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McCoy, Valenzuela and Curtiss claim ACCAC titles as Pima men's track takes 2nd place tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College men’s track & field team competed in the ACCAC Conference Championships on Friday.

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Deadly fires from phone, scooter batteries leave lawmakers playing catch-up on safety tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Rechargeable lithium batteries power our daily lives: They’re in phones, laptops, electric scooters and e-bikes and mobility devices - but if they ignite, they burn hot, explosively and with a tenacity that makes them difficult to extinguish.

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Advocates: Migrants with disabilities struggle to access U.S. asylum system tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Despite several updates, the CBP One phone app used to schedule appointments at ports of entry along the U.S-Mexico border is still inaccessible to migrants with a range of disabilities, including those who are blind, deaf, have mobility issues, and have intellectual disabilities.

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Easter 2024 in the Holy Land: A holiday marked by Palestinian Christian sorrow tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Every year, Christians from across the world visit Jerusalem for Easter week, but Christian Palestinians living in the city of Bethlehem or Ramallah have to request permission from Israeli authorities well before Christmas – without guarantee that it will be granted.

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From veto to law: Hobbs signs ‘tamale bill’ to loosen rules for Arizona food vendors tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
After an uproar last year when she vetoed a similar bill, Az Gov. Katie Hobbs has signed this year’s version of the “tamale bill” that will allow home cooks who sell food to the public to expand their offerings to include items that require refrigeration, like tamales and cheesecakes.

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Pima sprinter Trinity Bethea breaks school record in 400 meters as Aztecs earn 5 national qualifiers tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College women’s track & field competed at the Willie Williams Invitational on Friday and Saturday at the Roy P. Drachman Stadium hosted by the University of Arizona.

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An Az GOP candidate appears to be registered to vote, and casting ballots, illegally tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Republican hopeful Neil DeSanti is mounting his fourth campaign for elected office since 2020, and he’s voted in 16 state and local elections since registering to vote in 2012 - but he appears to be ineligible to vote under Arizona law.

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Menthol cigarettes face possible state & federal bans tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable death and disease in Arizona and across the U.S. Federal and state officials are now targeting flavored tobacco products, particularly menthol, for having made the problem worse.

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Senators told of ‘alarming’ level of drone incursions at southern border tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Cartels are sending as many as 1,000 unmanned drones across the border every month, sometimes smuggling drugs but more often probing the border for vulnerabilities, though no one knows the actual number of incursions, and more work needs done to counter the threat.

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Republicans continue to oppose extending operations for the Arizona School for the Deaf & Blind tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Senate Republicans continue to thwart efforts to allow the Arizona School for the Deaf and Blind to operate for more than just the next few years, and an effort to allow the legislature to keep a close tab on the school’s operations and performance for unspecified reasons.

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Judge: Lake has lost all rights to litigate defamation case tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The judge presiding over the defamation suit filed by Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer reminded Kari Lake and her attorneys in a Wednesday filing exactly what a default judgment means - she had given up on defending herself.

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Debate sobre si kratom beneficia o perjudica a quienes lo consumen tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Cuando la DEA intentó por primera vez categorizar el kratom como una “droga preocupante” en 2016, encontró resistencia que le obligó a retirar esa designación y, desde entonces, ha habido una discusión continua sobre cómo el kratom ayuda o daña a las personas.

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As Maricopa County breaks eviction filing records, leaders tout safety-net programs tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Maricopa County has seen a rising tide of eviction filings over the past four years, breaking previous records, but the courts, advocates and state agencies are trying to highlight the resources available for those facing eviction.

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How Cesar Chavez married faith & ideology in landmark farmworkers’ march tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Labor rights pioneer Cesar Chavez, whose birthday is celebrated as a holiday in the U.S. every March 31 and remains the preeminent icon of civil and labor rights in the U.S., fused his understanding of Catholic social doctrine with principles of community organizing.

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Tucson city offices closed Friday for César Chávez Day tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
All city of Tucson offices, except for emergency services, will be closed Friday, March 29, in observance of César Chávez Day.

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Negativland's Mark Hosler to perform rare solo set in Tucson on Friday tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Self-described "brain boggler" Mark Hosler (co-founder of multimedia collective Negativland) continues to subvert musical convention with an improvisational performance at Tucson's Golden Saguaro on Friday night.

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Cunningham: Ortega carved out new culture in Tucson city administration tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
"There’s not a lot of mention on how Mike Ortega changed the culture at the top of our city’s administration." — City Councilman Paul Cunningham

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Louis Taylor case: 9th Circuit set to decide if federal judges can expunge state convictions tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The 9th Circuit heard arguments Thursday in a nine-year-old case seeking to expunge the conviction of Louis Taylor, accused of starting the 1970 Pioneer Hotel Fire and sentenced to life in prison, after 29 people died in one of the most devastating fires in Tucson’s history.

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Baltimore bridge collapse rattles supply chains already rocked by troubles in Panama & Red Sea tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge has put a spotlight on the Port of Baltimore, which paused shipping and immediately halted all vessel traffic in and out, and the raised the prospect of supply chains being snarled for months.

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Claytoonz: Trump stakes claim to Bible profits tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Donald Trump is selling Trump Bibles for $60 a pop. If he hasn’t deleted all the lines about the antichrist in his Trump Bibles, then the joke truly is on the fundamentalists who purchase these.

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