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Arizona Sonoran News

Arizona Sonoran News

Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

Irene Sundell, three months old, sleeps on her father's chest.

I Need Answers: SIDS and the Fear Its Name Brings

Shannon Fojtik December 11, 2018

  It was a Thursday night when I opened up the online forum where thousands of women had posted their stories about losing their young children. Their babies had died before they even reached...

Gallons of water are left in desert routes for crossing migrants in the Sonoran Desert by humanitarian groups. Photo by: Noemi Salazar Mata/ASNS

Border Patrol agents leave migrants without water in the Sonoran Desert

Noemi Salazar Mata April 18, 2018

  All the videos show the same scenario: A Border Patrol agent walks up to water jugs behind chollas and cacti, opens them up and dumps the water out. Is it inhumane to destroy water and...

The crowd dances at 191 Toole.
(Photo by: Paige Carpenter / Arizona Sonora News Service)

Concert venues ripe with drugs

Angela Vera March 20, 2018

Lanre Akomolafe, a local Tucson entertainment filmer and photographer, sees it now more than ever. “I was at Mad Decent Block Party, a music festival in Phoenix, Arizona, last year and a man fell...

Man drinking alcohol at a bar. (Photo by: Pixabay, Free Stock Images)

Why men often die earlier than women

Alyssa Schlitzer March 17, 2017

Death visits men before women. Men, on average, die about five years earlier than women. Men’s behavior plays a huge role in why they tend to die younger, said Ronald Levant, a professor of psychology...

Emma Nelms, 8, write a message for their deceased family members at the Little Angels Procession at Armory Park Center on Saturday, November 5. Photo by: Christina Duran

Little angels take big steps to understand loss

Angelo Lavo December 5, 2016

By Phoebe Stevens El Independiente Children with painted faces run around Armory Park in homemade costumes, while their families spread out across the plush green lawn and relax beneath...

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