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Speaker Johnson ends GOP’s leadership nightmare, could signal bad dreams for House Dems tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
House Republicans surely breathed a sigh of relief Wednesday as the full chamber voted to elect Louisiana Congressman Mike Johnson as House speaker, filling the lower chamber’s top job after three weeks of infighting and uncertainty.

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6 tips to unlocking your pumpkin’s potential (with Arizona stencils) tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Six tips from pumpkin artist Ray Villafane for finding the potential in any Halloween pumpkin carving, and four Arizona-themed Halloween stencils.

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Backpage defense begins its case-in-chief tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Defendants in the federal trial against former executives and employees of Backpage.com began presenting their case-in-chief Tuesday morning, signifying a rough midway point in the projected three-month proceeding.

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Arizona, other states accuse Meta of ‘cultivating addiction’ to social media tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Arizona Attorney Kris Mayes joined 32 other attorneys general in a lawsuit filed against Meta in federal court on Tuesday, saying the company designed Instagram and Facebook to make the social media platforms addictive to children and teens.

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Hate crimes in Arizona dip slightly in 2022, though data is incomplete tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Data from the Arizona Department of Public Safety and the FBI show that hate crimes in Arizona have gone down slightly since 2021, though Black people still are more likely to face a hate crime than any other group, and the data is far from complete.

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Graves scores eventual game-winner as Pima women advance to 4th straight regional soccer final tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College women’s soccer team (8-6-2) kept their season alive on Tuesday in its NJCAA Region I, Division II matchup at Scottsdale Community College (11-5-2).

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Phillies can’t handle magic of Diamondbacks, who advance to World Series tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
Two months ago, the Arizona Diamondbacks were toast, but by Tuesday night, they were the gourmet entree on a menu of postseason brilliance as a 4-2 victory over Philadelphia at Citizens Bank Park in Game 7 of the NLCS secured the franchise’s second trip to the Fall Classic.

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Mike Johnson of Louisiana picked as newest GOP nominee for U.S. House speaker tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
U.S. House Republicans Tuesday voted to tap Louisiana’s Mike Johnson as speaker after the GOP nominee from earlier in the day was tanked, the fourth Republican nominee attempting to break the deadlock in the lower chamber that has been leaderless and frozen for three weeks.

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Arizona border cities struggling – but coping – with ‘street releases’ of migrants tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
More than a month after federal officials began “street releases” of migrants waiting for shelter, Arizona border mayors say their cities are managing to cope with the influx, but may soon be stretched beyond their capacity to help.

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Emmer drops House speaker bid just hours after nomination tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
House Republicans’ latest gambit to fill the vacant speakership was dead before happy hour Tuesday, as Congressman Tom Emmer bowed out of the race just hours after his colleagues voted to nominate him for the lower chamber’s top job.

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‘Scoping’ results show new Colorado River rules will face a range of demands tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A new federal government report shows Colorado River states are aiming to agree on a plan to cut back on water, but remain divided about how to share the shrinking supply among tens of millions across the Southwest.

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Fixes may be coming for 4 of Arizona’s election controversies prior to presidential election tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The governor and secretary of state are crafting proposals to clarify or change how Arizona’s elections are run, but it’s unclear if they will move forward prior to the presidential election, or would be enough to prevent a repeat of the controversies and errors from the midterm.

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Space rocks & asteroid dust are pricey, but aren’t the most expensive materials used in science tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
NASA is collecting materials from asteroids to determine what could be valuable for extraction, and while space rocks and asteroid dust can be pricey, they aren't the most expensive materials used in science.

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U.S. House Republicans mull 8 new candidates for speaker in advance of votes tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
U.S. House Republicans Monday night gathered behind closed doors to hear the pitches of eight candidates for the speaker’s gavel, as the chamber approaches three weeks without a speaker.

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'Not normal at all': Rising temperatures threaten saguaros, other native plants tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Native Arizona plants have adapted over millennia to accommodate the scorching summer highs of the Sonoran Desert, but growing climate change concerns are raising alarms for how well and at what rate these plants will continue to adapt.

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2.47 million migrant encounters at southern border in fiscal 2023 sets record tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A record 2.47 million migrants were stopped at the southern border in fiscal 2023, with the Tucson sector of the border leading the rest of the nation for the third straight month, due to a big jump in Mexican family arrival.

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Trump widens net to dismiss charges; Ellis pleads guilty tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
In three late-night filings, Trump lawyer John Lauro argued that the special counsel's case should be thrown out, as it violates the Constitution, misuses the laws Trump is accused of violating, and is a political prosecution - while another former Trump attorney pleads guilty in Georgia.

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Club sues to ban unstaffed ballot drop boxes in Arizona tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Arizona Free Enterprise Club - dedicated to “taking on the establishment and the radical left” - and a state resident filed suit in Superior Court challenging Secretary of State Adrian Fontes over the use of unstaffed ballot drop boxes in elections across the state.

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Hispanic Chamber: Support Prop. 413 pay increase for mayor & Council for a better Tucson tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
"City Council members earn a meager $24,000 annually, equivalent to just $11.54 per hour; a shocking $2.31 less than minimum wage. Yet, Tucson is one of the 40 largest cities in America and each Council member is charged with representing wards of approximately 90,000 people — a clearly full-time job." — Rob Elias, Tucson Hispanic Chamber

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Sahuarita streamlines worker rules; TUSD updates social media policy tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The Sahuarita Town Council will revise its employee handbook with curious changes to sexual harassment policies. Amphi Superintendent Todd Jaeger will get get a job review. And more in local government meetings around Tucson this week.

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