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A new Arizona law is receiving backlash for restricting how and when civilians can record on-duty police officers. GOP Gov. Doug Ducey signed HB 2319 into law on Wednesday, making it illegal for anyone to knowingly film a cop within eight feet under certain circumstances. The legislation prohibits people from recording officers who are performing select “law enforcement […]
A woman died after apparently falling into the rapids at the Grand Canyon during a private boating trip last week, NBC News reports. National Park Service said the Grand Canyon National Park was made aware of an emergency by a personal beacon while the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a report about CPR in progress Thursday […]
The suspect in an Arizona drive-by shooting has been charged with the fatal shooting of 7-year-old Letreese Moten. According to CNN, 29-year-old Terriance D. Armstrong Jr. was taken into custody this week after he opened fire on another vehicle early Thursday in Glendale, Arizona. Authorities say the shooting was preceded by a verbal altercation involving Armstrong and […]
An Arizona priest is calling it quits after years of performing baptisms in an incorrect fashion that has now been determined to have rendered them all “invalid.” Per a report from USA Today this week, the Catholic Diocese of Phoenix has informed worshipers that Fr. Andres Arango used the phrase “We baptize you in the […]
A Jupiter, Florida couple is facing charges of aggravated child abuse and false imprisonment after they allegedly kept their adopted teenager in a small structure inside their home’s garage. The Palm Beach Post writes that Timothy and Tracy Ferriter imprisoned their 14-year-old son in an 8-foot-by-8-foot box, reportedly for over five years. He used a bucket for […]
A 21-year-old hiker is said to have fallen to his death while taking a selfie on a peak in the Superstition Mountains area of Arizona. Per a report from CBS News, the hiker—identified as Richard Jacobson—was founded dead after “slipping while taking a selfie” and falling nearly 700 feet to his death. Jacobson and a […]
Ahead of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, family members of the civil rights activist organized a rally in Arizona in support of federal voting rights legislation. MLK’s eldest son, Martin Luther King III, was joined by his wife Arndrea Waters King and their 13-year-old daughter for an on-the-ground campaign for voting rights, rallying local activists and supporters […]
The turmoil that often surrounded the sessions for DMX’s still-not-officially-released gospel album is the subject of an insightful new report detailing the late icon’s dedication to his artistry, even during times when the outside world threatened his process. The Rolling Stone report, published Tuesday, focuses on a late 2000s chapter in DMX’s life during which he resided in […]
The Scottsdale Police Department held a press conference on Thursday to announce a record narcotics seizure. Working in tandem with the Phoenix Field Division of the DEA, Scottsdale police undertook an investigation involving Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel, resulting in the seizure of 1.7 million fentanyl pills, which has an estimated street value of $9 million. “The Sinaloa Cartel primarily […]
A 30-year-old man was arrested after jumping out of a Southwest Airlines airplane on Saturday as it was taxiing at an Arizona airport, CNN reports. The incident—which took place at the Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix—unfolded as Southwest Flight 4236 landed from Colorado Springs. It’s unclear how the passenger opened an aircraft door, according to the airline. The flight eventually “continued to its designated gate,” […]
