In Tucson, Vance & Walz offer competing visions: Mass deportation vs. 'humanity' https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100924_walz_vance_tucson/in-tucson-vance-walz-offer-competing-visions-mass-deportation-vs-humanity/
Speaking within hours of each other in Tucson, JD Vance and Tim Walz laid out starkly different themes on Wednesday, offering contrasting takes on the border in campaign speeches in the vital swing state of Arizona.
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Tucson Improv Movement hosts 10th Comedy Arts Festival https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/100824_tucson_improv_festival/tucson-improv-movement-hosts-10th-comedy-arts-festival/
The 10th annual Tucson Comedy Arts Festival will bring 10 days of comedy shows to the Tucson Improv Movement stage, starting this week.
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Drop off household hazardous waste at Tucson collection event Saturday https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100924_hw_collection/drop-off-household-hazardous-waste-tucson-collection-event-saturday/
Tucson residents can drop off old cleaning products, batteries, paint and paper documents at the city's monthly household hazardous waste collection event, set for Saturday morning, Oct. 12.
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No, the Department of Defense Is not manipulating the weather https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/100924_pentagon_weather/no-department-defense-not-manipulating-weather/
With the storm-battered Southeast bracing for another massive hurricane and the hyperpartisan election just four weeks away, government officials and rescue workers aren’t just battling the elements, they’re fighting against a spiraling misinformation war.
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Confluence of epic hurricanes, election ensnare military in misinformation deluge https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/100924_pentagon_weather/confluence-epic-hurricanes-election-ensnare-military-misinformation-deluge/
With the storm-battered Southeast bracing for another massive hurricane and the hyperpartisan election just four weeks away, government officials and rescue workers aren’t just battling the elements, they’re fighting against a spiraling misinformation war.
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How foreign operations are manipulating social media to influence your views https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/100924_social_media_manipulation/how-foreign-operations-are-manipulating-social-media-influence-your-views/
Foreign influence campaigns - large-scale efforts to shift public opinion, push false narratives or change behaviors among a target population - have been widespread in the run-up to the 2024 U.S. presidential election, and they can add friction in combination with educational efforts.
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Arizona’s Prop. 139 could shift the narrative on Latinas & abortion https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100924_latinas_abortion/arizonas-prop-139-could-shift-narrative-latinas-abortion/
The abortion rights referendums in Arizona and other states with sizable Latinx populations are testing the long-held assumption that religion and traditional cultural norms make Latinas less supportive of the right to abortion.
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Ghost gun rule appears to survive Supreme Court gauntlet https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/100924_scotus_ghost_guns/ghost-gun-rule-appears-survive-supreme-court-gauntlet/
The Supreme Court seemed likely Tuesday to uphold the Biden administration’s ghost gun regulations, but the potential win didn’t dim criticism of judicial interference in agency regulation.
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Anti-abortion researchers take legal action over retracted studies cited in FDA case https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/100924_abortion_research/anti-abortion-researchers-take-legal-action-over-retracted-studies-cited-fda-case/
Researchers whose anti-abortion-funded studies were used to argue for restrictions on medication abortion — and then were retracted on methodological grounds — are now taking legal action against academic publisher Sage, which pulled their papers in February.
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‘Nothing but success’: Top MLB prospects converge on Phoenix for Arizona Fall League https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/100924_az_fall_league/nothing-but-success-top-mlb-prospects-converge-phoenix-arizona-fall-league/
Every October, the top prospects in baseball descend upon the state to make their mark in the Arizona Fall League, which began play Monday and runs through Nov. 16, giving baseball lovers a chance to watch the sport's top prospects in a laid-back atmosphere.
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After record hot summer, Arizona drought experts fear worsening conditions https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100924_heat_drought/after-record-hot-summer-arizona-drought-experts-fear-worsening-conditions/
Now 30 years into a historic drought, the Grand Canyon State dragged itself through the hottest and driest monsoon season on record this year, which one expert called “hellish conditions.”
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Arizona’s ballot measure could shift the narrative on Latinas & abortion https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100924_latinas_abortion/arizonas-ballot-measure-could-shift-narrative-latinas-abortion/
The abortion rights referendums in Arizona and other states with sizable Latinx populations are testing the long-held assumption that religion and traditional cultural norms make Latinas less supportive of the right to abortion.
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Montilla & Lund-Iversen each net 2 as Pima men's soccer wins 5th straight https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/100924_pcc_mens_soccer/montilla-lund-iversen-each-net-2-as-pima-mens-soccer-wins-5th-straight/
The Pima Community College men’s soccer team (12-1, 11-1 in ACCAC) picked up a fifth straight win on Tuesday as they hosted Mesa Community College (6-5-1) at the West Campus Aztec Field.
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Pima women have 6 goal-scorers in shutout win over Mesa https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/100924_pcc_womens_soccer/pima-women-have-6-goal-scorers-shutout-win-over-mesa/
The Pima Community College women’s soccer team (9-2) spread the wealth around as they produced a third straight shutout victory on Tuesday against Mesa Community College (5-7, 5-6).
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Early ballots for November election sent to Arizona voters https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100924_early_ballots_sent/early-ballots-november-election-sent-arizona-voters/
Updated: Pima County officials are sending more than 486,000 ballots to voters Wednesday, kicking off early voting in this year’s presidential election.
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Ciscomani & Engel clash on abortion, border & more in final debate https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100824_cd6_debate_recap/ciscomani-engel-clash-abortion-border-more-final-debate/
In their second and final debate ahead of the Nov. 5 election, Republican U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani and Democratic challenger Kirsten Engel disagreed over a wide range of issues, including immigration, abortion and the economy.
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A night's stay at Pima County Jail about to get more expensive — for Tucson https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100824_jail_costs/a-nights-stay-pima-county-jail-get-more-expensive-tucson/
The rates that the county charges the city of Tucson to house inmates in the Pima County Adult Detention Center will rise in the upcoming fiscal year after the City Council voted unanimously to approve an agreement at the meeting Tuesday.
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Sonoran Institute to host block party to clean up Santa Cruz River https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100824_santa_cruz_party/sonoran-institute-host-block-party-clean-up-santa-cruz-river/
This Saturday, the Sonoran Institute is hosting a block party as its first Santa Cruz River cleanup of the fall. The organization's goal is to remove 2,000 pounds of trash from the Santa Cruz River in two hours.
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Arizona ballot Prop. 140 would create open primaries. Here’s what else it would do. https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100824_prop_140_primaries/arizona-ballot-prop-140-would-create-open-primaries-heres-what-else-it-would-do/
Out of the 13 propositions on Arizona’s ballot this year, Proposition 140 stands to have the greatest effect on the state’s elections. Here’s how each type of statewide election currently works in Arizona, and how a “yes” vote on 140 would change that.
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Arizona ballot proposition would create open primaries. Here’s what else it would do. https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100824_prop_140_primaries/arizona-ballot-proposition-would-create-open-primaries-heres-what-else-it-would-do/
Out of the 13 propositions on Arizona’s ballot this year, Proposition 140 stands to have the greatest effect on the state’s elections. Here’s how each type of statewide election currently works in Arizona, and how a “yes” vote on Proposition 140 would change that.
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