Countdown to Tokyo: Summer is here
The Tokyo Olympics are just 32 days away and the excitement is building as athletes from all over the world prepare for the postponed…
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Phoenix, other areas expecting cooler temperatures despite continued wildfires
After five consecutive days of 115-plus degree heat, the Phoenix metro area is expected to get some cooler weather this…
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Monday weather forecast
Cooler temperatures on their way with a high near 108 on Monday. It will be sunny and breezy, with a south southeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as…
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PFLAG to celebrate Pride Month in Somerton
PFLAG says it’s still in need of participants to join the car parade. The deadline to apply is Thursday, June…
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VA to offer gender confirmation surgery to vets
The Department of Veterans Affairs will now offer transgender veterans gender confirmation…
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High school seniors breathe a sigh of relief that they made it to graduation. But school administrators fear the fall semester
By Evan McMorris-Santoro and Devon M. Sayers, CNN Joel Gilmore is wise beyond his years. When the salutatorian for the Lower Richland High School…
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FDA adviser who stepped down over Alzheimer’s drug approval says there’s no “good evidence that it works”
A member of the FDA advisory committee who stepped down after the regulating body’s approval of Aduhelm, a controversial new Alzheimer’s drug, claims…
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Fear shakes Mexico border city after violence leaves 18 dead
Fear has invaded the Mexican border city of Reynosa after gunmen in vehicles killed 14 people, including taxi drivers, workers, and a nursing…
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California weighs extending eviction protections past June
Gov. Gavin Newsom says California will pay off all the past-due rent that accumulated in the nation’s most populated state because of the fallout…
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Witness tells of horror as truck rams into Arizona bike race
Of the seven cyclists hospitalized, six were in critical condition, and one was in stable condition on…
Continue Reading Most major metropolitan areas have become more racially segregated, study shows
By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Some of the nation’s largest metropolitan regions have become increasingly segregated in the last 30 years,…
Continue ReadingAn estimated 2,600 Latinos were killed by police or in custody in the past six years, preliminary report says
By Nicole Chavez, CNN While the true scope of the impact of police brutality is difficult to quantify, a new report indicates that more than 2,600…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for June 21: Gun violence, coronavirus, voting, Russia, Ethiopia
By AJ Willingham, CNN The heat is finally off for the southwestern US, which will cool down this week after a wave of record-breaking temperatures.…
Continue ReadingUnvaccinated Americans are at risk of a possibly more dangerous Covid-19 variant. These are the most vulnerable states
By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Some states are making great strides in vaccinating their residents against Covid-19, but the ones that are not may soon be…
Continue Reading A Tennessee father, his infant daughter and eight other children were killed in a multi-vehicle crash on an Alabama highway
By Martin Savidge, Devon M. Sayers and Hollie Silverman, CNN A Tennessee father and his infant daughter were among 10 people — nine of whom…
Continue Reading 7 killed, more than 40 injured in 10 mass shootings across the US over the weekend
By Hollie Silverman and Amir Vera, CNN As Americans continue to come out of coronavirus isolation and states lift restrictions on gatherings,…
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U.S. extends non-essential travel restrictions with Mexico and Canada
The United States has extended Covid-19 restrictions on non-essential travel at land and ferry crossings with Canada and Mexico until July 21,…
Continue Reading At least 20 people injured in a tornado that tore through southern Alabama
By Madeline Holcombe and Alta Spells, CNN At least 20 people were injured when a tornado carved a 22-mile path through southern Alabama Saturday…
Continue Reading 7-year-old’s body found days after group of tubers went over a dam in North Carolina
By Keith Allen and Alta Spells, CNN The body of a 7-year-old boy was found Sunday, four days after a group of tubers went over a dam on the Dan River…
Continue Reading Volunteer for New York mayoral candidate Eric Adams stabbed
By Ganesh Setty, Elizabeth Joseph and Evan McMorris-Santoro, CNN A volunteer working with New York mayoral candidate Eric Adams’ campaign was…
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