Protesters demand end to Phoenix police crime-suppression sweeps on light rail
By Deagan Urbatsch | Friday, Nov. 15, 2019
PHOENIX – The nonprofit group LUCHA gathered in front of Phoenix Valley Metro headquarters in downtown Phoenix to demand it stop working with the Phoenix Police Department.
House panel’s votes on gun bills give likely preview of battles to come
By Wissam Melhem | Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019
WASHINGTON - A House panel worked late into the night in a sometimes heated, sometimes emotional hearing on gun-control bills Tuesday, a potential preview of congressional debates to come in the weeks after a string of mass shootings.
About Seeking stability: Venezuelans in Peru
Monday, Aug. 12, 2019
50 years later, Arizona still plays a big role in exploring the universe
By Melissa Robbins | Monday, July 22, 2019
PHOENIX – Arizona helped put men on the moon, and the state’s institutions continue to make strides in mapping the cosmos.
‘One small step’ was a breakthrough in radio communications
By Grayson Schmidt | Wednesday, July 17, 2019
PHOENIX – The radio transponders used on the Apollo 11 moon mission were developed by a division of Motorola in Scottsdale, which had never tested them in space.
Through injury, motherhood and doubt, Jessica McDonald ready to represent Arizona at World Cup
By Brady Vernon | Monday, June 10, 2019
PHOENIX – Arizona’s Jessica McDonald been through it all. Now she’s a World Cup player for the U.S. women’s team.
‘These are parks’: Signs of life returning to the depleted Colorado River Delta
By Luke Runyon | Wednesday, May 22, 2019
LAGUNA GRANDE, Mexico – Small restoration sites along the Colorado River are showing scientists and the public what the delta once looked like and the wealth of wildlife it supported.
Venezuelans in Peru worry that media’s focus on crime spurs lies, hatred
By Mia Armstrong | Thursday, May 2, 2019
As Peru works to take in more than 700,000 migrants from Venezuela, social media stokes unwarranted fears of crime and violence.
With Venezuela in turmoil, migrants and refugees turn to Peru
By Ethan Millman | Monday, April 29, 2019
Peru has welcomed with open arms more than 700,000 Venezuelan migrants. The inflow is both a test and an opportunity for the country’s economy.
At the border, Pence calls on Democrats to fix ‘our broken asylum system’
By Mia Armstrong | Thursday, April 11, 2019
NOGALES – Vice President Mike Pence visited Nogales on Thursday amid what the Trump administration calls a “border security and humanitarian crisis.”
Mexican engineer turning prickly pear juice into biodegradable plastic
By Jorge Valencia | Tuesday, April 2, 2019
GUADALAJARA, Mexico – A professor of chemical engineering in Mexico is making biodegradable plastics from the juice of prickly pear cactus.
Phoenix mayoral candidates face off over light rail, Suns arena and homelessness
By Austen Bundy | Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019
PHOENIX – Phoenix mayoral candidates Kate Gallego and Daniel Valenzuela debated how to approach issues like the Suns’ arena renovations, light rail expansion and homelessness at the Burton Barr Library.