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Scholarships have helped displaced Afghan students find homes on university campuses
As the Taliban swept back into power in Afghanistan in the summer of 2021, Fahima Sultani and her fellow university students tried for days to get into the Kabul airport, only to be turned away by gun-wielding extremists. Nearly two years later, Sultani, now 21, is safely in the U.S. and working toward her bachelor's degree in data science at Arizona State University in Tempe on a scholarship.
Phoenix becomes largest US city to successfully challenge 2020 census numbers
Phoenix has become the largest U.S. city to successfully challenge its population count from the 2020 census after claiming that dozens of group homes, jails and drug and alcohol treatment centers were overlooked during the nation's head count.
Have health needs, will travel: ADHS delivers vaccines, tests to underserved communities
Even as Covid levels decline, the Arizona health department continues to deliver tests, vaccinations and other medical services to underserved, low-income communities across the state, according to health-equity officials.
What’s on the ballot? Your guide to Tuesday’s US elections
Voters are electing two governors, some big-city mayors and one member of Congress in an election dominated by local and state races.
US home rents rose in July as ownership market cooled
Several metro areas showed a split in the rental and ownership markets in July. On a month-to-month basis, rents increased in Baltimore, Boston, Minneapolis, Phoenix and Washington, D.C. By contrast, home values in those markets declined.
Sen. Hobbs breaks leg in House-Senate game
An Arizona state senator who planned to run in the Boston marathon later this month has broken her leg in the annual House-Senate softball game.
Immigration activists detained while trying to enter US
U.S. authorities have detained eight activists who asked to be allowed to re-enter the United States from Mexico on humanitarian grounds in a protest against American immigration policies.
Security to be increased for Pat’s Run in Tempe
TEMPE ai??i?? Authorities say security for Pat's Run this weekend in Tempe will be enhanced in light of the explosions at the Boston Marathon.
Gabrielle Giffords to receive JFK Profile in Courage award
Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has been named this year's recipient of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage award.
Lawmakers won’t get Valentine’s cards featuring Hitler, other dictators
The former Arizona director of a leading tea party group says he has scrapped plans to deliver Valentine’s Day cards that featured murderous dictators including Adolf Hitler to Republican lawmakers believed to oppose anti-union legislation.
Obama talks immigration at Hispanic prayer event
President Barack Obama says those opposing a pathway to citizenship for the millions of undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. shouldn't have amnesia about how the country began. He says America is a nation of immigrants.
Pearce’s finance reports don’t list Fiesta trips
Financial disclosure statements filed by Senate President Russell Pearce don't disclose his acceptance of lavish Fiesta Bowl-paid trips to out-of-state college football games.
