TUCSON, Arizona, Nov. 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona issued the following news release: Nestor Hernandez-Morales, 27, of Mesa, was sentenced last week by U.S. District Court Judge Angela M. Martinez to 96 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Hernandez-Morales pleaded guilty to Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine, Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking Activity, and Attempted Smuggling of Firearms  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on Nov. 25, 2024: TUCSON, Ariz.-- Conservation groups today petitioned the Arizona Game and Fish Commission to ban the use of dog packs to hunt mountain lions, bears, bobcats, foxes and other wildlife. The petition calls on the commission to modernize Arizona's regulations, as other states have done, to safeguard both wildlife and the public. "The science is clear, packs of hunting dogs let loose on pu  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