Posted Aug 11, 2022, 9:55 am
Melanie Gall, Christopher Emrich & Marie Aquilino/Arizona State University/The Conversation
In theory, summarizing risk information for flooding, hurricanes and even wildfires should help homebuyers and renters make more informed housing choices, but surveys show it isn’t working that way, at least not yet.... Read more»
Posted Aug 11, 2022, 9:41 am
Will Humble & Diane E. Brown/Arizona Public Health Association
New research suggests that natural gas is not the “clean” alternative the industry touts, and a gas stove is likely polluting your home and contributing to climate change. ... Read more»
Posted Aug 11, 2022, 5:34 am
Jerod MacDonald-Evoy
/Arizona Mirror
The man many believe was behind some of the Q posts may have lost his bid to run for office in Arizona - but a multitude of candidates with conspiratorial beliefs, including QAnon, won in Republican primaries this month, putting them on the November ballot.... Read more»
Posted Aug 10, 2022, 5:13 pm
Jacob Owens/TucsonSentinel.com
The city of Tucson only has five remaining neighborhood recycling centers, after closing two last month that had been plagued by illegal dumping. ... Read more»
Posted Aug 10, 2022, 1:38 pm
Bennito L. Kelty
/TucsonSentinel.com
The TUSD Governing Board reviewed whether to spend $2.2 million in dwindling pandemic relief funds to encourage staffers to get their second COVID-19 vaccine boosters. Superintendent Gabriel Trujillo said he expects the CDC to allow the additional booster shots for more adults. ... Read more»
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Posted Aug 10, 2022, 1:37 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
Anglers should limit their consumption of catfish from Patagonia Lake because of elevated mercury levels. State officials said adults shouldn't eat more than 2.5 ounces per week of fish from the Southern Arizona lake, while children shouldn't eat more than 2 ounces per month
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Posted Aug 10, 2022, 1:11 pm
Blake Morlock
/TucsonSentinel.com
Arizona AG Mark Brnovich's letter to the state Legislature concerning dead voters looks now like a concession speech ending a failed U.S. Senate race in a party he's no longer crazy enough to lead.... Read more»
Posted Aug 10, 2022, 10:53 am
Matthew Choi
/The Texas Tribune
The FBI raid on former President Donald Trump has Republicans rallying to his defense, echoing his unfounded claims that it was a political hit job - but legal experts say there would have been a very high standard of probable cause to execute such a search.... Read more»
Posted Aug 10, 2022, 10:50 am
Clark D. Cunningham
/Georgia State University/The Conversation
The FBI’s raid of former President Donald Trump’s estate on Aug. 8, 2022, caught Trump by surprise – and prompted immediate speculation about exactly why and how the law enforcement agency secured a search warrant.... Read more»
Posted Aug 10, 2022, 10:11 am
Carina Dominguez
/Indian Country Today
Baidaj - the saguaro fruit - harvesting is a time of celebration and marks the O’odham New Year right before monsoon downpours sweep through the Southwest - but they are growing increasingly concerned about earlier blooms and ripening of the flower.... Read more»
Posted Aug 10, 2022, 10:05 am
Carson McCullough
/Courthouse News Service
Conservationists have once again taken the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to court over the feds failing to restore endangered species protections for wolves that advocates say are being eradicated from the American Northwest.... Read more»
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Posted Aug 10, 2022, 9:23 am
Alexandra Jones
/Courthouse News Service
Just one day after the FBI searched his Mar-a-Lago home, former President Donald Trump suffered another loss Tuesday when a federal appeals court greenlit a House committee's request to seize his tax returns from the IRS.... Read more»
Posted Aug 10, 2022, 9:19 am
Rose Wagner
/Courthouse News Service
Capping off an eventful month in Congress, President Joe Biden gave his signature of approval Tuesday afternoon to legislation aimed at boosting domestic semiconductor manufacturing and documents supporting Finland and Sweden joining NATO.... Read more»
Posted Aug 10, 2022, 9:06 am
Mark Kreidler
/Kaiser Health News
The same wastewater surveillance techniques that have emerged as a critical tool in early detection of COVID-19 outbreaks are being adapted for use in monitoring the startling spread of monkeypox.... Read more»
Posted Aug 10, 2022, 8:59 am
Jacob Fischler
/Arizona Mirror
Republicans in Congress fumed Tuesday in reaction to former President Donald Trump’s Monday evening statement that the FBI executed a search warrant at Mar-a-Lago, a copy of which has not yet been released by the former president.... Read more»