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Photos: Tucson food fest kicks off summer with creative vegan bites & bold flavors tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
This month's Tucson Vegan Night Market brought together more than 60 vendors ranging from food trucks to tattoo shops on its second night of the year.

“The intern in charge”: Meet the 22-year-old Trump’s team picked to lead terrorism prevention tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is now the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating violent extremism.

Months after detaining people accused of being Tren de Aragua, authorities offer no evidence of gang ties tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Texas and federal authorities apprehended 47 people, including nine minors, they were members and associates of Tren de Aragua, a violent gang - but two months later, authorities have yet to provide any evidence that the more than three dozen people have connections to the gang.

Long-thwarted efforts to sell public lands see new life under Trump tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Some conservatives in Western states have complained for decades that the feds control too much of the land within their borders, and they see a long-awaited opportunity in a Trump administration that’s sympathetic to their cause.

Soccer: FC Tucson men keep up winning streak against AMSG FC tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
FC Tucson earned an emphatic 4-0 victory Saturday against ASMG, keeping the local soccer side atop the Southwest Division table.

Niña Guatemalteca de 16 que murió en el desierto de Az en 2008 fue finalmente identificada tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Con 16 años, María Eluvia Méndez Morales de Guatemala murió a cerca de 10 millas de Sells en el desierto de la nación Tohono O’Odham en el verano del 2008, pero nadie podía confirmar quien era. Diecisiete años después, investigadores finalmente identificaron el resto de Morales con la ayuda de las redes sociales.

16-year-old Guatemalan girl who died in Az desert in 2008 finally identified tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
16-year-old Maria Eluvia Mendez Morales of Guatemala died about 10 miles from Sells in the desert of the Tohono O'Odham Nation in the summer of 2008, but no one could confirm who she was. Seventeen years later, investigators finally identified Morales' remains with the help of social media.

Once by his side, Gallego gets pushback from LGBTQ+ organizations tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Recent comments by Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego expressing support for transgender youth but not for full participation in sports represent a marked shift from his previous positions, and his supporters say it’s unclear where the senator stands on civil rights for transgender people.

Can learning from past policy save future users of the Colorado River? tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Several key agreements adapting the century-old Colorado River Compact to the aridifying region’s ever-decreasing water availability are set to expire next year, with no replacement plans in sight.

Antisemitism in Education Act passes Arizona House & Senate, moves to Governor’s office tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Arizona House of Representatives passed a final version of the Antisemitism in Education Act, the last hurdle it faced before going to the Governor’s Office for approval - though critics raised free speech concerns, and expressed that “antisemitism” is poorly defined .

UA Indigenous students oppose cultural center restructuring, termination of director tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A group of Native students at the University of Arizona say that the administration has just eliminated one of the rare spaces where they felt safe, connected and welcome on campus.

Congressional Hispanic Caucus to keep pressure on immigration detention following arrests tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus pledged to make more visits to immigration detention centers across the country to carry out oversight of the Trump administration’s crackdown.

Judge orders Trump administration to restore AmeriCorps services in 24 states tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to restore hundreds of millions of dollars in AmeriCorps grant funding and thousands of service members in two dozen states - including Arizona - and Washington, D.C.

Immigration surge cost state, local governments $9 billion in 2023, nonpartisan CBO says tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
According to a report the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, the increase in immigration starting in 2021 brought extra revenue to states and local governments, but the cost of services for those newly arrived migrants was greater, leading to a net cost of $9.2 billion in 2023.

D-Day: 5 facts to know tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
June 6, 1944, marked the first day of the the Normandy landings during WWII. While this day will forever be marked in history, there are a few facts that go unnoticed.

Soviet media downplayed significance of D-Day invasion tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
As nations commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day this year, Russian President Vladimir Putin again will not attend, this time because of the war he has waged in Ukraine - but it’s worth recalling the actual history of how Soviet media reported on the Normandy invasion.

A jacket, a coin, a letter − relics of Omaha Beach battle tell story of D-Day 80 years later tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Within the military collections of the National Museum of American History, several artifacts collected over the decades help tell the story of Omaha Beach and the invasion landings on D-Day.

Pima County's RTA Board fires longtime executive director Moghimi tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Regional Transportation Authority Board of Directors fired Executive Director Farhad Moghimi during a Thursday afternoon meeting, as Tucson, Pima County and Native leaders outvoted suburban town representatives.

Dear city of Tucson: Let Wadsack's federal case continue; the truth requires it tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Any time democracy's defenders can put MAGA in a witness chair, do it. It's the funny green rock that takes away their superpower, which is to lie without repercussions.

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