Preparation for pandemics, natural disasters updated in bill passed by U.S. Senate panel https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/072123_disaster_legislation/preparation-pandemics-natural-disasters-updated-bill-passed-by-us-senate-panel/
A U.S. Senate committee approved bipartisan legislation that would update how the federal government prepares for and then responds to pandemics and natural disasters, based on lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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'QAnon Shaman’s' sentence will not be vacated https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/072123_qanon_shaman_sentence/qanon-shamans-sentence-will-not-vacated/
Jacob Angeli Chansley, better known as the “QAnon Shaman” will not see his guilty plea or his sentence vacated for his part in the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol insurrection, after he “recanted the contrition displayed at his sentencing nearly two years ago.”
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Federal aviation bill passed by U.S. House, with boost for smaller airports https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/072123_house_aviation/federal-aviation-bill-passed-by-us-house-with-boost-smaller-airports/
The U.S. House overwhelmingly passed a bill Thursday that would reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration for five years, including a big increase in subsidies for airlines providing flights to smaller markets.
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Lady Bits: All-women comedy takes stage at Screening Room on Saturday https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/072023_lady_bits/lady-bits-all-women-comedy-takes-stage-screening-room-saturday/
A women-led stand-up comedy show is taking place at the Screening Room this Saturday. Lady Bits seeks to create a space in which female comedians are the star performers.
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Lady Bits: All-women comedy takes stage at Screening Room on Saturday https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/071823_lady_bits/lady-bits-all-women-comedy-takes-stage-screening-room-saturday/
A women-led stand-up comedy show is taking place at the Screening Room this Saturday. Lady Bits seeks to create a space in which female comedians are the star performers.
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Local kitchen kings to compete at Iron Chef Tucson on Saturday https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/072023_tucson_iron_chef/local-kitchen-kings-compete-iron-chef-tucson-saturday/
Two local Tucson chefs to compete against each other at the Iron Chef Tucson Culinary Experience on Saturday at Casino del Sol.
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$10M for drinking-water treatment study is largest liquid funding in UA history https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/072023_ua_water_consortium/10m-drinking-water-treatment-study-largest-liquid-funding-ua-history/
The University of Arizona was awarded up to $10 million to research improved water security and reuse technology — the single largest grant for water studies in the institution’s history. AI, solar panels and new, less chemically intensive treatments are all in the researchers' arsenal to fight the Southwest's water crisis.
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Public shows support for proposed monument near Grand Canyon https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/072023_monument_hearing/public-shows-support-proposed-monument-near-grand-canyon/
Dozens of community members, tribal leaders and state officials gathered in Flagstaff to show their support for a proposed national monument around the Grand Canyon, saying the designation could protect natural and cultural resources.
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Pride Night in sports stirs divisive reactions among athletes, leagues & LGBTQ community https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/072023_sports_pride/pride-night-sports-stirs-divisive-reactions-among-athletes-leagues-lgbtq-community/
Pride Night is not for only organizations – it is for the fans that identify as part of the LGBTQ community - but for all the positives Pride Night brings to stadiums, arenas and fans across the country, some leagues, teams and players are not as accepting of the tradition.
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Sides clash in challenge over federal rules on asylum seeking https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/072023_asylum_claims/sides-clash-challenge-over-federal-rules-asylum-seeking/
A federal judge is preparing to rule on whether to grant a summary judgment ending claims against the Biden administration’s revised asylum rule limiting who can seek refuge that immigrant advocates say are endangering asylum seekers trapped at the at the U.S.-Mexico border
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Deepfakes: How events that never happened could influence the 2024 presidential election https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/072023_deepfakes_election_op/deepfakes-how-events-that-never-happened-could-influence-2024-presidential-election/
Situation deepfakes represent the next stage of technologies that have already shaken audiences’ perceptions of reality, but there are a variety of technological and psychological ways voters can use to detect and defend against attempts to use deepfakes to influence an election.
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Former lawmaker Shawnna Bolick appointed to vacant Az Senate seat https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/072023_bolick_senate/former-lawmaker-shawnna-bolick-appointed-vacant-az-senate-seat/
Former lawmaker Shawnna Bolick was chosen by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors to fill the vacant seat in the Arizona Senate left by the resignation of Republican Sen. Steve Kaiser, though supervisors lamented the process in which Kaiser’s replacement was chosen.
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Shawnna Bolick appointed to Arizona Senate https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/072023_bolick_senate/shawnna-bolick-appointed-arizona-senate/
Former lawmaker Shawnna Bolick was chosen by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors to fill the vacant seat in the Arizona Senate left by the resignation of Republican Sen. Steve Kaiser, though supervisors lamented the process in which Kaiser’s replacement was chosen.
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Narrow focus on rape definition won’t get Trump a new trial https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/072023_trump_rape_trial/narrow-focus-rape-definition-wont-get-trump-new-trial/
Donald Trump will not get a new trial over his sexual abuse of a magazine writer in the 1990s, a judge ruled Wednesday, slamming the former president’s attempt to minimize the verdict by arguing he'd been cleared of rape when "the jury found that Mr. Trump in fact did exactly that.”
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Industry wants new pipeline on Navajo land scarred by decades of fossil fuel extraction https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/072023_navajo_pipeline/industry-wants-new-pipeline-navajo-land-scarred-by-decades-fossil-fuel-extraction/
One of the nation’s largest pipeline operators has outlined plans for what could end up being the country’s longest hydrogen pipeline - but many bridle at the notion of the Navajo Nation once again becoming a resource development zone for the benefit of companies off the reservation.
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Hamadeh gears up to appeal latest dismissal, sanctions still pending https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/072023_hamadeh_appeal/hamadeh-gears-up-appeal-latest-dismissal-sanctions-still-pending/
Abraham Hamadeh, who has unsuccessfully attempted three times to overturn his 2022 loss for Arizona attorney general to Democrat Kris Mayes, is appealing his latest rejection, hoping the courts will reconsider his case after a judge dismissed it last week.
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Pima Dems to 'ratify' lawmaker picks in last-minute fix to open-meeting law violation https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/072023_ld20_appointment/pima-dems-ratify-lawmaker-picks-last-minute-fix-open-meeting-law-violation/
Democrats in a Pima County legislative district will meet on Monday to make a last-minute fix to comply with state open meeting laws with their picks of three potential replacements for an open seat in the Legislature. The Board of Supervisors is set to pick the new lawmaker Tuesday.
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Rio Rico landowner wants rezoning for Hermosa Mine processing plant https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/071923_mining_rezoning/rio-rico-landowner-wants-rezoning-hermosa-mine-processing-plant/
Updated: Santa Cruz County officials have insisted a rezoning in Rio Rico has nothing to do with mining. But leaked letter from landowner Andrew Jackson shows he explicitly supports South32 building a processing plant on the land.
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17 years after being dropped from endangered list, tiny pygmy owl gains new protections https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/071923_pygmy_owl_protected/17-years-after-being-dropped-from-endangered-list-tiny-pygmy-owl-gains-new-protections/
Once at the center of fights over land use around Pima County, the rare, diminutive and publicly prominent cactus ferruginous pygmy owl will again be protected under federal law.
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Rio Rico landowner wants rezoning for Hermosa Mine processing plant https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/071923_mining_rezoning/rio-rico-landowner-wants-rezoning-hermosa-mine-processing-plant/
Santa Cruz County officials have insisted a rezoning in Rio Rico has nothing to do with mining. But leaked letter from landowner Andrew Jackson shows he explicitly supports South32 building a processing plant on the land.
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