NASA: Climate Change Makes Wildfire Season ‘New Normal’

NASA: Climate Change Makes Wildfire Season ‘New Normal’

By Jonathan Reid          Cronkite News        Arizona wildfires The number of wildfires, and acres burned, in Arizona in select years over the past decade, according to the National Interagency Fire Center: 2002: 3,041 fires; 700,101 acres burned 2007: 2,240 fires;

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9 Actions By DREAMers That Have Advanced Immigration Reform

9 Actions By DREAMers That Have Advanced Immigration Reform

Nine young people who claimed asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border were granted parole on Wednesday, and released from an immigration detention center in Arizona. The “Dream 9” crossed the border in late July as part of a protest against U.S.

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Undocumented… La Situación de Muchos Jóvenes en USA

Undocumented… La Situación de Muchos Jóvenes en USA

Por Mariela Gomez De Ell Después de la liberación de los “Los DREAM 9 de la cárcel de Eloy , los estudiantes que se dejaron arrestar el 22 de julio en la frontera de Nogales Arizona como parte de un 

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Man Kills Wife & Posts Photo of Her Body on Facebook

Man Kills Wife & Posts Photo of Her Body on Facebook

A 31-year-old man from South Miami has been charged with first-degree murder  after fatally shooting his wife, and confessing to the murder via his Facebook  page. According to NBC  6, Derek Medina shot his 26-year-old wife,  Jennifer Alfonso, following a

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Court voids marijuana conviction on questions about drug-sniffing dog

Court voids marijuana conviction on questions about drug-sniffing dog

By Xi Chen          Cronkite News        WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court Thursday overturned the 2011 conviction of an Arizona man caught with 150 pounds of marijuana in his truck, saying police withheld information about the reliability of the dog

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Study: Childhood obesity in Arizona levels off, as national rate falls

Study: Childhood obesity in Arizona levels off, as national rate falls

By Jonathan Reid          Cronkite News       Preschool obesity Two reports from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2009 and again this week, showed obesity among Arizona preschoolers growing sharply for a decade before leveling off. 2009 report: • 1998:

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Dream 9 Are Out!

Dream 9 Are Out!

TUCSON, Ariz. — Nine activists arrested after attempting to cross the border from Mexico into the U.S. in protest of American immigration policy were released Wednesday from federal custody in Arizona. The National Immigrant Youth Alliance announced that the so-called

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Es Hora De Decir “A-diós"

Es Hora De Decir “A-diós"

Por Ivan Valenzuela Dice el conocido dicho “No hay fecha que no llegue ni plazo que no se cumpla” y al pelotero mejor pagado en la historia del béisbol Alex Rodríguez le llegó su hora el pasado lunes cuando la

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Obama Lauds Housing Market, Calls for Immigration Reform

Obama Lauds Housing Market, Calls for Immigration Reform

By Taylor Pineda Regardless of political stance, an honored and proud 2014 senior class of Desert Vista students looked refined and polished as they made their way in to the basketball gymnasium to take part in President Barak Obama’s speech

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Makes First Public Push For Immigration Reform

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Makes First Public Push For Immigration Reform

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg stepped away from his computer screen on  Monday to speak out publicly in favor of immigration reform for the first time,  an issue he’s been working on behind the scenes for several months. The 29-year-old billionaire made

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