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Fantastic 4: Stevenson puts up quad for FC Tucson against visiting Olympians FC https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/052023_fc-tucson/fantastic-4-stevenson-puts-up-quad-fc-tucson-against-visiting-olympians-fc/
It took only five minutes for Ethan Stevenson to score FC Tucson’s first goal in a noontime match against Olympians FC at Kino North Stadium on Saturday. In the end, the team won 5 - 1.
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For Twin Tribes, beauty is inherent in musical darkness https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/052023_twin_tribes/for-twin-tribes-beauty-inherent-musical-darkness/
Hailing from the Rio Grande Valley of south Texas, since their inception in 2017, Mexican-American darkwave/post-punk duo Twin Tribes’ dark star has been steadily on the rise. They'll hit the stage at 191 Toole in Tucson on Monday night.
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Border Patrol agents shoot, kill 1 person on Tohono O'odham Nation https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051923_bp_shooting/border-patrol-agents-shoot-kill-1-person-tohono-oodham-nation/
U.S. Border Patrol agents shot and killed a person during an incident on the Tohono O'odham Nation on Thursday night, authorities said. Further details about the shooting west of Tucson were not made public.
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Waila Celebration heads to Sahuarita casino Saturday https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/051923_waila_fest/waila-celebration-heads-sahuarita-casino-saturday/
The social dance music — a mix of polkas and waltzes with Mexican influences — developed by Southern Arizona's Tohono O'odham people will be featured at this year's Waila Celebration, set for Saturday.
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Waila Celebration heads to Sahuarita casino Saturday https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/051823_waila_fest/waila-celebration-heads-sahuarita-casino-saturday/
The social dance music — a mix of polkas and waltzes with Mexican influences — developed by Southern Arizona's Tohono O'odham people will be featured at this year's Waila Celebration, set for Saturday.
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FC Tucson takes on league champion Olympians FC https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/051923_fc-tucson/fc-tucson-takes-league-champion-olympians-fc/
It’s only been since the end of April that FC Tucson took to the practice field, but they are already going to have their fourth match on Saturday. This one will be against Olympians FC, who ply their trade in El Mirage.
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Miller named as first woman to be permanent director of UA Art Museum https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/051923_ua_museum/miller-named-as-first-woman-permanent-director-ua-art-museum/
Olivia Miller, a University of Arizona Museum of Art staffer for more than a decade, was announced as the new permanent director of the museum Friday. She served as interim director for the past 10 months — among a succession of temporary heads over the past six years.
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'Eight 10s in Tucson' play fest returns to stage after 3 years online https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/051923_eight_10s_plays/eight-10s-tucson-play-fest-returns-stage-after-3-years-online/
The fifth annual "Eight 10s in Tucson" theatre festival is returning to the live stage for the first time since its inaugural run. The Winding Road Theatre Ensemble production opens Friday night.
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Arizona film tax credit expected to spur new production companies https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051923_film_tax_credit/arizona-film-tax-credit-expected-spur-new-production-companies/
Arizona’s original film tax credit was created in 2005 but shut down in 2010, after the state spent $6.3 million more in credits in 2008 than it generated in new taxes, but a new bill aims to ensure new film production tax credits benefit the state.
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Asylum policy dispute thrown out by Supreme Court https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051923_scotus_asylum/asylum-policy-dispute-thrown-out-by-supreme-court/
After pausing the Biden administration’s actions on a controversial asylum policy for months, the Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the dismissal of a suit aimed at upholding Title 42 despite the waning COVID-19 emergency.
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Feds expand toxic coal ash regulations following federal settlement https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051923_coal_ash_settlement/feds-expand-toxic-coal-ash-regulations-following-federal-settlement/
The Environmental Protection Agency proposed a new rule on Wednesday that would expand federal regulations of toxic coal ash after reaching a settlement with environmental and civil rights groups last month.
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Schaller: Who un-killed the electric car? https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051923_electric_cars_schaller_op/schaller-who-un-killed-electric-car/
Electric vehicles seem to be having their moment these days, even if its too soon to celebrate that last tank of gasoline. From what we can see here in Arizona, advances in EV manufacturing and battery chemistry have together brought an electric vehicle future closer than most have ever considered possible.
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Kari Lake’s lawyers exhibit inexperience with Az courts and elections laws https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051923_lake_trial_lawyers/kari-lakes-lawyers-exhibit-inexperience-with-az-courts-and-elections-laws/
During the second day of her second trial aiming to overturn the 2020 election, Kari Lake’s attorneys attempted to prove Maricopa County did not do any certification whatsoever before approving ballots - though her own witnesses on the first day of the trial testified to the opposite.
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Expiration of Title 42 border rule prompts much rhetoric, less action https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051923_title_42_rhetoric/expiration-title-42-border-rule-prompts-much-rhetoric-less-action/
The end of a pandemic-era policy that allowed U.S. border authorities to quickly turn back some migrants has prompted a mixed reaction from state and local governments, with new restrictions on immigrant workers, beefed up border enforcement and entreaties for more federal help.
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With summer coming fast, regulator issues electric reliability warning https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051923_electric_reliability/with-summer-coming-fast-regulator-issues-electric-reliability-warning/
As much as two thirds of North America could face shortages of electricity this summer in the event of severe and protracted heat, according to the regulator in charge of setting and enforcing standards for the electric grid.
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Appeals court judges embrace anti-abortion speculation in abortion pill case https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051923_abortion_pill_judges/appeals-court-judges-embrace-anti-abortion-speculation-abortion-pill-case/
The appeals court’s panel appeared to be persuaded not by the medical consensus in the federal lawsuit asking the FDA to revoke its 23-year-old approval of mifepristone, but by some of the evidence that consists largely of anecdotes, speculation, and cherry-picked studies.
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Lawmakers debate violence against abortion clinics, anti-abortion pregnancy centers https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051923_abortion_violence/lawmakers-debate-violence-against-abortion-clinics-anti-abortion-pregnancy-centers/
Republicans at a U.S. House hearing aired frustration with the Department of Justice this week for what they contended is a lack of enforcement of a Clinton-era law that protects access to reproductive health care at anti-abortion pregnancy centers and abortion clinics.
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'Failure of government': Az moves to end predatory Medicaid fraud targeting Indigenous people https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051823_indigenous_medicaid_fraud/failure-government-az-moves-end-predatory-medicaid-fraud-targeting-indigenous-people/
Over the past year, unmarked vans cruising the streets of tribal nations to pick up Indigenous people - individuals claiming to be legitimate healthcare providers but who were instead allegedly billing Arizona’s Medicaid system for rehabilitation services that were never provided.
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Court rejects claim that Rosemont Copper mine land is needed for jaguar preservation https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051823_rosemont_ruling/court-rejects-claim-that-rosemont-copper-mine-land-needed-jaguar-preservation/
A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that regulators were wrong to conclude that parts of Pima County targeted for a copper mine are critical to the preservation of endangered jaguars, the latest turn in a 16-year push to develop the open-pit mine in the Santa Rita Mountains.
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Lake witnesses seem to shoot her own election case in the foot https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051823_lake_trial_witnesses/lake-witnesses-seem-shoot-her-own-election-case-foot/
Kari Lake called multiple witnesses in her second election challenge trial on Wednesday whose testimony seemed to directly undermine her claim that Maricopa County did not perform signature verification for early ballots in the November 2022 election.
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