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June 2017
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Investigators are continuing to look into how much Russia inserted itself into last November’s election, and whether members of the Trump campaign or the administration were involved with that. But there’s a deeper issue of Russia spying on the U.S. — from inside our borders.
June 6, 2017
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or CFPB, has made headlines this year simply trying to justify its existence. Now, Arizona PIRG Education Fund and the Frontier Group have released a new report, “Protecting Those Who Serve,” which reveals that the leading source of debt collection abuses the CFPB currently receives are from current military servicemembers and veterans.
June 6, 2017
How does that Sesame Street song go? Who are the people in your neighborhood? Or from Jules Dassin, who said: "There are 8 million stories in the naked city." Here's the conversation with Wendy.
June 6, 2017
The Tempe Center for the Arts is spending the summer exploring nature, specifically as it relates to art and design in its exhibit is called Biomimicry: nature inspired design. Looking around the gallery, that becomes apparent: there’s sculpture, furniture, wood and other art forms.
June 6, 2017
ESPN has been the dominant sports network for decades and, even with increasing competition, that hasn’t changed. But the cord cutters who don’t help pay for cable packages have hurt ESPN’s bottom line, leading to layoffs and worries about the network’s future. And some critics are even saying ESPN is too politically correct and leans to the left.
June 6, 2017
Veteran’s Administration Secretary David Shulkin gave a State of the VA speech last week, and the prognosis for the department remained grim.
June 6, 2017
Arizona State University scientists begin testing blood from the healthiest hearts in the world to help fight chronic aging.
June 6, 2017
The Nature Conservancy isn’t known for its work in cities. It’s known for working to protect some of the world’s most beautiful landscapes across the globe. But a few years ago, the conservancy shifted its focus to the urban landscape.
June 5, 2017
The nation’s largest Latino civil rights advocacy organization, the National Council of La Raza, was founded here in Phoenix in 1968. Now on the eve of their 50th anniversary, they’re coming back to the Valley.
June 5, 2017
President Donald Trump to pull the U.S. out of the Paris Climate agreement. In the past he's called man-made climate change a "hoax." Public opinion is divided on the issue, especially in one state that Trump likes to call home. The BBC's Ed Butler has been looking at Florida's climate problem.
June 5, 2017
