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How rogue jumping genes can spur Alzheimer’s, ALS tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Scientists are pursuing the possibility that some reawakened retrotransposons - descendants of viral infections often from millions of years ago - may do serious damage: They can degrade nerve cells and fire up inflammation and may underlie some instances of Alzheimer’s and ALS.

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How shrinking the EPA could make wildfire smoke even more dangerous tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
As climate change exacerbates droughts and raises temperatures, more landscapes are burning and loading the atmosphere with smoke. Experts worry there won’t be the staff or the institutional expertise to process and distribute data on air quality as the EPA seeks to cut jobs.

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Kopec: As Arizona's private school vouchers bust budget, GOP lawmakers' heads are elsewhere tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Arizona's coffers have run dry because the private school vouchers, which the Republicans said would only cost our state $360 million, will actually cost about $1 billion. Heads in the sand doesn't quite cover this one. — Amphi Schools Boardmember Matt Kopec

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Arizona trust land is an answer for Tucson housing, but our national forests are not tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Southern Arizona has a lot of land that is meant to accommodate growth and not in the hands of private developers.

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Skies the limit? UA's Monsoon Fantasy Forecast is back tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
The Monsoon Fantasy Forecast contest is back for its fifth year, with players attempting to predict the amount of summer rainfall for major Southwest cities.

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Agribusiness & hospitality, threatened by deportations, poured millions into Republican victories tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Despite threats of deportations of undocumented workers by President Donald Trump, the agribusiness and hospitality sectors funneled hundreds of millions to Republicans and conservative groups in 2024.

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‘A purpose in this world’: Older adults fear elimination of program that helps them find work tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Congress is considering axing funding for programs that fall under the Older Americans Act, a 1965 law that provides social and meal services for older people, a position President Trump supports in his budget for the coming fiscal year.

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Hobbs signs Arizona budget averting shutdown after House GOP holdout ends tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
After weeks of feuding between the Republicans who control the Arizona House of Representatives and Senate, Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs has signed the $17.6 billion state budget that was passed with bipartisan majorities in both chambers.

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Mars Orbiter learns new tricks as Tucson-linked spacecraft continues search for water tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter was taught a new maneuver that will allow the spacecraft to look deeper underground as it searches for liquid and frozen water.

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Arizona highways: Numbers of wrong-way drivers & crashes decrease tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A recent string of wrong-way drivers and wrong-way crashes on Arizona freeways raises a key question: Has there been an uptick in these kinds of situations? In short, the answer is no.

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Preventive health care mandate survives Supreme Court scrutiny tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of a panel of medical experts recommending preventive health care coverage on Friday, finding that the executive branch had sufficient control over the independent task force.

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New ‘Trump Accounts’ program faces criticism for benefiting wealthy over poor children tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Tucked in the “one big beautiful bill” is a proposal for tax-advantaged “Trump Accounts,” each seeded with $1,000 from the government for certain babies born in the U.S. over the next few years - but financial experts and advocates for low-income children are not overly impressed.

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Thousands of LGBTQ+ veterans were supposed to get pardons. A year later, only four have succeeded tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Of the tens of thousands of veterans who were separated from the military due to their sexuality over decades, only 21 ended up applying for a pardon - and only four have received one.

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Arizona House, Senate finally come to $17.6B budget agreement tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Just days ahead of a government shutdown, the Republicans who lead the Arizona House of Representatives and Senate and the Democratic governor finally came to agreement on a bipartisan budget.

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Maricopa County Recorder’s Office mails incorrect letters to 83,000 voters tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Maricopa County Recorder’s Office mailed about 83,000 voters an incorrect letter warning them that they would be moved to the inactive voter list if they didn’t respond, a mistake the Recorder’s Office blamed on a printing error.

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Supreme Court hands Trump win on birthright citizenship, judicial oversight tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Donald Trump can enforce limits on birthright citizenship for some immigrants, the Supreme Court ruled on Friday, allowing the White House to implement one of its most controversial policies.

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Supreme Court ruling on LGBTQ+ books gives religious parents more say over what students learn tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Supreme Court sided Friday with a group of Maryland parents who object to their children reading LGBTQ+-inclusive books in public schools, delivering a win to religious liberty advocates and potentially altering the course of public education nationwide.

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2 Az Dems angling to replace Grijalva say Iran strikes warrant impeachment probe of Trump tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Two of the Arizona Democrats running to replace the late Raúl Grijalva in Congress in July – his daughter Adelita Grijalva and Daniel Hernandez – said Thursday they support an impeachment inquiry over the air strikes President Donald Trump ordered on Iran.

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Nonprofit leaders: GOP's funding cuts would 'tear at fabric' of charity efforts in Southern Arizona tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Community Foundation of Southern Arizona, joined by six other Tucson-based nonprofits, said Wednesday the budget bill moving through Congress would have an "immediate and catastrophic impact" as it cut support for social service organizations.

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Hemp industry hopes Arizona cannabis regulations go up in smoke tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Hemp Industry Trade Association of Arizona plans to appeal a denied petition that sought to enjoin the state attorney general from enforcing marijuana laws against sellers of chemically distinct hemp products.

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