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New U.S. House speaker belongs to GOP’s religious conservative wing tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
New U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana was a constitutional lawyer deeply involved in religious causes who also opposed certifying the 2020 election and tried to keep Trump in power.

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Hopi leader tells Senate panel that red tape, financial hurdles put aid out of reach tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The chairman of the Hopi tribe told a Senate panel that promises of federal infrastructure funding remain just that – promises – for smaller tribes for whom the money is inaccessible because of bureaucratic and financial hurdles such as cost matches.

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Hopi leader tells panel that red tape, financial hurdles put aid out of reach tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The chairman of the Hopi tribe told a Senate panel that promises of federal infrastructure funding remain just that – promises – for smaller tribes for whom the money is inaccessible because of bureaucratic and financial hurdles such as cost matches.

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Trump forced to witness stand, fined $10,000 for gag order violation tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
In a shocking midday twist, Judge Arthur Engoron called Donald Trump to the witness stand for a spontaneous hearing at Trump’s civil fraud trial in Manhattan before ultimately fining the former president $10,000 for violating the judge's gag order.

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Justice Thomas never repaid luxury RV loan: Senate report tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas had a $267,230 loan forgiven by his wealthy health executive friend, raising more ethical questions around Thomas, who has faced increased scrutiny over the past year for ethics lapses.

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Tucson man arrested after threatening to attack University of Arizona in social media posts tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A 27-year-old man was arrested Tuesday after he posted online about plans to commit a mass shooting on the University of Arizona campus, officials said.

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Border Patrol agent fires weapon during rock-throwing incident near Lukeville tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A Border Patrol agent said he fired his weapon after rocks were thrown from Mexico during an incident Tuesday night just west of Lukeville, Ariz., officials said.

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Texas sues to stop Border Patrol agents from cutting state’s razor wire at border tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the Biden administration on Tuesday, claiming that the Border Patrol illegally destroyed state property when its agents cut through concertina wire on the banks of the Rio Grande to “assist” migrants to “illegally cross” the border.

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Hobbs skips out on final Arizona election task force meeting tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Gov. Katie Hobbs’ Bipartisan Election Task Force, which she chairs, voted Tuesday to approve numerous voting and election change proposals to recommend to the legislature. But the governor didn’t stick around for the vote, instead leaving a member of her team to vote in her place.

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Speaker Johnson ends GOP’s leadership nightmare, could signal bad dreams for House Dems tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
House Republicans surely breathed a sigh of relief Wednesday as the full chamber voted to elect Louisiana Congressman Mike Johnson as House speaker, filling the lower chamber’s top job after three weeks of infighting and uncertainty.

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Speaker Johnson ends GOP’s leadership nightmare, could signal bad dreams for House Dems tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
House Republicans surely breathed a sigh of relief Wednesday as the full chamber voted to elect Louisiana Congressman Mike Johnson as House speaker, filling the lower chamber’s top job after three weeks of infighting and uncertainty.

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6 tips to unlocking your pumpkin’s potential (with Arizona stencils) tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Six tips from pumpkin artist Ray Villafane for finding the potential in any Halloween pumpkin carving, and four Arizona-themed Halloween stencils.

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Backpage defense begins its case-in-chief tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Defendants in the federal trial against former executives and employees of Backpage.com began presenting their case-in-chief Tuesday morning, signifying a rough midway point in the projected three-month proceeding.

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Arizona, other states accuse Meta of ‘cultivating addiction’ to social media tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Arizona Attorney Kris Mayes joined 32 other attorneys general in a lawsuit filed against Meta in federal court on Tuesday, saying the company designed Instagram and Facebook to make the social media platforms addictive to children and teens.

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Hate crimes in Arizona dip slightly in 2022, though data is incomplete tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Data from the Arizona Department of Public Safety and the FBI show that hate crimes in Arizona have gone down slightly since 2021, though Black people still are more likely to face a hate crime than any other group, and the data is far from complete.

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Graves scores eventual game-winner as Pima women advance to 4th straight regional soccer final tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College women’s soccer team (8-6-2) kept their season alive on Tuesday in its NJCAA Region I, Division II matchup at Scottsdale Community College (11-5-2).

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Phillies can’t handle magic of Diamondbacks, who advance to World Series tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
Two months ago, the Arizona Diamondbacks were toast, but by Tuesday night, they were the gourmet entree on a menu of postseason brilliance as a 4-2 victory over Philadelphia at Citizens Bank Park in Game 7 of the NLCS secured the franchise’s second trip to the Fall Classic.

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Mike Johnson of Louisiana picked as newest GOP nominee for U.S. House speaker tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
U.S. House Republicans Tuesday voted to tap Louisiana’s Mike Johnson as speaker after the GOP nominee from earlier in the day was tanked, the fourth Republican nominee attempting to break the deadlock in the lower chamber that has been leaderless and frozen for three weeks.

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Arizona border cities struggling – but coping – with ‘street releases’ of migrants tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
More than a month after federal officials began “street releases” of migrants waiting for shelter, Arizona border mayors say their cities are managing to cope with the influx, but may soon be stretched beyond their capacity to help.

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Emmer drops House speaker bid just hours after nomination tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
House Republicans’ latest gambit to fill the vacant speakership was dead before happy hour Tuesday, as Congressman Tom Emmer bowed out of the race just hours after his colleagues voted to nominate him for the lower chamber’s top job.

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