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The Hidden Economic Cost of America's Skilled Trades Shortage
11+ hour, 7+ min ago (673+ words) Funding for housing and infrastructure has rarely been more abundant, yet projects keep stalling and costs keep climbing. The money is there. The blueprints are drawn. So why isn't the work getting done? The answer is simpler than most people…...
Kara Young stars as Racine, Vivica A. Fox as Ruby and Mallori Johnson as Anaia in IS GOD IS, from Amazon MGM Studios.
8+ hour, 57+ min ago (105+ words) Kara Young stars as Racine, Vivica A. Fox as Ruby and Mallori Johnson as Anaia in "Is God Is" from Amazon MGM Studios. Arizona Daily Star Javascript is required to use this website. Kara Young stars as Racine, Vivica A. Fox as…...
Arizona Medicaid launches AI system to detect fraud
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (422+ words) The Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, Arizona's Medicaid agency, is launching an artificial intelligence-driven detection and prevention system to help fight Medicaid fraud. Gov. Katie Hobbs led a news conference Monday morning addressing progress made in combating health insurance…...
ASU to offer master's degree in war
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (612+ words) Arizona State University will soon offer a new war and strategy degree in partnership with the U. S. government. The master's degree will be offered to active duty military members and others selected by the U. S. Department of War. It will focus on…...
Review: John Krasinski gives new life to "Jack Ryan" franchise with "Ghost War"
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (396+ words) Bruce Miller, Lee Enterprises' entertainment reporter, talks with "Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War" star Michael Kelly and director Andrew Bernstein. Tom Cruise has some competition." Jack Ryan is back, and the latest installment, "Ghost War," is as big as…...
Local opinion: Stock market euphoric over artificial intelligence
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (297+ words) Arizona Daily Star Javascript is required to use this website. See the A1 covers from the past for this day in history. The following is the opinion and analysis of the writer: Here we are in May of 2026. Without the approval…...
Moon and Venus to align in uncommon conjunction. Here's how to see it
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (576+ words) Now, the moon is about to have more company for one night in May, and skygazers should easily be able to see it. Venus will join the moon May 18 in a cosmic event known as a conjunction. The meet-up presents…...
Visitors can go to the bottom of Arizona's Meteor Crater
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (518+ words) Only 12 people have walked on the moon. Now, you can train like one of them. No, you won't launch from a rocket-powered shuttle at Cape Canaveral and land on the moon. But you could experience similar conditions to the lunar…...
Trump threatens Iran as UAE and Saudi Arabia report drone incidents
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (843+ words) DUBAI" A drone strike caused a fire at a nuclear power plant in the United Arab Emirates, officials there said Sunday, while Saudi Arabia reported intercepting three drones, and President Donald Trump warned that Iran must act "fast" after efforts…...
Local opinion: Paramount-Warner deal could unleash the film future Tucson deserves
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (400+ words) We Tucsonans love movies. It's so much more than hanging out in an air-conditioned public space for a couple of hours " films really matter to us. It's why we love to boast about The Loft, the best independent movie theater…...