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No. 12 Pima women's basketball beats No. 15 Illinois Central tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College women’s basketball team (3-1) faced its first test in NJCAA Division II play on Thursday against Illinois Central College (2-2).

Kari Lake comes close to conceding Senate loss as her husband aims to dismiss defamation case tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Kari Lake, one of Arizona’s most fervent election deniers, seems to have accepted her loss in last week’s race for U.S. Senate to U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego. At the same time, she’s still dealing with the fallout of her refusal to accept her loss in the 2022 election for Arizona governor.

LGBTQ+ organizers in Az brace for impacts of a far-right government tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Since Donald Trump’s decisive win last week, thousands of people and organizations have said the next step is to organize within the LGBTQ+ community against possible retaliation from far-right Christian nationalists who hold power - but there aren’t clear ways on what that even means.

Baptist church claims religious discrimination after Az border town shuts down food ministry tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A federal judge will likely decline to dismiss a lawsuit challenging an action by the city of San Luis to halt a Baptist church’s food ministry program on the Arizona-Mexico border.

Judge in Arizona fake elector case recuses over Nazi reference tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
An Arizona judge in a controversial election interference case recused himself in light of comments that one defendant says implicitly compare him and others to Adolf Hitler supporters.

Lappin shaves Nanos' narrow lead in race for Pima County sheriff by 12 votes tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Democratic incumbent Chris Nanos was leading Republican Heather Lappin by just 187 votes in the race for Pima County sheriff after Thursday’s results were released — a change of 12 votes from the previous day.

Housing office director: Pima County needs 1,200 new shelter beds tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Pima County needs an additional 1,200 shelter beds for its homeless population, a local housing official said.

Riders & bulls & bucking — oh my! Bull riding at Tucson Arena tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The PBR refers to bull riding as "America's original extreme sport." Professional rider Nick Tetz said the organization's events are like "rock concerts with bull riding."

Photos: TUSD schools hold 'walk-in day' celebrating civil rights icon Ruby Bridges tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Dozens of students at Miles Exploratory Learning Center, a K-8 school in the Tucson Unified School District, celebrated the civil rights legacy of Ruby Bridges with a "walk-in" day Thursday morning.

Kelly skeptical, Gallego mum on Trump defense pick – Fox News host Pete Hegseth tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly was among the combat veterans and Democrats expressing deep skepticism at Donald Trump’s choice of a defense secretary with no national security experience.

Trump’s plans to extend tax cuts & slash red tape will likely spur economic growth − at a cost tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The economy was one of their top issues as voters went to the polls this year. So what does Donald Trump’s return to the White House – as well as Republican gains in Congress – mean for the U.S. economy?

What will it take to elect a woman president? tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Women have led the governments of nearly a third of the countries on Earth as presidents, prime ministers and chancellors. VP Kamala Harris’ defeat kept the 235-year-old glass ceiling in the U.S. unbroken.

As nuns disappear, many Catholic hospitals look more like megacorporations tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Catholic Church still governs the care that can be delivered to millions in hospitals each year, but over time, a focus on margins led the hospitals to transform into behemoths that operate for-profit subsidiaries and pay their executives millions.

Sin monjas en sus pasillos, muchos hospitales católicos parecen más mega corporaciones tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
La Iglesia Católica todavía gobierna la atención que se puede brindar a millones de personas en los hospitales cada año, pero el enfoque en los márgenes llevó a los hospitales a transformarse en gigantes que operan subsidiarias con fines de lucro y pagan millones a sus ejecutivos.

LD17: Democrat Kevin Volk wins House seat in Tucson's GOP-leaning district tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Democrat Kevin Volk defeated Republican Cory McGarr in Tucson's GOP-leaning Legislative District 17

Engel concedes to Ciscomani in Southern Az CD6 race tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani claimed victory Wednesday after his Democratic challenger Kirsten Engel conceded the race in Arizona's Congressional District 6.

Christy blocks Democratic sweep of most Pima County offices tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Updated: Republican Supervisor Steve Christy claimed victory Wednesday in his race against Democratic challenger Vanessa Bechtol, ensuring that Democrats would not hold all five seats on the Pima County Board of Supervisors.

Sheriff Nanos up by just 199 over Lappin as Pima vote count continues tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Democratic incumbent Chris Nanos was leading Republican Heather Lappin by just 199 votes in the race for Pima County sheriff after Wednesday’s results were released.

Enviro group sues Az officials over right-of-way for Copper World mine tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Local environmental group Save the Scenic Santa Ritas filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to block the Copper World mine from building waste pipelines across a portion of the state-owned Santa Rita Experimental Range.

Trump chooses Rep. Matt Gaetz, who is facing an ethics probe, as his attorney general tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he intends to nominate U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz as the next attorney general of the United States.

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