Self-Driving Uber Crash ‘Avoidable,’ Driver’s Phone Playing Video Before Woman Struck
Rafaela Vasquez, backup driver in the autonomous Uber car, was not paying attention before striking Herzberg, police concluded.
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Trump Foe Michael Avenatti Is Representing Detained Immigrant Kids in Phoenix
Outspoken attorney Michael Avenatti is representing five families with children detained in Phoenix after they were separated at the border.
Bowing to Protests, Phoenix Will Reconsider South Central Light Rail Design
For much of the meeting, Phoenix’s multiyear light rail master plan was on the edge of a knife.
Maricopa County Drivers Half as Likely to Be Arrested During Stop – if Deputy Is Hispanic
Black, Latino, or Native American drivers still are more likely to be delayed longer, cited, searched, or arrested than white drivers,
Fight Over South Central Light Rail Extension Erupts at City Council
South Phoenix residents decried a lack of transparency from the regional transit authority and demanded a halt to the project.
Billboards Call Out Interior Secretary on Grand Canyon Uranium Mining
Arizona Wildlife Federation, Trout Unlimited skeptical that Trump’s Interior Department really has no plans to restart uranium mining near Grand Canyon.
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Funding Death: Arizona Families Sue Banks for Financing Iranian Attacks on U.S. Soldiers
International banks that funneled money to Iran paid more than $4 billion in fines to U.S. regulators, but none of that money went to soldiers or their families.
‘Kids Like Me Should Not Be in Prison’: Activists Condemn Family-Separation Crackdown
At a protest in Phoenix, second-grader Akemi Vargas asked President Trump to stop separating families, before beginning to sob.
Arizona Anti-Marijuana Warrior Seth Leibsohn Blows Race for Congress
Some conservatives had high hopes that the anti-marijuana activist would effectively challenge Greg Stanton in CD9.
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Hitching Post Owner Sues Apache Junction for Racial Discrimination
The Pakistani owner of a Western-themed bar in Apache Junction claims city officials used racial slurs behind his back.
No Slack in Success: Black Ganjapreneur Marvina Thomas Sets Example in Industry
To Marvina Thomas, success comes from more than a desire to make money; it comes from having a reason to succeed. Her reason is helping people.
Great Hearts School Will Close as Plan for South Mountain Campus Collapses
A representative contradicted Great Hearts when asked whether Teleos Preparatory Academy will remain open. “It’s closed permanently,” she said.
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Another Case That Makes You Ask: WTF Is Going on at Phoenix Prosecutors Office?
Catch-and-release seems to be the modus operandi at the agency even for suspects with a history of domestic violence.
Stringer Once Warned Diversity Would Lead to ‘Civil Disorder … Dissolution’ of the U.S.
“A country is shared culture, shared language, very often shared religion, shared ancestry,” he said in 2016.
Take a Hit of ‘Cannabis News’ With Nick Meyers Each Week in Phoenix New Times
Phoenix New Times now puts more milligrams of journalistic cannabinoids in your Thursday mornings with its new weekly feature, “Cannabis News.”
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Circle of Terror: Following the Trail of Deadly IEDs From Arizona to Iraq and Back
Roadside bombs that included parts made in Chandler killed Arizona soldiers in Iraq but also helped Phoenix agents catch and convict the man they say made them
Arizona Lawmaker Catherine Miranda Defends Posting Staged Photo of Detained Kid
“You’re part of the problem of division,” Miranda told a woman who noted that the photo Miranda posted of a kid in a cage was staged.
Arizona Legislator: ‘There Aren’t Enough White Kids to Go Around’ in State Schools
“If we don’t do something about immigration very, very soon, the demographics of our country will be irrevocably changed.”
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Great Hearts Charter Network Botches a South Mountain Campus Acquisition
The charter network’s unsteady plan to acquire a new school site near South Mountain has put some parents in limbo.
Ex-Wife of Scottsdale Mass Killer ‘Knew One Day’ He Would Try to ‘Kill Me’
After the bitter divorce and fight over custody of their son, Dr. Connie Jones said that Dwight Jones became her “personal terrorist.”
Fate of Nation’s Largest Nuclear Plant Is at the Heart of Clean-Energy Battle
To hear APS tell it, an upcoming clean energy ballot measure would be doomsday for the Palo Verde nuclear plant.
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County Attorney Defends Plea Deal for Chinese Exchange Student’s Killer
The 25-year-sentence means that Holly Davis would be released from prison when she’s in her late 50s.