PCC's 'Night of the Living Dead' merges live theatre & film https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/101225_living_dead/pccs-night-living-dead-merges-live-theatre-film/
A theatrical production of "Night of the Living Dead" at Pima Community College combines a reimagined cast and set with footage from the original 1969 film.
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Romero: Tucson launching Safe City Initiative; residents need to see real solutions https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/101225_romero_safety_op/romero-tucson-launching-safe-city-initiative-residents-need-see-real-solutions/
"Everyone deserves to be safe — in your neighborhood, at work, and in our public spaces. We hear your current concerns about safety in our community loud and clear, and we share them. That is why we are launching the Safe City Initiative." — Mayor Regina Romero
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Adcock: TEP profits help generate powerful returns for our community https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/101225_adcock_tep_op/adcock-tep-profits-help-generate-powerful-returns-our-community/
While we rely on energy from natural gas, sunlight, wind and coal, our local electric service would not be possible without money. And while it’s easy to criticize profit, it’s probably more productive to understand how it contributes to lower rates and more reliable service.
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CBP awards $4.5 billion for border wall 'smart wall' construction https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/101025_smart_wall_contracts/cbp-awards-45-billion-border-wall-smart-wall-construction/
U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Friday they would build 230 miles of new border barriers backed by sensors, lights, and cameras, spending about $4.5 billion allocated by Congress in September—including about 23 miles of new "secondary" wall and around 126 miles of "system attributes" in Arizona.
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Flags at half-staff Sunday to honor Show Low firefighter EMT Collins https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/101025_flags_half_staff_collins/flags-half-staff-sunday-honor-show-low-firefighter-emt-collins/
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs ordered flags at all state buildings be lowered to half-staff on Sunday, Oct. 12, in honor of the interment of firefighter EMT Glenn Collins, who died in a motorcycle crash on his way to work on Oct. 3.
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Gutierrez scores 15th & 16th goals of season as Aztec men win 10th straight https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/101025_pcc_mens_soccer/gutierrez-scores-15th-16th-goals-season-as-aztec-men-win-10th-straight/
The Pima Community College men’s soccer team (12-1, 9-1 in ACCAC) played a rare morning match against GateWay Community College (0-10-2, 0-9-1) on Friday at South Mountain Community College in Phoenix.
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Dagnino & Martinez each net 2 as Pima's women's soccer shuts out GateWay https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/101025_pcc_womens_soccer/dagnino-martinez-each-net-2-as-pimas-womens-soccer-shuts-out-gateway/
The Pima Community College women’s soccer team (7-1-5, 7-0-3 in ACCAC) closed out a busy week on Friday against GateWay Community College (0-11, 0-10) in Phoenix, racking up an 8–0 win.
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Tucson Baseball Team cancels home series at Kino Stadium due to visa issues https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/101025_tucson_baseball_visas/tucson-baseball-team-cancels-home-series-kino-stadium-due-visa-issues/
The Tucson Baseball Team has canceled the season-opening home series at Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium, scheduled for Oct. 16, as it works through information provided by the federal government on the team's U.S. visa process.
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Illegal street takeovers — with stunts and noise — are growing as states try to crack down https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/101125_street_takeovers/illegal-street-takeovers-with-stunts-and-noise-are-growing-as-states-try-crack-down/
Policing experts say illegal street takeovers — which are often organized on social media and can draw hundreds of people to block intersections, highways or parking lots for stunt driving — have become increasingly dangerous and difficult to contain.
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Some voters unhappy with Pima County's new vote-by-mail system https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/101125_ballot_envelopes/some-voters-unhappy-with-pima-countys-new-vote-by-mail-system/
Tucson and Pima County voters are seeing a big change when they receive their ballot in the mail for the upcoming Tucson and school district elections.
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Trump follows through on threat with ‘substantial’ federal employee layoffs amid shutdown https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/101025_trump_layoffs/trump-follows-through-threat-with-substantial-federal-employee-layoffs-amid-shutdown/
The Trump administration announced it had begun mass layoffs of federal employees, a step not taken during previous government shutdowns and one that could significantly reshape the size and scope of the government.
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Trump undertakes a MAGA-centric makeover of U.S. civics education https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/101025_maga_civics/trump-undertakes-maga-centric-makeover-us-civics-education/
A slew of conservative groups will lead a new coalition to spur civics education and push the subject in a more patriotic direction, raising alarms for some traditional civics and education groups that were not included in the initiative.
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La Rosa opens Friday in former Benedictine Sanctuary https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/101025_la_rosa/la-rosa-opens-friday-former-benedictine-sanctuary/
A conversation with legendary concert promoter Charlie Levy ahead of the opening of first Tucson venue, La Rosa, in the former Benedictine Sanctuary
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Trump called Digital Equity Act ‘racist.’ Now Internet money for rural Americans is gone. https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/101025_digital_equity/trump-called-digital-equity-act-racist-now-internet-money-rural-americans-gone/
President Donald Trump called the Digital Equity Act unconstitutional, racist, and illegal. Then the $2.75 billion program for rural and underserved communities to gain internet access disappeared.
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Shutdown forces Medicare patients off popular telehealth and hospital-at-home programs https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/101025_shutdown_medicare/shutdown-forces-medicare-patients-off-popular-telehealth-and-hospital-at-home-programs/
The telehealth and in-home hospital care programs were both temporary — but increasingly popular — options for Medicare recipients. The shutdown has prevented Congress from extending them.
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Former Arizona lawmaker gets probation for violating restraining order https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/101025_sun_probation/former-arizona-lawmaker-gets-probation-violating-restraining-order/
Former Arizona lawmaker Leezah Sun, who resigned after threatening to throw a lobbyist off a balcony, was given two years probation for violating the restraining order the lobbyist filed against her.
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Trump temporarily blocked from deploying National Guard in Illinois https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/101025_illinois_guard/trump-temporarily-blocked-from-deploying-national-guard-illinois/
A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order that bars the Trump administration from federalizing and deploying the National Guard to Illinois, calling the Department of Homeland Security's perception of events are simply unreliable.
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Trump threatens ‘permanent’ cuts to Democratic programs https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/101025_shutdown_cuts/trump-threatens-permanent-cuts-democratic-programs/
President Donald Trump said he’s prepared to cancel funding approved by Congress that he believes is going toward programs supported by Democrats, though he didn’t share any additional details during a Cabinet meeting.
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Trump National Guard orders trigger constitutional fight over state’s rights & federalism https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/101025_guard_federalism/trump-national-guard-orders-trigger-constitutional-fight-over-states-rights-federalism/
President Donald Trump’s novel use of National Guard troops for law enforcement purposes has reopened a debate over states’ authority to control police powers, as dueling briefs from current and former state leaders filed in Illinois’ lawsuit against the president show.
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The fight for Native data sovereignty in the age of AI https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/101025_native_data_sovereignty/the-fight-native-data-sovereignty-age-ai/
AI is here and is already affecting tribal nations, a common theme among leaders from all over Indian Country who gathered at ASU on September 26, for the “Pre-Wiring the Rez” symposium to learn about how artificial intelligence is affecting tribal nations.
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