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Kids are making deepfakes of each other, and laws aren’t keeping up tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Laws criminalizing the nonconsensual distribution of authentic intimate images are in effect in every state and Washington, D.C., but many state laws don’t apply to explicit AI-generated deepfakes, and fewer directly grapple with the fact that perpetrators are often minors.

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States scramble to shield hospitals from GOP Medicaid cuts tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
States are scrambling to shield their hospitals from the looming loss of hundreds of millions in federal funding due to the giant tax and spending bill President Donald Trump signed into law over the weekend that includes the biggest health care spending cuts in U.S. history.

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As Arizona swelters, workplace heat protections remain sparse tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Temperatures have already surpassed 110 degrees in Arizona this summer and for yet another season, most workers have few legal safeguards to protect them from the sweltering heat.

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FactCheck: A dedicated FEMA fund will pay for ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The immigrant detention facility in Florida, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” is being “funded largely” by the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Shelter and Services Program, not from FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund.

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Supreme Court upholds free preventive care, but its future now rests in RFK Jr.’s hands tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The U.S. Supreme Court handed down a ruling that preserves free preventive care under the Affordable Care Act, but it leaves preventive care vulnerable to how HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. and future HHS secretaries will choose to exercise their power.

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Monday deadline to register to vote in Tucson City Council primary election tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A roundup of upcoming Tucson-area political events: Register to vote in the City of Tucson's primary election by July 7; Request your CD7 early ballot by July 7; Sentinel team on the airwaves & more

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Byrne: Arizona teachers' union edorses Grijalva for CD 7 tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Tucson Education Association President Jim Byrne is supporting Adelita Grijalva in her CD 7 race because she has always stood up for Arizona students and public schools during her 20 years of work in the trenches of public education.

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From New York to Tucson – Working Families committed to electing real progressives with bold vision tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
This moment demands more than political insiders or social media influencers. It demands leaders like Adelita Grijalva, with deep roots in our communities and a bold, progressive vision for the future.

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Tucson Boys Chorus chooses new artistic director tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Jordan Rakita, previously the director of a Phoenix-area barbershop chorus, has been named the new head of the Tucson Arizona Boys Chorus.

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Tucson author Logan Phillips returns as Pima Library’s writer in residence tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Logan Phillips, the author of "Sonoran Strange" who also performs as DJ Dirtyverbs, has been tapped as the Pima County Public Library's writer in residence for a second time.

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Amphi, VUSD to set budgets with modest gains in teacher salaries tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
A pair of Tucson-area school districts will set their budgets for the 2025-26 fiscal year and they come with teeny, tiny tax cuts. Plus more from local government meetings around Tucson this week.

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FC Tucson women end season on down note, dropping match to Az Arsenal tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
FC Tucson’s women’s side closed out their season with a disappointing 3 - 1 loss to Phoenix-based Arizona Arsenal.

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Gun suicides in US reached record high in 2023 tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
More people in the United States died by gun suicide in 2023 than any year on record — more than by gun homicide, accidental shootings and police shootings combined - with rural, less populated states recorded the highest gun suicide rates.

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Searching for hidden fungi in the Sonoran Desert tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Though invisible on the surface of the desert, researchers have found in recent decades that mycorrhizal fungi are a vital part of ecosystems around the world, but especially in arid deserts like that in Saguaro National Park, where the land can be unforgiving.

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How algorithms, alpha males & tradwives are winning the war for kids’ minds tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The manosphere and parallel trends like the tradwife (traditional wife) movement - led by influencers who idealize marriage, motherhood and domesticity - are impacting even the socially conscious, who say it’s hard to avoid this content brimming with toxic messages about gender.

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Dogs & their people: Companions in cancer research tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Studying dogs and their cancers turns out to be an excellent way to learn more about cancer in people. And it’s not just the two share exposures to many of the same environmental carcinogens; researchers are learning cancers develop along similar pathways in the two species.

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Trump signs $3.4 trillion deficit-boosting tax & spending-cut package at July 4 event tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Donald Trump signed into law Friday evening his massive spending cut and tax break package to fulfill his domestic policy agenda on immigration and defense and overhaul American energy production.

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20 Tucsonans become citizens in Independence Day ceremony at Saguaro National Park tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Newly minted citizens were encouraged to explore the United States, exercise their rights and retain their pride in their heritage during a Fourth of July naturalization ceremony at Saguaro National Park.

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Hobbs appoints Schriner to Pima County Superior Court tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs appointed democratic Judge Kristin Schriner to the Pima County Superior Court on Thursday.

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Gov. Hobbs appoints new judge to Pima County Superior Court tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs appointed democratic Judge Kristin Schriner to the Pima County Superior Court on Thursday.

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