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BP agents shoot, kill 1 southwest of Tucson tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Border Patrol agents shot and killed a person Tuesday evening following a pursuit on Highway 286 southwest of Tucson, authorities said.

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What plaintiffs targeting abortion pill want might not even be possible tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Many legal scholars doubt the notoriously anti-abortion judge at the center of the federal anti-abortion lawsuit has the legal authority to do what plaintiffs are asking for - forcing the FDA to essentially recall a drug that for two decades has maintained a record of efficacy and safety.

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GOP bill would remove Arizona from ERIC, the database designed to combat voter fraud tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Following in the footsteps of six conservative-led states, Senate Republicans want to pull Arizona’s membership from a multistate coalition that aids in cleaning voter rolls, following false claims that the coalition is part of a liberal conspiracy to rig elections.

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Haboobs, swamp box & ki-yotes: Arizona residents favor protecting the ways they speak tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona dialects stand as a living memorial to the forces that have shaped the state, and a survey by the Writing Tips Institute shows 57% of Arizonans polled supported the idea of the Arizona dialect “be made official by law (in order to protect it from dying out).”

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Arizona lawmakers seek to add autism, PTSD to list of medical-marijuana eligible conditions tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizonans with autism and post-traumatic stress disorder could add marijuana to their medical toolkit under a proposal that expands who can access the drug under the state's medical card program, qualifying for lower prices, shorter wait times and a larger purchase allowance.

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FBI investigates rehab scams targeting Indigenous community tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The FBI is investigating scams by fake rehab groups that target the Indigenous community, offering substance-abuse recovery or mental-health services at pop-up facilities to rake in government money.

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Explosives training brings military & law enforcement from around the world to Marana tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A live-fire and classroom training program organized by the ATF at Pinal County Airpark provided training for local law enforcement as 1,876 bomb threats and 860 explosions were recorded in the U.S., including 381 bombings, 12 of which were reported in Arizona.

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Can a copper mine destroy an Apache holy site? The 9th Circuit will decide tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The land in Arizona's Tonto National Forest may soon be transferred to Resolution Copper, a foreign-owned company that plans to build a copper mine on the land the Apache people say is necessary for their most important religious ceremonies.

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'Rip crew' member sentenced to nearly 10 years for conspiracy & firearms offenses tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A Mexican man was sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison earlier this month after he was found guilty of conspiracy and firearms offenses as part of three-man "rip crew" in 2014 by robbing marijuana smugglers in Southern Arizona's deserts.

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Justices grapple over Navajo water rights, government’s duty to tribe tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Supreme Court justices pressed government attorneys Monday on their argument that the treaties that put the Navajo on reservation lands implied an intent – but not a duty – for the government to provide water to the tribe.

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Arizona governor signs executive order banning discrimination based on hair style or texture tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
An executive order issued by Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs Friday prohibits hair-based discrimination against state employees and contractors in the workplace and public schools. The order was inspired by the CROWN Act, which was enacted by Tucson and Tempe in 2021.

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Arizona Senate panel endorses Jeffrey Glover to run DPS tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Arizona Senate Director Nominations Committee endorsed former Tempe Police Chief Jeffrey Glover, Gov. Katie Hobbs’ pick to lead the Arizona Department of Public Safety.

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Payday: Danny Lee earns more than $4 million by winning LIV Golf Tucson tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
After 11 attempts at trying to conquer the Phoenix Open as a member of the PGA Tour, Danny Lee recently jumped to the rival Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund-sponsored LIV tour - a decision that paid off when he won in a four-way playoff at Tucson's Gallery Golf Club.

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How an old law found new life in lawsuit seeking to revoke approval of abortion pill tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
In an Amarillo courthouse last week, lawyers seeking to move abortion medication off the market focused less on the existential question of when life begins — and more on an attempt to resurrect a long-dormant law that would upend abortion access in the United States.

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Arizona AG partners with Tribal Council to create training program on human trafficking tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
As a way to address the unique challenges Indigenous communities face concerning human trafficking, the Arizona Attorney General’s Office has entered into a partnership with the Inter Tribal Council of Arizona to launch a first-of-its-kind Train the Trainer program.

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Arizona Senate Republicans agree to ban books with gender fluidity, pronouns tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Arizona Senate on Monday approved Senate Bill 1700 - which gives parents the power to request the removal of any book that “promotes” gender fluidity or the use of gender pronouns - on a 16-12 vote, with Republicans providing all of the votes in favor.

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Feds to send nearly $200 million to help communities prepare for wildfires tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Biden administration will send $197 million from the 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law to help communities prepare for wildfires this summer, the first round of a new $1 billion Community Wildfire Defense Grant program authorized under the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill.

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‘Conspiracy theories' still dominate Arizona Senate Elections Committee tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Nearly a month after Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes released documents further disproving claims of widespread fraud in the 2020 election, Senate Republicans continue to make such claims in the election committee.

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Secession is here: States, cities & the wealthy are already withdrawing from America tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
A host of Americans on the right have endorsed various forms of secession in recent years - and roughly 40% of Biden voters have fantasized about a national divorce as well - but there are ways to exit a nation before seceding, and various acts of exit have already taken place.

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Awash in federal money, state lawmakers tackle worsening youth mental health tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
In response to a yearslong decline in the mental health of the nation’s children and teens, officials are using COVID-19 relief dollars and their own money to build support services to recognize the symptoms of mental illness and help students who are struggling.

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