Utah horseman rode 6,000 miles through 25 states to spotlight wild horse crisis https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/010525_wild_horses/utah-horseman-rode-6000-miles-through-25-states-spotlight-wild-horse-crisis/
Utah horseman Jake Harvath rode 6,000 miles through 25 states on his mustangs to spotlight the wild horse crisis and how grazing, population growth and development pressures have made life increasingly difficult for these animals.
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How Trump nominees could make Project 2025 a reality https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/010525_trump_nominees/how-trump-nominees-could-make-project-2025-reality/
Republican President-elect Donald Trump spent the closing months of his campaign trying to distance himself from a blueprint for his second term known as Project 2025 - and then picked major architects of the Heritage Foundation’s vision for key posts in his next administration.
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Second unit sparks 20-0 run as Pima men's basketball moves to 16-0 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/010425_pcc_mens_basketball/second-unit-sparks-20-0-run-as-pima-mens-basketball-moves-16-0/
The Pima Community College men’s basketball team (16-0) played their first game of 2025 on Saturday against PHH Prep at the West Campus Aztec Gymnasium.
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Az Health Dep't launches new website for state-wide health data https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/010325_az_health_portal/az-health-dept-launches-new-website-state-wide-health-data/
The Arizona Department of Health Services launched a new website this week designed to act as a "comprehensive platform" for data collected by state officials.
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Deadline for feedback on city's 'Plan Tucson 2025' extended until Jan. 31 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/010325_plan_tucson_feedback/deadline-feedback-citys-plan-tucson-2025-extended-until-jan-31/
The city of Tucson has extended the deadline to provide feedback on a preliminary draft of the "Plan Tucson" 2025 General Plan Update until Jan. 31 at 5 p.m.
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Johnson clinches House speakership after nail-biting ballot https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/010325_johnson_speaker/johnson-clinches-house-speakership-after-nail-biting-ballot/
House Speaker Mike Johnson narrowly survived a drawn-out leadership battle on the House floor Friday afternoon, as he secured enough Republican support to remain the lower chamber’s top lawmaker.
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Az appeals court: Refusal to certify election results not protected by legislative immunity https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/010325_crosby_immunity/az-appeals-court-refusal-certify-election-results-not-protected-by-legislative-immunity/
Cochise County Supervisor Tom Crosby was not protected by legislative immunity when he delayed certification of the 2022 midterm election, an Arizona appeals court ruled earlier this week, upholding a ruling by a lower court.
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Apple to pay $95 million in settlement over Siri eavesdropping https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/010325_siri_eavesdropping/apple-pay-95-million-settlement-over-siri-eavesdropping/
Apple agreed to pay $95 million to settle a class action accusing the tech company of eavesdropping on users who accidentally activated the virtual assistant Siri on their iPhones and other Apple devices.
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Biden blocks deal to sell U.S. Steel, saying it should be domestically owned & operated https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/010325_biden_steel/biden-blocks-deal-sell-us-steel-saying-it-should-domestically-owned-operated/
President Joe Biden announced he will block the sale of U.S. Steel to the Japanese company Nippon Steel, in one of the last acts of his presidency stating the company should remain a domestically owned and operated company.
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Digital license plates used in Az vulnerable to hacking, researchers find https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/010325_hacking_plates/digital-license-plates-used-az-vulnerable-hacking-researchers-find/
Security researchers have uncovered an exploit that allows a person to hack the digital license plates that Arizona allows drivers to use, creating an avenue for bad actors to change the license plate number.
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Appeals court: Refusal to certify election results not protected by legislative immunity https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/010325_crosby_immunity/appeals-court-refusal-certify-election-results-not-protected-by-legislative-immunity/
Cochise County Supervisor Tom Crosby was not protected by legislative immunity when he delayed certification of the 2022 midterm election, an Arizona appeals court ruled earlier this week, upholding a ruling by a lower court.
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New Orleans attack prompts tighter security in D.C. ahead of inauguration, Carter funeral https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/010325_washington_security/new-orleans-attack-prompts-tighter-security-dc-ahead-inauguration-carter-funeral/
Law enforcement agencies in the nation’s capital were closely monitoring security following a terrorist attack in New Orleans and a vehicle explosion outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas.
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Democrats object to Trump’s expected pardons of Jan. 6 defendants https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/010325_jan_6_pardons/democrats-object-trumps-expected-pardons-jan-6-defendants/
Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin urged Americans to demand President-elect Donald Trump justify each Jan. 6 defendant pardon if he issues them on his “first day” in office - as promised - after more than 140 police officers were assaulted during the attack.
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Faced with Trump’s tariffs, Mexico weighing retaliatory options https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/010325_mexico_trump_op/faced-with-trumps-tariffs-mexico-weighing-retaliatory-options/
Donald Trump has made clear his intent to supercharge his “America First” approach to foreign policy in his second term – and Mexico looks set to be at the tip of the spear, but Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has already signaled how she may counter Trump’s policies.
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Appeals panel scraps net neutrality rules with first opinion of new year https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/010325_net_neutrality/appeals-panel-scraps-net-neutrality-rules-with-first-opinion-new-year/
High-speed internet providers do not provide telecommunications services as defined by federal law and the Federal Communications Commission cannot regulate them as such, a decision that comes after numerous broadband trade associations challenged the "open internet" order.
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Her mental health treatment was helping. That’s why insurance cut off her coverage. https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/010325_mental_health_coverage/her-mental-health-treatment-was-helping-thats-why-insurance-cut-off-her-coverage/
Providers, patients and even some federal judges say progress-based insurance denials harm patients at key moments of mental health treatment.
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Fimbres won't seek 5th term on Tucson City Council https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/010325_tucson_council/fimbres-wont-seek-5th-term-tucson-city-council/
Tucson City Councilman Richard Fimbres will not seek reelection this year to his Ward 5 seat. With another open seat in Ward 6, only a single incumbent could potentially be returned to office this year.
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Ruben Gallego, Arizona’s first U.S. Latino senator, to be sworn into office Friday https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/010325_gallego_senate/ruben-gallego-arizonas-first-us-latino-senator-sworn-into-office-friday/
Democrat Ruben Gallego will be sworn into office Friday as Arizona’s first Latino U.S. senator. Gallego, who served for a decade in the House, replaces Kyrsten Sinema, who did not seek reelection.
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Az grants air quality permit to Copper World mine project, Enviro group calls it 'dangerous gift' https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/010225_copper_world_permit/az-grants-air-quality-permit-copper-world-mine-project-enviro-group-calls-it-dangerous-gift/
Arizona granted an air quality permit to the Copper World project on Thursday, clearing a hurdle for the controversial open-pit mine about 30 miles southwest of Tucson. The Center for Biological Diversity called the decision "another dangerous gift to the mining industry."
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It's still Christmas but not for long: Recycle holiday trees at these Tucson-area spots https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/122624_treecycle/its-still-christmas-but-not-long-recycle-holiday-trees-these-tucson-area-spots/
Updated: 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 began Thursday, Dec. 26 and lasts until Monday, Jan. 20, 2025.
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