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According to a 2023 Pew Research survey, tipping expectations have grown over the past few years.

The minimum wage for tipped workers is on the ballot in two states, including here in Arizona

Oct 22, 2024 In Massachusetts and Arizona, voters will decide if a lower official wage for tipped workers should be phased out or made permanent.
Your stress response can be your body’s way of preparing to rise to a challenge.

Stress isn't all bad. Here's when it can help

Oct 21, 2024 Though chronic stress can take its toll on our health, there are situations when stress can be beneficial.
Federal regulators have finalized the "click to cancel" rule for memberships and subscriptions.

Canceling subscriptions has to be as easy as signing up, the FTC says in a new rule

Oct 18, 2024 Federal regulators receive around 70 complaints a day about charges for subscriptions that are difficult to cancel or that people don't realize they accepted in the first place.
Walgreens will close 1,200 stores over three years, the company announced on Tuesday.

Walgreens will close 1,200 stores, hoping for a turnaround

Oct 15, 2024 The convenience-store part of pharmacy chains has been losing shoppers to Amazon, Walmart, Costco, and grocery stores.
Drummers, dancers and other leaders gather to perform and socialize at the Phoenix Indian Center’s Gourd Dance and Social Powwow in the Steele Indian School Park in Phoenix, Ariz., on Oct. 12, 2024.

Native voters could swing Arizona

Oct 14, 2024 Both parties are ramping up efforts to court Native American voters in the final stretch to Election Day.
Performers from the Native American Hoop Dance of Ballet Arizona dance at an Indigenous Peoples Day festival, Oct. 9, 2023, in Phoenix.

Indigenous Peoples Day celebrated with an eye on the election

Oct 14, 2024 The holiday comes about three weeks before Election Day. Events will be geared toward Native voter mobilization and outreach amid renewed recognition of the power of their votes.
A 7-Eleven storefront on New York City's Upper East Side, June 18, 2019.

7-Eleven to close over 400 stores in North America

Oct 14, 2024 The convenience store chain is shuttering “underperforming” locations, citing inflation pressures, slowed traffic, and a shift in consumer appetites.
The COVID-19 pandemic interrupted some peoples ability to get vaccinations for other infectious diseases, including pertussis.

Worst U.S. whooping cough outbreak in a decade has infected thousands

Oct 11, 2024 Experts are concerned that the outbreak could worsen in the fall and winter months.
U.S. Representative Ruben Gallego (D - left) and Kari Lake (R - right) discuss the issues during an Arizona Clean Elections Debate on October 9, 2024. The two candidates are battling for a U.S. Senate seat.

Arizona Debates: U.S. Senate - Kari Lake and U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego

Oct 10, 2024 U.S. Representative Ruben Gallego (D) and Kari Lake (R) discuss the issues during their only debate. Watch now.
Yazzie Family in Dennehotso, Ariz., on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024.

Broken Promises, Contaminated Waters: Uranium mining on the Navajo Nation

Oct 9, 2024 An investigation reveals the deadly health toll of uranium mining on Navajo land, where contaminated water and broken promises have left generations fighting for survival.
Incumbent Juan Ciscomani (R - left) and challenger Kirsten Engel (D - right) discuss the issues during an Arizona Clean Elections Debate on October 8, 2024. The two candidates are battling for Arizona Congressional District 6.

Arizona Debates: Congressional District 6

Oct 9, 2024 Incumbent Juan Ciscomani (R) and challenger Kirsten Engel (D) discuss the issues during an Arizona Clean Elections Debate on October 8, 2024.
Comb jellies fused together.

A jellyfish with a superpower — it can fuse with another and become one

Oct 8, 2024 Comb jelly fusion has been observed before, but this is the first time that scientists have documented the individuals behaving as one.
The Pinyon Plain Mine shaft in Coconino County, on Wednesday, Aug. 30. In 2016, the mine shaft punctured a perched aquifer that contained natural levels of uranium, requiring the mining company Energy Fuels to pump water to the surface to an impoundment for treatment.

Uranium Mining in the Grand Canyon Region: Tribal Sovereignty vs. Nuclear Energy in the Climate Crisis

Oct 2, 2024 Uranium mining and nuclear energy may be affecting Arizona's tribal nations, posing threats to the region's water resources and the environmental and cultural heritage connected to them.
This image provided by NASA shows an enhanced color view of Pluto’s big moon Charon captured by the New Horizons spacecraft, July 14, 2015.

NASA's Webb telescope detects traces of carbon dioxide on the surface of Pluto's largest moon

Oct 1, 2024 The latest detection is key to studying how Charon and other icy objects in the Kuiper Belt came to be.

Harris talks border security in campaign stop in Douglas

Sep 27, 2024 VP pledges tougher penalties for undocumented border crossers.

Nogales: Reviving Arroyos and Cultivating Water Resiliency

Sep 26, 2024 Unchecked urbanization has created water issues in Nogales, Sonora, which the city and researchers on both sides of the border are finding innovative ways to remedy.

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