Census data show slower population gains in US metros as immigration declines
Growth rates in U.S. metro areas dropped the steepest last year in communities along the border with Mexico…
Spring still feeling like summer in parts of Southwest US
Parts of California and Arizona were under extreme heat warnings again Saturday while sweltering summerlike weather even stretched…
Scientists say Southwest heat is latest in parade of ultra extremes
WASHINGTON (AP) — The dangerous heat wave shattering March records all over the U.S. Southwest is more than…
Arizona community records US heat record for March
THERMAL, Calif. (AP) — A desert community in southwestern Arizona reached 110 degrees (43.3 C) on Thursday, breaking…
Dolores Huerta cemented her place in American history
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — It was Dolores Huerta who coined the slogan “Si, se puede” in 1972 when…
North Shore, California, ties US temperature record for March
NORTH SHORE, Calif. (AP) — A tiny desert community in Southern California reached 108 degrees on Wednesday, tying…
Reconciling César Chavez’s labor rights legacy with sexual abuse allegations
PHOENIX (AP) — Mary Rose Wilcox and her husband marched and fasted alongside César Chavez. They helped him…
César Chavez accused by labor rights leader Dolores Huerta and others of sexual abuse
Labor rights activist Dolores Huerta revealed she was among women and girls who say they were sexually abused…
Dominican WBC loss ends on called strike that appeared low, a week before robot umps arrive in MLB
MIAMI (AP) — Ten days later, the United States and the Dominican Republic would have kept on playing.…
Arizona’s Kyrsten Sinema acknowledges relationship with security guard while fighting lawsuit
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema acknowledges having a romantic relationship with a member of…
Every kind of weather is about to hit the US
Nearly every part of the United States is getting walloped by wild weather or just about to be.…
States are pursuing an end to twice-a-year clock changes
Clocks will skip ahead an hour at 2 a.m. Sunday for daylight saving time in most of the…