/news/phoenix-widow-seeks-stop-sale-gun-killed-husband-40618499/#respond Wed, 05 Nov 2025 11:16:14 -0700 Julie Erfle's police officer husband was killed on duty. Arizona law says the murder weapon must be sold and not destroyed.]]> https://phx-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/news/phoenix-widow-seeks-stop-sale-gun-killed-husband-40618499/feed/ 0 Phoenix New Times https://phx-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/news/phoenix-cops-broke-teen-wrist-told-him-dad-should-beat-him-40618288/ https://phx-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/?p=40618288 Zach Buchanan https://phx-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/news/phoenix-cops-broke-teen-wrist-told-him-dad-should-beat-him-40618288/#respond Mon, 03 Nov 2025 14:13:21 -0700 The teen, who also suffered a busted chin, is now suing the city and the three officers involved.]]> https://phx-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/news/phoenix-cops-broke-teen-wrist-told-him-dad-should-beat-him-40618288/feed/ 0 Phoenix New Times https://phx-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/news/phoenix-activists-hold-vigil-for-injured-man-shot-at-by-ice-agent-40616738/ https://phx-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/?p=40616738 Zach Buchanan https://phx-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/news/phoenix-activists-hold-vigil-for-injured-man-shot-at-by-ice-agent-40616738/#respond Thu, 30 Oct 2025 06:44:32 -0700 An ICE agent shot at a Honduran man during a traffic stop, leading to a demonstration outside the Phoenix field office.]]> https://phx-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/news/phoenix-activists-hold-vigil-for-injured-man-shot-at-by-ice-agent-40616738/feed/ 0 Phoenix New Times https://phx-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/news/an-ice-agent-shot-at-a-man-during-a-traffic-stop-on-interstate-17-40616710/ https://phx-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/?p=40616710 Zach Buchanan https://phx-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/news/an-ice-agent-shot-at-a-man-during-a-traffic-stop-on-interstate-17-40616710/#respond Wed, 29 Oct 2025 16:56:43 -0700 The man, a Honduran immigrant, is hurt but reportedly in stable condition. ICE claims the agent feared for his life.]]> https://phx-experimental.voicemediagroup.com/news/an-ice-agent-shot-at-a-man-during-a-traffic-stop-on-interstate-17-40616710/feed/ 0 Phoenix New Times