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Popular App May Be Banned in US

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TikTok faces an uncertain future after a bill was passed by Congress and signed by President Joe Biden last month that would BAN the app unless it is sold within one year.

TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, responded quickly saying that it has no plans to sell the... Read more

Scottsdale Friends Honored as Heroes!

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Photo caption: Zachary & Jake

Two Scottsdale high school students who are lifelong friends were just named Carnegie Medal winners for their heroic acts to save two other young people... Read more

Famous Sunken Ship Finally Found!

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Photo credit: Library of Congress

A deep-sea search team just located a RELIC of one of the most famous expeditions of all time!

Famed Irish explorer Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance from... Read more

Festival of Books Offers Fantastic Fun for All!

Boomer Bear with 4 kids holding signs. SIgns show appreciation for teachers and schools.

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For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the free-n-fabulous Tucson Festival of Books (TFOB) is back to an in-person event at the UofA on Saturday and Sunday, March 12 and 13.

More than 100,000... Read more

What Driver? AZ Truck Drives Itself

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If you’ve ever taken a road trip between Phoenix and Tucson, you know that trucks are a common sight. But have you ever seen a truck without a driver?

If you were on the road on... Read more

SciTech Festival Revs Its Engines!

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For the first time, the Arizona SciTech Festival will kick things off at the world-famous Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction in Scottsdale on Jan. 22 & 23.

As Barrett-Jackson celebrates its golden anniversary, one of its concourses will be dedicated to the Pennzoil STEMFest... Read more

Satellites Help Monitor Earth’s Methane Levels

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Top Photo: Satellite images captured by the European Sentinal 2 and Senential 5P show methane gas leaking from a gas pipeline in Kazakhstan. Photo credit: Image: space.com • Image credit: Copernicus... Read more

Cardinals Flying High This Season

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The Arizona Cardinals may have lost a heartbreaking game to the Green Bay Packers, but that doesn’t make their start to the season any less impressive.

Before their loss to the Packers, the Cardinals were the only undefeated team in the NFL, starting their season off with a 7-0 record.... Read more

Volcano Erupts On Island of La Palma

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Photo: commons.wikimedia.org/Eduardo Robaina

A volcano began erupting on the Canary Island of La Palma on Sept. 19, sending lava shooting into the air and streaming across the island. The eruption forced... Read more