Pima County supervisors discuss plans to beat the heat https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/075324_agenda_heat_wave_op/pima-county-supervisors-discuss-plans-beat-heat/
The Pima County Board of supervisors is to discuss heat precautions undertaken and in the works, as Supervisor Steve Christy wants answers about migrant service problems, and more from government meetings around Tucson.
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If you’re in the military, voting this year could be tricky https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/071524_military_voting/if-youre-military-voting-this-year-could-tricky/
With federal protections and programs in place, the number of military voters who report not receiving a ballot in time — or at all — has steadily decreased each year, but there are still more challenges that military voters typically have to face when trying to participate in elections.
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Az GOP ‘secure border’ ballot measure cleared for voters after judge rejects constitutional challenge https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/071524_secure_border_initiative/az-gop-secure-border-ballot-measure-cleared-voters-after-judge-rejects-constitutional-challenge/
A judge rejected a lawsuit against a GOP ballot referral that would make it a state crime for migrants to cross the southern border and empower local police officers to arrest them, clearing the past for it to go before voters in November.
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Calls to 988 suicide hotline may soon be routed to closest counselor, instead of crisis center in area code https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/071524_988_changes/calls-988-suicide-hotline-may-soon-routed-closest-counselor-instead-crisis-center-area-code/
Calls to the 988 crisis hotline are connected to a center in the caller’s area code, but with 80% of calls coming from cell phones, people in crisis often end up speaking with a counselor thousands of miles away who has no way to send help - but regulators are working on a fix.
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In the closing weeks of her U.S. Senate primary, Kari Lake is still trying to become Az governor https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/071524_lake_lawsuits/in-closing-weeks-her-us-senate-primary-kari-lake-still-trying-become-az-governor/
Less than three weeks before she hopes Republican voters make her the party’s nominee for the U.S. Senate, Kari Lake is yet again asking the Arizona Supreme Court to declare her governor and overturn the results of her 2022 failed bid to become the state’s chief executive.
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Federal judge dismisses classified documents case vs. Donald Trump https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/071524_trump_docs_dismissed/federal-judge-dismisses-classified-documents-case-vs-donald-trump/
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump, ruling that special counsel Jack Smith was unlawfully appointed to his post at the Justice Department.
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3 Pima Community College boards seats up for grabs in November https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/071224_pcc_candidates/3-pima-community-college-boards-seats-up-grabs-november/
Two incumbents are facing challengers are facing challenges as they seek reelection to the Pima Community College Governing Board.
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As Watch fire grows, San Carlos Apache tribe declares emergency https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/071224_fire_emergency/as-watch-fire-grows-san-carlos-apache-tribe-declares-emergency/
The San Carlos Apache Tribe declared an emergency Friday, and asked for help from Arizona state and federal officials after the Watch Fire quickly consumed 1,115 acres on Thursday, destroying at least 13 homes and forced the evacuations of more than 400 people.
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Wade McLean: 'Edgar Soto cares and is a winner' https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/071024_mclean_soto_op/wade-mclean-edgar-soto-cares-and-winner/
'There’s no doubt that he would bring this optimistic, caring and committed attitude with him to make the Pima County Board of Supervisors more successful.' — Wade McLean
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Biden asks the nation for unity, promises security review after Trump shooting https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/071424_trump_shooting/biden-asks-nation-unity-promises-security-review-after-trump-shooting/
President Joe Biden Sunday called for unity and pledged an independent review following the campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday where former President Donald J. Trump was shot and injured.
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Victims & shooter identified in assassination attempt on Trump https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/071424_trump_shooter_id/victims-shooter-identified-assassination-attempt-trump/
The FBI said early Sunday it had identified the man who shot former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally on Saturday as Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, Pa. Crooks was killed at the scene.
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FC Tucson's Liz Duarte says 'fin' to soccer career https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/071324_fc-tucson/fc-tucsons-liz-duarte-says-fin-soccer-career/
Luz Duarte retires; Cats announce nonconference matches; Playoffs online for FC Tucson men
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Women who have been targets of political violence condemn shooting at Trump rally https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/071324_trump_shooting/women-who-have-been-targets-political-violence-condemn-shooting-trump-rally/
After former President Donald Trump was injured in a shooting at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday evening, prominent women who have been the targets of political violence swiftly condemned the attack.
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Fire at Pima County jail forces evacuation of 380 inmates https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/071224_jail_fire/fire-pima-county-jail-forces-evacuation-380-inmates/
Nearly 400 inmates were evacuated from the Pima County jail Friday night after a fire broke out in the facility's annex, officials said.
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Forest Service will burn tree piles on Mt. Lemmon as part of forest-clearing efforts https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/071224_lemmon_burning/forest-service-will-burn-tree-piles-mt-lemmon-as-part-forest-clearing-efforts/
As early as Friday, staff with the Coronado National Forest will burn piles of trees on Mt. Lemmon, part of a years-long effort to clear the forest.
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Conservationists: Cattle grazing damages Arizona’s riverbank habitats https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/071224_grazing_habitats/conservationists-cattle-grazing-damages-arizonas-riverbank-habitats/
The Center for Biological Diversity sued the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and the Fish and Wildlife Service, more than six months after it first notified the government of lasting environmental damage along western Arizona’s Big Sandy River due to excess cattle grazing.
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Surprise: American voters actually largely agree on many issues https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/071224_voter_agreements_op/surprise-american-voters-actually-largely-agree-many-issues/
As the presidential election campaign heats up, media coverage suggests Americans are hopelessly divided and headed for a difficult fall – perhaps also a tense January - but that isn’t the whole story.
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Biden defends ability to beat Putin and Trump in NATO summit closing https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/071224_biden_nato/biden-defends-ability-beat-putin-and-trump-nato-summit-closing/
President Joe Biden capped the annual summit with fellow members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization with a lengthy press conference on Thursday, a moment widely viewed as consequential for his candidacy while he staves off questions surrounding his candidacy.
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Dem billboards target Trump for his ties to right-wing Project 2025 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/071224_project_2025_trump/dem-billboards-target-trump-his-ties-right-wing-project-2025/
A media push in multiple battleground states - including Arizona - ahead of the Republican National Convention this month, highlights former President Donald Trump’s connections to the controversial Project 2025.
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Climate change is hitting Arizona’s Indigenous peoples hard https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/071224_indigenous_climate_change/climate-change-hitting-arizonas-indigenous-peoples-hard/
Climate change is having profound effects on the Indigenous peoples of North America, and in Arizona, heat-related Native American deaths are on the rise, with summer 2024 already rivaling last summer’s brutal heat dome that covered parts of the state.
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