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In swing states that once went for Trump, unions organize to prevent a repeat tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
As the Nov. 5 presidential election nears, both parties are counting on union workers to deliver voters, particularly in the swing states of Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, where unions have remained an influential bloc, even as their strength has declined over the decades.

Social isolation could be a factor in why more older men are dying from extreme heat tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Researchers largely agree that women are more susceptible to heat-related deaths - except in the United States, where older men are dying at far greater numbers than women across the country due to extreme heat, and social isolation might impact heat deaths.

Changing demographics & the political calculus of anti-immigrant rhetoric in swing states tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris offer starkly different plans for the future of the 11 million people who live in the United States without legal status, following heightened political rhetoric and a record-breaking number of unlawful border crossings in 2023.

Changing demographics and the political calculus of anti-immigrant rhetoric in swing states tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris offer starkly different plans for the future of the 11 million people who live in the United States without legal status, following heightened political rhetoric and a record-breaking number of unlawful border crossings in 2023.

Iowa asks federal court to allow enforcement of its immigration law tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Iowa should be allowed to enforce its law criminalizing reentry of previously removed or excluded immigrants, the state argued before an Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel, after a district judge temporarily blocked enforcement of the law that was set to go into effect July 1.

Taxes: Where do Trump & Harris stand? tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
With the clock ticking on former President Donald Trump’s signature 2017 tax law, and high housing, food and child care costs darkening Americans’ mood, tax cuts have become the star of the 2024 presidential contest between Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.

Prosecution rests in fundamentalist Mormon child sex abuse trial tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The prosecution in the federal trial against two Arizona men accused of aiding and abetting a child sex abuse ring within a fundamentalist Mormon sect rested its case, closing with a witness who says she was raped by one of the two defendants when she was 13 years old.

Local baseball community honors late Rich Alday in golf tournament to support Pima baseball tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
While Pima County Hall of Famer Rich Alday died in 2021, his legacy still lives through his numerous accolades and the Rich Alday Memorial Golf Tournament, which held its fourth annual event last Saturday at El Rio Golf Course to raise funds for the upcoming baseball season.

Arizona voters concerned about climate change, but Harris & Trump both support some fossil fuels tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Heat, wildfires and less rainfall are among the risks of climate change in Arizona, and some voters are looking to the November election for climate action, but it's hard to define how Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump plan to take on these challenges.

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