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Biden administration cancels Trump-era Alaskan Arctic oil & gas leases, limiting future development tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Biden administration announced the end of seven oil drilling leases in Alaska’s Arctic Wildlife Refuge on Wednesday, reversing deals under the Trump administration while promising to limit new leasing for oil development within Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve.

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Congress & nonprofit working to put women’s suffrage monument on National Mall tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
As Congress considers a bill to place a women’s suffrage monument - dedicated to the 19th and 20th century activists fighting for women’s right to vote and other rights - on the National Mall, a nonprofit is working to raise the estimated $50 million needed to build it.

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Tucson's Molly Holzschlag, known as 'the fairy godmother of the web,' dead at 60 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: Molly Holzschlag, whose pioneering work in online design standards led to her being dubbed "the fairy godmother of the web," has died at age 60.

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Trial of Backpage publishing execs delayed due by COVID infection tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Arizona trial against Michael Lacey and other former executives of Backpage.com was put on hold Tuesday morning for the second time in a month after one defendant contracted COVID-19 over the weekend.

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Shutdown clock ticking as Senate returns to Washington tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The race to avert a government shutdown is on this week, as the Senate returns to Washington to tackle the federal budget in what is sure to be bitter debate over federal spending levels.

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El Casino Ballroom was born dancing, 75 years ago tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
The 75th anniversary celebration of Tucson's El Casino Ballroom is coming up this Saturday and Sunday with a free event featuring the type of music and dance events that made it Tucson's original community center.

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Millions enrolled in new student loan repayment program tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
More than 4 million federal student loan borrowers are enrolled in the Biden administration’s new repayment program, the Saving on A Valuable Education, or SAVE, plan that for some borrowers could result in no monthly payments.

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Indigenous people unite to navigate abortion access after Roe tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
States with some of the largest Indigenous populations now also have some of the strictest restrictions on abortion, and Native organizations work to provides critical services – including help with abortion care – that the tribal government is unable or unwilling to provide.

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El Casino Ballroom was born dancing, 75 years ago tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
The 75th anniversary celebration of Tucson's El Casino Ballroom is coming up this Saturday and Sunday with a free event featuring the type of music and dance events that made it Tucson's original community center.

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Az Republicans say Big Tech bias against conservatives costs them elections tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Kari Lake and freshman GOP state legislator Alexander Kolodin were both highly critical of Big Tech’s influence on free speech and elections during the first meeting of Arizona's Committee on Oversight, Accountability and Big Tech, with claims of a “nascent totalitarian society.”

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Mapping hot spots where spending billions to reduce wildfire risks offers biggest payoff tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The U.S. government is investing over US$7 billion in the coming years to try to manage the nation’s escalating wildfire crisis, and while that sounds like a lot, it’s nowhere close to enough to treat every acre that needs it - so here's where taxpayers can get the biggest bang for the buck.

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Trump liable for denying writer E. Jean Carroll’s rape accusation, judge rules tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Dishing Donald Trump a defeat on summary judgement, a New York judge ruled Wednesday that writer E. Jean Carroll’s second defamation trial against the former president in January will be held only to determine how much Trump owes her in damages.

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Arizona COVID-19 cases double since June, as virus rebounds in state, U.S. tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
COVID-19 cases are rising in the U.S. and in Arizona, where new infections per week have more than doubled since early July - and while the number of cases reported is not near those at the height of the pandemic, experts say the amount if infected is likely to continue rising.

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Wadsack recall effort fizzles tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: Supporters of an effort to recall Arizona Sen. Justine Wadsack were unable to gather enough signatures to recall the controversial Tucson-area lawmaker.

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Tucson's Molly Holzschlag, known as 'the fairy godmother of the web,' dead at 60 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Molly Holzschlag, whose pioneering work in online design standards led to her being dubbed "the fairy godmother of the web," has died at age 60.

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Tucson's MOCA reopens after summer closure tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
The Museum of Contemporary Art reopened Aug. 31 after a summer break. MOCA executive director Julio César Morales said it was the first time the Downtown Tucson arts venue had closed for the summer.

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CBP helicopter rescues woman from wildfire in Baboquivari Mountains tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A helicopter crew with U.S. Customs and Border Protection rescued two migrants from hazardous situations in the Baboquivari Mountains last week, saving a man trapped on a cliff-side and a woman from a brush fire caused by lightning.

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Wadsack recall effort fizzles tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Supporters of an effort to recall Arizona Sen. Justine Wadsack were unable to gather enough signatures to recall the controversial Tucson-area lawmaker.

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Christian lawmakers push battle over church & state after Roe tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Representing more than half the states in the nation, a collection of legislators and local government officials called the National Association of Christian Lawmakers push to change the social fabric of the country and return America to what they say are its Judeo-Christian origins.

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Death rates for people under 40 have skyrocketed. Blame fentanyl. tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Accidental overdose became the No. 1 cause of death in 13 states for people under 40, overtaking suicide in nine states and vehicle accidents in five others; it’s now the top cause in 37 states, with a wave of overdose deaths driven by drugs spiked with fentanyl.

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