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Arizona health officials & trans minors spar over sex markers on birth certificates https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/112723_birth_certificates/arizona-health-officials-trans-minors-spar-over-sex-markers-birth-certificates/
A challenge to an Arizona law outlining requirements for transgender people hoping to update their birth certificates to reflect who they truly are has the potential to help the more than 41,000 Arizonans who identify as trans finally receive an updated birth certificate.
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'Double whammy’ of climate change in Arizona: Higher temps & worse air quality https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/112723_az_air_climate/double-whammy-climate-change-arizona-higher-temps-worse-air-quality/
Record-breaking heat in Arizona has an impact on air quality that often goes unnoticed, as the mixture of climate change and human expansion is leading to more days where air quality is dangerous for people with pre-existing health issues, children and the elderly.
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Arizona gave families public money for private schools. Then private schools raised tuition. https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/112723_school_vouchers/arizona-gave-families-public-money-private-schools-then-private-schools-raised-tuition/
Arizona leaders promised families roughly $7,000 a year to spend on private schools, but now, some are hiking their tuition by thousands of dollars, which risks pricing the students that lawmakers said they intended to serve out of nonpublic education options.
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Anti-abortion groups shrug off election losses, look to courts, statehouses for path forward https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/112723_anti_abortion_losses/anti-abortion-groups-shrug-off-election-losses-look-courts-statehouses-path-forward/
Anti-abortion groups say they’re undeterred by recent election setbacks and plan to plow ahead on what they’ve done for years, including working through state legislatures, federal agencies, and federal courts to outlaw abortion.
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Derek Chauvin, cop who murdered George Floyd, stabbed in Tucson federal prison https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/112623_chauvin_stabbed/derek-chauvin-cop-who-murdered-george-floyd-stabbed-tucson-federal-prison/
Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who was convicted of murdering George Floyd, was stabbed Friday at the federal prison in Tucson and taken to a local hospital, officials confirmed.
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Pima folklorico dance class to debut with 'On the Rise' show https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/112623_pcc_folklorico_debut/pima-folklorico-dance-class-debut-with-on-rise-show/
Pima Community College's ballet folklorico class makes its performance debut during Pima Dance's "On the Rise."
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U.S. military says national security depends on PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/112523_pfas_military/us-military-says-national-security-depends-pfas-forever-chemicals/
The Department of Defense relies on hundreds, if not thousands, of weapons and products such as uniforms, batteries, and microelectronics that contain PFAS, and Pentagon officials have told Congress that eliminating the chemicals would undermine military readiness.
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Ballet Tucson brings 'Land of the Sweets' to Sonoran Desert with holiday 'Nutcracker' https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/112423_nutcracker/ballet-tucson-brings-land-sweets-sonoran-desert-with-holiday-nutcracker/
Ballet Tucson is preparing for one of the most anticipated productions of the season: "The Nutcracker." The holiday favorite will run Dec. 21-Dec. 23 at the Linda Ronstadt Music Hall.
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New Social Security report shows growing overpayment problem tops $23B https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/112423_social_security_overpayments/new-social-security-report-shows-growing-overpayment-problem-tops-23b/
A new report released by the Social Security Administration shows that the scope of the agency’s overpayment problem has continued to grow.
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Being homeless means not being free − as Americans are supposed to be https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/112423_homeless_freedom_op/being-homeless-means-not-being-free-8722-as-americans-are-supposed-be/
While homelessness is clearly a state of deprivation, it is also a condition in which a person’s freedom is profoundly compromised, and a society that cherishes freedom must implement anti-homelessness policy as a way of liberating people who lack housing.
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Hobbs: Flags to half-staff to honor Army Special Operations soldier https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/112423_soldier_half_staff/hobbs-flags-half-staff-honor-army-special-operations-soldier/
Governor Katie Hobbs ordered flags at all state buildings be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset Saturday, Nov. 25, in honor of Sgt. Andrew Southard, of Apache Junction, who was killed in a November 10 helicopter crash during routine flight training in the Mediterranean Sea.
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Triumph in Bangkok: Arizona trio win IWBF gold medals, offer fresh perspective on adaptive athletics https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/112423_adaptive_athletes/triumph-bangkok-arizona-trio-win-iwbf-gold-medals-offer-fresh-perspective-adaptive-athletics/
An Arizona Wildcats trio arrived at the doors of the world-class U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, where their grueling practices culminated in a life-changing training camp and gold medals in Bangkok.
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Hellertoon: Black Friday shopping sprint https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/112423_black_friday_hellertoon/hellertoon-black-friday-shopping-sprint/
Some folks celebrate the day after Thanksgiving with buying a cornucopia of consumer goods. Some stay in for Buy Nothing Day. Others wait for Small Business Saturday, and an increasing number just phone it in.
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Why is turkey the main dish on Thanksgiving? https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/112422_thanksgiving_turkey_op/why-turkey-main-dish-on160thanksgiving/
Almost 9 in 10 Americans eat turkey during Thanksgiving, and it has more to do with how Americans observed the holiday in the late 1800s than which poultry the Pilgrims ate while celebrating their bounty in 1621.
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Virginia events 4 months after first Thanksgiving are key chapter in America’s origin https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/112322_thanksgiving_origin_op/virginia-events-4-months-after-first-thanksgiving-are-key-chapter-americas-origin/
Remembered and retold as an allegory for perseverance and cooperation, the story of the first Thanksgiving has become an important part of how Americans think about the founding of their country - but what happened four months later is far more reflective of the country’s origins.
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What Americans can learn from other cultures about the language of gratitude https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/112322_americans_gratitude_op/what-americans-can-learn-from-other-cultures-language-of160gratitude/
Languages around the world have their own unique words and expressions for saying “thank you,” and these expressions reveal very different assumptions about how human beings relate to one another and about the world we collectively inhabit.
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Catch a break during Thanksgiving weekend in Tucson https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/112323_thanksgiving_weekend_roundup/catch-break-during-thanksgiving-weekend-tucson/
Thanksgiving can be overwhelming for many reasons - inexperience in roasting a turkey, ancestral wounds, extended periods of time with family and other stressors. Here are some ways to get a bit of a reprieve.
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Reliability v. sustainability: Inside the debate over EPA’s proposed carbon rules https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/112323_epa_carbon/reliability-v-sustainability-inside-debate-over-epas-proposed-carbon-rules/
New rules proposed by the EPA earlier this year in its latest attempt to regulate the carbon from power plants have drawn fire from some congressional Republicans, grid operators and other regulators.
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As more nurse practitioners earn doctorates, physicians push to limit use of ‘Dr.’ honorific https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/112323_medical_titles/as-more-nurse-practitioners-earn-doctorates-physicians-push-limit-use-dr-honorific/
Under pressure from physicians groups, an increasing number of states are weighing restrictions barring those holding a doctorate of nursing practice degree from using the “Dr.” title in clinical settings, amid a a shortage of doctors and an explosion of nurse practitioners with doctorates.
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Unthanksgiving Day: A yearly celebration of Indigenous resistance to colonialism held at Alcatraz https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/112323_native_unthanksgiving_op/unthanksgiving-day-yearly-celebration-indigenous-resistance-colonialism-held-alcatraz/
Each year on the fourth Thursday of November, Indigenous people from diverse tribes and nations gather in San Francisco Bay to mark the Indigenous People’s Thanksgiving Sunrise Ceremony, an annual celebration that spotlights 500 years of Native resistance to colonialism.
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