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Supreme Court rules against Biden's student loan debt relief plan tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Updated: The Supreme Court ruled against President Joe Biden's loan forgiveness program, saying Republican states have legal standing to challenge and sending the case back to the lower courts for further proceedings.

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A 2003 Supreme Court decision upholding affirmative action planted the seeds of its overturning tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
In an anticipated decision expected to have widespread implications at college and workplaces across the country, the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed affirmative action programs that were designed to correct centuries of racist disenfranchisement in higher education.

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Environmentalists demand ban on 'cyanide bombs' on federal land tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Over 70 environmental groups on Thursday called on federal land agencies to immediately ban the use of so-called cyanide bombs, arguing the current timeline is too slow to protect wildlife and people.

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Prescott IDs 19 firefighters killed in Yarnell Hill blaze tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Prescott Fire Department identified Monday afternoon the 19 firefighters of the Granite Mountain Hotshots killed Sunday while fighting the Yarnell Hill wildfire. (with time-lapse video of the fire)

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For hotshot crews, training key to safe firefighting tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: Firefighters working in remote locations to get ahead of the most dangerous sections of fires rely on hard training to stay out of perilous situations. Members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, of whom 19 were killed Sunday fighting a wildfire near Yarnell, had never had to use emergency shelters when they received training in 2012.

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Supreme Court upholds Christian web designer's ability to discriminate against gay clients tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Supreme Court ruled along party lines that a Christian website designer should not be forced to serve same-sex couples - a decision many say gives businesses the right to discriminate.

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Supreme Court rules against Biden's student loan debt relief plan tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Supreme Court ruled against President Joe Biden's loan forgiveness program, saying Republican states have legal standing to challenge and sending the case back to the lower courts for further proceedings.

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Star-spangled Independence Day events around Tucson tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Fireworks, music and summer activities to celebrate Independence Day.

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Hobbs: Flags to half-staff to honor Granite Mountain Hotshots tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs ordered flags at all state buildings be flown at half-staff through sunset on Friday, June 30, in honor of the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots who died in the 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire.

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Veteran local journalist Jim Nintzel joins Tucson Sentinel staff tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Longtime Southern Arizona journalist Jim Nintzel, who worked as a reporter and editor at the Tucson Weekly for more than three decades before stepping down last year, is joining the Tucson Sentinel staff to serve as the Government & Political Impact reporter.

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Supreme Court backs Sunday accommodations for workers' religious beliefs tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Supreme Court was unanimous in ruling employers cannot deny a religious accommodation without showing how the burden of granting it would result in substantial increased costs for its business.

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Five more charged in San Antonio smuggling tragedy that killed 53 migrants tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Federal prosecutors filed charges against five additional people in connection with the deaths of 53 migrants found inside of a tractor-trailer a year ago in San Antonio — with seven people facing a maximum of life in prison.

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Trump sues sexual abuse victim E. Jean Carroll for defamation tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Weeks after he was ordered to pay $5 million for the mid-1990s sexual assault of writer E. Jean Carroll, Donald Trump countersued the longtime advice columnist, arguing she defamed him since a Manhattan jury found him liable for sexual abuse but not rape.

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National scorecard on electric-vehicle policies gives Arizona low marks tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona fared poorly across the board for policies aimed at encouraging the adoption of electric vehicles, ranking 26th of the 33 states included in the 2023 scorecard from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy.

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Misinformation obscures standards guiding gender-affirming care for trans youth tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
At least 20 states that have limited gender-affirming treatment for minors, saying their intent is to protect children and families - but such laws and statements reflect misconceptions and misinformation that conflate treatments and strip trans youth of essential care.

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Picks to fill vacant Az Senate seat: Election deniers, conspiracy theorists & extremists tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The race to fill a vacant North Phoenix seat in the state Senate is between three election skeptics, two of whom have ties to extremist ideologies and one who sought after 2020 to change Arizona law to let legislators overturn presidential election results.

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Car insurance premiums based on jobs, education can ding low-wage workers tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Most companies use education, occupation, credit score, age and gender in determining auto insurance rates, and though using that criteria that punishes people with lower incomes and people of color, only a handful of states prohibit insurers from considering “non-driving” factors.

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As pressure mounts to fix Pinal County’s problems, elections director abruptly resigns tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Geraldine Roll — Pinal County’s fourth elections director in less than four years — abruptly resigned after facing harsh criticism from the county GOP, citing a toxic environment and stating she had “no regrets” about quitting.

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Supreme Court guts affirmative action tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Supreme Court shot down affirmative action policies at Harvard and the University of North Carolina on Thursday, tightening restrictions on the use of race in college admissions.

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2 new commissioners appointed in Pima County Superior Court tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Michael J. Vampotic and Nathan T. Wade will take on a range of powers in family law cases in Pima County Superior Court, after their selections were announced Wednesday.

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