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Without more oversight on doping, Olympics ‘might not even be there’ in future, gold medal swimmer Michael Phelps warns tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
Swimmer Michael Phelps – the most decorated Olympic athlete in history – pressed Congress to demand an international crackdown on doping amid revelations that 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for a banned substance before the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.

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Supreme Court rules that Idaho hospitals cannot deny abortions in medical emergencies tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Supreme Court will allow Idaho hospital physicians to provide abortions when they are needed in medical emergencies, the court ruled Thursday, a meaningful — if temporary — victory for health care providers.

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Az AG Mayes: Doctors can’t be prosecuted for providing emergency abortions if they act in ‘good faith’ tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona doctors have the final say when deciding if a woman needs an emergency abortion, according to AG Kris Mayes, a decision that comes after a group of Democratic lawmakers called on Mayes to clarify the situations under which medical professionals can offer an abortion.

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Sackler family immunity shield nixed by Supreme Court, thwarting $6 billion opioid settlement tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Supreme Court on Thursday set fire to the Sackler family’s $6 billion opioid settlement, allowing the government to object to the deal over an immunity provision, a ruling the dissent said threw out a critically important tool that bankruptcy courts have come to rely on.

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Delayed Supreme Court ruling makes Trump trial on 2020 charges unlikely before election tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The U.S. Supreme Court has yet to rule on whether presidents enjoy total criminal immunity, delaying one of the most consequential legal decisions in U.S. history and likely closing the door on former President Donald Trump facing his federal election interference trial before November.

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High court limits anti-bribery law for state, local officials tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Supreme Court weakened a federal anti-bribery law, ruling the federal law governing bribes for state or local officials applies only to payments made or promised before an official act is taken — not to those made after an official act, intended as a reward, or “gratuity.”

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Biden pardons LGBTQ service members convicted under defunct military policy tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Joe Biden issued a blanket pardon to LGBTQ service members convicted and discharged from the military under a gay sex ban that has been off the books for more than a decade.

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Az’s medical marijuana market has shrunk to just 1/4 the size of recreational pot sales tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
After a slight uptick in March, the medical marijuana market continued its slow-moving free-fall and has dropped to one-quarter of the size of the adult-use market three years after recreational sales began.

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Homeland Security chief: Tucson migrant encounters drop 45% after Biden asylum order tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Visiting Tucson, Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas said Border Patrol encounters dropped 45 percent in the Tucson Sector since President Biden signed an executive order partially suspending asylum requests when daily unauthorized crossings exceed 2,500 people.

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Supreme Court appears set to allow emergency abortions in Idaho, accidentally posted document suggests tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Supreme Court appears set to allow Idaho physicians to provide abortions when they are needed in medical emergencies, per a version of a court ruling briefly made public Wednesday and reported by Bloomberg.

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Undecided voters are the prize for both Biden & Trump in Thursday debate tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will get a crucial opportunity to reach undecided voters and set the terms for the 2024 presidential campaign at Thursday night’s debate in Atlanta.

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Biden administration wins Supreme Court brawl to fight online misinformation tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Supreme Court said the Biden administration could continue communicating with social media companies, allowing the government to share information with platforms about content it believes is harmful.

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For both sides, abortion policy 2 years after Dobbs decision hinges on November tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Two years after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to an abortion, the battles rage over the future of reproductive rights at the state and federal levels, and groups are working to sway voters in more than a dozen states before the November election.

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Journalism has become ground zero for the vocation crisis tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
This year has been a grim one for journalism, with layoffs and cuts in newsrooms across the U.S., but this reflects a broader problem – namely, the ways that relentless economic pressures are pushing people away from socially important careers.

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Arizona could see return of waitlist for state child care aid tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona lawmakers patched a large part of the multimillion-dollar budget hole left by expiring federal pandemic funds, but the money isn’t enough to guarantee the state will avoid the return of a waitlist for families seeking child care assistance.

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Extreme wildfires have doubled in the last two decades tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
While a number of high profile wildfires in recent years has suggested that global warming has made fire season longer and deadlier, new evidence details how both the frequency and magnitude of extreme wildfires have doubled over the last 20 years.

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Maricopa County assures voters elections are secure following tabulator key theft tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Maricopa County has been scrambling this week to assure voters that its election systems are secure after a temporary worker stole an electronic tabulator key from the county’s Tabulation and Election Center on June 20.

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Tucson ready to warn monsoon drivers with Operation Splash tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Tucson's city Department of Transportation and Mobility is rolling out its annual program to warn drivers away from dips flooded by monsoon rains.

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Poetry Center's social celebrates 6 new murals on Speedway tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
The six muralists will be there to discuss their work in this public event.

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KVOA losing 150+ years of Tucson TV talent: Lupita Murillo to retire as owner Byron Allen slashes ranks tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: About 9 Tucson TV news staffers are being let go by KVOA, including a trio who together have more than 150 years of experience. Reporter Lupita Murillo will soon retire as the station cuts staff, while employees who started at KVOA in 1965 and 1975 are being laid off.

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