Arizona
By Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) – A Native American group on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block Rio Tinto (NYSE:) and BHP from gaining access to Arizona land needed to build one of the world’s largest mines, a last-ditch legal move in a long-running case pitting religious rights against…
It’s a subject that Abe Hamadeh can’t seem to avoid.In campaign trail appearances in the Phoenix area last month, the Republican congressional candidate, an Arab American with a Muslim father, inevitably made some sort of reference to the barrage of television ads and near-ubiquitous yard signs that have painted him…
Dennis Dabney, 57, is no stranger to travel.After serving in the Air Force for 26 years, Dabney started working for his current employer in 2016 in Virginia. As a military family, his wife and two children were used to moving, so when his company asked him three years later to…
I’m 28 years old and still don’t have my driver’s license. Frankly, cars scare me, and getting behind the wheel is a responsibility I still can’t confidently accept.Luckily, I live in NYC, where a car-free lifestyle is attainable. There are plenty of ways to get around without a license, from…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Alphabet’s Waymo said Thursday it would recall 672 of its self-driving vehicles after one of its driverless vehicles struck a wooden utility pole in Phoenix, Arizona in May. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration regulator opened an investigation in May after 22 reports of Waymo’s…
The prominence of school vouchers continues to surge across the country — but they might not benefit the families who need them the most.Over the past few years, states like Ohio and Arkansas have expanded their school voucher programs to allow most or all parents to receive funding to send…
By Scott DiSavino(Reuters) – U.S. spot power and prices turned negative in Texas, California and Arizona for Tuesday as pipeline maintenance trapped gas in the Permian Shale in West Texas amid low demand for energy and ample hydropower in the West.Negative prices signal there is too much power or gas…
In recent years, Arizona — after decades as a GOP bastion — has emerged as one of the most prominent electoral prizes for Democrats.President Joe Biden won Arizona in 2020, the first time that a Democratic presidential nominee had carried the state since 1996. Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly won a…
John-Robert Rodríguez moved to Culdesac, a car-free community in Arizona, in October 2023.He’s never liked driving and believes that fewer cars can foster more community.Life at Cudesac is great, but he still has to deal with the car-dependent world outside its gates. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation…
