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Conover: Case vs. alleged carjacker involved in fatal Tucson shooting 'gutted' by feds tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Pima County Attorney Laura Conover said Wednesday federal officials "gutted" a homicide case against a Mexican man accused of shooting and killing 69-year-old Ricky E. Miller Sr. during an attempted carjacking in June.

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Pima County to host job fair to fill public sector positions tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Pima County is attempting to fill some of the more than 1,100 vacancies across its departments at a job fair on Thursday, July 17 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Kino Event Center, 2805 E. Ajo Way.

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Arizona launches Turquoise Alert to help find missing Indigenous people tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona has begun using the Turquoise Alert, a notification system intended to help find missing and endangered Indigenous people, Gov. Katie Hobbs announced Thursday.

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FEC fends off fake ‘America Party’ filings that have no connection to Elon Musk tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Elon Musk, the world’s richest person and President Donald Trump’s friend turned foe, has not yet officially established the “America Party,” but others have rushed to fill that vacuum, filing paperwork with federal regulators claiming the America Party mantle.

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New evidence supports claim that Emil Bove suggested defying court orders tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats published a trove of email and text messages from a Justice Department whistleblower who has accused top agency official Emil Bove of expressing intent to violate a federal court order.

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Az Gov. Hobbs celebrates signing of ‘Jerry’s Law,’ expanding protections against animal cruelty tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Flanked by a couple of paralyzed dogs who were rescued from severe abuse and neglect, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs joined impassioned animal advocates to celebrate a new state law intended to protect pets.

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Doctors, advocates hold out hope for appeals in abortion privacy rule case tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Two pending lawsuits over a 2024 federal rule protecting certain reproductive health information from disclosure are on hold while the Trump administration decides whether to appeal a Texas judge’s June decision that declared the rule unlawful and void.

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IRS: Churches may endorse political candidates despite decades-old statute barring such activity tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The IRS said churches and other houses of worship can endorse political candidates without risking the loss of their tax-exempt status, despite a law Congress passed more than 70 years ago that applies to all charitable nonprofits - so what does the IRS ruling mean?

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U.S. Senate GOP under pressure on Trump demand to defund NPR, PBS, foreign aid tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Congress has just one week left to approve the Trump administration’s request to cancel $9.4 billion in previously approved funding for public media and foreign aid, setting up yet another tight deadline for lawmakers.

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FactCheck: Presentation before CDC vaccine panel misleads about thimerosal tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory panel vote to recommend against use of seasonal influenza vaccines containing small amounts of thimerosal followed a presentation that misled on the risks of the rarely used preservative.

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Emergency voting sites opening in Southern Az CD 7 congressional election this weekend tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Emergency voting sites are opening in Southern Arizona's special Congressional District 7 primary election this weekend, allowing for more in-person voting before Election Day next Tuesday.

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‘We’re real people’: Arizona Medicaid recipients brace for devastating cuts tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
State Medicaid recipients brace as massive cuts in President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” threatens to close five rural Arizona hospitals while eliminating coverage for 300,000 residents.

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Tucson enviro groups' lawsuit: Border wall would be 'death knell' for U.S. jaguars tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Tucson-based Center for Biological Diversity sued the Trump administration on Wednesday in an attempt to halt border wall construction in the San Rafael Valley in Southern Arizona.

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Court swiftly halts Trump administration’s one-year Planned Parenthood funding ban tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The federal government cannot withhold Medicaid funding from Planned Parenthood for at least the next two weeks, after a district court judge issued a temporary restraining order the same day the organization filed a lawsuit.

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Aguirre: Adelita Grijalva is the future of political representation for District 7 tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Electing Adelita Grijalva for District 7 is not merely a vote for continuity, it is an endorsement of a future shaped by real expertise and heartfelt commitment.

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Supreme Court lets Trump take an axe to federal government tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Supreme Court cleared President Donald Trump to move forward with mass firings set to dismantle large swaths of the federal government.

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With the Oak Ridge Fire mostly contained, work shifts to the ‘tough’ job of recovery tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
As the evacuation orders are lifted and the Oak Ridge Fire reaches 87% containment, families on the Navajo Nation can begin focusing on recovery as they deal with the aftermath of a wildfire that has so far burned more than 11,000 acres over 10 days.

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Pulitzer-winning Az political cartoonist Steve Benson dies at 71 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Steve Benson, the Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist known for his sharp wit and incisive commentary on American politics, has died at the age of 71.

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Judge gives ultimatum for endangered Arizona squirrel protections tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Federal officials have until January 30, 2027 to act on the petition to expand critical habitat protections for Mount Graham red squirrels, which live on the eponymous peak in Arizona’s Pinaleño Mountains, and are what some call the most endangered terrestrial animal in the U.S.

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Early voting underway in Tucson City Council primary election tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A roundup of upcoming Tucson-area political events: Early voting underway in Tucson City Council election; Election Day next week in CD 7; voters will decide Sentinel team on the airwaves & more

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