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Frank Borman, Tucson High grad & astronaut hero who led first manned orbits of moon, dies at 95 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/111023_frank-borman/frank-borman-tucson-high-grad-astronaut-hero-who-led-first-manned-orbits-moon-dies-95/
Tucson football standout and pioneering NASA astronaut Frank Borman made 10 orbits around the moon in 1968, laying the groundwork for the first human landings and broadcasting from space to what was then the largest audience in human history.
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Democrats’ struggle to keep U.S. Senate majority complicated by Manchin decision https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/111023_dems_manchin/democrats-struggle-keep-us-senate-majority-complicated-by-manchin-decision/
U.S. Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin III announced Thursday he does not plan to run for reelection come 2024, giving Republicans an opportunity to pick up a seat and increasing their chances of flipping Senate control.
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Frank Borman, Tucsonan High grad & astronaut hero who led first manned orbits of moon, dies at 95 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/111023_frank-borman/frank-borman-tucsonan-high-grad-astronaut-hero-who-led-first-manned-orbits-moon-dies-95/
Tucson football standout and pioneering NASA astronaut Frank Borman made 10 orbits around the moon in 1968, laying the groundwork for the first human landings and broadcasting from space to what was then the largest audience in human history.
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Diamond dreams: From college ball to summer leagues & Az’s Fall League, tracing the chase of the majors https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/111123_az_fall_league/diamond-dreams-from-college-ball-summer-leagues-azs-fall-league-tracing-chase-majors/
Designed for top prospects in MLB’s farm system, the Arizona Fall League runs through early October - ostensibly taking place during baseball’s “offseason” - and provides an opportunity for players to prove their worth against high-level competition.
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FactCheck: The 3rd GOP primary debate https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/111023_factcheck_gop_debate/factcheck-3rd-gop-primary-debate/
Five candidates took the stage in Miami for the third Republican primary debate, and twisted the facts on China, abortion, TikTok and U.S. life expectancy.
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Arizona activists work to hold the criminal justice system accountable through court watching https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/111023_court_watchers/arizona-activists-work-hold-criminal-justice-system-accountable-through-court-watching/
Mass Liberation Arizona is dedicated to the end of mass incarceration and the liberation of marginalized communities, working to focus on prosecutorial misconduct, police brutality and alternatives to incarceration by bringing awareness through court watching.
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Trump’s lawyers call on judge to end Manhattan fraud trial immediately https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/111023_trump_fraud/trumps-lawyers-call-judge-end-manhattan-fraud-trial-immediately/
Donald Trump’s lawyers asked the judge overseeing the former president’s $250 million fraud trial to end the proceedings immediately - claiming that moving forward would be a waste of "taxpayer dollars" - one day after the NY attorney general's office conditionally rested its case.
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Never give up: Laila Edwards set to break color barrier for U.S. women’s hockey https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/111023_edwards_hockey/never-give-up-laila-edwards-set-break-color-barrier-us-womens-hockey/
Laila Edwards is set to become the first Black woman to suit up for the women’s national hockey team, delaying a long-overdue feat that should have happened a long time ago.
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Humane Society 'devastated' after probe shows dozens of tiny pets from San Diego likely fed to reptiles https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/110923_humane_society/humane-society-devastated-after-probe-shows-dozens-tiny-pets-from-san-diego-likely-fed-reptiles/
Dozens of small animals transferred from San Diego to the Humane Society of Southern Arizona likely became food at a reptile farm in Maricopa County, the group said Thursday.
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Humane Society 'devastated' after probe shows dozens of tiny pets from San Diego likely fed to reptiles https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/110923_humane_society/humane-society-devastated-after-probe-shows-dozens-tiny-pets-from-san-diego-likely-fed-reptiles/
Dozens of small animals transferred from San Diego to the Humane Society of Southern Arizona likely became food at a reptile farm in Maricopa County, the group said Thursday.
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Hotel Congress to host opening of 'The Lounge" in revamped lobby https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/110923_lounge_opens_hoco/hotel-congress-host-opening-the-lounge-revamped-lobby/
Hotel Congress will host an opening for its revamped lobby now called The Lounge.
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Az dispensaries recalling marijuana products over aspergillus contamination https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/110923_marijuana_recall/az-dispensaries-recalling-marijuana-products-over-aspergillus-contamination/
Arizona dispensaries are voluntarily recalling two marijuana products 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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Democrats maintain overwhelming Tucson election totals as final ballots are counted https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/110923_election/democrats-maintain-overwhelming-tucson-election-totals-as-final-ballots-are-counted/
The ballots tallied across the Tucson area since Tuesday have bolstered the results of the first vote totals, with Democrats maintaining wide leads, Vail incorporation rejected out of hand, school district funding measures passing by wide margins and a pay raise for Tucson's mayor and City Council getting narrowly approved.
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Gosar pushes to reverse Biden’s Grand Canyon nat'l monument to allow for uranium mining https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/110923_gosar_grand_canyon_mining/gosar-pushes-reverse-bidens-grand-canyon-natl-monument-allow-uranium-mining/
Saying that stopping companies from mining uranium from lands near the Grand Canyon is a threat to national security, an Arizona Republican won preliminary approval of an amendment that would reverse President Joe Biden's creation earlier this year of a national monument in Northern Arizona.
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Romero & Tucson Council Dems coast to wins; Vail incorporation fails https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/110723_election/romero-tucson-council-dems-coast-wins-vail-incorporation-fails/
Updated: Tucson Mayor Regina Romero and her fellow Council Democrats easily won re-election Tuesday, with blow-out victories over GOP challengers. In Vail, a move to incorporate was rejected 60-40.
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All Souls Procession to remember the dead for 34th year in Tucson https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/110123_34th_all_souls_procession/all-souls-procession-remember-dead-34th-year-tucson/
The beloved Tucson tradition of the All Souls Procession returns for its 34th year with a weekend of art, music and honoring the dead. The events include the Procession of the Little Angels, the Dance of the Dead concert series and the main procession and ceremony.
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States lose track of thousands of foster children each year https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/110923_missing_children/states-lose-track-thousands-foster-children-each-year/
Agencies in Arizona and 45 other states failed to report an estimated 34,800 cases of missing foster kids, while overburdened and under-supervised caseworkers are hard-pressed to protect all the children they are responsible for monitoring.
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Biden administration, senators divided on how to move ahead on border security https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/110923_border_security/biden-administration-senators-divided-how-move-ahead-border-security/
Members of Congress and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas were at odds Wednesday on how lawmakers should improve border security, as they wrestle with how to handle a White House request for emergency spending.
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Ivanka Trump pressed on involvement in key transactions at Trump Org fraud trial https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/110923_trump_fraud/ivanka-trump-pressed-involvement-key-transactions-trump-org-fraud-trial/
Ivanka Trump took the witness stand to give long-awaited testimony in her family’s civil fraud trial, the last witness to be called by the New York attorney general’s office, which spent the morning grilling the 42-year-old about her involvement in refinancing various Trump Org assets.
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Minnesota high court: Trump will stay on primary ballots https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/110923_minnesota_trump/minnesota-high-court-trump-will-stay-primary-ballots/
The Minnesota Supreme Court dismissed a petition seeking to exclude former President Donald Trump from 2024’s election ballots Wednesday, but left room for petitioners to bring the question back to the court in the future.
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