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Junk food & drug use cut into life expectancy gains for states tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
After large drops during the pandemic, life expectancy in the United States should recover to 2019 levels this year nationally and in 26 states — but not as fast as it should compared with similar countries.

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Experts: Camping bans after Supreme Court ruling could worsen homelessness tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
With homelessness rising, driven by the lack of affordable housing, low wages, and limited access to social services among other factors, the court decision to criminalize those experiencing homelessness stands to worsen an issue that has become more politicized in recent years.

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Catalina State Park hosting annual New Year's Day hike tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona State Parks and Trails is hosting a New Year’s Day hike in Catalina State Park for those looking for a tranquil start to 2025.

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Retailers that make it harder to return stuff face backlash from their customers tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Making it harder and more costly to return stuff could drive some shoppers away, but communicating return policy changes directly with customers can help prevent or reduce backlash against retailers.

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Three, two, one - Happy New Year, Tucson! tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Almost every bar and nightclub in Tucson will host a New Year's Eve shindig. And while all that's fun, here are some events that are suitable for the whole family.

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New shoplifting data explains why they’re locking up toothpaste tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Since 2020, when viral videos of smash-and-grab robberies flooded social media during the COVID-19 pandemic, many Americans have expressed fears that crime is out of control, and the sharp rise in retail theft in recent years has made shoplifting a hot-button issue.

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Nonviolent felon protected by 2nd Amendment, 3rd Circuit rules tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A nonviolent conviction from the mid-1990s shouldn't interfere with a Delaware man's right to arm himself, the Third Circuit ruled en banc, doubling down on a previous finding that was vacated by the U.S. Supreme Court.

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New 22nd Street bridge among Tucson’s major transportation projects in 2025 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The city of Tucson will start work on a new 22nd Street bridge over the Union Pacific railroad tracks and complete a Downtown tunnel under the UP tracks next year. Other major 2025 projects include continuing work on Grant and Valencia roads as well as repaving residential roads.

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How a decades-old loophole lets billionaires avoid Medicare taxes tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
For most working Americans, paying their share of the taxes that fund Medicare is an unavoidable fact of life, but not on Wall Street, where some of the most powerful people in finance found a way to opt out.

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Mobile clinics bring health care to underserved communities in Arizona tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
In Arizona, 12.4% of residents live in poverty, and 12.1% of people under 65 lack health insurance, and mobile health clinics are helping to bridge the gap by providing essential care to underserved communities.

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Apprenticeships are a trending alternative to college — but there’s a hitch tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
There is a big hitch in the movement for apprenticeships, even as they’re being pushed by policymakers and politicians of all stripes and expanded beyond the trades to jobs in tech and other industries: Demand for apprenticeships is outpacing their availability.

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Sun Tran wants comments on Tucson transit app tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Sun Tran is asking Tucson bus and street car riders to help develop a new transit app by participating in a survey through January 15.

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It's still Christmas but not for long: Recycle holiday trees at these Tucson area spots tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Those in a hurry to get their Christmas trees out of their house and turn them into compost are in luck. The area's TreeCycle program begins Thursday, Dec. 26 and lasts until Monday, Jan. 20, 2025.

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Tucson’s lost baseball legacy: A city fights for a future in America’s pastime tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
Today, the Kino Sports Complex hosts a variety of sports, entertainment and cultural events, but MLB’s absence has left a noticeable void in Tucson’s sports landscape.

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Saguaro National Park holds annual holiday caravan Dec. 27 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Saguaro National Park East is hosting annual holiday-themed guided driving tours on the night of Dec. 27.

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City of Tucson awarded $11.5M HUD grant to refurbish mobile homes tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The city of Tucson was awarded an $11.5 million grant for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to provide financial assistance for moderate- and low-income households living in manufactured housing, local officials announced last week.

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At Hanukkah, a celebration of eternal light − from the desert tabernacle to synagogues today tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Appearing in Jewish art from antiquity until today, the ever-burning, seven-branched candelabra symbolized the permanence of the people of Israel’s connection to God, and God’s continual presence among the Jewish people. And so it is with the Ner Tamid in synagogues today.

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Happy holidays, Merry Christmas & Happy New Year from the Tucson Sentinel! tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Whether you celebrate a specific holiday or prefer to mark the longer nights and (somewhat) chillier days of winter in some other way, as we near the end of the year, you have the best wishes of all of us at the Tucson Sentinel.

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Tucson books of the year tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Tucson authors wrote about their families, local history, music, the borderlands and wizards in 2024

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CDC hasn’t asked states to track deaths linked to abortion bans tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Joe Biden in 2022 issued an executive order tasking the federal government with assessing the “devastating implications for women’s health“ of new state abortion bans, but the CDC has not pushed state committees to examine the role new abortion laws have played.

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