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Increasingly, childbirth experts endorse waiting a minute or two before clamping umbilical cords. But other complications make that timing less clear in premature births. Now, strong evidence published in the Lancet suggests delayed clamping among preemies can greatly reduce deaths.
Nov. 16, 2023
Recent surveys have shown younger Americans say they’re less religiously affiliated than previous generations. Last year, the Public Religion Research Institute, or PRRI, found nearly 40% of Americans between the ages of 18-29 were religiously unaffiliated.
Nov. 16, 2023
We're back with a new series called Staying Power, that looks at people who have made Arizona their home. And we continue it with a conversation with Dennita Sewell, a fashion curator whose journey to living Phoenix started out rocky.
Nov. 16, 2023
The Show spoke with Patrick DeHaan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, about gas prices in Arizona.
Nov. 16, 2023
One of the laws required voters to provide proof of citizenship when registering to vote using the federal form. The other required county recorders to remove voters from the rolls if there was reason to believe they’re not a citizen, among other things.
Nov. 16, 2023
Gov. Katie Hobbs has ordered state agencies to conduct a "child care needs study" to assess gaps across the state, with a focus on the semiconductor industry.
Nov. 16, 2023
The National Weather Service said any rain from the system probably won’t be more than a tenth of an inch. At Sky Harbor Airport on Thursday morning, 0.06 of an inch of rain was recorded, which NWS said is the first measurable rainfall since Sept. 12.
Nov. 16, 2023
The fifth National Climate Assessment shows how human-caused climate change will continue to shrink the Colorado River. The report says annual snow totals will decrease 24% by the year 2050. It also warns that the nation’s groundwater is at risk.
Nov. 16, 2023
Tucson’s water supply is partially reliant on the massive underground aquifer below it. But that aquifer has been under threat because of various contaminants that have seeped in. Now the city is getting federal funding to help.
Nov. 16, 2023
Flagstaff’s city council is considering doing away with advertising at its airport after it was threatened with a lawsuit alleging it violated the first amendment rights of the owner of a Northern Arizona shooting range and gun rental business.
Nov. 16, 2023
Phoenix leaders will gather Friday to unveil a new transit center named after a former council member who died Tuesday.
→ Former Phoenix Mayor Thelda Williams dies at 82
→ Former Phoenix Mayor Thelda Williams dies at 82
Nov. 16, 2023
CBP data shows some 240,000 people were encountered along the border in October. That’s down from almost 270,000 in September, and a month-by-month increase since July.
Nov. 15, 2023
In October, Border Patrol's Tucson Sector set a new monthly record for fentanyl seizures, surpassing 220 pounds.
Nov. 15, 2023
In preparation for its five-day meeting in Samarkand, Uzbekistan this week, the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) released three reports, several recommendations – and some dire news.
Nov. 15, 2023
Arizonans can look forward to a cheaper Thanksgiving dinner this year, with average turkey prices down 43% from last year.
Nov. 15, 2023
As visitation to the Grand Canyon’s North Rim declines and temperatures cool, the park will work with the U.S. Forest Service to carry out prescribed burns over the next two weeks.
Nov. 15, 2023
A parent of two students at Desert Mountain High School says his children were bullied after Tom Horne, the state superintendent of public instruction, accused two student clubs of spreading antisemitic materials on campus.
Nov. 15, 2023
Three Phoenix Elementary School Board members left the public in the dark as they voted to fire the district’s superintendent.
Nov. 15, 2023
The Biden administration is allocating $51 million from its bipartisan infrastructure law to water and ecosystem projects in 11 states, including a $1.2 million investment in the Altar Valley watershed southwest of Tucson.
Nov. 15, 2023
A new report from the border advocacy group No More Deaths alleges 911 dispatchers in Pima County are failing to help lost migrants in Arizona's vast desert borderland.
Nov. 15, 2023