Today: September 22, 2024
Today: September 22, 2024

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Heat deaths of people without air conditioning, often in mobile homes, underscore energy inequity

Advocates say air conditioning is no longer a luxury but a public health and affordability issue

Heat deaths of people without air conditioning, often in mobile homes, underscore energy inequity
Americas|Crime|News

A look at 'El Mayo' Zambada, the kingpin of Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel who is now in US custody

Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada has eluded the reach of U.S. enforcement for decades as the top leader and co-founder of Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa cartel

A look at 'El Mayo' Zambada, the kingpin of Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel who is now in US custody
Environment|Health|Travel

A man got third-degree burns walking on blazing hot sand dunes in Death Valley, rangers say

Rangers at California's Death Valley National Park say a European visitor got third-degree burns on his feet while briefly walking barefoot on blazing hot sand dunes at the park

Election

Legal fight continues with appeals over proposed immigration initiative for Arizona Nov. 5 ballot

The fight to keep a proposed immigration initiative off Arizona's Nov. 5 ballot is not over yet

Legal fight continues with appeals over proposed immigration initiative for Arizona Nov. 5 ballot
Environment|News

Things to know about heat deaths as a dangerously hot summer shapes up in the western US

A dangerously hot summer has shaped up in the U.S. West

Things to know about heat deaths as a dangerously hot summer shapes up in the western US
Environment|Health

Blazing hot surfaces are a danger for catastrophic burn injuries in the urban desert Southwest

Sizzling sidewalks and unshaded playgrounds are a danger for catastrophic burn injuries as air temperatures reach new summer highs in desert cities like Phoenix and Las Vegas

Blazing hot surfaces are a danger for catastrophic burn injuries in the urban desert Southwest
News|World

Scorching heat in the US Southwest kills three migrants in the desert near the Arizona-Mexico border

Three Mexican migrants have died in the Sonoran Desert in Arizona near the U.S.-Mexico border

Scorching heat in the US Southwest kills three migrants in the desert near the Arizona-Mexico border
Environment|Health

At least 6 heat-related deaths reported in metro Phoenix so far this year as high hits 115 degrees

At least six people have died from heat-related causes this year so far in sizzling metro Phoenix, where the temperatures this week hit 115 degrees Fahrenheit (46 Celsius), Arizona’s Maricopa Department of Public Health reported this week

At least 6 heat-related deaths reported in metro Phoenix so far this year as high hits 115 degrees
Environment|Health|News

Record-breaking US heat wave scorches the Midwest and Northeast, bringing safety measures

Extreme heat alerts are in effect for tens of millions of people in the United States as cities including Chicago break heat records

Record-breaking US heat wave scorches the Midwest and Northeast, bringing safety measures
Environment|News

Over 75 million people in the US are under heat alerts. Go indoors and hydrate

Over 75 million people in the United States are under extreme heat alerts as a heat wave moves eastward

Over 75 million people in the US are under heat alerts. Go indoors and hydrate
Environment|News

Severe, chaotic weather around US with high temperatures in Southwest and Midwest, snow in Rockies

Extreme weather that ranged from triple digit temperatures in the Southwest to unseasonable cold in the Pacific Northwest was forecast over the U.S. into the early week

Severe, chaotic weather around US with high temperatures in Southwest and Midwest, snow in Rockies
Environment|Health

Phoenix using ice immersion to treat heatstroke victims as Southwest bakes with highs well over 100

The season’s first heat wave is already baking the Southwestern U.S. with triple-digit temperatures as Phoenix firefighters employ new tactics in hopes of saving more lives

Phoenix using ice immersion to treat heatstroke victims as Southwest bakes with highs well over 100
Environment|Health

After a deadly heat wave last summer, metro Phoenix is changing tactics

Officials in America’s hottest big metro are working to better protect people amid temperatures already hitting the triple digits this spring

After a deadly heat wave last summer, metro Phoenix is changing tactics
Environment|Health

