Biden signs bill expanding Social Security benefits for retired teachers, public employees https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/010625_biden_social_security/biden-signs-bill-expanding-social-security-benefits-retired-teachers-public-employees/
President Joe Biden has expanded Social Security benefits for more than 2 million Americans by signing broadly bipartisan legislation that Congress approved late last year.
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Ex-Pima deputy admin Garcia tapped to serve as right hand for UA president https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/010625_garcia_ua/ex-pima-deputy-admin-garcia-tapped-serve-as-right-hand-ua-president/
Dr. Francisco Garcia will serve as the chief of staff for University of Arizona President Suresh Garimella, UA officials said Monday.
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America’s 250th birthday prompts rethinking of historical markers https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/010525_historical_markers/americas-250th-birthday-prompts-rethinking-historical-markers/
As the United States prepares to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in 2026, renewed interest in the accuracy of the nation’s historical markers is part of a discourse over who or what belongs on a pedestal or a bronze plaque.
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Donald Trump demands not to be sentenced on Jan. 10 in hush money case https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/010625_trump_appeal/donald-trump-demands-not-sentenced-jan-10-hush-money-case/
President-elect Donald Trump is demanding that a judge suspend his upcoming sentencing in his New York hush money case, according to a motion penned by his legal team over the weekend.
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Kick off the new year in Tucson by disposing of household hazardous waste https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/010625_hazwaste_collection/kick-off-new-year-tucson-by-disposing-household-hazardous-waste/
Get rid of your old paint, computers and sensitive documents this Saturday at the city of Tucson’s monthly household hazardous waste collection event.
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Biden to ban future offshore drilling across more than 600 million acres https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/010625_offshore_drilling/biden-ban-future-offshore-drilling-across-more-than-600-million-acres/
With just two weeks left in his presidency, Joe Biden will prohibit future oil and gas drilling off the entire East and West coasts, the eastern Gulf of Mexico and the remaining portions of Alaska’s Northern Bering Sea.
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Ruben Gallego, Az’s first Latino senator, says there’s room to work with Trump on border security https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/010625_gallego_border/ruben-gallego-azs-first-latino-senator-says-theres-room-work-with-trump-border-security/
Arizona’s first Latino U.S. senator, Ruben Gallego, says he’s willing to work with Donald Trump’s administration on border security, echoing the Democratic Party line of tentative cooperation that emerged after an election marked by Republican wins and voter concerns over immigration.
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Restitution claims foggy in Backpage case https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/010625_backpage_restitution/restitution-claims-foggy-backpage-case/
A federal judge says she doesn’t have enough facts to grant restitution to 12 women who were sex trafficked as minors on the classified advertising website Backpage.com between 2014 and 2016.
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New Orleans attacker’s apparent loyalty to IS group highlights threat of lone wolf terrorism https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/010625_lone_wolf_terrorism_op/new-orleans-attackers-apparent-loyalty-is-group-highlights-threat-lone-wolf-terrorism/
With lost territory in the Middle East, the Islamic State group has sought to exploit personal grievances, mental health struggles and ideological vulnerabilities, transforming isolated individuals in the West into deadly instruments of violence.
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Trump to face hush money sentencing on Jan. 10 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/010625_trump_sentencing/trump-face-hush-money-sentencing-jan-10/
President-elect Donald Trump will be sentenced in his hush money case, where the jury verdict that found the former and soon-to-be-president guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, on Jan. 10, just 10 days before his inauguration.
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How Trump's nominees could make Project 2025 a reality https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/010525_trump_nominees/how-trumps-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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America’s 250th birthday prompts rethinking of historical markers https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/010525_historial_markers/americas-250th-birthday-prompts-rethinking-historical-markers/
As the United States prepares to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in 2026, renewed interest in the accuracy of the nation’s historical markers is part of a discourse over who or what belongs on a pedestal or a bronze plaque.
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Former Pima baseball coach Rich Alday named to ABCA Hall of Fame https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/010425_pcc_baseball/former-pima-baseball-coach-rich-alday-named-abca-hall-fame/
Former Pima Community College baseball coach Rich Alday, who coached the Aztecs from 1974-1989 and 2018, was selected to the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame Class of 2025.
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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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