Oct 18, 2024 · As Costa Rica welcomes record-breaking number of tourists, the country is battling rising crime. In 2023 Costa Rica’s tourism industry attracted 2.5 million visitors, a figure that’s steadily been on the rise due to the country’s welcoming nature and high level of safety.

Jun 20, 2024 · In Tibbetts’ first year coaching women’s basketball, his childhood continues to mold him every day in his current role. He watched his father, Fred, coach girls basketball at Jefferson High School and Roosevelt High School in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where he …

Nov 21, 2024 · President-elect Donald Trump vows to expand the Border Patrol by 50% with 10,000 more agents. That’s twice as many as he promised in his first term, when staffing actually dropped by more than 1,000. And high turnover persists.

Nov 5, 2024 · PHOENIX – Arizona voters have been swarmed with a plethora of ballot measures. The two most controversial proposals got the lion’s share of attention: Proposition 314, to expand immigration enforcement, and Proposition 139, to codify abortion rights in the state constitution. But the other 11 proposals would also impact the people of Arizona.

Nov 21, 2024 · PHOENIX – The Maricopa County Elections Office canvassed election results Thursday, sharing the total number of ballots cast in the 2024 election in Maricopa County and other data. Elections Director Scott Jarrett and Assistant County Manager Zach Schira briefed the media. “We had a turnout of 80.34%, which is another very high level of turnout compared to prior elections,” Jarrett said ...

Dec 14, 2020 · Housing First is considered a best practice for addressing homelessness, but where one city succeeded, another still struggles. A surge in pandemic homeless aid will help, but experts say only with strategic planning.

Oct 8, 2024 · The NHL’s Utah Hockey Club has now been in existence for a couple of months and is preparing to play the franchise’s first game Tuesday. The transition from being the Arizona Coyotes to Utah has been fast for people on the outside. It’s no different for players such as Clayton Keller and Barrett Hayton and the new players like John Marino and Ian Cole.

Nov 24, 2024 · TEMPE – Before the game even started, a lineman from the No. 14 BYU Cougars yelled, “It’s like a home game” as he ran to the locker room for the final team talk to a chorus of visiting fans chanting “BYU, BYU.”

Oct 11, 2024 · In the only scheduled debate for Arizona’s open U.S. Senate race, Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego sought to cast Republican Kari Lake as having extreme views. Lake said Gallego had undergone an "extreme makeover" to make his liberal views more palatable to moderate and conservative voters. Politifact fact-checks several claims the two candidates made during the debate.

‘QAnon Shaman,’ other Arizona Jan. 6 rioters thrilled by Trump pardons. Washington — About 15 of the nearly 1,600 people pardoned by President Donald Trump in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol are from Arizona – including the “QAnon Shaman;” a Proud Boys member who was on standby for an armed second wave; and Ray Epps, the target of rightwing rumors about an FBI ...