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TucsonSentinel, 38 minutes ago to Tucson

Drag, dancing & Pride events to add to your calendar https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/053124_pride_roundup/drag-dancing-pride-events-add-your-calendar/
While Tucson's annual Pride Festival is scheduled for September, the community will mark Pride Month with a number of events throughout June, kicking off with the Queer Bazaar this Saturday.
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TucsonSentinel, 3 hours ago to Tucson

Hot stuff: Tucson & Pima County gov't set to discuss heat measures https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/052924_agenda_heat_op/hot-stuff-tucson-pima-county-govt-set-discuss-heat-measures/
The city of Tucson's plan to deal with the summer heat is meant to prevent emergencies; Sun Tran and Sun Express are up for overhauls, and the City Council is set to vote on a $2.4 billion budget. Plus, fireworks at the Board of Supervisors and more in local gov't meetings.
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TucsonSentinel, 3 hours ago to Tucson

Arizona & other states join Biden administration in bid to modernize nation’s aging grid https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/053124_power_upgrade/arizona-other-states-join-biden-administration-bid-modernize-nations-aging-grid/
Twenty-one states including Arizona are joining a push by the Biden administration to modernize America’s aging electric grid, which is under pressure from growing demand, a changing power generation mix that includes lots of wind and solar and severe weather.
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TucsonSentinel, 4 hours ago to Tucson

Chief Justice Roberts refuses to meet with lawmakers amid flag controversy https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/053124_alito_refusal/chief-justice-roberts-refuses-meet-with-lawmakers-amid-flag-controversy/
Chief Justice Roberts declined to meet with Senate Democrats about flags used by far-right political activists flown outside Justice Alito’s residences after claims the new Supreme Court ethics code required Alito to recuse from any cases related to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
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TucsonSentinel, 4 hours ago to Tucson

Trump’s prosecution is unprecedented in U.S. – but other countries have prosecuted former leaders https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/053124_trump_prosecution/trumps-prosecution-unprecedented-us-8211-but-other-countries-have-prosecuted-former-leaders/
While charging a former president with criminal offenses was a first in the United States with former President Donald Trump, in other countries ex-leaders are routinely investigated, prosecuted and even jailed.
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TucsonSentinel, 4 hours ago to Tucson

Capitol police officers who battled Trump-backing insurrectionists stumped for Biden in Phoenix https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/053124_capitol_police_biden/capitol-police-officers-who-battled-trump-backing-insurrectionists-stumped-biden-phoenix/
Two former U.S. Capitol Police officers who carry with them physical and mental reminders of the violence they encountered at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 stopped in Phoenix Thursday to campaign for President Joe Biden.
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TucsonSentinel, 4 hours ago to Tucson

Donald Trump and the Upcoming Detention https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/053124_claytoonz_trump/donald-trump-and-upcoming-detention/
Heading to the clink is an unappealing prospect, but there's a solid chance that's where failed casino operator Donald Trump will end up, when he's sentenced in July on 34 felony counts by a New York judge.
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TucsonSentinel, 5 hours ago to Tucson

‘He loved being Bill Walton’: Celebrating the life & legacy of a basketball icon, beloved broadcaster https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/053124_walton_obit/he-loved-being-bill-walton-celebrating-life-legacy-basketball-icon-beloved-broadcaster/
As the University of Arizona’s Pac-12 baseball title last Saturday night marked the final event in the conference’s current iteration, Monday’s passing of basketball legend Bill Walton signaled a true end of an era.
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TucsonSentinel, 5 hours ago to Tucson

Will women voters care about Trump’s conviction? https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/053124_trump_women_voters/will-women-voters-care-trumps-conviction/
Donald Trump was found guilty in a first-of-its-kind criminal trial of a former U.S. president that put a spotlight on an attempt to falsify business records, keep secret an adult film actor’s story of an affair and change the outcome of an election - but will women voters care?
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TucsonSentinel, 5 hours ago to Tucson

After grilling an NIH scientist over COVID emails, Congress turns to Anthony Fauci https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/053124_fauci_congress/after-grilling-nih-scientist-over-covid-emails-congress-turns-anthony-fauci/
Former National Institutes of Health official Anthony Fauci has faced many hostile questions from members of Congress, but when he appears before a House panel on Monday, he’ll have something new to answer for: a trove of incendiary emails written by one of his closest advisers.
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TucsonSentinel, 18 hours ago to Tucson

Trump found guilty: 5 key aspects of the trial explained by a law professor https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/053124_trump_guilty_explained/trump-found-guilty-5-key-aspects-trial-explained-by-law-professor/
Former President Donald Trump was convicted on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in New York, a sentencing hearing is set for July 11, and Trump’s legal team will likely appeal the verdict - so what does this mean and what comes next?
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TucsonSentinel, 1 day ago to Tucson

Trump found guilty on all 34 felony counts in NY hush money trial https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/053024_trump_guilty/trump-found-guilty-all-34-felony-counts-ny-hush-money-trial/
Updated: Jurors in New York state court on Thursday found Donald Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to cover up hush money payments to a porn star ultimately to influence the outcome of the 2016 presidential election.
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TucsonSentinel, 1 day ago to Tucson

