Phoenix

Google targets low-income US women with ads for anti-abortion pregnancy centers, study shows
Exclusive: research finds ads directing women in two cities to crisis pregnancy centers when they search for abortion care
Poppy Noor
07, Feb, 2023 @5:01 AM

A very American death: how Caleb Blair lost his life in the Phoenix heat
The unhoused teen, barred from an air-conditioned store, ‘didn’t need handcuffs – he needed help’, his father says
Nina Lakhani in Phoenix, Arizona
06, Feb, 2023 @6:00 AM

Working a 65-hour week and struggling to make ends meet: welcome to Phoenix
Residents plan to ‘pay double’ in the Arizona metropolis, which has the highest inflation rate in the US
Matthew Cantor in Phoenix, Arizona
24, Oct, 2022 @8:37 PM

Phoenix Suns minority owner calls for Robert Sarver to resign in open letter
Phoenix Suns vice chairman Jahm Najafi has called for team owner Robert Sarver to resign, saying there should be “zero tolerance” for racist conduct
Agencies
16, Sep, 2022 @1:55 PM

A day with America’s only dedicated heat team in the US’s hottest city
The pioneering team was created last year amid pressure from activists, faith groups and experts to make Phoenix, Arizona, more livable
Nina Lakhani in Phoenix. Photography by Caitlin O'Hara
02, Aug, 2022 @10:00 AM

As many as 500 homeless people died in Phoenix area in first half of 2022
Almost 10% of deaths were homicides while number of unsheltered people in Maricopa county has at least tripled since 2016
Nina Lakhani in Phoenix
21, Jul, 2022 @12:43 PM

Alarm as fastest growing US cities risk becoming unlivable from climate crisis
Some of the cities enjoying population boom are among those gripped by a ferocious heatwave and seeing record temperatures
Oliver Milman
20, Jul, 2022 @9:00 AM

‘A deadly combination’: excessive heat adds to Arizona opioid epidemic’s toll
Opioid fatalities – driven by synthetics such as fentanyl – in the state were up 80% last year compared with 2018 and punishing heat is making things worse
Nina Lakhani in Phoenix
24, Jun, 2022 @7:00 AM

‘We need to be in the know’: Arizona veterans hold January 6 watch party
Event at bowling and billiard joint in downtown Phoenix was one of dozens taking place in towns and cities across the country
Nina Lakhani in Phoenix
10, Jun, 2022 @5:00 AM

Arizona Coyotes: one NHL team’s bitter divorce from its own home city
The Coyotes’ relationship with Glendale provides a grim and vivid tale about how things can go south for taxpayer subsidized sports ventures
Elliott Turner
17, Mar, 2022 @9:00 AM

America’s hottest city is nearly unlivable in summer. Can cooling technologies save it?
Phoenix’s new ‘heat tsar’ is betting on less asphalt, more green canopy and reflective surfaces to cool the sprawling heat island
Nina Lakhani Climate justice reporter
27, Jan, 2022 @10:15 AM

‘Jaws at 35,000 feet’: the flight attendant whose thriller debut sold for seven figures
TJ Newman dreamt up her terror-in-the-skies novel Falling while guarding the cockpit as the pilots took a toilet break. She reveals how she kept going through furlough and 41 rejections
Alison Flood
04, May, 2021 @5:00 AM
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