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McCarthy abandons another bid for U.S. House speaker, votes on spending bills canceled tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
California Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy announced Tuesday evening he will not try to become speaker for a second time, ending his tenure holding the gavel after eight GOP lawmakers and Democrats voted to remove him from leadership.

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Biggs, Crane join other right-wing Republicans in historic vote to oust McCarthy as speaker tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Dissident Republicans in the U.S. House voted with Democrats on Tuesday to oust Kevin McCarthy as speaker, a historic move that came just nine months after he secured the gavel following days of negotiating with the GOP’s right flank and 15 rounds of voting.

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UA's Manuel Muñoz wins MacArthur 'genius grant' for fiction writing tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
A University of Arizona professor of English has been tapped for the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship program — known as a "genius grant." Manuel Muñoz was recognized for his fiction that depicts "with empathy and nuance the Mexican American communities of California’s Central Valley."

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A men’s movement takes the reins in a nationwide quest to end abortion tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Overwhelmingly, men are driving the quest to restrict and remove women’s reproductive rights in as many states as possible, and a more extremist male-dominated faction has risen up who are finding support in conservative churches and among conservative Christian lawmakers.

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Americans give nursing homes a D+ grade for quality of care tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Americans give nursing homes an average D+ grade for quality of care, and as many adults say they would be somewhat or very uncomfortable living in a nursing facility, more women than men cited personal safety as a major concern.

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Forest Service will ignite prescribed burns on Mt. Lemmon starting Oct. 20 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Federal and state officials will begin a series of prescribed burns in mid-October on Mt. Lemmon near Summerhaven to "restore healthy and resilient forest conditions, the U.S. Forest Service announced.

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How the seeds for 'High Times' magazine were planted in Phoenix tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Author Sean Howe discusses his new biography of Arizona-born Thomas King Forçade, founder of the legendary marijuana publication "High Times" and a legendary counterculture figure.

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Recalling the days when Phoenix cops cracked down on the underground press tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
An excerpt from the new biography "Agent of Chaos: Thomas King Forçade, High Times, and the Paranoid End of the 1970s," about the founder of the marijuana-themed counterculture magazine and head of the Underground Press Syndicate, who grew up in Phoenix.

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Kari Lake, who falsely claims she’s the 'lawful governor' of AZ, files to run for U.S. Senate tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Kari Lake has filed paperwork to begin a run for U.S. Senate in 2024, even as she contends she was actually elected Arizona's governor in 2022 and continues to wage a legal battle seeking to throw out her loss to Katie Hobbs.

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Kari Lake, who falsely claims she’s the 'lawful governor' of AZ, files to run for U.S. Senate tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Kari Lake has filed paperwork to begin a run for U.S. Senate in 2024, even as she contends she was actually elected Arizona's governor in 2022 and continues to wage a legal battle seeking to throw out her loss to Katie Hobbs.

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Pima County agrees to 'pass-through' nearly $7.5M in federal funding to local migrant shelters tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
While federal officials continue to release migrants in Southern Arizona, the Pima County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to fund shelter spaces despite objections from Supervisors Sharon Bronson and Steve Christy.

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Biden touts blue-collar roots in latest Arizona ad tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Biden campaign today is launching a new TV ad in Arizona and other battleground states that spotlights how the president's agenda is lowering costs for America's middle class.

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Biden touts blue-collar roots in latest AZ ad tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Biden campaign today is launching a new TV ad in Arizona and other battleground states that spotlights how the president's agenda is lowering costs for America's middle class.

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Supreme Court to hear appeal over expert testimony in Yuma drug case tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Supreme Court will hear the appeal of an Arizona man who said his right to confront his accuser was violated when the expert witness who tested the drugs in his case was replaced by another expert.

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Az veterans, state agencies battle over bingo machines deemed illegal under state gambling laws tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona veterans groups say state agencies are unfairly cracking down on electronic bingo cards, while state agencies say agents are only conducting inspections to prevent the use of illegal bingo machines.

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Council may seek solar microgrid for Midtown Tucson, Oro Valley's 50th birthday party set tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The Council's study session will include interlocking discussions about climate, transit and transportation. Plus, Pima supervisors to discuss the sexual assault of a deputy, and more from local government meetings around Tucson.

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Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month in Tucson tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Hispanic Heritage Month has begun and Tucson — with a population that's nearly 45 percent Hispanic — has a wealth of opportunities to celebrate this major part of our community.

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America’s state supreme courts don’t look like America tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
America’s state supreme courts have become less — not more — reflective of the nation’s racial and ethnic makeup, a lack of representation is especially acute for Latinos, who make up just 5% of state high court justices in 2023 — despite accounting for 19% of the U.S. population.

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Shrinking number of primary care physicians reaching a tipping point tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The percentage of U.S. doctors in adult primary care has been declining for years and is now about 25% — a tipping point beyond which many Americans won’t be able to find a family doctor at all.

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Az spent $2.1 million on golf, Super Bowl tickets to woo CEOs. That may be unconstitutional tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
State auditors say the Arizona Commerce Authority spent $2.4 million on travel, luxury hotel rooms, alcohol and tickets to events — including Super Bowl LVII and the Waste Management Phoenix Open — in an effort to woo CEOs to relocate or expand their companies to Arizona.

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