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New report highlights myriad issues with federal COVID relief spending in Arizona tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The distribution of billions of dollars of federal COVID-19 relief funds in Arizona, like many other states, was marred by fraud, mismanagement and lack of oversight, according to a new report issued last week by the Arizona Auditor General.

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Former Border Patrol agent who wanted to 'clean up the streets' convicted of capital murder tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A Texas jury on Wednesday convicted former U.S. Border Patrol agent Juan David Ortiz of capital murder for the 2018 vigilante-inspired killing spree of four women, all sex workers, along the Texas/Mexico border.

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Future of U.S. election law at stake as Supreme Court hears North Carolina case tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
North Carolina Republicans appeared to have at least three of the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative justices on their side Wednesday in a case that could determine the future of elections nationwide, and leave decisions about federal elections in the hands of state legislatures.

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Border surge brings shift in migrant countries, challenges to U.S. policy tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The surge of migrants at the southern border has included skyrocketing numbers from countries that were barely represented in previous years, presenting a challenge that experts say the U.S. is not equipped to address.

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Congress on track to scrap Pentagon’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate in defense bill tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Members of the U.S. military would no longer be required to get the COVID-19 vaccine under a proposal Congress could pass as soon as this week.

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WNBA star Brittney Griner released from Russian custody in prisoner swap tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner has been released from Russian custody in a prisoner exchange after being sentenced to nine years in Russian prison for smuggling illegal drugs into the country.

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New Tucson factory may help solve climate crisis by creating jet fuel from CO2 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A few cargo containers and a modest tower bristling with equipment on the campus of the University of Arizona's Tech Park might be the key to solving a major problem in modern life: the overwhelming production of carbon dioxide for transportation, plastics, and thousands of consumer products.

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Here’s when drug prices will start to decrease for Medicare recipients tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Starting next month, a $35 cap on insulin prices will go into effect for millions of Medicare recipients - one of the first of several policy measures Americans will see in the coming months and years under the Inflation Reduction Act signed into law in August.

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Climate change is driving up food prices tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Much of the very same land that is the source of diversity for our food lies in countries that are the most vulnerable to the destructive impacts of climate change - and that vulnerability rebounds into how much Americans pay for food.

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Jury selection kicks off in second trial of Oath Keepers accused of seditious conspiracy tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Jury selection in the trial of four Oath Keepers' members charged with seditious conspiracy in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack began on Tuesday, less than a week after two of their co-defendants were convicted by a jury of the rare charge.

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Arizona schools struggle to fill a range of jobs, in classroom & beyond tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
School staffers across Arizona may increasingly find themselves pressed to fill in on other jobs, as districts struggle to fill positions across the board and personnel officers say they have openings they cannot fill for everything from nurses to custodial employees and administrators.

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Texas, Missouri find 5th Circuit ally in fight over Biden border spending tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A Fifth Circuit judge lambasted President Joe Biden for canceling border wall construction projects, calling it "absurd" his administration is installing cameras and sensors to deter migrants in lieu of physical barriers.

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Raphael Warnock wins U.S. Senate runoff, giving Democrats a 51-seat majority tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
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 tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
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 tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
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 tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
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 tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
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 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
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 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
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 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
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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