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Appeals court judges embrace anti-abortion speculation in abortion pill case tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The appeals court’s panel appeared to be persuaded not by the medical consensus in the federal lawsuit asking the FDA to revoke its 23-year-old approval of mifepristone, but by some of the evidence that consists largely of anecdotes, speculation, and cherry-picked studies.

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Lawmakers debate violence against abortion clinics, anti-abortion pregnancy centers tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Republicans at a U.S. House hearing aired frustration with the Department of Justice this week for what they contended is a lack of enforcement of a Clinton-era law that protects access to reproductive health care at anti-abortion pregnancy centers and abortion clinics.

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'Failure of government': Az moves to end predatory Medicaid fraud targeting Indigenous people tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Over the past year, unmarked vans cruising the streets of tribal nations to pick up Indigenous people - individuals claiming to be legitimate healthcare providers but who were instead allegedly billing Arizona’s Medicaid system for rehabilitation services that were never provided.

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Court rejects claim that Rosemont Copper mine land is needed for jaguar preservation tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that regulators were wrong to conclude that parts of Pima County targeted for a copper mine are critical to the preservation of endangered jaguars, the latest turn in a 16-year push to develop the open-pit mine in the Santa Rita Mountains.

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Lake witnesses seem to shoot her own election case in the foot tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Kari Lake called multiple witnesses in her second election challenge trial on Wednesday whose testimony seemed to directly undermine her claim that Maricopa County did not perform signature verification for early ballots in the November 2022 election.

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Biden vows debt ceiling talks will continue while he’s overseas at G7 summit tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Joe Biden will remain in “constant contact” with debt ceiling negotiators during his shortened trip to Asia for the G7 economic summit, as Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has repeatedly warned Congress the nation could default on its bills as early as June 1.

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Paul Gosar aide reportedly a white nationalist; Az Republican has long ties with racists tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A staffer for Arizona Republican Congressman Paul Gosar was revealed to have close connections to a white nationalist youth movement, the latest example of Gosar’s ties to and support of racists.

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Marihuana legal es más potente que nunca pero no está bien regulada tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
La marihuana se ha vuelto más potente y peligrosa, y aunque las emergencias médicas relacionadas con la marihuana han llevado a cientos de miles de personas al hospital, las protecciones al consumidor son irregulares y no se han mantenido al día.

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Legal pot Is more potent than ever - and still largely unregulated tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Marijuana has grown more potent and dangerous as legalization has made it more widely available, and though marijuana-related medical emergencies have landed hundreds of thousands of people in the hospital, consumer protections are spotty and have failed to keep up.

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Annual survey finds Tucson homeless population rose 60% since 2018 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Pima County's homeless population increased 60 percent over the last five years, leaving just over 2,200 people living outside, in shelters or transitional housing, according to point-in-time count conducted in January.

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Claytoonz: Bull Durham tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Right-wing media is excited that the Durham investigation has finally issued a report for them to be excited about. And just like with Hunter Biden’s laptop and crime in the Biden family, the headline is more exciting than the actual details.

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5th Circuit appears likely to restrict abortion pill access tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Three conservative judges with a history of rulings restricting abortion access signaled they will side with a group of doctors challenging the approval of an abortion drug.

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9th Circuit to decide constitutionality of new Arizona voter registration law tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A Ninth Circuit panel took up the question of whether Arizona can enforce a law that advocacy groups say will disenfranchise Arizona voters and disproportionally affects people who move often, like young people and minority voters, as well as older folks who come to Arizona to retire.

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Short circuit: Tucson voters rebel against TEP deal, now it's time to get to work tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Prop. 412 — an election that would have allowed Tucson Electric the continued right to access public rights of way for repairs — died a sputtering, sparkly death Tuesday. All sides have until 2026 to come up with a new deal.

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Short circuit: Tucson voters rebel against TEP deal, now it's time to get to work tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Prop. 412 — an election that would have allowed Tucson Electric the continued right to access public rights of way for repairs — died a sputtering, sparkly death Tuesday. All sides have until 2026 to come up with a new deal.

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Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoes campus gun & anti-trans bills tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs on Tuesday used her veto stamp to reject Republican attempts to allow guns on college campuses and to permit shelters to discriminate against trans women.

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Hamadeh asks for more ballot inspections to prove Arizona AG’s race was unfairly won tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Abraham Hamadeh’s third appeal to nullify the results of the race for Arizona attorney general he lost last year hinges on permission to inspect more ballots, which attorneys for his Democratic opponent say proves that his claims continue to be evidence-free.

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Air pollution hits harmful levels Wednesday, Pima County warns tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Air pollution in the Tucson metro area hit harmful levels on Wednesday, with high concentrations of ground-level ozone, prompting an advisory from Pima County that residents should avoid intense physical outdoor activity.

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6 mos. later, why is Kari Lake still claiming in court the 2022 election was stolen tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Kari Lake and Abe Hamadeh, GOP candidates for Arizona’s top offices who claim the November election was stolen from them, have spent months presenting shape-shifting arguments in court — and six months after races were called, they aren’t done.

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City voters flipping 'no' switch on Prop. 412 deal with Tucson Electric Power tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: Proposition 412, a 25-year deal between the city of Tucson and TEP, didn't spark voters to cast their ballots for "yes." It was being defeated by a 55-45% margin as the first election returns were released Tuesday night.

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