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Laser-Powered 'Virtual Wall' Could Protect Border Wildlife
Wildlife advocates say animals like the jaguar are at risk with a wall but could be saved with new technology.

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Wildlife advocates say animals like the jaguar are at risk with a wall but could be saved with new technology.

A new study of Latino voters in Arizona, Nevada, Texas and Florida shows turnout was up sharply and contributed to Democratic advances.
Low-cost testing strips that detect the presence of fentanyl may be a first step in preventing overdoses and deaths.
"It makes the group feel like they're helping humanity," Knit 4 Needy Chair Nanci Hannon.
“We all got together in a room, everybody had their laptops and we all pressed the button together,” UA researcher Lia Medeiros said.
When El Nino lingers in Arizona, the weather becomes harder to predict for forecasters.
"We are experiencing a slowdown," AZ Chamber of Commerce CEO Glenn Hamer says. "This is something we are feeling on the ground today."
The 'Bodies Revealed' show in Scottsdale is being accused of using cadavers from Chinese prisoners.
"I show piece, I show gratitude," students at Laveen Elementary School say as they practice yoga, which is replacing detention.
Phoenix Fire Chief Kara Kalkbrenner says firefighters are at greater risk for developing cancer than the general population.
“I didn’t plan on doing this, but I didn’t plan on getting raped either,” Sen. Martha McSally (R-AZ), told a conference in Annapolis.
“One of the many barriers to economic development in Native communities is the lack of physical infrastructure.” a BIA official concedes.
A new film tells the stories of 20 people of different races, sexuality, religion, political beliefs and genders living around Phoenix.
The Art Resource Center collects reusable discards and gives them to schools and other nonprofit entities for the purpose of making art.
"Reducing port staffing harms security and our economy," Arizona's senators, Krysten Sinema and Martha McSally wrote to Customs officials.
The Arizona senate will vote on a bill giving employers the ability to pay some young, part-time employees as little as $7.25 per hour..
"Closure of the U.S.-Mexico border would be an economic catastrophe," Glenn Hamer, president of the Arizona Chamber of Commerce, said.
More than 20,000 people have attended Tucson Cine Mexico since it started in 2004. It is free and ope to the public this weekend.
The hospitalization of two Phoenix police officers after exposure to drugs, highlights the need for departments to reconsider tactics.
"We know from experience that racing here puts on exciting races," NASCAR Vice Chairman Mike Helton says.