Nikki Haley drops out of Republican presidential race https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030624_haley_campaign/nikki-haley-drops-out-republican-presidential-race/
Nikki Haley announced Wednesday she would suspend her campaign in the Republican presidential primary, setting up a likely rematch between Donald Trump and Joe Biden in November’s general election.
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Pima County Supes vote to require gun owners to report missing firearms https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030524_pima_gun_ordinance/pima-county-supes-vote-require-gun-owners-report-missing-firearms/
The Pima County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 to institute an ordinance to require gun owners to report the theft of a firearm within 48 hours or face a fine.
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Kari Lake drops her appeal to get ballot envelope signatures in losing '22 race https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030524_lake_signatures/kari-lake-drops-her-appeal-get-ballot-envelope-signatures-losing-22-race/
Kari Lake’s lawyer on Monday quietly dropped his intent to appeal the decision in a ballot envelope signature case that she said was critical to her continued effort to overturn the results of Arizona’s 2022 gubernatorial election.
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Super Tuesday voters turn out to select parties' presidential nominees https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030524_super_tuesday/super-tuesday-voters-turn-out-select-parties-presidential-nominees/
Former President Donald Trump is campaigning against his former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley for a third of the Republican Party’s primary delegates as voters in 16 states and American Samoa select nominees for president. Incumbent President Joe Biden has few challengers.
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Kyrsten Sinema announces she will not seek re-election to U.S. Senate https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030524_sinema_retires/kyrsten-sinema-announces-she-will-not-seek-re-election-us-senate/
U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema announced Tuesday that she will not seek a second term because Washington is too dysfunctional. The Arizona independent, elected under the Democratic banner before leaving the party, will leave office when her term ends at the end of the year.
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Kyrsten Sinema announces she will not seek re-election to U.S. Senate https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030524_sinema_retires/kyrsten-sinema-announces-she-will-not-seek-re-election-us-senate/
U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema announced Tuesday that she will not seek a second term because Washington is too dysfunctional. The Arizona independent, elected under the Democratic banner before leaving the party, will leave office when her term ends at the end of the year.
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Kyrsten Sinema annouces she will not seek re-election to U.S. Senate https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030524_sinema_retires/kyrsten-sinema-annouces-she-will-not-seek-re-election-us-senate/
U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema announced Tuesday that she will not seek a second term because Washington is too dysfunctional. The Arizona independent, elected under the Democratic banner before leaving the party, will leave office when her term ends at the end of the year.
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Kyrsten Sinema annnouces she will not seek re-election to U.S. Senate https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030524_sinema_retires/kyrsten-sinema-annnouces-she-will-not-seek-re-election-us-senate/
U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema announced Tuesday that she will not seek a second term because Washington is too dysfunctional. The Arizona independent, elected under the Democratic banner before leaving the party, will leave office when her term ends at the end of the year.
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All-artist crew sets off on simulated moon mission at Biosphere 2 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/030524_art_moon_mission/all-artist-crew-sets-off-simulated-moon-mission-biosphere-2/
A writer, a poet, a textile artist and a dancer walk into an analog moon facility in Tucson, and they create art.
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Aubrey Marx goes 4-7 with 6 RBIs & 4 runs scored as Aztecs sweep Miles CC with 29 runs https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/030524_pcc_softball/aubrey-marx-goes-4-7-with-6-rbis-4-runs-scored-as-aztecs-sweep-miles-cc-with-29-runs/
The Pima Community College softball team (11-8) brought the bats out as they played a non-conference doubleheader against Miles Community College (3-5) on Monday as part of the TIG Invitational at Lincoln Park.
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Oldham scores 23 but Pima men fall at Eastern Az, snapping 12-game streak https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/030524_pcc_mens_basketball/oldham-scores-23-but-pima-men-fall-eastern-az-snapping-12-game-streak/
The Pima Community College men’s basketball team had a 12-game winning streak snapped on Monday at Eastern Arizona College (24-6, 17-2) as they closed out the regular season.
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Is a white nationalist part of Kari Lake’s campaign team? Her campaign won’t say. https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030524_lake_white_nationalism/is-white-nationalist-part-kari-lakes-campaign-team-her-campaign-wont-say/
Kari Lake grinned widely and flashed a thumbs up as she posed for a photo Sunday with a far-right political operative who is reportedly a fervent follower and close associate of white nationalist Nick Fuentes, though it's unclear what ties Searle has to her campaign for U.S. Senate.
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Az GOP lawmakers want to ban compliance with UN, World Economic Forum goals for sustainability https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030524_sustainability_compliance/az-gop-lawmakers-want-ban-compliance-with-un-world-economic-forum-goals-sustainability/
Republicans in the Arizona House voted this week to ban governmental entities in the state from enacting any portion of the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda, as well as a long list of other initiatives promoted by the World Economic Forum that are aimed at sustainability.
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Absence of AI hospital rules worries nurses https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030524_ai_hospitals/absence-ai-hospital-rules-worries-nurses/
Artificial intelligence has been used in health care settings for years, but the fast-paced development of these systems — to the point where robotics are being used in surgery — raises practical and ethical questions for the providers who work with that technology.
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Pima women have 11-game streak snapped at Eastern Az; Aztecs lock up No. 2 seed for regionals https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/030524_pcc_womens_basketball/pima-women-have-11-game-streak-snapped-eastern-az-aztecs-lock-up-no-2-seed-regionals/
The Pima Community College women’s basketball team (23-7, 18-5 in ACCAC) closed out the regular season on Monday with a loss to Eastern Arizona College (27-3, 20-3) in Thatcher.
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Arizona Senate committee approves bill to ban voting centers https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030524_voting_center_ban/arizona-senate-committee-approves-bill-ban-voting-centers/
An Arizona Senate committee voted to advance a bill that would ban countries from using widely available voting centers for all elections, instead returning to precinct-based voting that serves no more than 1,000 registered voters per location.
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Super Tuesday voters turn out to select parties’ presidential nominee https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030524_super_tuesday/super-tuesday-voters-turn-out-select-parties-presidential-nominee/
Former President Donald Trump is campaigning against his former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley for a third of the Republican Party’s primary delegates as voters in 16 states and American Samoa select nominees for president. Incumbent President Joe Biden has few challengers.
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If trees could talk: Tree rings show recent decades warmest in 500 years https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030524_tree_tales/if-trees-could-talk-tree-rings-show-recent-decades-warmest-500-years/
A new study that looked at tree rings to track changing temperatures going back to 1553 found the current Western megadrought is unlike any other dry period the region has experienced over the past 500 years and human-fueled climate change is driving temperatures higher.
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Pima County sheriff faces posse of lawmen in re-election bid https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030524_pima_sheriff_race/pima-county-sheriff-faces-posse-lawmen-re-election-bid/
As he seeks reelection to the post he first won in 2020, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos has four former or current members of the Sheriff’s Department gunning for his job.
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Hobbs vetoes GOP bill to usurp enforcement of federal immigration laws https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030424_hobbs_immigration_veto/hobbs-vetoes-gop-bill-usurp-enforcement-federal-immigration-laws/
Gov. Katie Hobbs issued a stinging rebuke to Arizona Republicans on Monday, wielding her veto stamp to reject a GOP priority proposal that sought to give the state the power to arrest and deport migrants.
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