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PCC's Jessica Alvarez & Adriana Pacheco sweep ACCAC Player/Goalkeeper of the Week honors tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
Pima Community College women’s soccer players Jessica Alvarez and Adriana Pacheco earned recognition from the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference for their play during the week of Sept. 17-23.

National caregiver shortage strains organizations & families across Arizona tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
As Arizona communities, nursing homes and assisted living facilities face the growing nationwide caregiver shortage, the shortage also is causing the number of unpaid family caregivers to rise.

Menendez urged to step down by a growing number of U.S. Senate Democrats tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
More than a dozen U.S. Senate Democrats, including Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly, are calling on New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez to resign following his indictment on corruption charges for the second time.

Backpage defense drags credibility of key witness tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
An attorney defending former executives of Backpage.com in federal court spent most of Tuesday attacking the credibility of the government’s key witness, the former Backpage CEO who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to facilitate prostitution when the website was seized in 2018.

Donald Trump committed fraud, judge rules in New York civil suit tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Judge Arthur Engoron on Tuesday granted partial summary judgment to New York Attorney General Letitia James in her civil case against the Trump Organization, finding former President Donald Trump and his co-defendants liable for the top count in the $250 million fraud suit.

Pima County officials urge residents to get new COVID boosters tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: Pima County health officials are urging residents to get one of the new COVID-19 vaccine booster shots, which were approved earlier this month.

Man shooting explosive targets started 2020 fire in Redington Pass tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A 54-year-old man faces federal charges after he allegedly started a wildfire in Redington Pass in October 2020 by shooting at canisters packed with explosives.

Sahuarita mulls new taxes to fix road shortfall, PCC bylaw changes tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Updated: Sahuarita residents may be asked to pay more for purchases if the town decides to either increase the 2 percent sales tax or impose a use tax on people who buy products online. Plus, action at the Pima College board, and what's on the lists for other local government meetings this week.

Az Rep. Gosar back in spotlight with call for general to 'be hung' over Jan. 6 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Two years after he was formally censured for a video that appeared to espouse violence against lawmakers, Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar has again grabbed headlines by saying the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff would be hanged in a “better society.”

Hobbs says she’s done with the AZ Senate’s 'political circus' vetting her nominees tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Saying that the Arizona Senate’s new process for confirming her cabinet appointments is a “political circus,” overly “partisan” and too slow, Gov. Katie Hobbs has withdrawn all her nominees and said she will instead pursue “other lawful means” to ensure state agencies have leaders.

9th Circuit calls foul on UA in Title IX abuse suit tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
An en banc Ninth Circuit Court ruled the University of Arizona violated the Title IX rights of a student who sued the school in 2017, saying she was strangled and beaten by a player on its football team after the school ignored other domestic violence allegations against the player.

Shutdown closer than ever as budget talks tread water in Congress tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Fears of a government shutdown are sure to reach a fever pitch this week as Republican leadership scrambles to hammer out a deal that would keep federal services funded through the end of the fiscal year.

98% of Arizonans will have new elections officials in 2024 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona has lost nearly all of its experienced election officials and 98% of the state will have new officials running elections in 2024 than ran the 2020 elections, as the state has seen threats of violence towards election officials and those who help administer elections.

Arizona-Stanford marks beginning of end for 'Conference of Champions' tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Arizona Wildcats were able to squeak out a road win over the Stanford Cardinal on Saturday, but the dramatic finish was mostly a subplot to a much bigger story - the game served as the first of many lasts for the 108-year-old Pac-12, leaving behind decades of memories.

Media network paid by GOP groups is behind deluge of election records requests tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Local election offices across the country are struggling to manage a sharp rise in the number of public records requests, and extensive requests coming from Local Labs - part of a media network paid by GOP groups - have stymied election officials in Arizona and other states.

Mexico agrees to deport migrants after border cities reach 'breaking point' tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Mexico will deport certain migrants from some of its northern border cities as part of an agreement with U.S. immigration officials who have reported a sharp increase of migrants attempting to cross the border in recent weeks, according to Mexico’s immigration enforcement authority.

Kari Lake wraps up push to make Arizona voter signatures public info tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The former TV news anchor who lost Arizona’s gubernatorial election wants to get her hands on 1.3 million signatures from 2022 voters, seeking to prove Maricopa County failed to conduct signature verification and therefore anointed the wrong person governor of Arizona.

Pima County officials urge residents to get new COVID boosters tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Pima County health officials are urging residents to get one of the new COVID-19 vaccine booster shots, which were approved earlier this month.

Why is the Arizona GOP paying a company tied to a QAnon singer? tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Arizona Republican Party has paid at least $13,000 to a company connected to a legislative district chairwoman who is a full-throated QAnon evangelist, even as the party is struggling so badly to raise money that it can’t pay its bills.

Baby girl dies at Border Patrol station in Nogales tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
An infant girl died Saturday at the Border Patrol station in Nogales after she was found with her mother in the desert near the Mariposa border crossing, said U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

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