Monarch butterfly are back in season in Az, but lower numbers spotted https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/102723_monarch_butterfly_migration/monarch-butterfly-are-back-season-az-but-lower-numbers-spotted/
Fall means the monarch butterfly is back in Arizona. As of this week, the Arizona Monarch Collaborative has cataloged 83 monarch sightings since August of this year, compared with 166 sightings this time last year, said coordinator Irene Dickinson, which can be attributed to a number of environmental factors.
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Convicted felon faces charges for wounding federal agent during drive-by at Tucson convenience store https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/102723_ice_shooter_arrested/convicted-felon-faces-charges-wounding-federal-agent-during-drive-by-tucson-convenience-store/
A 39-year-old Tucson man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly wounding a federal agent during an drive-by shooting on Tucson's Southeast Side last week.
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Politicians love to cite crime data. It’s often wrong. https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/102723_crime_stats/politicians-love-cite-crime-data-its-often-wrong/
Across the country, law enforcement agencies’ inability - or refusal - to send their annual crime data to the FBI has resulted in a distorted picture of the United States’ crime trends, even as some policymakers, knowingly or unknowingly, use those flawed statistics to tout crime trends.
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Eerie similarities between 2001 & 2023 Az Diamondbacks provide World Series intrigue https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/102723_dbacks_series_similarities/eerie-similarities-between-2001-2023-az-diamondbacks-provide-world-series-intrigue/
Although two decades separate both remarkable seasons, there are uncanny similarities between the 2001 World Series champion Arizona Diamondbacks and the current, 2023 underdog Diamondbacks that might prove history does indeed repeat itself.
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Eerie similarities between 2001 & 2023 Arizona Diamondbacks provide extra layers of World Series intrigue https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/102723_dbacks_series_similarities/eerie-similarities-between-2001-2023-arizona-diamondbacks-provide-extra-layers-world-series-intrigue/
Although two decades separate both remarkable seasons, there are uncanny similarities between the 2001 World Series champion Arizona Diamondbacks and the current, 2023 underdog Diamondbacks that might prove history does indeed repeat itself.
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Time to get spooky in Tucson: Halloween roundup https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/102423_halloween_roundup/time-get-spooky-tucson-halloween-roundup/
From spooky to terrifying, here is a list of local Tucson events to go to for a fright.
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Pima men upset by Glendale in penalty kicks in Region I semifinals https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/102523_pcc_mens_soccer/pima-men-upset-by-glendale-penalty-kicks-region-i-semifinals/
The Pima Community College men’s soccer team (12-2-1) took the advantage on two occasions but could not close out Glendale Community College (9-4-3) on Wednesday in the NJCAA Region I, Division II Semifinals.
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Pima volleyball rallies from 0-2 deficit to topple South Mountain in 5 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/102523_pcc_volleyball/pima-volleyball-rallies-from-0-2-deficit-topple-south-mountain-5/
The Pima Community College volleyball team (11-16, 7-8 in ACCAC) earned a big ACCAC conference win on Wednesday at South Mountain Community College (12-15, 7-8).
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Abortions in Arizona plummeted as much as 80% post-Dobbs https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/102723_abortion_rates/abortions-arizona-plummeted-as-much-as-80-post-dobbs/
In the year since the U.S. Supreme Court eliminated the constitutional right to abortion, procedures in Arizona have plummeted as much as 80%, even as nationwide numbers have increased.
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Reversing Trump-era policy, labor board tightens rules around joint employers https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/102723_labor_board_unions/reversing-trump-era-policy-labor-board-tightens-rules-around-joint-employers/
In a victory for unions and many low-wage workers, the National Labor Relations Board on Thursday widened the definition of a "joint employer" to include franchises, as well as companies that use subcontractors to provide the bulk of their workforce.
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Arizona group donating millions of dollars worth of medical aid to civilians caught in Israel-Hamas conflict https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/102723_medical_relief/arizona-group-donating-millions-dollars-worth-medical-aid-civilians-caught-israel-hamas-conflict/
Project C.U.R.E., an organization founded in 1987 in Colorado to address the staggering shortage of medical resources around the world, is sending medical supplies that could provide emergency relief to civilians in the middle of the Israeli-Hamas conflict.
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Feds launch joint operation to stem tide of fentanyl trafficking https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/102723_fentanyl_feds/feds-launch-joint-operation-stem-tide-fentanyl-trafficking/
Customs and Border Protection announced a new joint law enforcement operation Thursday to stem the rise of drug overdose deaths by thwarting the production, distribution and trafficking of fentanyl and other synthetic drugs.
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The full extent of the judicial strategy of Trump’s court whisperer https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/102823_trump_leo_courts/the-full-extent-judicial-strategy-trumps-court-whisperer/
Campaigns for the Wisconsin Supreme Court were crucial skirmishes in conservative strategist Leonard Leo’s decadeslong, ambitious effort to shape American law from the ground up.
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Pima women's soccer's Kyleigh Oliver & Samantha Michel earns All-Conference & All-Region honors https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/102623_pcc_womens_soccer/pima-womens-soccers-kyleigh-oliver-samantha-michel-earns-all-conference-all-region-honors/
Three players from the Pima Community College women’s soccer team earned recognition for their efforts during the 2023 regular season.
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Aztec men's soccer's Pickett, Montealegre & Sanchez earn All-Conference and All-Region honors https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/102623_pcc_mens_soccer/aztec-mens-soccers-pickett-montealegre-sanchez-earn-all-conference-and-all-region-honors/
The Pima Community College men’s soccer team had three players named to the All-ACCAC Conference and All-Region teams.
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Pima volleyball libero Morgan Hains named NJCAA & ACCAC defensive player of the week https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/102623_pcc_volleyball/pima-volleyball-libero-morgan-hains-named-njcaa-accac-defensive-player-week/
Pima Community College volleyballer Morgan Hains (Canyon del Oro HS) earned national recognition for her play during the week of October 15-21.
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The latest on Lewiston, Maine mass shootings https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/102623_maine_shooting/the-latest-lewiston-maine-mass-shootings/
Eighteen people were killed and 13 injured in what was the worst mass shooting incident in Maine history, as a manhunt involving at least 100 law enforcement personnel was underway in Maine Thursday morning.
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‘We won things nobody thought possible’: UAW reaches tentative deal with Ford https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/102623_uaw_strike/we-won-things-nobody-thought-possible-uaw-reaches-tentative-deal-with-ford/
The United Auto Workers said on Wednesday night that the union has a potential deal with Ford Motor Co. to end the strike against the automaker after 41 days on strike against the Detroit Three — which also includes General Motors and Stellantis.
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Arizona lawmakers vote on party lines to elect speaker, get back to work https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/102623_az_speaker_vote/arizona-lawmakers-vote-party-lines-elect-speaker-get-back-work/
Arizona lawmakers voted on party lines Wednesday as the House elected a new speaker, ending three weeks of what one representative called “weeks of political paralysis and dysfunction” in Congress.
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Doctor suing FDA recruited to scientific advisory board to 'repurpose' abortion pill https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/102623_mifepristone_repurpose/doctor-suing-fda-recruited-scientific-advisory-board-repurpose-abortion-pill/
One of the anti-abortion doctors suing the FDA to rescind its approval of a medication abortion regimen on the basis that one of the drugs is dangerous is now consulting on the development of a breast cancer treatment that involves the same drug: mifepristone.
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