FORT WORTH, Texas, April 25 -- The Big 12 Conference, a college athletic conference, issued the following news: * * * Arizona State, TCU and Utah Advance to Day Two of Big 12 Beach Volleyball Championship The first two rounds of the 2025 Big 12 Beach Volleyball Championship were completed Thursday with top-seeded TCU advancing to the Championship final while No. 2 seed Arizona State and No. 4 seed Utah will play Friday at 10 a.m. CT. The winner of Friday morning's match will secure the remain  more

GREEN BAY, Wisconsin, April 25 -- The Big 12 Conference, a college athletic conference, issued the following news: * * * Big 12 Garners Multiple Picks in Top Eight in First Round of 2025 NFL Draft For the second time in the last three NFL Drafts, the Big 12 Conference had multiple picks in the top eight as Jacksonville selected Colorado athlete Travis Hunter second overall and Carolina chose Arizona wideout Tetairoa McMillan with the No. 8 pick. Hunter, the Heisman Trophy winner, was selecte  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Oak Flat Appraisals Reveal Sweetheart Deal to Resolution Copper TUCSON-- Two years after a lawsuit by the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Forest Service this week released the appraisals for the proposed Oak Flat land exchange and mine project in Arizona. As expected, the appraisals show that if a planned land exchange moves forward Resolution Copper would recei  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Trump Kicks Off Massive Push to Exploit National Public Lands WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Interior Department is examining ways to allow fossil fuel and mining companies to ramp up exploitation of public lands by rolling back protections on at least six national monuments in four states, the Washington Post reported today. The rollbacks are likely to impact a newly protected area in Arizona near   more