SACHA PFEIFFER, HOST: A recent NPR investigation found that heat-related deaths are vastly underreported across most of the U.S. One place that does track these fatalities closely is scorching hot Phoenix, Arizona. This year, the number of heat-related de... See more
Metro Phoenix has so far seen twice as many heat deaths as this time last year. Authorities are trying to understand why and how to intervene. Copyright 2026 KJZZ News Metro Phoenix has so far seen twice as many heat deaths as this time last year. Authori... See more
Arizona State University is placing its head hockey coach on paid administrative leave. This comes after a student athlete collapsed from life-threatening heatstroke during the team’s first coach-led practice in August. Matthew Mayich has been hospitalize... See more
Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell for now won’t open a new investigation into an Arizona State University hockey practice that left a player hospitalized. Matthew Mayich remains in a coma more than a month after the Aug. 20 practice. His family’s l... See more
The Education Committee chairs in the Arizona Legislature are joining calls for an investigation into an Arizona State University hockey practice that left a player hospitalized. Twenty-one-year-old Matthew Mayich was new to ASU’s hockey team and had been... See more