Trump found guilty on all 34 felony counts in NY hush money trial https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/053024_trump_guilty/trump-found-guilty-all-34-felony-counts-ny-hush-money-trial/
Jurors in New York state court on Thursday found Donald Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to cover up hush money payments to a porn star ultimately to influence the outcome of the 2016 presidential election.
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TucsonSentinel, 1 day ago to Tucson

Supreme Court: Arizona can execute Danny Lee Jones despite attorney errors https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/053024_jones_execution/supreme-court-arizona-can-execute-danny-lee-jones-despite-attorney-errors/
The Supreme Court on Thursday overturned an appeals court ruling giving Danny Lee Jones a new sentencing hearing, finding that attorney errors did not warrant a second shot at avoiding the death penalty.
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TucsonSentinel, 1 day ago to Tucson

Navajo Nation president denies alleged sexual misconduct https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/053024_nygren_misconduct/navajo-nation-president-denies-alleged-sexual-misconduct/
Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren addressed sexual harassment allegations made by Navajo Nation Vice President Richelle Montoya, disputing Montoya’s allegation that he sexually harassed her during a staff meeting in August 2023.
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TucsonSentinel, 1 day ago to Tucson

Arizona governor vetoes bill criminalizing AI deepfakes https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/053024_deepfake_veto/arizona-governor-vetoes-bill-criminalizing-ai-deepfakes/
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed a bill that would establish criminal penalties for the creation and distribution of artificial intelligence-generated deepfakes, instead urging the state Senate to send her another bill she says “significantly overlaps with” the vetoed bill’s intent.
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TucsonSentinel, 1 day ago to Tucson

Maricopa County conducts mock election to prepare for two-page ballot https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/053024_maricopa_mock_election/maricopa-county-conducts-mock-election-prepare-two-page-ballot/
Maricopa County held a mock election Wednesday to prepare poll workers and election officials for the upcoming November election to learn what challenges they’ll face with processing and counting ballots that will be two pages long.
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TucsonSentinel, 1 day ago to Tucson

FactCheck: Lake ad makes misleading claim about Gallego & noncitizen voting https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/053024_factcheck_lake_voting/factcheck-lake-ad-makes-misleading-claim-gallego-noncitizen-voting/
In a campaign ad attacking Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego, Arizona Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake misleadingly claims that the congressman “supports … allowing illegals to vote.”
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TucsonSentinel, 1 day ago to Tucson

Justice Alito rebuffs recusal calls in Jan. 6 cases https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/053024_alito_recusal/justice-alito-rebuffs-recusal-calls-jan-6-cases/
Justice Samuel Alito rejected calls to recuse from cases tied to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, claiming that flags used by far-right political activists flown outside his homes did not warrant stepping away from two upcoming rulings.
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TucsonSentinel, 1 day ago to Tucson

Old Pueblo Derby: FC Tucson defeats RSL Southern Arizona in first all-local women's league contest https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/053024_tucson-soccer/old-pueblo-derby-fc-tucson-defeats-rsl-southern-arizona-first-all-local-womens-league-contest/
FC Tucson and RSL Southern Arizona faced off in a match at Tucson High School on Wednesday night. This was the first time a WPSL contest was between two teams from Tucson. It ended in a 5-0 victory for FC Tucson.
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TucsonSentinel, 1 day ago to Tucson

Mark Kelly pledges to codify Roe abortion rights https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/053024_kelly_roe/mark-kelly-pledges-codify-roe-abortion-rights/
U.S. Senator Mark Kelly wants to codify abortion rights at the federal level to stabilize the procedure’s constantly changing legality in Arizona, and vowed to look into the possibility of enshrining Roe v. Wade into federal law.
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TucsonSentinel, 1 day ago to Tucson

Az public school advocates demand voucher reform amid $1 billion deficit https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/053024_voucher_reform/az-public-school-advocates-demand-voucher-reform-amid-1-billion-deficit/
Arizona public school advocates are demanding that private school voucher reform be included in the state budget, as the governor and legislative leaders work behind the scenes to deal with a $1.3 billion deficit and a looming deadline to balance it.
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TucsonSentinel, 1 day ago to Tucson

Arizona House Republicans call for impeachment of Democratic AG https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/053024_house_mayes/arizona-house-republicans-call-impeachment-democratic-ag/
In a 102-page report, Arizona GOP lawmakers outlined what they said were misdeeds by the state's Democratic attorney general and called for her impeachment - though Democrats have blasted the document as a sham and a partisan stunt.
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TucsonSentinel, 1 day ago to Tucson

Along Nogales wall, jaguar images celebrate newly discovered big cat & offer a warning for the future https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/052924_jaguar_rising/along-nogales-wall-jaguar-images-celebrate-newly-discovered-big-cat-offer-warning-future/
Against the orange glare of high-pressure sodium lights, a small projector cast an image of a northern jaguar against the steel wall strung with razor wire that runs along West International Street in downtown Nogales, Ariz.
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TucsonSentinel, 1 day ago to Tucson

Biden admin's clean energy plan is helping doctors like me take better care of our patients https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/052924_asthma_op/biden-admins-clean-energy-plan-helping-doctors-like-me-take-better-care-our-patients/
As an emergency physician and co-founder of Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action, I wanted to take an opportunity this Asthma Awareness Month to highlight the role that pollution and climate change play in exacerbating asthma — and what we can do about it.
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