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Tucson Council candidates clash on '15-minute city' conspiracies, plus crime & homeless issues https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100223_city_council_forum/tucson-council-candidates-clash-15-minute-city-conspiracies-plus-crime-homeless-issues/
Candidates for Tucson City Council disagreed over local government's responses to crime, homelessness and planning, arguing over whether a proposal for “15-minute cities” represented smart urban planning or a secret global plot to limit the movements of the local citizenry.
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Biden rinde homenaje a McCain y condena a ‘extremistas MAGA’ en Tempe https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/093023_biden_tempe_esp/biden-rinde-homenaje-mccain-y-condena-extremistas-maga-en-tempe/
El presidente Joe Biden invocó el espíritu del fallecido senador de Arizona John McCain al denunciar a los “extremistas del MAGA” como una amenaza a la democracia, mientras estaba en Tempe para anunciar la creación de una biblioteca y un museo en honor a McCain.
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Environmentalists celebrate new images of jaguar in Southern Arizon's Huachuca Mountains https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100223_jaguar_spotted/environmentalists-celebrate-new-images-jaguar-southern-arizons-huachuca-mountains/
A jaguar was photographed by remote cameras in Southern Arizona's Huachuca Mountains near a section of land state officials attempted to block with an ad-hoc border barrier made of stacked shipping containers. The male jaguar could be a well-known big cat, or could be a previously undiscovered jaguar sauntering through the borderlands.
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Tucson City Council candidates clash on crime, homeless issues https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100223_city_council_forum/tucson-city-council-candidates-clash-crime-homeless-issues/
Candidates for Tucson City Council disagreed over local government's responses to crime, homelessness and planning, arguing over whether a proposal for “15-minute cities” represented smart urban planning or a secret global plot to limit the movements of the local citizenry.
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Pima's Valenzuela & Jorgenson earn all-conference at ACCAC cross country championships https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/093023_pcc_mens_cross_country/pimas-valenzuela-jorgenson-earn-all-conference-accac-cross-country-championships/
The Pima Community College men’s cross country team took part in the ACCAC Conference Championships on Saturday at Central Arizona College.
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Pima runner Reatta Danhof earns all-conference honors at ACCAC championships https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/093023_pcc_womens_cross_country/pima-runner-reatta-danhof-earns-all-conference-honors-accac-championships/
The Pima Community College women’s cross country team competed at the ACCAC Conference Championships on Saturday held at Central Arizona College. The Aztecs finished in fourth place with a team score of 106.
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Report: Grand Canyon groundwater may increase in a warmer climate https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100223_grand_canyon_water/report-grand-canyon-groundwater-may-increase-warmer-climate/
Researchers hoping to gain understanding of future groundwater volume in the arid Colorado Plateau looked back nearly 12,000 years to see how higher temperatures affected monsoon rains.
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Montealegre & Loredo lead charge as Pima men's soccer wins 6th straight https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/093023_pcc_mens_soccer/montealegre-loredo-lead-charge-as-pima-mens-soccer-wins-6th-straight/
The Pima Community College men’s soccer team (9-1, 6-1 in ACCAC) won their sixth straight game on Saturday, doing damage in the first half to blank Chandler-Gilbert Community College (0-9-1, 0-6-1) on the road.
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Pacheco has 1 save as Pima women tie Chandler-Gilbert in scoreless match https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/093023_pcc_womens_soccer/pacheco-has-1-save-as-pima-women-tie-chandler-gilbert-scoreless-match/
The Pima Community College women’s soccer team (4-4-2, 3-2-2 in ACCAC) traveled to Chandler-Gilbert Community College (1-6-1, 1-5-1) on Saturday for an ACCAC conference matchup.
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Gilleland's day not enough as Pima volleyball drops 2 matches https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/093023_pcc_volleyball/gillelands-day-not-enough-as-pima-volleyball-drops-2-matches/
The Pima Community College volleyball team (8-12) played a pair of non-conference matches on Saturday at Chandler-Gilbert Community College.
