EPA orders the Air Force, Arizona National Guard to clean up groundwater contamination
PHOENIX — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is demanding the U.S. Air Force and Arizona National Guard take action as concentrations of toxic “forever chemicals” are increasing in the groundwater in a historically contaminated area in the south side of Tuscon, Arizona. The EPA found the pollution came from the nearby military properties and ordered them to […]
What is COVID KP.3 variant? Symptoms, CDC data, what to know about the newest COVID strain
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it is tracking the new COVID variant KP.3 as data shows its dominance across the United States. “CDC is tracking SARS-CoV-2 variant KP.3. For the two-week period ending on June 8, 2024, CDC predicts that KP.3 is growing and will become the most common SARS-CoV-2 lineage nationally,” CDC Spokesperson, Rosa Norman, […]
Chronic absenteeism is schools’ ‘biggest problem.’ Five reasons kids are missing school.
Cur’ra McCoy is one of millions of students who missed weeks of school over the past few years. Instead, the Baltimore teen often slept in or played on her phone. She did a whole lot of nothing, for the most part. McCoy blames her absences on boredom, which led to her not doing well in some classes. That made […]
New sexually transmitted fungal infection – ringworm – found in NYC marks 1st case in US
Medical experts are warning doctors and the public of a highly contagious rare fungal strain after a sexually transmitted ringworm has been reported for the first time in the U.S. “Healthcare providers should be aware that Trichophyton mentagrophytes type VII is the latest in a group of severe skin infections to have now reached the United States,” […]
Thousands of fish die in Mexico after lagoon dries amid extreme heat and drought
Municipal workers in Mexico needed to spread quicklime over the dead fish that once swam in the Bustillos Lagoon to reduce the stench. Fish blanket the surface of a lagoon in Mexico after an extended dry spell resulted in its water levels becoming dangerously low. Thousands of dead fish floated on the surface of the […]
No, 1996 immigration law doesn’t grant voting rights to ‘illegal immigrants’ | Fact check
The claim: Bill Clinton signed 1996 law allowing ‘illegal immigrants’ to vote A May 8 Instagram video (direct link, archive link) shows a man talking about a former president’s supposed changes to federal voting rules nearly 30 years ago. “Did you know that under the current U.S. code, illegal immigrants are allowed to vote in U.S. […]
There’s no ‘invasion’ at the US-Mexico border. I know. I design our ports of entry.
Land ports are not only physical and symbolic gateways into the U.S.; they are essential to the management, control and reduced risk of traded commerce, making them essential to economic stability. As an architect whose firm specializes in land ports of entry along Arizona’s and California’s borders with Mexico, I have spent countless days experiencing border conditions, cross-border relationships […]
Here’s what a tumor actually is and why they’re a lot more common than many people realize
Few words are more dreaded to hear from a doctor than learning that a tumor has been discovered. It’s something most people equate to significant illness, inconvenience, and even death. But what many people don’t realize is that being diagnosed with a tumor and being diagnosed with cancer aren’t necessarily the same thing; and having a benign tumor […]
Unprecedented ocean temperatures make this hurricane season especially dangerous
The world’s oceans have consistently been breaking daily heat records since early 2023, a yearlong fever that has climate scientists, coral reef experts and even hurricane forecasters concerned and dismayed. In the main region of the Atlantic Ocean where hurricanes develop, water temperatures are “absolutely stunning,” said Brian McNoldy, a senior research associate studying hurricanes at the University […]
Cities are shoring up electrical grid by making ‘green’ moves
WASHINGTON − What Auden Schendler calls the “Dr. Seuss machine” in his garage not only safeguards his home from the power outages that regularly strike his neighbors in the Colorado mountains, but it also in his view also helps others in his community and beyond. “We have mudslides, fires, stores, ice storms, and the power […]