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Hobbs: Flags to half-staff to honor Army Special Operations soldier tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Governor Katie Hobbs ordered flags at all state buildings be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset Saturday, Nov. 25, in honor of Sgt. Andrew Southard, of Apache Junction, who was killed in a November 10 helicopter crash during routine flight training in the Mediterranean Sea.

Triumph in Bangkok: Arizona trio win IWBF gold medals, offer fresh perspective on adaptive athletics tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
An Arizona Wildcats trio arrived at the doors of the world-class U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, where their grueling practices culminated in a life-changing training camp and gold medals in Bangkok.

Hellertoon: Black Friday shopping sprint tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Some folks celebrate the day after Thanksgiving with buying a cornucopia of consumer goods. Some stay in for Buy Nothing Day. Others wait for Small Business Saturday, and an increasing number just phone it in.

Why is turkey the main dish on Thanksgiving? tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Almost 9 in 10 Americans eat turkey during Thanksgiving, and it has more to do with how Americans observed the holiday in the late 1800s than which poultry the Pilgrims ate while celebrating their bounty in 1621.

Virginia events 4 months after first Thanksgiving are key chapter in America’s origin tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Remembered and retold as an allegory for perseverance and cooperation, the story of the first Thanksgiving has become an important part of how Americans think about the founding of their country - but what happened four months later is far more reflective of the country’s origins.

What Americans can learn from other cultures about the language of gratitude tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Languages around the world have their own unique words and expressions for saying “thank you,” and these expressions reveal very different assumptions about how human beings relate to one another and about the world we collectively inhabit.

Catch a break during Thanksgiving weekend in Tucson tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Thanksgiving can be overwhelming for many reasons - inexperience in roasting a turkey, ancestral wounds, extended periods of time with family and other stressors. Here are some ways to get a bit of a reprieve.

Reliability v. sustainability: Inside the debate over EPA’s proposed carbon rules tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
New rules proposed by the EPA earlier this year in its latest attempt to regulate the carbon from power plants have drawn fire from some congressional Republicans, grid operators and other regulators.

As more nurse practitioners earn doctorates, physicians push to limit use of ‘Dr.’ honorific tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Under pressure from physicians groups, an increasing number of states are weighing restrictions barring those holding a doctorate of nursing practice degree from using the “Dr.” title in clinical settings, amid a a shortage of doctors and an explosion of nurse practitioners with doctorates.

Unthanksgiving Day: A yearly celebration of Indigenous resistance to colonialism held at Alcatraz tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Each year on the fourth Thursday of November, Indigenous people from diverse tribes and nations gather in San Francisco Bay to mark the Indigenous People’s Thanksgiving Sunrise Ceremony, an annual celebration that spotlights 500 years of Native resistance to colonialism.

Villa Prezelski: Remembering the day Kennedy died tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
On Nov. 22, 1963 I was just couple of months in my freshman year at the University of Arizona. I hung out with about 10 or 12 kids at “our” table in the Student Union. I was sipping on a Coke when Janie came in. Janie was upset. She said that Kennedy had been shot. We didn’t believe her. She repeated the story, begged us to believe her and began to cry. Then we realized what she was saying was true.

Az Supreme Court rejects Kari Lake’s bid to speed appeal of her 2nd trial loss tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Failed Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake - has consistently claimed that she lost her election bid in November 2022 due to fraud and malfeasance - had her request to appeal her election lawsuit directly to the Arizona Supreme Court denied for the second time on Wednesday.

Tucson's first Native American Music & Art Festival takes place day after Thanksgiving tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
The Tucson area's first Native American Music and Art Festival will take place the day after Thanksgiving on the Hotel Congress Plaza.

U.S. citizen sentenced to decade in prison for attempting to smuggle 1.6M fentanyl pills through Nogales tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A 40-year-old man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for attempting to smuggle around 110 pounds of fentanyl through the Mariposa border crossing in Nogales last December.

Israel & Hamas agree to temporary cease-fire, hostage release deal tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Israel and Hamas have reached a deal for a short-term humanitarian ceasefire that will allow the release of some hostages and increase humanitarian aid into the besieged Gaza Strip.

Kick it to the court: Tucson Council may have found a way forward on Prop. 413 recount tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Th Tucson City Council voted unanimously to certify the 2023 election canvass and take a step that maybe, possibly could lead to a recount of Prop. 413, which was approved by 289 votes. At least we think it was.

Human smuggling recruiter sentenced to one year, one day tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A 22-year-old woman was sentenced to a year and one day in prison earlier this month for recruiting and managing drivers who worked to smuggle people into the U.S.

U.S. citizen sentenced to decade in prison for attempting to smuggle 1.6 M fentanyl pills through Nogales tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A 40-year-old man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for attempting to smuggle around 110 pounds of fentanyl through the Mariposa border crossing in Nogales last December.

U.S. citizen sentenced to decade in prison for attempting to smuggle 1.6 M fentanyl pills through Nogales tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A 40-year-old man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for attempting to smuggle around 110 pounds of fentanyl through the Mariposa border crossing in Nogales last December.

How U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson helped derail a fight against election lies tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Louisiana Republican U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson has been a leader in putting the Biden administration on the defensive over its efforts to combat online disinformation, and his efforts have largely succeeded.

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