Ohio chaplain freed from jail as DHS drops deportation case https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/092925_chaplain_deportation/ohio-chaplain-freed-from-jail-as-dhs-drops-deportation-case/
An Egyptian chaplain whose detention sparked a community uproar and became a test of counterterrorism powers in immigration court was released from an Ohio jail as the Department of Homeland Security abruptly withdrew its case against him.
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Grijalva blames delay in taking CD 7 office on GOP fear of Epstein files https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/092925_grijalva_congress/grijalva-blames-delay-taking-cd-7-office-gop-fear-epstein-files/
Democrat Adelita Grijalva, who won the special election to replace her father in Congressional District 7, flew to Washington, D.C., Sunday night, but she still did not have any idea when she might be seated.
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Trump wants the Supreme Court to reinterpret Constitution to end birthright citizenship https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/092925_scotus_citizenship/trump-wants-supreme-court-reinterpret-constitution-end-birthright-citizenship/
The Trump administration has again petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court regarding birthright citizenship, this time on the merits of the administration’s effort to rewrite the constitutional right afforded to children born on U.S. soil.
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Oracle invested millions in government influence before winning a major stake in TikTok https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/092925_oracle_tiktok/oracle-invested-millions-government-influence-before-winning-major-stake-tiktok/
Oracle ranks among the most influential corporate forces in America — something underscored by the leading role the company is poised to play in President Trump’s deal to decouple TikTok’s U.S. operations from its Chinese parent, ByteDance.
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Lawsuit alleges gun industry exploited firearm owners’ data for political gain https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/092925_firearm_data/lawsuit-alleges-gun-industry-exploited-firearm-owners-data-political-gain/
Two major law firms accused the National Shooting Sports Foundation this week of violating the privacy rights of millions of gun owners by running a decades-long program that sent their information to political operatives without consent.
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Where jobs are scarce, over 1 million people could dodge Medicaid work rule https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/092925_medicaid_work/where-jobs-are-scarce-over-1-million-people-could-dodge-medicaid-work-rule/
Millions of Medicaid enrollees may have a way out of the new federal work requirement — if they live in a county with high unemployment.
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New report ranks states on climate-related health risks, clean energy policies https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/092925_climate_health_rank/new-report-ranks-states-climate-related-health-risks-clean-energy-policies/
Researchers ranked states based on risks from extreme heat, flooding, poor air quality, natural hazard risks to health care facilities and greenhouse gas emissions by the health care sector, and also analyzed states’ clean energy policies and climate change mitigation efforts.
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Oro Valley mulls tax & fee increases; Marana teachers to get bonus https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/092825_agenda_ov_taxes_op/oro-valley-mulls-tax-fee-increases-marana-teachers-get-bonus/
The Oro Valley Town Council will be looking into new ways to raise money for capital projects, while Marana schools are moving fast on 2022 bonds, and more from government meetings around Tucson the week of Sept. 29.
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FactCheck: Changes to recommendations for combined MMR & chickenpox vaccine https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/092925_factcheck_vaccine_changes/factcheck-changes-recommendations-combined-mmr-chickenpox-vaccine/
A vaccine advisory committee for the CDC voted to change its recommendation on the combined vaccine for chickenpox and measles, mumps and rubella, called the MMRV vaccine — but experts questioned why the panel was revisiting the issue at all.
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Baseball returns to Tucson in October https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/092925_kino_baseball/baseball-returns-tucson-october/
Baseball returns to Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium in October with three events: the Mexican Baseball Fiesta, the Arizona Fall League, and opening season for the new Tucson Baseball Team.
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Artists: 4th annual Tucson Hip Hop Awards honors supportive, united scene https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/092925_hiphop_awards/artists-4th-annual-tucson-hip-hop-awards-honors-supportive-united-scene/
The Saturday show drew hundreds to the Rialto Theatre to recognize artists and others associated with Tucson's decades-old hip-hop scene.
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Shearer: Green Valley delivers earful of truth to Ciscomani https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/092825_ciscomani_shearer_op/shearer-green-valley-delivers-earful-truth-ciscomani/
Rep. Ciscomani was looking for feel-good stories about how President Trump’s "One Big Beautiful Bill" is making life easier for small businesses. Instead of high fives, he got an earful of reality during a discussion Tuesday. But acknowledging problems would put Ciscomani at odds with Donald Trump.
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Tucson Film Festival hits Screening Room in October https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/092825_film_fest/tucson-film-festival-hits-screening-room-october/
The Tucson Film Festival, now in its 21st year, is gearing up to present six full-length independent films and 26 shorts from Oct. 9–12, including several local productions.
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Pima women run in 6K at Dave Murray Invitational https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/092725_pcc_womens_cc/pima-women-run-6k-dave-murray-invitational/
The Pima Community College women’s cross country team competed in their second meet of the season on Saturday at the Dave Murray Invitational hosted by the University of Arizona.
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Aztec women score 6 goals in 2nd half to overwhelm Mesa https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/092725_pcc_womens_soccer/aztec-women-score-6-goals-2nd-half-overwhelm-mesa/
The Pima Community College women’s soccer team (5-1-3, 5-0-2 in ACCAC) hosted Mesa Community College (2-7-1, 1-5-1) on Saturday in ACCAC conference action at the West Campus Aztec Field.
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Gutierrez nets 3rd hat-trick as Pima men roast Scottdale 6-1 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/092325_pcc_mens_soccer/gutierrez-nets-3rd-hat-trick-as-pima-men-roast-scottdale-6-1/
The Pima Community College men’s soccer team (8-1, 5-1 in ACCAC) picked up theiur sixth straight win on Tuesday in a match at Scottsdale Community College (3-4, 3-3).
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Castaneda & Gutierrez nets goals as Pima men rack up 7th straight win https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/092825_pcc_mens_soccer/castaneda-gutierrez-nets-goals-as-pima-men-rack-up-7th-straight-win/
The Pima Community College men’s soccer team (9-1, 6-1 in ACCAC) won their seventh straight game on Saturday, shutting out Mesa Community College (3-3-2, 2-3-2) with a 2-0 final tally.
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Firefighter arrested at Washington state wildfire released by ICE https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/092625_firefighter_release/firefighter-arrested-washington-state-wildfire-released-by-ice/
A wildland firefighter who was arrested by immigration agents while fighting a wildfire in Washington state has been released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after nearly four weeks in detention.
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Biosphere 2: Learning how life emerged on Earth – and how to make barren worlds habitable https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/092825_biosphere_mission/biosphere-2-learning-how-life-emerged-earth-8211-and-how-make-barren-worlds-habitable/
Biosphere 2 first became famous as the human experiment of the 1990s that sealed a group of eight researchers inside its 3 acres of diverse ecosystems. Today, it is a test bed for understanding how life transforms landscapes, from local areas to whole planets.
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Gov. Hobbs appoints Daniel Huff to Pima Superior Court bench https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/092525_judge_huff/gov-hobbs-appoints-daniel-huff-pima-superior-court-bench/
Republican Daniel R. Huff has been appointed to the Pima County Superior Court by Gov. Katie Hobbs
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