Tim Steller

For Star subscribers: A customer got into a tussle with a man stealing cigarettes from a Tucson Circle K. The shoplifter died, and criminal charges could be filed. That's the risk when you intervene.

For Star subscribers: Left-wing political pressure on the University of Arizona campus have been met with right-wing government dictates. 

For Star subscribers: A comment on a Facebook post had put Kathleen "Kadi" Tierney under police investigation. Plus: The South Tucson mayor's romance with the ex-NYC mayor becomes official. And more. 

For Star subscribers: With Friday's protests and the pepper-spray incident involving Rep. Adelita Grijalva, political hostilities over immigration have likely found a new home in Tucson. 

For Star subscribers: On Tucson's west side, conflict emerges as the city tries to get affordable housing built. Neighbors who used to worry about gentrification now complain about affordable housing.

The Tucson council's progressive majority kept one of their own as vice mayor, rather than rotating, as they used to. Plus, more on the legal claim against PAG, and a new Lege candidate. 

For Star subscribers: As Earth's temperature rises sharply, the threat of a global mass extinction has loomed. But U of A researchers say that fear is flawed, although habitat conservation is necessary.