Pima women take 16th at NJCAA cross-country nat'l championship https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/111123_pcc_womens_cross_country/pima-women-take-16th-njcaa-cross-country-natl-championship/
The Pima Community College women’s cross country team competed at the NJCAA Division I National Championships on Saturday in Huntsville, Ala.
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Tucson Sounds: I hate the 'Gram - a local music love story https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/111023_gram_music/tucson-sounds-i-hate-gram-local-music-love-story/
In which your once and future music scribe JJP vents about her loathing of the current state of DIY band flyerdom. it's your local music column at TucsonSentinel.com!
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Tucson Sounds: 'I hate “the ‘Gram' - a local music love story https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/111023_gram_music/tucson-sounds-i-hate-8220the-gram-local-music-love-story/
In which your once and future music scribe JJP vents about her loathing of the current state of DIY band flyerdom. it's your local music column at TucsonSentinel.com!
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Less driving but more deaths: Spike in traffic fatalities puzzles lawmakers https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/111123_driving_deaths/less-driving-but-more-deaths-spike-traffic-fatalities-puzzles-lawmakers/
Traffic deaths are lingering near historic highs in most states despite less driving overall, prompting policymakers to consider deploying more police or installing automated monitoring such as speed cameras to curb speeding and reckless driving.
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Ahead of Veterans Day, Grijalva pushes bill to protect ex-military members from deportation https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/111023_grijalva_veterans_bill/ahead-veterans-day-grijalva-pushes-bill-protect-ex-military-members-from-deportation/
U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva once again pressed Congress to protect veterans from deportation and provide former military members a pathway to citizenship on Friday.
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Pima women's basketball gets 33 bench points in win over Howard College https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/111023_pcc_womens_basketball/pima-womens-basketball-gets-33-bench-points-win-over-howard-college/
The Pima Community College women’s basketball team (3-0) picked up another win against an NJCAA Division I opponent on Friday in the second day of the Gila Monster Shootout in Thatcher.
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Alexander & Gonzales combine for 43 as Aztec men outlast Wenatchee Valley College https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/111023_pcc_mens_basketball/alexander-gonzales-combine-43-as-aztec-men-outlast-wenatchee-valley-college/
The Pima Community College men’s basketball team (3-0) scored in the triple digits for the third straight game as they beat Wenatchee Valley College on Friday in the second day of the Pima Fall Invitational.
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Historic claims put a few California farming families first in line for Colorado River water https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/111123_colorado_river_claims/historic-claims-put-few-california-farming-families-first-line-colorado-river-water/
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.
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On Veterans Day, a 24-note bugle tune serves as a powerful reminder https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/111123_veterans_day_op/on-veterans-day-24-note-bugle-tune-serves-as-powerful-reminder/
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.
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Waugh hits game-winner & scores 29 as Pima women beat South Plains College https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/110923_pcc_womens_basketball/waugh-hits-game-winner-scores-29-as-pima-women-beat-south-plains-college/
The Pima Community College women’s basketball team played their first game of the Gila Monster Shootout on Thursday in Thatcher.
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Oldham & Demalek combine for 48 points on 20-22 shooting as Aztecs down Dallas Eastfield https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/110923_pcc_mens_basketball/oldham-demalek-combine-48-points-20-22-shooting-as-aztecs-down-dallas-eastfield/
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.
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Arizona veteran cemeteries will inter members of National Guard & Reserves next year https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/111023_natl_guard_burials/arizona-veteran-cemeteries-will-inter-members-national-guard-reserves-next-year/
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.
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Arizona legislative Democrats are divided on Israeli-Palestinian conflict https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/111023_dems_divide/arizona-legislative-democrats-are-divided-israeli-palestinian-conflict/
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.
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Frank Borman, Tucson High grad & astronaut hero who led first manned orbits of moon, dies at 95 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/111023_frank-borman/frank-borman-tucson-high-grad-astronaut-hero-who-led-first-manned-orbits-moon-dies-95/
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.
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Democrats’ struggle to keep U.S. Senate majority complicated by Manchin decision https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/111023_dems_manchin/democrats-struggle-keep-us-senate-majority-complicated-by-manchin-decision/
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.
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Frank Borman, Tucsonan High grad & astronaut hero who led first manned orbits of moon, dies at 95 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/111023_frank-borman/frank-borman-tucsonan-high-grad-astronaut-hero-who-led-first-manned-orbits-moon-dies-95/
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.
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Diamond dreams: From college ball to summer leagues & Az’s Fall League, tracing the chase of the majors https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/111123_az_fall_league/diamond-dreams-from-college-ball-summer-leagues-azs-fall-league-tracing-chase-majors/
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.
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FactCheck: The 3rd GOP primary debate https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/111023_factcheck_gop_debate/factcheck-3rd-gop-primary-debate/
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.
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Arizona activists work to hold the criminal justice system accountable through court watching https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/111023_court_watchers/arizona-activists-work-hold-criminal-justice-system-accountable-through-court-watching/
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.
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Trump’s lawyers call on judge to end Manhattan fraud trial immediately https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/111023_trump_fraud/trumps-lawyers-call-judge-end-manhattan-fraud-trial-immediately/
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.
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