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August 2017
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The United Nations says there’s been a significant increase in the number of children used as human bombs in Nigeria by Boko Haram militants. How do violent and traumatic experiences in childhood affect those kids as they grow up, and how can experts help them?
Aug. 31, 2017
Despite the Trump administration’s decision to pull the U.S. out of the Paris Climate Agreement, more and more nations — and communities in America — are looking to increase their renewable energy use.
Aug. 31, 2017
Voters in Prescott approved a measure that will raise the city’s sales tax rate to help pay down the city’s $78 million pension debt. The vote will raise residents’ sales tax by three-quarters of a percent and pay for pension benefits for police officers and firefighters.
Aug. 31, 2017
Now that President Trump has formally pardoned former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, we wanted to check back in with Robert Weisberg, a professor of criminal law at Stanford and co-director of the school’s Criminal Justice Center, to get his take on it.
Aug. 31, 2017
Listen to the sounds of Mike Boland donating blood to the American Red Cross in central Phoenix.
Aug. 31, 2017
A controversy erupted this week over an event being held in Chandler next month: the Rockin’ Taco Street Festival. One of the events at the festival stood out to the Little People of America’s Arizona Chapter because of an offensive word used in its title.
Aug. 31, 2017
This week, the CEOs of the so-called “Big Three” U.S. airlines — American, Delta and United — are in the nation’s capital to talk to some of the Trump administration’s cabinet members. They’re concerned about competition from some carriers based in the Middle East — Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, in particular.
Aug. 31, 2017
Hurricane Harvey is having a significant impact on American fuel supplies. Estimates range between a fifth and a quarter of U.S. fuel output is out of commission because of the storm.
Aug. 31, 2017
The far-reaching economic effects of Harvey are still just beginning to emerge — from rising fuel prices at the pump to disruptions in our food supply. One industry that’s been immediately affected is the trucking industry.
Aug. 31, 2017
Some of the major buildings that make up the downtown Phoenix skyline are all cooled by the biggest version of an air conditioner you've ever heard of, and it's right under the street.
Aug. 31, 2017
