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‘It’s the Jews’: Antisemitic tirade at an Arizona school board
JTA - Tue Nov 2, 2021
CHANDLER, Arizona - An antisemitic tirade at a school board meeting in suburban Phoenix last week has spurred an extensive response among local officials and Jewish leaders — some of whom say they were distressed that board members did not rebut the comment at the time. More»

Arizona wants to use Zyklon B (Hydrogen Cyanide Gas) to execute inmates on death row
Jerusalem Post - Tue Jun 1, 2021
FLORENCE, Arizona - Hydrogen cyanide gas, named by the Third Reich as Zyklon B, was used by the Nazis to kill over a million people in the Holocaust and the state of Arizona now wants to use it in executions. More»

"Like Frankenstein": Woman's Head Attached To Man's Body Found Lying Next To Bucket Of Human Parts In Lab
The Guardian - Fri Jul 26, 2019
FBI agents have reportedly found buckets full of heads, arms and legs, as well as refrigerated heaps of male genitalia and different people's body parts sewn together while working on a case concerning illegally trafficked body parts. More»

Arizona Republican claims vaccines are just like Communism in bizarre tirade
Raw Story - Thu Feb 28, 2019
In a Facebook post, Arizona State Representative Kelly Townsend made the case that vaccines are somehow part of a Communist plot. More»

Denied Painkillers, Paralyzed Prisoner Chews Own Fingers Off
Newsweek - Sat Jan 13, 2018
A paralyzed man held inside an Arizona prison chewed off three fingers on his left hand in a desperate attempt to receive treatment for "excruciating pain" from previous injuries, according to new court papers filed in a legal fight over private prison health care. More»

Paul Horner, Famous Fake News Writer, Found Dead at Age 38
Associated Press - Tue Sep 26, 2017
PHOENIX, Arizona - A leading purveyor of fake news in the 2016 presidential election has died outside Phoenix at the age of 38. More»

Trump: I pardoned Joe Arpaio during Hurricane Harvey because 'the ratings would be higher'
Dead State - Mon Aug 28, 2017
This past Friday, President Trump pardoned former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio in the wake of his July conviction for defying a court order to stop illegally profiling members his town's Hispanic community. More»

Arizona sheriff and Trump ally charged with criminal contempt
Think Progress - Tue Oct 25, 2016
Maricopa County's controversial Sheriff Joe Arpaio was slapped with criminal contempt charges this week that allege he willfully violated a judge's order to stop illegally racially profiling Latinos. More»

Arizona Republican Suggests "Sterilizing Poor Women as a Condition for Receiving Food Stamps"
Countercurrent News - Sat May 28, 2016
The far-right former lawmaker who helped push Arizona's "papers please" immigration law has resigned as a top official with the state GOP after making comments about sterilizing poor women. More»

Poll worker testifies on AZ voting problems: 'Every single time it happened - it was a Democratic voter'
Raw Story - Mon Apr 25, 2016
An Arizona poll worker testified Monday that dozens of voters - all of them Democrats - were affected by a computer glitch during last month's primary election. More»

Days after promising riots Donald Trump vows: 'We're going to win with our Second Amendment'
Raw Story - Sat Mar 19, 2016
Donald Trump, who has recently predicted riots at the GOP convention in Ohio this summer if he is denied the nomination, issued what could be interpreted as a threat at an Arizona rally on Saturday. More»

Man fatally shoots self on TV after Arizona chase
Associated Press - Sun Sep 30, 2012
PHOENIX, Arizona - A man fatally shot himself in the head Friday on live national television at the end of a high-speed carjacking chase that began in Phoenix and ended about 90 minutes later within 80 miles of the California border. More»

New Arizona Law 'Pregnancy Begins Two Weeks Before Conception'
Political Groove - Mon Aug 27, 2012
Like something straight out of The Onion, Arizona recently passed a new law titled the Women's Health and Safety Act that deems a woman pregnant 2 weeks before conception. More»

Arizona School Demands Black & Latino Students' Faces On Mural Be Changed To White
Wonkette - Fri Jun 4, 2010
Hard to find even the Gallows Humor in this story, so maybe we won't even try. More»

Did Clean-Room Chemicals Cause Birth Defects?
KPHO-TV - Fri Feb 5, 2010
PHOENIX, Arizona - The picture of Bob and Janice Numkena's wedding day is old and faded, but Bob's memory of the day is clear. More»

Alien Life May Be All Around Us (Or Even In Us), Says Professor
Daily Mail, UK - Sun Feb 15, 2009
Forget little green men on Mars - aliens could be right here on Earth, a leading scientist has claimed. More»

Plea deal offered to 8-year-old murder suspect
Associated Press - Sat Nov 29, 2008
PHOENIX - Prosecutors have offered a plea deal to an 8-year-old boy charged with murder in the shooting deaths of his father and another man in their eastern Arizona home, court records show. More»

Ruling protects Arizonan who sells anti-war shirts
Associated Press - Tue Aug 19, 2008
PHOENIX - A federal judge on Wednesday permanently barred Arizona from using a state law to prosecute an online merchant who sells shirts that list names of thousands of troops killed in Iraq. More»

Crystal skull on display in Sedona
KTAR - Sun Jun 22, 2008
The real crystal skull that was the inspiration for the new Indiana Jones movie will be on display in Sedona. More»

A Psychiatric Reclassification of UFO Extraterrestrial Experiences
The Canadian Nation - Fri Dec 14, 2007
Phoenix, ARIZONA - Rebecca Hardcastle is presenting a paper on Exoconsciousness and Psychopathology at the American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division, Karl Jaspers Society of North America, on Saturday, December 29, 2007, at the Marriott Inner Harbor in Baltimore, Maryland. More»

Pipe bomb locks down Arizona nuclear plant
Associated Press - Fri Nov 2, 2007
WINTERSBURG, Arizona - As authorities tried to understand why a contract worker would bring a pipe bomb to the nation's largest nuclear power plant, one thing was immediately clear: The security worked. More»

Family of woman who died at Airport hires high-power team
USA Today - Wed Oct 3, 2007
NEW YORK - When Carol Gotbaum landed in Phoenix - next-to-last stop on her quest for sobriety - she called her husband in New York, where they lived with their three young children. More»

Family mourns woman who died at airport
Associated Press - Sat Sep 29, 2007
A traveler who may have accidentally choked herself to death while handcuffed in an airport holding cell was a "wonderful" woman and mother, according to New York City's public advocate, who is her relative. More»

Officers file lawsuit against Taser International
AP - Sat Aug 20, 2005
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona - Lawsuits have been filed against Scottsdale-based Taser International by police officers in five states. More»

Arizona Militia Figure Is Shot to Death
Los Angeles Times - Tue Nov 6, 2001
PHOENIX, Arizona - A wanted militia figure who vowed that he would never be taken alive was killed by a law enforcement officer after he shot a sheriff's deputy trying to arrest him, authorities said Tuesday. More»

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