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Hundreds evacuated as wildfire near Navajo Nation capital grows to over 6,500 acres tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Hundreds of residents in several communities on the Navajo Nation are under evacuation orders as the Oak Ridge Fire burns with zero containment near Window Rock.

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Tucson Councilmembers: UA's merging of cultural centers betrays mission & people tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
"The University of Arizona’s recent decision to consolidate its seven cultural and identity-based centers into a single “multicultural hub” is not just a bureaucratic restructuring—it is an erasure." — Councilmembers Lane Santa Cruz & Rocque Perez

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U.S. Senate launches debate on GOP mega-bill, but passage still not assured tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The U.S. Senate began floor debate on Republicans’ “big, beautiful bill” Sunday afternoon, though there are several steps to go before the legislation can become law, and any one of those could lead to additional GOP opposition — potentially dooming the measure.

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Kristi Noem secretly took a cut of political donations tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
In 2023, while Kristi Noem was governor of South Dakota, she supplemented her income by secretly accepting a cut of the money she raised for a nonprofit that promotes her political career.

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Tucson's Ward 6 candidates to meet in Tuesday forum tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A roundup of upcoming Tucson-area political events: Ward 6 hopefuls make their case at League of Women Voters of Greater Tucson event; Request your CD7 early ballot by July 7; Voter registration deadline for City of Tucson primary election looms; Sentinel team on the airwaves & more

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Oak Ridge Fire burning on Navajo Nation grows to 6,300 acres tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A wildfire that erupted over the weekend on the Navajo Nation near the New Mexico border has grown to more than 6,200 acres, the biggest on the Navajo Nation since June 2020.

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Feds ordered to stop deporting asylum seekers involved in family separation settlement tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The federal government can’t deport thousands of asylum seekers involved in a suit that ended President Trump's family separation policy as the parties continue to litigate how, or if, the government will comply with a settlement finalized back in 2023.

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Medicaid is a lifeline for Arizonans: Az reps must vote no on cuts tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
As longtime advocates for people with disabilities, the ACLU of Arizona and Disability Rights Arizona are appalled by this reckless attack on a lifeline that millions of Arizonans depend on.

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Pima Animal Care Center to open East Side adoption site tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Pima Animal Care Center, the county’s pet shelter, plans to open a satellite adoption site on Tucson’s East Side to reduce overcrowding at its main shelter on North Silverbell Road.

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Tucson homeless population up slightly, but more people in shelters tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Pima County's homeless population increased slightly from last year, leaving just over 2,000 people living outside, in shelters, or transitional housing, according to a January point-in-time count. But the number without any shelter has dropped by nearly 25 percent.

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Despite Supreme Court ruling, Arizona children aren’t affected by Trump’s citizenship order — yet tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
But babies born to immigrants in Arizona will continue to enjoy the protections of the U.S. Constitution - at least for now - and immigrant rights advocates are working to both extend that legal shield for children in the entire country and make it permanent.

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With universal injunctions out of style, class actions are already trending tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Immigrant advocates wasted no time after the Supreme Court tied the hands of federal judges responding to President Donald Trump’s bid to limit birthright citizenship on Friday, opening a new battlefront against the executive order.

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In final day flurry, Az lawmakers pass bills addressing wrongful incarceration & prison oversight tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Before ending Arizona’s legislative session for the year, the state Senate voted to pass several lingering pieces of legislation that would do things like provide compensation for people who’ve been wrongly incarcerated and create more oversight for the state’s prisons.

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‘Vintage logos are all the rage’: New UA Wildcats basketball court reflects modern era in sports design tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
Recently, the University of Arizona Wildcats’ X page announced the return of the cactus logo to Lute & Bobbi Olson Court, reflecting a trend in major American sports of organizations incorporating nostalgic elements as part of their primary branding.

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Pima County to review economic development secrecy; Oro Valley needs cash for Naranja tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
New Pima County economic development rules seek to foster transparency and protect the environment: Naranja project $341,000 over budget in Oro Valley and more from government meetings around Tucson this week.

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Home cooking: FC Tucson earns emphatic win over City SC tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
Strong pressing and a shutout-earning defense beat City SC, rocketing FC Tucson to second place on the league table.

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Az Gov. Hobbs: Flags to half-staff Monday to honor Granite Mountain Hotshots tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs ordered flags at all state buildings be flown at half-staff through sunset on Monday, June 30, to honor the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots who died in the 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire.

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How rogue jumping genes can spur Alzheimer’s, ALS tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Scientists are pursuing the possibility that some reawakened retrotransposons - descendants of viral infections often from millions of years ago - may do serious damage: They can degrade nerve cells and fire up inflammation and may underlie some instances of Alzheimer’s and ALS.

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How shrinking the EPA could make wildfire smoke even more dangerous tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
As climate change exacerbates droughts and raises temperatures, more landscapes are burning and loading the atmosphere with smoke. Experts worry there won’t be the staff or the institutional expertise to process and distribute data on air quality as the EPA seeks to cut jobs.

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Kopec: As Arizona's private school vouchers bust budget, GOP lawmakers' heads are elsewhere tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Arizona's coffers have run dry because the private school vouchers, which the Republicans said would only cost our state $360 million, will actually cost about $1 billion. Heads in the sand doesn't quite cover this one. — Amphi Schools Boardmember Matt Kopec

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