Katherine Davis-Young
Stories
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In Phoenix, heat-related deaths are declining even in record-high temperatures
Phoenix continues to set heat records, the latest for most days at or above 110 degrees in a year. But heat-related deaths are also declining for the first time in decades.
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National
Phoenix is making changes to cooling centers to protect more people from heat
Phoenix, Ariz., area leaders are opening cooling centers that are open all night. About a third of heat related emergency calls happen after most centers close.
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State court rules that Arizona should follow restrictive abortion law from the 1860s
The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that an old law from the 1860s can stand in the state, outlawing nearly all abortions.
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An Arizona energy company wants to build a new lake in the desert for hydropower
An Arizona utility wants to build a new reservoir in the desert it says will lower its carbon footprint. There are skeptics.
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New measures are being taken to reduce heat-related deaths in Phoenix
Forecasters are predicting record temperatures in the Valley of the Sun. Last year, the Phoenix metro saw a record number of heat-related deaths. New measures are being taken to reduce health risks.
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Lack of homes for people are leading to more burns from hot pavement in Phoenix
Phoenix is seeing an alarming rise in people with skin burns from falling on hot pavement. Elderly people usually make up the small number of cases, but unhoused people account for much of the surge.