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Congress clears bill to avert shutdown, with vote promised later on Ukraine aid tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Congress approved a bill Saturday night that would stave off a government shutdown until at least mid-November, though the measure doesn’t include Ukraine aid backed by both Republicans and Democrats.

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NAU to launch medical school, asks state for more money tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Northern Arizona University is launching its own medical school as the state faces a critical need for more health care providers, with plans to have the school up and running within 3 to 5 years - but the university needs “significant new investments from the state.”

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Calidad del aire en Maricopa vinculada a problemas de salud tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Phoenix fue clasificada como la séptima peor ciudad del país en cuanto a contaminación por partículas y la quinta peor en cuanto a nivel de ozono: mala calidad del aire que ha llevado a un aumento de los problemas de salud, particularmente para las comunidades marginadas.

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'Blessed to have water': Hualapai Tribe praises historic water rights settlement tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
After more than a decade of negotiations, the Hualapai Tribe settled with the federal government and the state of Arizona to provide water to the tribal residents, and establish a trust fund of $312 million that can be used to develop water infrastructure on the Hualapai Nation.

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What Arizona & other drought-ridden states can learn from Israel’s pioneering water strategy tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Arizona is one of the fastest-growing states in the U.S., but it faces a daunting challenge: a water crisis that could seriously constrain its economic growth and vitality, and Israel’s approach to desalination offers insights that the state would do well to consider.

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‘Praying my health holds out': Many senior citizens expect to die with college loan debts tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
There are now 3.5 million Americans age 60 and older who owe more than $125 billion in student loans, and for three-quarters of federal borrowers 65 and older, it’s money borrowed for their own educations and have been paying off for decades - and the situation is about to get worse.

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Mexican Baseball Fiesta returns to Tucson on Thursday tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The 12th annual Mexican Baseball Fiesta returns Oct. 5 to the Kino Sports Complex, with weekend festivities including double-header games, the UA Wildcats and live entertainment.

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Activists unite to fight maternal mortality post-Roe v. Wade tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The U.S. maternal mortality rate is the worst among wealthy nations across the globe - with the rate for Black women far higher than average - and though many fear the problem will worsen in the wake of the reversal of Roe v. Wade, some are working to change the numbers.

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U.S. military firefighters grapple with unknowns of PFAS exposure tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Chemicals used by the military in firefighting foam are suspected to have polluted more than 700 active and former military installations as well as thousands of towns across the U.S., potentially exposing millions of people to long-term health risks.

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Government shutdown nears: U.S. House GOP fails to pass one-month spending plan tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A sweeping government shutdown appeared inevitable on Friday, with the U.S. Senate stuck in a procedural holding pattern on its bipartisan stopgap bill and divided U.S. House Republicans unable to pass their short-term spending bill.

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Biden administration releases plan to ease burdens on kinship foster care tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Biden administration said it has finalized regulations that would let local child welfare agencies ease licensing standards to support family members fostering relatives, while rolling out initiatives to protect LGBTQ+ children and expand access to legal services.

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First defendant in San Antonio tractor-trailer tragedy pleads guilty to smuggling charges tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
One of the men indicted over last year’s San Antonio tractor-trailer tragedy, in which 53 migrants died, pleaded guilty to several smuggling-related charges, one of seven people facing a maximum of life in prison as a result of the tragedy.

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Former COVID-19 czar: The virus ‘new normal’ points to larger public health mission tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
With COVID-19 still a public health reality but no longer considered a public health emergency, it’s time for policymakers, health care systems and the public to think more broadly about public health.

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Trump loses fraud case appeal, teeing up Oct. 2 trial tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The New York attorney general's $250 million fraud case against former President Donald Trump will go to trial Monday, Oct. 2, after a state appellate court on Thursday lifted a temporary stay.

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Biden honors McCain, denounces ‘MAGA extremists’ during Tempe event tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
President Joe Biden invoked the spirit of the late Arizona Sen. John McCain while denouncing “MAGA extremists” as a threat to democracy during a speech at the Tempe Arts Center, while in town to announce the creation of a library and museum honoring McCain.

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Dianne Feinstein, long-serving California senator, dies at 90 tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Senator Dianne Feinstein, who represented California in the Senate for more than 30 years and who recently returned to Washington after a three month absence while she recovered from a case of shingles, has died at 90 years old.

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'Like a frying pan': Extreme heat overwhelms Phoenix’s unhoused community tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Phoenix posted 55 days of temperatures over 110 degrees Fahrenheit this summer, breaking previous records, and there are more hot days in the city’s future - and those practicing street medicine for the unhoused population in Phoenix see the effects of heat on their patients.

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Tucson Pride hosts weekend celebrations to 'stand together, visible and proud' tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Tucson Pride will host a weekend-long celebration for the local LGBTQ+ community and it's allies. The Tucson Pride Parade will kick of the festivities.

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Street murals, food & bike repairs at Living Streets Alliance's Pueblo Gardens Block Party tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Neighborhood and community members will be able to paint murals on the street near Pueblo Gardens School on Saturday during a block party.

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Biden impeachment inquiry underway as Dems, GOP clash in House tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
House Republicans kicked off their much-vaunted impeachment inquiry into President Biden Thursday during a hearing that proved to be — perhaps unsurprisingly — a partisan maelstrom.

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