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Biden administration releases plan to ease burdens on kinship foster care tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Biden administration said it has finalized regulations that would let local child welfare agencies ease licensing standards to support family members fostering relatives, while rolling out initiatives to protect LGBTQ+ children and expand access to legal services.

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First defendant in San Antonio tractor-trailer tragedy pleads guilty to smuggling charges tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
One of the men indicted over last year’s San Antonio tractor-trailer tragedy, in which 53 migrants died, pleaded guilty to several smuggling-related charges, one of seven people facing a maximum of life in prison as a result of the tragedy.

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Former COVID-19 czar: The virus ‘new normal’ points to larger public health mission tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
With COVID-19 still a public health reality but no longer considered a public health emergency, it’s time for policymakers, health care systems and the public to think more broadly about public health.

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Trump loses fraud case appeal, teeing up Oct. 2 trial tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The New York attorney general's $250 million fraud case against former President Donald Trump will go to trial Monday, Oct. 2, after a state appellate court on Thursday lifted a temporary stay.

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Biden honors McCain, denounces ‘MAGA extremists’ during Tempe event tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
President Joe Biden invoked the spirit of the late Arizona Sen. John McCain while denouncing “MAGA extremists” as a threat to democracy during a speech at the Tempe Arts Center, while in town to announce the creation of a library and museum honoring McCain.

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Dianne Feinstein, long-serving California senator, dies at 90 tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Senator Dianne Feinstein, who represented California in the Senate for more than 30 years and who recently returned to Washington after a three month absence while she recovered from a case of shingles, has died at 90 years old.

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'Like a frying pan': Extreme heat overwhelms Phoenix’s unhoused community tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Phoenix posted 55 days of temperatures over 110 degrees Fahrenheit this summer, breaking previous records, and there are more hot days in the city’s future - and those practicing street medicine for the unhoused population in Phoenix see the effects of heat on their patients.

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Tucson Pride hosts weekend celebrations to 'stand together, visible and proud' tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Tucson Pride will host a weekend-long celebration for the local LGBTQ+ community and it's allies. The Tucson Pride Parade will kick of the festivities.

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Street murals, food & bike repairs at Living Streets Alliance's Pueblo Gardens Block Party tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Neighborhood and community members will be able to paint murals on the street near Pueblo Gardens School on Saturday during a block party.

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Biden impeachment inquiry underway as Dems, GOP clash in House tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
House Republicans kicked off their much-vaunted impeachment inquiry into President Biden Thursday during a hearing that proved to be — perhaps unsurprisingly — a partisan maelstrom.

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Arizona Auditor General: Board should improve charter school financial oversight tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The board that oversees charter schools in Arizona isn’t doing enough to ensure schools’ financial viability, according to the state auditor general findings the board did not dispute, and agreed to make changes in line with the recommendations in the report.

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Maricopa County air quality raises health concerns for affected minority communities tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A 2023 environmental report card ranked Phoenix the seventh worst city in the country for particle pollution and fifth worst for ozone level - poor air quality that has led to an increase in health concerns, particularly for marginalized communities.

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Experts push for AI regulations to combat election malfeasance tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Members of Congress received yet another call to regulate artificial intelligence, as a group of elections experts and human rights advocates warned that the developing technology could have dire consequences for democracy.

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Former Az ref says recruiting women could be answer to high school officiating shortage tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
One of the biggest challenge faced by the Arizona Interscholastic Association is recruiting and retaining officials in all sports, and a solution to the officiating shortage could be recruiting more women into the profession.

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Arizona teacher shortage streak persists, thousands of classrooms understaffed tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona classrooms continue to be understaffed - with more than 6,000 of them missing a qualified teacher - and as current educators flee the field, teaching conditions in the state make it an unlikely prospect for out of state applicants or new graduates.

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Senators urged to step up after Supreme Court ruling on Navajo water rights tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
While plans to fix tribal water issues have received a boost in recent years, with billions of federal dollars dedicated to tribal projects, Navajo leaders urged senators to take steps to secure water rights, after the Supreme Court’s June ruling in Arizona v. Navajo Nation.

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FactCheck: The second GOP primary debate tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
There were some new clashes, and plenty of claims heard before, as seven candidates faced off in California during the second GOP primary debate in an effort to sway voters away absent Republican frontrunner, Donald Trump.

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Trump to UAW: Endorse me or you won’t have a union tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Former President Donald Trump told United Auto Workers leaders - who are fighting for increased wages, a 32-hour work week and better pension benefits - that they would not have a union if they fail to endorse him in the 2024 presidential election.

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Double-doubles for Abby Whatton & Taylor Crawford help Pima shred South Mountain tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College volleyball team (8-9, 4-3 in ACCAC) got back in the win column on Wednesday in an ACCAC conference match against South Mountain Community College (7-12, 3-5).

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Double-doubles for Abby Whatton & Taylor Crawford's help Pima shred South Mountain tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College volleyball team (8-9, 4-3 in ACCAC) got back in the win column on Wednesday in an ACCAC conference match against South Mountain Community College (7-12, 3-5).

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