De Laura throws 4 TD passes as Arizona torches SDSU 38-20

Jayden de Laura threw four touchdown passes, three to fellow transfer Jacob Cowing, and Arizona beat San Diego State 38-20 on a sizzling Saturday to spoil the debut of Snapdragon Stadium.

Cardinals DB burned in cooking accident; probations rescinded for Hamilton, Queen Creek: top sports stories

An Arizona Cardinals cornerback will miss the first four games of the season after being severely burned in a cooking accident at home, and two Valley high school sports programs are eligible for postseason play after the Arizona Interscholastic Association overturned a previous ruling – these are the top stories in the world of sports from August 29 through September 4.

Phoenix Union votes to raise salaries for all teachers, staff

The minimum wage will now be $16 an hour for education support professionals, and starting teacher pay will increase from $49,000 to just over $52,000 annually.

Jones sharp, Arizona State beats Northern Arizona 40-3

Arizona State’s two marquee transfers had sterling debuts and the rest of the new-look Sun Devils were sharp most of the night, opening the season with an easy win over an FCS opponent.

These 5 states could tax student loan forgiveness

Student loan borrowers in Mississippi will have to pay taxes on loan forgiveness, and four other states could follow suit.

Steph Curry graduates from college 13 years after leaving for NBA

The NBA finals MVP earned his degree in sociology, and was also inducted into the Davidson College Hall of Fame Wednesday.

Reading, math scores for 9-year-old students fell sharply during pandemic, data show

The declines hit all regions of the U.S. and affected students of most races. But students of color saw some of the steepest decreases, according to the federal study.

Trapper Keeper inventor E. Bryant Crutchfield dies at 85

“We rolled it out, and it was just like a rocket,” E. Bryant Crutchfield once said of his invention, the Trapper Keeper. Crutchfield died recently at 85, according to multiple reports.

Student loan forgiveness limited for many by US drug war's legacy

A generation of Black and Hispanic Americans was disproportionately shut out of one of the keys to Biden's plan, the Pell Grant program, as part of the “war on drugs.”

Newsmaker: ASU officials speak on Arizona drought conditions, Artemis I space mission
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Part 1: Sarah Porter, director of the Kyl Center for Water Policy at Arizona State University, speaks on the dwindling Colorado River, which is a crucial source of water in the Southwest, feeding Lake Powell and Lake Mead and supplying water to 40 million people across seven states and Mexico. Part 2: Craig Hardgrove, an assistant professor at ASU's School of Earth and Space Exploration, has an invested interest in the Artemis I mission, as his team has some cargo on board, including satellites that will be deployed during the journey to the Moon.

ASU is playing a major role in searching for signs of water on the moon
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The Artemis 1 mission spacecraft is carrying a lunar hydrogen polar mapper designed at ASU. It'll collect data by flying near the lunar surface to search for signs of water, or ice, on or below the surface. Finding water on the moon would be a big deal and could help sustain longer missions to the moon or trips to other planets, like Mars.