Shanna Hogan

The 2016 Summer Olympics have begun, and a slew of Arizona athletes are in Rio, going for gold. Arizona State University's athletic department alone has reportedly sent at least 20 athletes who'll compete in everything from swimming to tennis to volleyball and track and field events. Fact is, when it comes...

Arizona State University biochemist Shengxi Chen has spent the past few years trying to make safe sex more pleasurable for men. You're welcome, dudes. Working at ASU's Biodesign Institute in Tempe, Chen has invented a condom he says is more comfortable to wear and "mimics human skin" while protecting against unwanted...

Standing among the vacant pews inside Shadow Rock United Church of Christ, 47-year-old Sixto Paz gazes through the glass walls at the desert landscape. "When I feel sad, I come here for the privacy," he says. "Just to sit in silence and look at the view." When he needs that...

Abuse of power. Embezzlement. Misuse of funds. Inappropriate sexual encounters.   Another day. Another political scandal in Arizona.  Most recently, Arizona Democratic lawmaker Cecilia "Ceci" Velasquez, 42, was indicted for allegedly defrauding the federal government out of $1,726 worth of food stamps.  If convicted of a felony, Velasquez, who was elected...

On the eve of the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, the Democratic National Committee was rocked by the release of an archive of nearly 20,000 internal e-mails — the result of a hack many believe was orchestrated by the Russian government. Amid the slew of documents the website WikiLeaks...