Cancún is one destination for American women seeking an abortion. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Abortions happened in Arizona, despite a near-complete abortion ban enacted in 1864. But people also faced penalties for them, including a female doctor who went to prison.
China is making chip progress despite US efforts to contain its industry.
As July temperatures soared to triple digits, hundreds of homeless people lived on the street outside Phoenix’s largest shelter.
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As US cities struggle to reduce homelessness, two scholars explain how planners can reform shelter design to be more humane and to prioritize mental health and well-being.
Suburban development in Maricopa County, Arizona, with lakes, lush golf courses and water-guzzling lawns.
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Arizona is considering a multibillion-dollar desalination project to address its urgent water needs. Three water experts call for a go-slow approach and point to Israel as a role model.
Without home cooling, Phoenix’s weeks with temperatures over 110 F in July 2023 became dangerous.
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Southwest states have bought time with an agreement between California, Arizona and Nevada to cut Colorado River water use by about 14%. Now comes the hard part.
California’s snowpack was more than twice the average in much of the state in early March 2023.
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Reservoirs and streams are in good shape in California and the Great Basin, but groundwater and ecosystems are another story. And then there’s the Colorado River Basin.
A trooper checks the tire of a truck carrying flammable contents during a random hazmat checkpoint in Colorado.
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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is looking into new rules for trains. Trucks, however, are involved in thousands more hazmat incidents every year in the US.
The white ‘bathtub ring’ around Lake Powell, which is roughly 110 feet high, shows the former high water mark.
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Election-related violence isn’t unheard of in the US. A scholar of gun laws explains how the threat is only increased by allowing people to carry firearms as they vote.
Arizona’s cities and towns have been flooded with signage during the heavily contested 2022 elections.
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Supporters and volunteers love them. But it’s difficult for political scientists to determine whether they even influence the outcome of elections, since no two campaigns or election cycles are alike.
Low-tech irrigation on a cattle ranch near Whitewater, Colo., June 30, 2021.
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Stemming the water crisis in the western US will require cities and rural areas to work together to make water use on farms – the largest source of demand – more efficient.
Farmers in some regions are being encouraged to preserve and establish grasslands that can survive drought and protect the soil.
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La Niña is only part of the problem. The long-term driver of increasing drought – even in areas getting more rainfall overall – is the rapidly warming climate.
The white ‘bathtub ring’ around Lake Mead, shown on Jan. 11, 2022, is roughly 160 feet high and reflects falling water levels.
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Fire season is getting longer, and the result is transforming iconic desert ecosystems. The start to 2022 has been so dire, one governor called for a federal disaster declaration.
Colorado River water flows through a canal that feeds farms in Casa Grande, Ariz., on July 22, 2021.
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