IRVING, Texas, May 7 -- The Big 12 Conference, a college athletic conference, issued the following news: * * * Four Big 12 Tennis Programs to Compete in NCAA Sweet 16 The Big 12 had three men's programs and one women's program advance to the third round of the 2025 NCAA Tennis Championship. TCU will host a Sweet 16 matchup against UCF on the men's side while Oklahoma State will host a third-round showdown in the women's bracket against Stanford. Arizona's men's program rounds out the Conferen  more

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona, May 7 -- Northern Arizona University issued the following news: * * * How urban rats spread deadly bacteria as they migrate Rats are well known for carrying diseases. And as they migrate in cities, they spread bacteria that could be life-threatening to humans, according to a six-year study co-authored by Nate Stone, a Ph.D. student turned research scientist at NAU's Pathogen & Microbiome Institute, and Dave Wagner, PMI's executive director. The pair worked on the research   more

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona, May 7 -- Northern Arizona University issued the following news: * * * Mapping carbon in the Arctic When it comes to climate, what happens in the Arctic doesn't stay in the Arctic. The effects of Arctic warming are a harbinger of what's coming to all terrestrial biomes, including the deserts of Arizona. That's why an international project led by NAU researchers, which has resulted in the first high-resolution maps of plant biomass and woody plant dominance in the Arctic,  more

IRVING, Texas, May 7 -- The Big 12 Conference, a college athletic conference, issued the following news: * * * Seedings Set for 2025 Phillips 66 Big 12 Softball Championship After Sunday's regular season finale for Big 12 softball teams, all 11 seedings for the 2025 Phillips 66 Big 12 Softball Championship are set. This year's Championship will be held at OGE Energy Field at Devon Park in Oklahoma City. Games will begin Wednesday, May 7, and conclude Saturday, May 10. Texas Tech, the regular  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The U.S. Conference of Mayors issued the following news on May 5, 2025: * * * Statement by U.S. Conference of Mayors on Mass Shooting in Glendale, Arizona Below is a statement by U.S. Conference of Mayors President Columbus (OH) Mayor Andrew Ginther on last night's mass shooting outside a Glendale (AZ) restaurant: "America's mayors mourn the tragic shooting in Glendale last night that took the lives of at least three people and injured five more. All of the victims were   more

IRVING, Texas, May 7 -- The Big 12 Conference, a college athletic conference, issued the following news: * * * UCF's Vega and ARIZ's Stewart Claim Final 2025 Big 12 SB Weekly Accolades UCF's Isabella Vega (pitcher) and Arizona's Sydney Stewart (player) secured the final Big 12 softball weekly awards to end the 2025 regular season. Vega opened last week's series at Kansas with her first career no-hitter as the Knights won 7-0 in Lawrence. She closed in Saturday's game, where she held the Jayh  more