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Congress clears bill to avert shutdown, with vote promised later on Ukraine aid https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/100123_congress_budget/congress-clears-bill-avert-shutdown-with-vote-promised-later-ukraine-aid/
Congress approved a bill Saturday night that would stave off a government shutdown until at least mid-November, though the measure doesn’t include Ukraine aid backed by both Republicans and Democrats.
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NAU to launch medical school, asks state for more money https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100223_nau_medical_school/nau-launch-medical-school-asks-state-more-money/
Northern Arizona University is launching its own medical school as the state faces a critical need for more health care providers, with plans to have the school up and running within 3 to 5 years - but the university needs “significant new investments from the state.”
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Calidad del aire en Maricopa vinculada a problemas de salud https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100223_az_air_quality_esp/calidad-del-aire-en-maricopa-vinculada-problemas-de-salud/
Phoenix fue clasificada como la séptima peor ciudad del país en cuanto a contaminación por partículas y la quinta peor en cuanto a nivel de ozono: mala calidad del aire que ha llevado a un aumento de los problemas de salud, particularmente para las comunidades marginadas.
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'Blessed to have water': Hualapai Tribe praises historic water rights settlement https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100223_hualapai_water/blessed-have-water-hualapai-tribe-praises-historic-water-rights-settlement/
After more than a decade of negotiations, the Hualapai Tribe settled with the federal government and the state of Arizona to provide water to the tribal residents, and establish a trust fund of $312 million that can be used to develop water infrastructure on the Hualapai Nation.
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What Arizona & other drought-ridden states can learn from Israel’s pioneering water strategy https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/100223_drought_lessons_op/what-arizona-other-drought-ridden-states-can-learn-from-israels-pioneering-water-strategy/
Arizona is one of the fastest-growing states in the U.S., but it faces a daunting challenge: a water crisis that could seriously constrain its economic growth and vitality, and Israel’s approach to desalination offers insights that the state would do well to consider.
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‘Praying my health holds out': Many senior citizens expect to die with college loan debts https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/100223_senior_college_debt/praying-my-health-holds-out-many-senior-citizens-expect-die-with-college-loan-debts/
There are now 3.5 million Americans age 60 and older who owe more than $125 billion in student loans, and for three-quarters of federal borrowers 65 and older, it’s money borrowed for their own educations and have been paying off for decades - and the situation is about to get worse.
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Mexican Baseball Fiesta returns to Tucson on Thursday https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/100123_mexican_baseball_fiesta/mexican-baseball-fiesta-returns-tucson-thursday/
The 12th annual Mexican Baseball Fiesta returns Oct. 5 to the Kino Sports Complex, with weekend festivities including double-header games, the UA Wildcats and live entertainment.
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Activists unite to fight maternal mortality post-Roe v. Wade https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/093023_after_roe_mortality/activists-unite-fight-maternal-mortality-post-roe-v-wade/
The U.S. maternal mortality rate is the worst among wealthy nations across the globe - with the rate for Black women far higher than average - and though many fear the problem will worsen in the wake of the reversal of Roe v. Wade, some are working to change the numbers.
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U.S. military firefighters grapple with unknowns of PFAS exposure https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/093023_military_pfas/us-military-firefighters-grapple-with-unknowns-pfas-exposure/
Chemicals used by the military in firefighting foam are suspected to have polluted more than 700 active and former military installations as well as thousands of towns across the U.S., potentially exposing millions of people to long-term health risks.
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Government shutdown nears: U.S. House GOP fails to pass one-month spending plan https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/092923_government_shutdown/government-shutdown-nears-us-house-gop-fails-pass-one-month-spending-plan/
A sweeping government shutdown appeared inevitable on Friday, with the U.S. Senate stuck in a procedural holding pattern on its bipartisan stopgap bill and divided U.S. House Republicans unable to pass their short-term spending bill.
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