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Pima County Superior Court appoints 5 new judicial officers tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Four new court commissioners and a new judge pro tempore have been named by the judges of the Pima County Superior Court.

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Pima County issues air pollution advisory for Friday tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Air pollution in the Tucson metro area, including moderate concentrations of ground-level ozone, prompted an advisory Friday from Pima County that some residents should avoid intense physical outdoor activity.

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FDA probing 'Diamond Shruumz' after more severe reactions reported tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A week after Arizona health officials cautioned consumers about "Diamond Shruumz," the FDA announced a federal investigation after more reports of seizures and loss of consciousness related to the mushroom-infused products.

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Beat the heat with cooling stations in Tucson, Pima County tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
To provide respite from the heat, Pima County has opened more than 30 cooling, respite and hydration centers, plus pools and splash pads. The city of Tucson also has facilities, and there are also others available for homeless residents.

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Free sandbags available from Pima County, Oro Valley as monsoon prep begins tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Pima County and the town of Oro Valley are opening multiple sites where residents can pick up free sandbags.

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Harlan Crow provided Clarence Thomas at least 3 previously undisclosed private jet trips tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Billionaire political donor Harlan Crow provided at least three previously undisclosed private jet trips to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in recent years, and it’s possible more revelations are yet to come.

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U.S. Senate Republicans reject Democrats’ bill on IVF protections tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
U.S. Senate Democrats’ attempts to bolster reproductive rights failed again Thursday when Republicans blocked a bill guaranteeing access to in vitro fertilization from moving forward, a day after Republicans tried unsuccessfully to pass their own IVF access bill.

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Excessive heat warning for Tucson, Pima County to continue though Sunday tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Southern Arizona will continue under an excessive heat warning through Sunday, the Tucson metro area and parts of central Arizona continue to see temperatures up to 110 degrees during the heat wave.

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DOJ: Phoenix police used excessive deadly force, violated civil rights tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
After a nearly three-year investigation into reports of misconduct amounting to civil rights violations, the Department of Justice said the Phoenix Police Department used excessive and unjustified deadly force and discriminated against Black, Hispanic and Native American people.

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Arizona troopers warn Congress that lifting weight limit on trucks will make highways more dangerous tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Law enforcement from Arizona and other states descended on Congress, lobbying against a proposal to allow much heavier trucks on the nation’s highways and highlighting concerns about highway safety, congestion and infrastructure damage from bigger trucks.

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Supreme Court shoots down ban on bump stocks tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Supreme Court ruled that bump stocks cannot be banned, finding that semiautomatic rifles equipped with the devices are not machine guns because they cannot fire more than one shot by a single function of the trigger.

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Major cuts to roads, adult education, but not school vouchers in proposed Arizona state budget tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The proposed Arizona budget, crafted after months of negotiations between Republican leadership and Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs, faces an uphill battle as members of both parties voice concerns about sweeping cuts aimed at addressing the state’s budget deficit.

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U.S. Supreme Court refuses to tighten requirements for migrant deportations tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Three migrants who said the government skirted immigration rules by sending them removal hearing notices with incomplete information lost their Supreme Court challenge on Friday when the high court found they had adequate notice of the appearances.

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Arizona man indicted for plans to start a ‘race war’ with mass shooting tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Department of Justice indicted a Prescott area man on firearms trafficking, transfer of a firearm for use in a hate crime and possession of an unregistered firearm, based on allegations that he planned to shoot up a Bad Bunny concert in Atlanta to initiate a “race war.”

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House approves Garland contempt resolution, rising above Democrats’ fury tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
House Republicans on Wednesday pushed through a resolution to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress in yet another drastic attempt to hamstring the Biden administration - though the move to punish Garland is unlikely to be more than a symbolic gesture.

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Supreme Court dismisses case that would have limited abortion pill access tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed a case that would have limited access to mifepristone, one of the two drugs used in a medication abortion. The decision leaves access to the abortion drug unchanged for now.

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Senate GOP blocks Supreme Court ethics bill tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Senate Republicans on Wednesday successfully spiked a Democrat-led bill that would have forced the U.S. Supreme Court to adopt an enforceable code of ethics, but the legislative push to hold the high court accountable for ethical malfeasance appears far from over.

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Watchdog group, GOP U.S. House members blast ‘reckless’ earmark spending tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A group opposed to wasteful government spending and a handful of U.S. House Republicans warned that project-specific spending known as earmarks was contributing to an increase in the national debt.

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Western U.S. faces snow drought as summer heats up tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Another winter without enough snow and rain has left much of the western United States parched for water, though California, Arizona and New Mexico saw an above-average snow season, a welcome improvement to water supplies, which are still recovering from historic droughts.

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Biden administration faces lawsuit over anti-asylum rule tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A coalition of immigrant rights groups filed a lawsuit over President Joe Biden’s executive order that effectively bars most people illegally crossing the southern U.S. border from receiving asylum.

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