WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 -- Arizona State University's McCain Institute issued the following news: The McCain Institute at Arizona State University (ASU), in partnership with the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy, led a delegation of its Asia and Oceania McCain Global Leaders (MGL) to Taiwan, November 10-15, as the first stop of the 2024-2025 MGL Changemaker Tours. The visit centered around the theme of defending democracy and follows Senator John McCain's legacy of visiting Taiwan--his last trip to t  more

WINDOW ROCK, Arizona, Nov. 26 -- The Navajo Nation Government issued the following news release on Nov. 25, 2024: Seven proud, new Navajo police officers of the Navajo Police Training Academy Class of 60 graduated Friday after 20 weeks of physical and intellectual instruction. After the new officers received their official certifications and badges from Navajo Police Chief Ronald Silversmith, family members came forward with smiles and some tears to pin badges onto each uniforms for the first   more

ITHACA, New York, Nov. 25 -- Cornell University issued the following news: As a student in the late 1990s, Michael Kotutwa Johnson listened to professors dismiss the idea that corn could survive sustainably on less than 20 inches of rain each year. But for Johnson, a Hopi farmer from the high desert of northern Arizona, this wasn't theory--it was lived experience. He knew firsthand that corn could flourish in arid conditions, just as his ancestors had grown it for generations. Now, 25 years la  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Nov. 26 (TNSres) -- The University of Arizona's Health Sciences issued the following news release: * * * Researchers at the U of A Health Sciences Comprehensive Center for Pain & Addiction found a medication that reduced craving for cocaine without affecting desire for sugar. Substance use disorders are notoriously difficult to treat, as it is challenging to intervene in a drugs' effect on the brain's reward pathway without interfering with the pathway's normal function. In a  more