Kansas reporter sues police chief over newspaper raid https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/083123_newspaper_raid_lawsuit/kansas-reporter-sues-police-chief-over-newspaper-raid/
Deb Gruver, a reporter for the Marion County Record who was investigating the background of Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody, is suing in federal court, alleging Cody injured her when he grabbed her phone from her hand during an Aug. 11 raid of the paper's offices.
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'A Tale of Two Houses' film is a love song to Tucson's musical past https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/083023_two_houses_film/a-tale-two-houses-film-love-song-tucsons-musical-past/
Providing a perfect snapshot of the underground music scene and what it was like to be young in Tucson during the mid-1980s, “A Tale of Two Houses” is director Chris Carlone’s love song to days gone by. It premieres this weekend.
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PACC at critical capacity after taking in 300 pets in 3 days https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/083023_pacc_critical_capacity/pacc-critical-capacity-after-taking-300-pets-3-days/
After taking in more than 300 animals in three days, Pima County Animal Care Center is beyond critical capacity and asking the community for immediate help.
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Hacked files held COVID-tracing personal data of 110k Pima County residents https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/083023_covid_data_breach/hacked-files-held-covid-tracing-personal-data-110k-pima-county-residents/
A data breach using a "critical vulnerability" in file-transfer software used by a contractor for Pima County exposed the health and personal data of about 110,000 residents, county officials said Wednesday.
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Az Gov. Hobbs touts bill expanding trauma therapy to 911 dispatchers https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/083023_trauma_therapy/az-gov-hobbs-touts-bill-expanding-trauma-therapy-911-dispatchers/
Arizona’s 911 dispatchers now have access to trauma therapy paid for by their employers, under a new law that comes as the state grapples with a shortage of dispatchers.
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White House plan to negotiate drug prices could affect 165,000 Arizonans https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/083023_drug_negotiations/white-house-plan-negotiate-drug-prices-could-affect-165000-arizonans/
The Biden administration targeted 10 prescription drugs - used to treat heart failure, blood clots, diabetes, arthritis, Crohn’s disease and more - as part of the first-ever Medicare price negotiation, a move that it said could benefit 9 million beneficiaries – including 165,000 in Arizona.
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Az Gov. Katie Hobbs touts bill expanding trauma therapy to 911 dispatchers amid recruitment efforts https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/083023_trauma_therapy/az-gov-katie-hobbs-touts-bill-expanding-trauma-therapy-911-dispatchers-amid-recruitment-efforts/
Arizona’s 911 dispatchers now have access to trauma therapy paid for by their employers, under a new law that comes as the state grapples with a shortage of dispatchers.
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3M to pay $6 billion to settle military earplug hearing loss claims https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/083023_3m_soldiers_hearing/3m-pay-6-billion-settle-military-earplug-hearing-loss-claims/
Minnesota manufacturing giant 3M announced a $6 billion settlement, including cash and company stock, to over 200,000 military service members who have claimed to suffer hearing loss after using earplugs supplied by the company’s subsidiary.
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EPA rolls back federal water protections following high court decision https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/083023_epa_scotus_water/epa-rolls-back-federal-water-protections-following-high-court-decision/
Keeping pace with a spring Supreme Court decision that slashed protections for U.S. wetlands, the Environmental Protection Agency issued a new rule that could cut federally protected waters by more than half.
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Young Arizonans cannot afford to skip the 2024 election https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/083023_young_voters_op/young-arizonans-cannot-afford-skip-2024-election/
For the first time in a long time, students came out during the 2022 midterms in record numbers to vote, breaking turnout records - and Arizonans should expect young people to come out in even greater numbers as more “Gen-Zers” become eligible to vote.
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Texas Nat'l Guard disbanded intelligence wing after members used WhatsApp to spy on migrants https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/083023_tx_natl_guard_spying/texas-natl-guard-disbanded-intelligence-wing-after-members-used-whatsapp-spy-migrants/
At least four Texas officers faced discipline after an investigation found that Operation Lone Star’s disbanded intelligence wing targeted migrant groups through WhatsApp surveillance, and another group sent classified FBI intelligence in an apparent violation of federal secrecy laws.
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Maricopa election official shares emotional story as harasser sentenced to prison https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/083023_election_threat_sentence/maricopa-election-official-shares-emotional-story-as-harasser-sentenced-prison/
Threats against Maricopa County Supervisor Chairman Clint Hickman, fellow supervisors, and other Arizona election officials have gone on for years, and Hickman described the effect on him and family during the sentencing of his perpetrator, who says he was misled by election lies.
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Lizzie Walker scores goal but Pima women drop first road test at Scottsdale https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/082923_pcc_womens_soccer/lizzie-walker-scores-goal-but-pima-women-drop-first-road-test-scottsdale/
The Pima Community College women’s soccer team (1-2) hit the road for the first time this season on Tuesday playing at Scottsdale Community College (3-2).
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Ismael Ruiz nets 2 with 1 assist as Aztec men's soccer blanks Scottsdale https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/082923_pcc_mens_soccer/ismael-ruiz-nets-2-with-1-assist-as-aztec-mens-soccer-blanks-scottsdale/
The Pima Community College men’s soccer team (3-0) passed the first road test of the season on Tuesday at Scottsdale Community College (0-3-1).
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Feds indict 22 people in Az for using Snapchat to recruit human smugglers https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082923_snapchat_smugglers_charged/feds-indict-22-people-az-using-snapchat-recruit-human-smugglers/
A smuggling network based in Arizona used Snapchat to recruit drivers to smuggle people into the U.S. for profit, according to a series of indictments unsealed by federal officials.
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Texas National Guard soldier shoots man on Mexican bank of Rio Grande https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/082923_tx_guard_shooting/texas-national-guard-soldier-shoots-man-mexican-bank-rio-grande/
A Texas National Guard soldier on duty in El Paso as part of Operation Lone Star fired a shot toward a man, who was found wounded along the banks of the Rio Grande in Juárez over the weekend and remains hospitalized.
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Not so big or bad?: Stricter probes into dead cattle to curtail 'endemic antagonism' vs. gray wolves https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082923_wolves_livestock_deaths/not-so-big-or-bad-stricter-probes-into-dead-cattle-curtail-endemic-antagonism-vs-gray-wolves/
A five-year environmental campaign has led to new, tighter standards on when to blame wolves for livestock deaths in Arizona and New Mexico, a change which advocates hope will make it harder to justify killing members of the critically endangered species.
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Texas National Guard member fires across Rio Grande, wounds Mexican citizen https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/082923_tx_national_guard_shooting/texas-national-guard-member-fires-across-rio-grande-wounds-mexican-citizen/
A National Guard member on duty at the Texas-Mexico border in El Paso fired across the Rio Grande, injuring a 37-year-old Mexican man in Ciudad Juárez on Saturday night, according to the Texas Military Department and Mexican news outlets.
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Pima County lands $2.5 million grant to combat opioid overdoses https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082923_opioid_grant/pima-county-lands-25-million-grant-combat-opioid-overdoses/
Pima County is receiving a $2.5 million grant to assist efforts to prevent overdose deaths from fentanyl and other opioids. There were 458 accidental overdose deaths here last year, with fentanyl playing a role in more than 60 percent.
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