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Historic claims put a few California farming families first in line for Colorado River water tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
20 extended families receive one-seventh of the Colorado River flow through its lower half - a whopping 1,186,200 acre-feet, or about 386.5 billion gallons, and the historic claims of these families and all of Imperial County place them first in line - ahead of every state and major city.

On Veterans Day, a 24-note bugle tune serves as a powerful reminder tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Today the meaning blurs between Veterans Day and Memorial Day: Veterans Day honors the living in uniform, Memorial Day honors the dead in uniform - but the strong sinews of remembrance and honor bind both into lasting chords of who we are and what we are as a people.

Waugh hits game-winner & scores 29 as Pima women beat South Plains College tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College women’s basketball team played their first game of the Gila Monster Shootout on Thursday in Thatcher.

Oldham & Demalek combine for 48 points on 20-22 shooting as Aztecs down Dallas Eastfield tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College men’s basketball team (2-0) put together another offensive showcase on Thursday in the first day of the Pima Fall Invitational.

Arizona veteran cemeteries will inter members of National Guard & Reserves next year tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Next year, former members of the Arizona National Guard and military reservists can be laid to rest at three cemeteries for veterans managed by the Arizona Department of Veterans’ Services, officials said.

Arizona legislative Democrats are divided on Israeli-Palestinian conflict tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The anger, despair, sorrow and division that the escalation of the war between Israel and Hamas has caused is deeply personal to Democratic lawmakers in Arizona who lament the loss of innocent lives but disagree on how to move forward.

Frank Borman, Tucson High grad & astronaut hero who led first manned orbits of moon, dies at 95 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Tucson football standout and pioneering NASA astronaut Frank Borman made 10 orbits around the moon in 1968, laying the groundwork for the first human landings and broadcasting from space to what was then the largest audience in human history.

Democrats’ struggle to keep U.S. Senate majority complicated by Manchin decision tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
U.S. Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin III announced Thursday he does not plan to run for reelection come 2024, giving Republicans an opportunity to pick up a seat and increasing their chances of flipping Senate control.

Frank Borman, Tucsonan High grad & astronaut hero who led first manned orbits of moon, dies at 95 tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Tucson football standout and pioneering NASA astronaut Frank Borman made 10 orbits around the moon in 1968, laying the groundwork for the first human landings and broadcasting from space to what was then the largest audience in human history.

Diamond dreams: From college ball to summer leagues & Az’s Fall League, tracing the chase of the majors tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
Designed for top prospects in MLB’s farm system, the Arizona Fall League runs through early October - ostensibly taking place during baseball’s “offseason” - and provides an opportunity for players to prove their worth against high-level competition.

FactCheck: The 3rd GOP primary debate tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Five candidates took the stage in Miami for the third Republican primary debate, and twisted the facts on China, abortion, TikTok and U.S. life expectancy.

Arizona activists work to hold the criminal justice system accountable through court watching tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Mass Liberation Arizona is dedicated to the end of mass incarceration and the liberation of marginalized communities, working to focus on prosecutorial misconduct, police brutality and alternatives to incarceration by bringing awareness through court watching.

Trump’s lawyers call on judge to end Manhattan fraud trial immediately tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Donald Trump’s lawyers asked the judge overseeing the former president’s $250 million fraud trial to end the proceedings immediately - claiming that moving forward would be a waste of "taxpayer dollars" - one day after the NY attorney general's office conditionally rested its case.

Never give up: Laila Edwards set to break color barrier for U.S. women’s hockey tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
Laila Edwards is set to become the first Black woman to suit up for the women’s national hockey team, delaying a long-overdue feat that should have happened a long time ago.

Humane Society 'devastated' after probe shows dozens of tiny pets from San Diego likely fed to reptiles tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Dozens of small animals transferred from San Diego to the Humane Society of Southern Arizona likely became food at a reptile farm in Maricopa County, the group said Thursday.

Humane Society 'devastated' after probe shows dozens of tiny pets from San Diego likely fed to reptiles tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Dozens of small animals transferred from San Diego to the Humane Society of Southern Arizona likely became food at a reptile farm in Maricopa County, the group said Thursday.

Az dispensaries recalling marijuana products over aspergillus contamination tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona dispensaries are voluntarily recalling two marijuana products due to possible contamination with aspergillus, a fungus that can cause allergic reactions or infection — usually in people already sick with something else.

Democrats maintain overwhelming Tucson election totals as final ballots are counted tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The ballots tallied across the Tucson area since Tuesday have bolstered the results of the first vote totals, with Democrats maintaining wide leads, Vail incorporation rejected out of hand, school district funding measures passing by wide margins and a pay raise for Tucson's mayor and City Council getting narrowly approved.

Gosar pushes to reverse Biden’s Grand Canyon nat'l monument to allow for uranium mining tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Saying that stopping companies from mining uranium from lands near the Grand Canyon is a threat to national security, an Arizona Republican won preliminary approval of an amendment that would reverse President Joe Biden's creation earlier this year of a national monument in Northern Arizona.

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