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Researchers from Northern Arizona University and University of Arizona are collaborating with the Cocopah Indian Tribe to assess environmental health issues at a Head Start and day care facility. Concerns include possible air and water pollution from surrounding areas.
Oct. 6, 2022
In 2018, an 18-state study showed how suicide unduly affects American Indian or Alaska Native populations. More recently, a CDC study of 49 states, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia found the trend is worsening.
Oct. 5, 2022
A case arguing DACA was illegally created under the Obama administration had made its way to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. On Wednesday, the 5th Circuit sent that case back to the lower court it came from in Texas.
Oct. 5, 2022
Some are concerned that what was intended to be a temporary situation is becoming less so.
Oct. 5, 2022
That's despite the city having a high rate of housing affordability.
Oct. 5, 2022
Methotrexate is a cheap, effective drug used to treat rheumatic conditions. It's also used in high doses to treat ectopic pregnancies by inducing an abortion. Last month, Dr. Deborah Power's 14-year-old arthritis patient was refused the medicine at a pharmacy in Tucson.
Oct. 5, 2022
Businesses that signed on will receive licenses that ease the importing of food and other inputs, but also committed to things like not raising the cost of corn flour in coming months.
Oct. 4, 2022
The digital rights group R3D and several media organizations are reporting that at least two journalists and a human rights defender had their phones infected with the controversial spyware known as Pegasus.
Oct. 4, 2022
The Mexican government is working on a plan to establish a state-owned airline that would be operated by the military.
Oct. 4, 2022
This week, the Sonoran government started work to restore an abandoned theme park and nearby wetland.
Oct. 4, 2022
Come November, voters will decide whether to offer in-state tuition to noncitizens who graduate from Arizona high schools, reviving a question last posed to voters 17 years ago.
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Oct. 4, 2022
Prosecutors in Arizona say they’re confused how to follow the law when it comes to abortion — especially after a Pima County Superior Court ruled that a pre-statehood abortion ban was enforceable.
Oct. 4, 2022
A new report published by a digital rights advocacy group says that the current Mexican government has continued to illegally spy on civilians despite promises to end the practice.
Oct. 3, 2022
The Mexican government confirms that it was hit by a major cyber attack. Hackers obtained data held by the military, including details about the president’s health.
Oct. 3, 2022
Forty-year-old Christopher Clements was found guilty Friday on kidnapping and first-degree murder charges for the death of 13-year-old Maribel Gonzales in 2014.
Sep. 30, 2022
Arizona Congressman Ruben Gallego's new bill would offer a pathway to citizenship to DACA recipients who serve in the military. It comes at a looming decision in the 5th U.S. Circuit could end the program.
Sep. 30, 2022
A panel of independent experts has accused the Mexican government of obstructing an investigation into the 2014 disappearance of 43 students. The report casts doubt on the government’s ability to carry out justice in the case.
Sep. 30, 2022
On Sept. 28, activists in Sonora took to the streets to recognize International Safe Abortion Day, when, for decades, people across Latin America have protested to demand abortion rights.
Sep. 29, 2022
The state human rights commission in neighboring Sonora, Mexico, has notified prosecutors of 15 disappearance cases that demonstrate serious failures by authorities.
Sep. 29, 2022
When Javier Zamora was 9 years old, he journeyed from El Salvador to the U.S. He recounts that trip in his memoir, "Solito," which he writes from the perspective of his 9-year-old self.
Sep. 29, 2022
