Pascua Yaqui teens to paint mural in Mission Garden https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/112723_mission_garden_mural/pascua-yaqui-teens-paint-mural-mission-garden/
Six teenagers from the Boys and Girls Club's Pascua Yaqui Clubhouse will be participating in the creation of a mural in Mission Garden.
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Defying history, TUSD Supt. Trujillo has Tucson's largest school district improving on even keel https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/112723_tusd_trujillo_op/defying-history-tusd-supt-trujillo-has-tucsons-largest-school-district-improving-even-keel/
A funny thing happened on the way to Gabriel Trujillo's oblivion: He defied history to remain as superintendent of TUSD for six years and, in case no one is noticing, he's leading a great turnaround story.
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TUSD Supt. Trujillo has defied history & has Tucson's largest school district improving https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/112723_tusd_trujillo_op/tusd-supt-trujillo-has-defied-history-has-tucsons-largest-school-district-improving/
A funny thing happened on the way to Gabriel Trujillo's oblivion: He defied history to remain as superintendent of TUSD for six years and, in case no one is noticing, he's leading a great turnaround story.
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Arizona Game and Fish restocks lakes with fish grown in hatcheries https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/112723_urban_fishing/arizona-game-and-fish-restocks-lakes-with-fish-grown-hatcheries/
Hatcheries operated by the Game and Fish Department ensure the recreational pastime of fishing is still alive and well in the Arizona desert.
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Az dispensaries recalling marijuana products over aspergillus contamination https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/112723_marijuana_recall/az-dispensaries-recalling-marijuana-products-over-aspergillus-contamination/
Arizona dispensaries are voluntarily recalling a marijuana product due to possible contamination with aspergillus, a fungus that can cause allergic reactions or infection — usually in people already sick with something else.
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Foster care kids are often sex trafficked. Many states fail to figure it out. https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/112723_foster_sex_trafficking/foster-care-kids-are-often-sex-trafficked-many-states-fail-figure-it-out/
Foster care children are especially vulnerable to sex trafficking, and a 2014 federal law requires state authorities to screen missing children when they are found to determine whether they were sexually exploited - but some states are failing in that duty.
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Forget dystopian scenarios – AI is pervasive today & risks are often hidden https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/112723_ai_risks_op/forget-dystopian-scenarios-8211-ai-pervasive-today-risks-are-often-hidden/
Artificial intelligence plays a visible part in many people’s daily lives, as task-specific forms of AI have become widespread and often fly under the radar, but many of the AI systems that fly under the radar have biases that can cause harm.
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Arizona health officials & trans minors spar over sex markers on birth certificates https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/112723_birth_certificates/arizona-health-officials-trans-minors-spar-over-sex-markers-birth-certificates/
A challenge to an Arizona law outlining requirements for transgender people hoping to update their birth certificates to reflect who they truly are has the potential to help the more than 41,000 Arizonans who identify as trans finally receive an updated birth certificate.
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'Double whammy’ of climate change in Arizona: Higher temps & worse air quality https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/112723_az_air_climate/double-whammy-climate-change-arizona-higher-temps-worse-air-quality/
Record-breaking heat in Arizona has an impact on air quality that often goes unnoticed, as the mixture of climate change and human expansion is leading to more days where air quality is dangerous for people with pre-existing health issues, children and the elderly.
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Arizona gave families public money for private schools. Then private schools raised tuition. https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/112723_school_vouchers/arizona-gave-families-public-money-private-schools-then-private-schools-raised-tuition/
Arizona leaders promised families roughly $7,000 a year to spend on private schools, but now, some are hiking their tuition by thousands of dollars, which risks pricing the students that lawmakers said they intended to serve out of nonpublic education options.
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Anti-abortion groups shrug off election losses, look to courts, statehouses for path forward https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/112723_anti_abortion_losses/anti-abortion-groups-shrug-off-election-losses-look-courts-statehouses-path-forward/
Anti-abortion groups say they’re undeterred by recent election setbacks and plan to plow ahead on what they’ve done for years, including working through state legislatures, federal agencies, and federal courts to outlaw abortion.
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Derek Chauvin, cop who murdered George Floyd, stabbed in Tucson federal prison https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/112623_chauvin_stabbed/derek-chauvin-cop-who-murdered-george-floyd-stabbed-tucson-federal-prison/
Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who was convicted of murdering George Floyd, was stabbed Friday at the federal prison in Tucson and taken to a local hospital, officials confirmed.
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Pima folklorico dance class to debut with 'On the Rise' show https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/112623_pcc_folklorico_debut/pima-folklorico-dance-class-debut-with-on-rise-show/
Pima Community College's ballet folklorico class makes its performance debut during Pima Dance's "On the Rise."
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U.S. military says national security depends on PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/112523_pfas_military/us-military-says-national-security-depends-pfas-forever-chemicals/
The Department of Defense relies on hundreds, if not thousands, of weapons and products such as uniforms, batteries, and microelectronics that contain PFAS, and Pentagon officials have told Congress that eliminating the chemicals would undermine military readiness.
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Ballet Tucson brings 'Land of the Sweets' to Sonoran Desert with holiday 'Nutcracker' https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/112423_nutcracker/ballet-tucson-brings-land-sweets-sonoran-desert-with-holiday-nutcracker/
Ballet Tucson is preparing for one of the most anticipated productions of the season: "The Nutcracker." The holiday favorite will run Dec. 21-Dec. 23 at the Linda Ronstadt Music Hall.
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New Social Security report shows growing overpayment problem tops $23B https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/112423_social_security_overpayments/new-social-security-report-shows-growing-overpayment-problem-tops-23b/
A new report released by the Social Security Administration shows that the scope of the agency’s overpayment problem has continued to grow.
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Being homeless means not being free − as Americans are supposed to be https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/112423_homeless_freedom_op/being-homeless-means-not-being-free-8722-as-americans-are-supposed-be/
While homelessness is clearly a state of deprivation, it is also a condition in which a person’s freedom is profoundly compromised, and a society that cherishes freedom must implement anti-homelessness policy as a way of liberating people who lack housing.
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Hobbs: Flags to half-staff to honor Army Special Operations soldier https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/112423_soldier_half_staff/hobbs-flags-half-staff-honor-army-special-operations-soldier/
Governor Katie Hobbs ordered flags at all state buildings be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset Saturday, Nov. 25, in honor of Sgt. Andrew Southard, of Apache Junction, who was killed in a November 10 helicopter crash during routine flight training in the Mediterranean Sea.
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Triumph in Bangkok: Arizona trio win IWBF gold medals, offer fresh perspective on adaptive athletics https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/112423_adaptive_athletes/triumph-bangkok-arizona-trio-win-iwbf-gold-medals-offer-fresh-perspective-adaptive-athletics/
An Arizona Wildcats trio arrived at the doors of the world-class U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, where their grueling practices culminated in a life-changing training camp and gold medals in Bangkok.
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Hellertoon: Black Friday shopping sprint https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/112423_black_friday_hellertoon/hellertoon-black-friday-shopping-sprint/
Some folks celebrate the day after Thanksgiving with buying a cornucopia of consumer goods. Some stay in for Buy Nothing Day. Others wait for Small Business Saturday, and an increasing number just phone it in.
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