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A new study by AARP found that dementia drugs are often given to patients for 13 months or longer — even though there’s little evidence the drugs are effective after a year.
Aug. 27, 2018
Retired Bishop Thomas J. O'Brien served the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix before stepping down following a sexual-abuse scandal involving suspected pedophile priests. The Show turned to Michael Kiefer, who covered Bishop O’Brien for years.
Aug. 27, 2018
Thanks to its strong economy and growing middle class, China is the world’s biggest market source for tourism.
Aug. 27, 2018
Axiscades said it plans to create 320 jobs over the next five years, primarily in mechanical and electrical engineering, as well as finance, research and development, human resources, sales and project management.
Aug. 27, 2018
Arizona Game and Fish confirms young coyotes are on the move and will grow bolder in urban areas if ignored.
Aug. 27, 2018
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey will appoint Sen. John McCain’s successor, and the law states that replacement must be the same party as McCain, who was a Republican.
Aug. 26, 2018
As news spread of Sen. John McCain's death, leaders across the nation sent their condolences to the McCain family and honored the Arizona senator's life with remembrances of his public service.
Aug. 25, 2018
Arizona and the nation has lost one of its most towering and influential political figures. Sen. John McCain, who had been battling brain cancer for more than a year, has died at age 81. He was a war hero, a statesman and an Arizona original.
McCain To Lie In State At Arizona Capitol On Wednesday →
Family, Public Officials Remember John McCain →
McCain To Lie In State At Arizona Capitol On Wednesday →
Family, Public Officials Remember John McCain →
Aug. 25, 2018
Talking Stick Resort remains closed two weeks after guests were evacuated during a storm and no reopening date has been set. In a new statement, sent Friday night, resort officials said repairs are ongoing after storms caused flooding and a power outage on the property.
Aug. 25, 2018
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation forecast a 57 percent chance of a shortage in the Lower Basin in 2020. That’s up from earlier projections. If that happens Arizona would face cutbacks in its supply of Colorado River water stored in Lake Mead.
Aug. 24, 2018
Through KJZZ's Q&AZ reporting project, a listener asked: If palo verde trees are native to Arizona, why do they break and topple during monsoon storms?
Aug. 24, 2018
One of Arizona’s largest charter schools has removed a controversial transgender policy for its students. Great Hearts Academies had faced push back for its “biological sex and gender” rules, which some called discriminatory and anti-transgender.
Aug. 24, 2018
Discussing the week in news with Chuck Coughlin, president and CEO of HighGround, and former Tempe Mayor Neil Giuliano, who is currently the CEO of Greater Phoenix Leadership.
Aug. 24, 2018
Out of the nation’s 100 largest cities, the Trust for Public Land lists the McDowell Sonoran Preserve in Scottsdale and the South Mountain Preserve in Phoenix as the biggest in a new report.
Aug. 24, 2018
There is a growing body of research that suggests we deeply depend on following the circadian code inside our bodies.
Aug. 24, 2018
UCLA recently got a $20 million gift to support its philosophy department. That came months after Johns Hopkins University’s philosophy department got a $75 million donation.
Aug. 24, 2018
For those who are high-efficacy voters and who follow public policy discussions, there’s also a growing disconnect between what they believe elected officials and governments should be accomplishing and what really seems to be happening.
Aug. 24, 2018
There’s a legal case pending in New York in which Disney has sued a company over unlicensed characters. Disney argues Characters for Hire, LLC is a “knock-off business” which has been “built upon the infringement of plaintiffs' highly valuable intellectual property rights."
Aug. 24, 2018
Around 400 firefighters and 80 pieces of equipment from Arizona are headed to California to battle wildfires. In addition to Arizona, firefighters from around the United States and the world are helping to battle the blazes.
Aug. 24, 2018
The World Health Organization this week reported cases of measles have hit a record high in the European region. The WHO says more than 41,000 people have been infected in the first half of the year.
Aug. 24, 2018