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U.S. imposes sanctions on Nicaragua for political persecution, facilitating smuggling tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Biden administration issued new sanctions, visa restrictions and policy alerts against Nicaragua over accusations that the government is stifling human rights and profiting off illegal migration to the United States.

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Ethics panel mulls GOP complaint that Az Dems committed ‘insurrection’ by protesting on Leg floor tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Republican lawmakers accused two Democrats who protested on the floor of the state House last month after their GOP colleagues avoided repealing a century old abortion law of inciting a riot and making others fear for their safety.

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‘Time is running out’: Navajo Nation urges Congress to act on radiation compensation bill tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Members of the Navajo Nation are urging Congress to act on RECA expansion bill - set to expire in less than a month - that compensates individuals who become ill because of exposure to radiation from the United States’ development and testing of nuclear weapons.

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Arizona House votes to regulate deep fakes tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Arizona House of Representatives advanced two bipartisan-supported bills that aim to regulate deepfake technology by establishing felonies for the creation of fake images, videos or audio recordings of others with intent to exploit or defraud the victims or their loved ones.

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Az Republicans sue EPA, California over rules requiring electric vehicle transition tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Republican leaders filed a pair of lawsuits against the Environmental Protection Agency’s new tailpipe pollution standards for cars and heavy-duty trucks, a day after they joined a multistate legal challenge to a California regulation mandating the use of electric semi trucks.

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Texas calls Rio Grande too puny for federal control as 5th Circuit takes up floating barrier tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Texas began its attempt to win over the 17-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals by claiming the Rio Grande doesn't qualify as a navigable waterway in a case concerning the state’s deployment of a buoy barrier in the river.

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Grijalva pushes feds to add time for public input on South32 Hermosa Mine tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva is urging the Forest Service to extend the public comment period as officials consider whether to approve South32's Hermosa Mine, a manganese and zinc project in the Patagonia Mountains of Southern Arizona.

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JobPath has earned the right to avoid Pima County's budget axe tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
A sky-high graduation rate and redonkulous placement record means Pima County should hit the gas on the JobPath program, not pump the brakes.

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Arizona sues Amazon, alleging violations of consumer fraud & antitrust laws tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is suing online retail giant Amazon, alleging in a pair of lawsuits that its “unfair and deceptive” business practices have violated both the state’s consumer fraud and antitrust laws.

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Ethiopian brews, family & community at Tucson's Z-Street tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
On the corner of Broadway and North Treat Avenue, Zemam's Ethiopian Cuisine and Zerai's International Bar make up the growing Z-Street International Marketplace, with Zidamo Coffee House planning to open by the end of the year.

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CNN sets first Biden-Trump presidential debate for June 27 tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
CNN announced that it will host a debate between President Joe Biden and presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump at the network’s Atlanta studios on June 27, and a second debate will be hosted by ABC News on Sept. 10.

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Tribal nations invest opioid settlement funds in traditional healing to treat addiction tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Companies that made or sold prescription painkillers and were accused of exacerbating the overdose crisis are paying out more than $1.5 billion to hundreds of tribes over 15 years, and money sent to tribes can be used for traditional and cultural healing practices.

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Read On Arizona & partners provide youth reading education to fight pandemic literacy loss tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Child literacy is at the forefront for many Arizona educators, and organizations like Read On Arizona are focusing on reading development for children of all ages - as recent research suggests third grade students struggle with reading comprehension.

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Tribes could lease their water to dry states. Why is it so hard? tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Colorado River Indian Tribes can now lease water to non-Indigenous users, but for Indigenous Nations in the Southwest with a desire to sell their water, the process is so convoluted, it may take years to see any financial benefit or much needed water.

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Az Dem moms want to know if they can use campaign funds for child care tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A group of Democratic mothers in the Arizona Legislature want to know if candidates running for office can use their campaign funds for child care.

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Read On Arizona and partners provide youth reading education to fight pandemic literacy loss tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Child literacy is at the forefront for many Arizona educators, and organizations like Read On Arizona are focusing on reading development for children of all ages - as recent research suggests third grade students struggle with reading comprehension.

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Mail-order abortion medication is safe and effective, study shows tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Ahead of the U.S. Supreme Court’s impending ruling on an abortion pill case, a study published found that medication abortion after in-person screening is safe and effective.

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Number of births continues to fall, despite abortion bans tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Births continued a historic slide in all but two states last year, making it clear that a brief post-pandemic uptick in the nation’s birth numbers was all about planned pregnancies that had been delayed temporarily by COVID-19.

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New list rates most bipartisan members of Congress—and least tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The latest ranking of the most bipartisan lawmakers comes amid one of the least productive Congresses in the nation’s history and just months before nearly all House lawmakers and about one-third of the Senate face voters at the polls in November.

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Public support for abortion rights swells in two years after Dobbs tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Two years after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a federal right to abortion and returned the matter to the states, an even larger majority of Americans support legal access to abortion than did before.

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