Last year's deadly heat wave in metro Phoenix didn't discriminate

The victims of last summer's staggering 31-day streak of daily temperatures reaching 110 degrees Fahrenheit and over were old and young, male and female, homeless and well-to-do, Black, white, Hispanic, Asian American and Native American

Last year's deadly heat wave in metro Phoenix didn't discriminate
Arts|Education|Environment|Technology

Book Review: Novelist Amy Tan shares love of the natural world in 'The Backyard Bird Chronicles'

Best-selling novelist Amy Tan of “The Joy Luck Club” fame combines entries from her nature journal with astonishing illustrations thanks to lessons in bird illustration in “The Backyard Bird Chronicles,” to share a birdwatching obsession that dates back to before the COVID-19 pandemic

Book Review: Novelist Amy Tan shares love of the natural world in 'The Backyard Bird Chronicles'
News|Political

Rudy Giuliani processed in Arizona in fake electors scheme to overturn Trump's 2020 loss to Biden

Rudy Giuliani has been processed in the criminal case over the effort to overturn Trump’s Arizona election loss to Joe Biden

Rudy Giuliani processed in Arizona in fake electors scheme to overturn Trump's 2020 loss to Biden
News|Political

A judge will mull whether an Arizona border rancher can face a new murder trial after dismissal

The judge overseeing the case of an Arizona rancher who was unsuccessfully tried in the fatal shooting of a Mexican man on his property says he will consider whether to leave open the possibility of a new trial later

A judge will mull whether an Arizona border rancher can face a new murder trial after dismissal
Health|News|Technology|World

Arizona is boosting efforts to protect people from the extreme heat after hundreds died last summer

Arizona’s new heat officer said Friday that he is working with local governments and nonprofit groups to open more cooling centers and ensure homes have working air conditioners in a more unified effort to prevent another ghastly toll of heat-related deaths this summer

Arizona is boosting efforts to protect people from the extreme heat after hundreds died last summer
Health|News|Political

Prosecutors say they will not retry an Arizona rancher accused of murder near the US-Mexico border

Prosecutors say they will not retry an Arizona rancher whose trial in the fatal shooting of a Mexican man on his property ended last week with a deadlocked jury

Prosecutors say they will not retry an Arizona rancher accused of murder near the US-Mexico border
News|Political

Arizona judge declares mistrial in the case of a rancher accused of fatally shooting a migrant

An Arizona judge has declared a mistrial in the case of rancher accused of fatally shooting a Mexican man on his property near the U.S.-Mexico border

Arizona judge declares mistrial in the case of a rancher accused of fatally shooting a migrant
Business|Entertainment|News

Record Store Day celebrates indie retail music sellers as they ride vinyl's popularity wave

Record Store Day celebrates independent retail music sellers who have endured long after megastores like Tower Records closed

Record Store Day celebrates indie retail music sellers as they ride vinyl's popularity wave
News

Jury weighs case against Arizona rancher in migrant killing

The jury has been ordered to resume deliberations Friday in the trial of a 75-year-old Arizona rancher accused of fatally shooting a migrant on his property

Jury weighs case against Arizona rancher in migrant killing
Economy|Environment|News

A 9-year-old boy's dream of a pet octopus is a sensation as thousands follow Terrance's story online

Nine-year-old Cal Clifford had always wanted a pet octopus

A 9-year-old boy's dream of a pet octopus is a sensation as thousands follow Terrance's story online
News

Jury visits a ranch near US-Mexico border where an Arizona man is charged with killing a migrant

Jurors in the case of an Arizona rancher charged with fatally shooting a migrant on his property visited the scene of the killing as the third week of the trial wrapped up

Jury visits a ranch near US-Mexico border where an Arizona man is charged with killing a migrant
News|Political

The trial of an Arizona border rancher charged with killing a migrant has reached the halfway point

Jurors in the case of an Arizona rancher charged with fatally shooting a migrant on his border property will be allowed to visit the scene of the killing

The trial of an Arizona border rancher charged with killing a migrant has reached the halfway point

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