Raphael Warnock wins U.S. Senate runoff, giving Democrats a 51-seat majority https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120722_warnock_senate/raphael-warnock-wins-us-senate-runoff-giving-democrats-51-seat-majority/
Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock will return to Washington to represent Georgia for the next six years, handing Senate Democrats a coveted 51st seat.
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Talks over protecting Dreamers pick up in Congress, but agreement still elusive https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120722_congress_dreamers/talks-over-protecting-dreamers-pick-up-congress-but-agreement-still-elusive/
In a last-minute push, U.S. senators are working on a bipartisan agreement to create a pathway to citizenship for undocumented people who were brought to the United States as children - but the success of any major immigration deal appears unlikely.
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Talks over protecting Dreamers pick up in Congress, but agreement still elusive https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120722_congress_dreamers/talks-over-protecting-dreamers-pick-up-congress-but-agreement-still-elusive/
In a last-minute push, U.S. senators are working on a bipartisan agreement to create a pathway to citizenship for undocumented people who were brought to the United States as children - but the success of any major immigration deal appears unlikely.
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Video: FDR's Pearl Harbor Address https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120722_pearl_harbor_address/video-fdrs-pearl-harbor-address/
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Pearl Harbor Address to Congress: "Yesterday, Dec. 7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy - the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan."
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Pearl Harbor Day: USS Arizona videos https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120722_pearl_harbor_arizona/pearl-harbor-day-uss-arizona-videos/
Videos of the USS Arizona, past and present. 1,177 members of the crew of the USS Arizona were killed as the battleship exploded and sank during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941. The bodies of more than 900 remain entombed in the vessel, which serves as a memorial for all who died during the attack.
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‘I’ll never forget’: Pearl Harbor survivor and Arizonan Jack Holder remembers surprise attack https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120721_az_pearl_harbor_survivor/ill-never-forget-pearl-harbor-survivor-and-arizonan-jack-holder-remembers-surprise-attack/
What started as a calm Sunday morning in Oahu on Dec. 7, 1941, ended as a terrible day in American history - and a day Chandler resident Jack Holder remembers like it was yesterday.
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Pima County struggles to fill constable slot, says no to hiring deputies to assist https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120622_pima_constables/pima-county-struggles-fill-constable-slot-says-no-hiring-deputies-assist/
The Pima County Board of Supervisors had no qualified applicants to become constable of Justice Precinct 1 on Tuesday, but decided to put off hiring deputy constables to help with the office's workload.
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Hobbs’s office flagged conspiracy tweets before campaign launch, undercutting GOP claims https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120622_hobbs_gop_conspiracy_tweets/hobbss-office-flagged-conspiracy-tweets-before-campaign-launch-undercutting-gop-claims/
Arizona Republicans are in an uproar over a request from the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office to censor two tweets in the immediate aftermath of the January 2021 attack by supporters of Donald Trump - but Katie Hobbs wasn’t running for office when her office made the requests.
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Hobbs’s office flagged election conspiracy tweets months before she launched her campaign, undercutting GOP claims https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120622_hobbs_gop_conspiracy_tweets/hobbss-office-flagged-election-conspiracy-tweets-months-before-she-launched-her-campaign-undercutting-gop-claims/
Arizona Republicans are in an uproar over a request from the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office to censor two tweets in the immediate aftermath of the January 2021 attack by supporters of Donald Trump - but Katie Hobbs wasn’t running for office when her office made the requests.
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Trump Organization guilty on all counts in criminal tax scheme https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120622_trump_org_guilty/trump-organization-guilty-all-counts-criminal-tax-scheme/
Jurors spent just 10 hours deliberating before delivering swift guilty verdicts after a monthlong criminal tax fraud trial for the Trump Organization and a three-year probe of former President Donald Trump and his business practices.
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Holiday roundup: A very merry month of events https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/120622_holiday_roundup/holiday-roundup-very-merry-month-events/
Updated: The holidays are upon us and Tucson offers up a veritable cornucopia of festive events to help you enjoy the season:
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Holiday roundup: A very merry month of events https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/120622_holiday_roundup/holiday-roundup-very-merry-month-events/
Updated: The holidays are upon us and Tucson offers up a veritable cornucopia of festive events to help you enjoy the season:
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Holiday roundup: A very merry month of events https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/120622_holiday_roundup/holiday-roundup-very-merry-month-events/
Updated: The holidays are upon us and Tucson offers up a veritable cornucopia of festive events to help you enjoy the season:
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Supreme Court signals sympathy with web designer opposed to same-sex marriage in free speech case https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/120622_scotus_gay_business_op/supreme-court-signals-sympathy-with-web-designer-opposed-same-sex-marriage-free-speech160case/
Supreme Court justices appeared sympathetic to a Colorado-based web designer who claims the state's Anti-Discrimination Act violates her First Amendment free speech rights - even though she does not yet offer the services in question and no charges have been brought against her.
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Suspender a los estudiantes por ausencias, tardanzas agrava pérdida de aprendizaje https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120622_school_suspensions_esp/suspender-los-estudiantes-por-ausencias-tardanzas-agrava-perdida-de-aprendizaje/
Aunque al menos 11 estados prohíben por completo suspender a los estudiantes por faltar a clase, las escuelas en gran parte del país, incluido Arizona, tienen la libertad de castigar a los estudiantes por faltar al tiempo de aprendizaje obligándolos a faltar aún más.
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Suspending students for absences, tardies compounds learning loss https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120622_school_suspensions/suspending-students-absences-tardies-compounds-learning-loss/
Suspending students for missing class is a controversial tactic and though at least 11 states fully ban the practice, schools in much of the country - including Arizona - are free to punish students for missing learning time by forcing them to miss even more.
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Cherokee Nation wants to send a delegate to U.S. House – it’s an idea older than Congress itself https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/120622_cherokee_congress_op/cherokee-nation-wants-send-delegate-us-house-8211-its-idea-older-than-congress160itself/
In 1835, the Cherokee Nation was promised a delegate in Congress as part of the same treaty – Treaty of New Echota – that led to the death of thousands on the Trail of Tears. Nearly 200 years later, the Cherokee are still fighting to make that promise a reality.
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Arizona’s election certification moves the fight over results into the courts https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120622_az_election_courts/arizonas-election-certification-moves-fight-over-results-into-courts/
Arizona officials certified the state’s election results after a month of challenges to the certification process - but now it kicks off the five-day period in which lawsuits challenging the results can be filed in court and a long timeline for three statewide recounts.
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Assisted living facilities pressed to address growing needs of older, sicker residents https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120622_assisted_living_struggles/assisted-living-facilities-pressed-address-growing-needs-older-sicker-residents/
Assisted living communities too often fail to meet the needs of older adults and should focus more on residents’ medical and mental health concerns - changes inspired by the altered profile of the population that assisted living now serves.
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Arizona families flocked to 'universal' voucher program https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120622_voucher_rush/arizona-families-flocked-universal-voucher-program/
Arizona parents have flocked to apply for the state’s new universal Empowerment Scholarship Accounts, which let any family apply for state funds to pay for their child’s schooling, regardless of need.
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