Social media in Orlando attacks a shocking, but ‘healthy,’ development

WASHINGTON - When news broke Sunday of the mass shooting at an Orlando nightclub, many people took to their phones to share their thoughts during the attack - including the victims inside the club.


Twitter account’s Trump endorsement stirs confusion for Phoenix Pride

WASHINGTON - Dani Logan, program manager for Phoenix Pride, spent Monday answering tweets from concerned members of the LGBT community - but they weren't about the Orlando mass shooting.

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Arizona prepares for wildfire season with new aircraft

MESA — An air tanker that can streak to an Arizona wildfire to dump 3,000 pounds of flame retardant in record time is bringing the latest technology to fighting fires.


Vibrant Latino arts community reflects generational differences

PHOENIX - Scattered across the Valley are vibrant, visual homages to a rich past, present and future. Latino, Hispanic and Chicano art has had an iconic presence in the Southwest for hundreds of years, and nowhere is this presence more striking than in downtown Phoenix. Though Latino artists of all ages in Phoenix share this rich history, their art reflects it in distinct ways.

Valley artist Carlos Rivas, 36, works on a portion of a mural in downtown Phoenix.

State agency spent millions on failed biospecimen program it hopes to revive

Everything changed for Brent Gendleman in 2003.


Valley social media influencers growing: ‘big fish in a small pond’

The best way to become a social influencer? Don’t try to be one.


ASU professor tests preventive cancer vaccine

For more than 10 years, professor Stephen Johnston and a team of researchers at Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute have been developing a cancer vaccine aimed at preventing all types of cancer.

More than one million people in the United States get cancer each year, according to the American Cancer Society. (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

TGen researchers looks to canines to advance treatment of cancer

SCOTTSDALE – Keith and Marna McLendon thought their 9-year-old Scottish terrier, Molly, had a mere bladder infection.


Valley group offers support to Alzheimer’s caregivers

Debbie Cyment has been an Alzheimer’s disease caregiver for about two and a half years.


8-year-old Valley girl launches ‘Buddy Bench’ to make sure every kid has friend

Can you remember what you were doing at age 7? I was running around, playing with friends. The only thing I worried about was what was the snack that day.


Olympic medalist prepares elite track athletes at Phoenix-based Altis

When a marketing team proposed the name “Altis” to John Godina for the sports-training business he founded, it had a familiar ring to him.