Arizona Science Center unveils POPnology tying together technology and science fiction
POPnology, an 8,000-square-foot exhibit packed with science fiction technology, will make its debut at the Arizona Science Center on Sunday.
Federal appeals court voids death sentence in 1980 Tucson rape-murder
WASHINGTON - A sharply divided court Thursday overturned Robert Douglas Smith's death sentence in a brutal 1980 rape and murder near Tucson, saying lower courts wrongly ignored evidence that Smith was intellectually disabled at the time of the crime.
FYI: Arizona lags behind other states in worker’s compensation benefits
Editor's note: This is part of an ongoing series called FYI, which examines Arizona stories and issues using multimedia and data.
Former inmate’s new purpose: Get Arizona’s ex-cons to move on and find jobs
He stands in the middle of the conference room, looking out at his disciples in a building not far from the hum of Sky Harbor airport. They stare back, entranced by his presence.
Despite high unemployment, Yuma’s agribusiness continues to thrive
YUMA – Every month, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes a report listing metropolitan areas with the highest unemployment rates in the country.
Brunson-Lee students making significant achievements, despite economic, educational challenges
Rachael DeFraesart’s Room 122 is full of all the fourth grade trappings: Posters that diagram long multiplication and illustrate phonics, define vocabulary words and offer inspiration.
Flagstaff-based incubator helps Native American entrepreneurs build businesses
FLAGSTAFF – Sunlight shoots through the window of a Flagstaff studio, casting a spotlight on Gregory Hill – specifically on his hands. They’re burned and worn from carving toy tops.
Supreme Court justices quiz both sides in Arizona redistricting case
WASHINGTON - A lawyer for a group of Arizona voters told the Supreme Court Tuesday that the state's redistricting commission violated the one-person, one-vote principle by packing some legislative districts with Republicans to give Democrats an edge elsewhere.
The Murphy Education and Health Center brings care and hope to South Phoenix
Not far from a sewage treatment plant, a landfill and the Maricopa County jail annex are the four schools and hundreds of families that make up the Murphy Elementary School District in South Phoenix, where more than 80 percent of its residents are Hispanic, most of them poor and many undocumented.
FYI: Cyber Monday becoming more mobile, data show
Editor's note: This is part of an ongoing series that examines issues in Arizona and nationally by using data.
Some Arizona tribal casinos wage bets on risky demographic: Millennials
SCOTTSDALE – Philip Smith remembers the sights, sounds and smells of the last time he went gambling.
Nearly all Phoenix’s Central High seniors apply to college, bucking state trend
You might look at the month of November and think Thanksgiving and Christmas are around the corner.
