Nation May 09 AP-NORC poll finds 1 in 3 people fear immigrants influence U.S. elections Almost 3 in 10 people expressed concern that more immigration is causing native-born Americans to lose economic, political and cultural influence.
Nation Mar 18 NTSB: 13-year-old drove pickup in Texas crash that killed 9 The University of the Southwest students, including one from Portugal and one from Mexico, and the coach were returning from a golf tournament in Midland, Texas, when the vehicles collided Tuesday night. Two Canadian students were hospitalized in critical condition.
Nation Mar 17 Child was driving pickup in crash that killed 9 A 13-year-old was driving the pickup truck that struck a van in West Texas in a fiery collision that killed nine people, National Transportation Safety Board Vice Chairman Bruce Landsberg said Thursday.
Science Dec 06 New study outlines high costs of extreme heat in Phoenix, Arizona The study concluded planting more trees and covering the region's buildings with "cool roofs" could save billions of dollars over three decades.
Nation Aug 27 Eviction ban’s end will allow pandemic lockouts to resume Key progressive lawmakers Friday urged House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, the Democratic leaders, to consider passing legislation to extend the moratorium during the pandemic.
Politics Jul 12 More migrant deaths recorded in heat along Arizona border The bodies of an unusually large number of migrants who died in Arizona's borderlands are being recovered this summer amid record temperatures. The nonprofit group Humane Borders maps the discoveries with data from the medical examiner in Tucson.
Nation Dec 17 Damage from border wall includes blown-up mountains, toppled 100-year-old cactus Recent construction has sealed off the last major undammed river in the Southwest. It's more difficult for desert tortoises, the occasional ocelot and the world's tiniest owls to cross the boundary.
Politics Nov 07 Trump supporters protest Biden’s victory Chanting “This isn’t over! and “Stop the steal,” supporters of President Donald Trump are protesting at state capitols across the country.
Nation Oct 26 1 million pounds of food daily feed Houston’s hungry Distributions by the Houston Food Bank now average about 800,000 pounds (363,000 kilograms) daily after reaching the unprecedented 1 million pound mark for the first time in the spring.
Science Aug 27 Calls for vigilantes spread on social media before deadly Kenosha attack Multiple threads on Facebook and Reddit urged militias and other armed people to head to the protests, researchers at the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab said in a blog post Wednesday.