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Arizona & other states join Biden administration in bid to modernize nation’s aging grid tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Twenty-one states including Arizona are joining a push by the Biden administration to modernize America’s aging electric grid, which is under pressure from growing demand, a changing power generation mix that includes lots of wind and solar and severe weather.

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Chief Justice Roberts refuses to meet with lawmakers amid flag controversy tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Chief Justice Roberts declined to meet with Senate Democrats about flags used by far-right political activists flown outside Justice Alito’s residences after claims the new Supreme Court ethics code required Alito to recuse from any cases related to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

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Trump’s prosecution is unprecedented in U.S. – but other countries have prosecuted former leaders tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
While charging a former president with criminal offenses was a first in the United States with former President Donald Trump, in other countries ex-leaders are routinely investigated, prosecuted and even jailed.

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Capitol police officers who battled Trump-backing insurrectionists stumped for Biden in Phoenix tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Two former U.S. Capitol Police officers who carry with them physical and mental reminders of the violence they encountered at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 stopped in Phoenix Thursday to campaign for President Joe Biden.

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Donald Trump and the Upcoming Detention tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Heading to the clink is an unappealing prospect, but there's a solid chance that's where failed casino operator Donald Trump will end up, when he's sentenced in July on 34 felony counts by a New York judge.

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‘He loved being Bill Walton’: Celebrating the life & legacy of a basketball icon, beloved broadcaster tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
As the University of Arizona’s Pac-12 baseball title last Saturday night marked the final event in the conference’s current iteration, Monday’s passing of basketball legend Bill Walton signaled a true end of an era.

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Will women voters care about Trump’s conviction? tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Donald Trump was found guilty in a first-of-its-kind criminal trial of a former U.S. president that put a spotlight on an attempt to falsify business records, keep secret an adult film actor’s story of an affair and change the outcome of an election - but will women voters care?

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After grilling an NIH scientist over COVID emails, Congress turns to Anthony Fauci tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Former National Institutes of Health official Anthony Fauci has faced many hostile questions from members of Congress, but when he appears before a House panel on Monday, he’ll have something new to answer for: a trove of incendiary emails written by one of his closest advisers.

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Trump found guilty: 5 key aspects of the trial explained by a law professor tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Former President Donald Trump was convicted on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in New York, a sentencing hearing is set for July 11, and Trump’s legal team will likely appeal the verdict - so what does this mean and what comes next?

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Trump found guilty on all 34 felony counts in NY hush money trial tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Updated: Jurors in New York state court on Thursday found Donald Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to cover up hush money payments to a porn star ultimately to influence the outcome of the 2016 presidential election.

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Trump found guilty on all 34 felony counts in NY hush money trial tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Jurors in New York state court on Thursday found Donald Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to cover up hush money payments to a porn star ultimately to influence the outcome of the 2016 presidential election.

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Supreme Court: Arizona can execute Danny Lee Jones despite attorney errors tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Supreme Court on Thursday overturned an appeals court ruling giving Danny Lee Jones a new sentencing hearing, finding that attorney errors did not warrant a second shot at avoiding the death penalty.

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Navajo Nation president denies alleged sexual misconduct tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren addressed sexual harassment allegations made by Navajo Nation Vice President Richelle Montoya, disputing Montoya’s allegation that he sexually harassed her during a staff meeting in August 2023.

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Arizona governor vetoes bill criminalizing AI deepfakes tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed a bill that would establish criminal penalties for the creation and distribution of artificial intelligence-generated deepfakes, instead urging the state Senate to send her another bill she says “significantly overlaps with” the vetoed bill’s intent.

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Maricopa County conducts mock election to prepare for two-page ballot tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Maricopa County held a mock election Wednesday to prepare poll workers and election officials for the upcoming November election to learn what challenges they’ll face with processing and counting ballots that will be two pages long.

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FactCheck: Lake ad makes misleading claim about Gallego & noncitizen voting tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
In a campaign ad attacking Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego, Arizona Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake misleadingly claims that the congressman “supports … allowing illegals to vote.”

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Justice Alito rebuffs recusal calls in Jan. 6 cases tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Justice Samuel Alito rejected calls to recuse from cases tied to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, claiming that flags used by far-right political activists flown outside his homes did not warrant stepping away from two upcoming rulings.

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Old Pueblo Derby: FC Tucson defeats RSL Southern Arizona in first all-local women's league contest tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
FC Tucson and RSL Southern Arizona faced off in a match at Tucson High School on Wednesday night. This was the first time a WPSL contest was between two teams from Tucson. It ended in a 5-0 victory for FC Tucson.

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Mark Kelly pledges to codify Roe abortion rights tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
U.S. Senator Mark Kelly wants to codify abortion rights at the federal level to stabilize the procedure’s constantly changing legality in Arizona, and vowed to look into the possibility of enshrining Roe v. Wade into federal law.

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Az public school advocates demand voucher reform amid $1 billion deficit tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona public school advocates are demanding that private school voucher reform be included in the state budget, as the governor and legislative leaders work behind the scenes to deal with a $1.3 billion deficit and a looming deadline to balance it.

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