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Inside America’s most dangerous sport as increased safety measures aim to protect riders, horses tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
Rodeo events are fast-paced and require a brave rider to mount a charging horse or even a bull. The dangers of the sport threaten the health of those who keep it running, but the industry is doing its part to make injuries a thing of the past.

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She’s devoted her life to teaching your kids — in a country that now wants to deport her tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
There are 15,000 immigrant educators who rely on temporary permission to live and work in the U.S. But they fear for their futures under Trump.

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Newark mayor detained by federal agents during protest at ICE jail tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Ras Baraka, the mayor of Newark and one of six Democrats running to be New Jersey’s next governor, was arrested and detained by federal immigration agents Friday during a protest at an immigrant detention center in Newark.

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August default looms without debt limit action, Treasury Department warns tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Treasury Department announced Friday that Congress must address the debt limit before August, setting a firm deadline for Republicans to wrap up work on the “big, beautiful bill” that will raise the nation’s borrowing limit by up to $5 trillion.

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Arizona’s cannabis industry struggles as Q1 sales plummet 13% from 2024 levels tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
After falling in 2024, marijuana sales in Arizona accelerated their slide in the first quarter of 2025, falling more than 13% over the prior year.

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NIL in high school? Arizona’s next-gen athletes balance books & brands in a new era of sports tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
In the evolving world of amateur sports, the three-letter acronym NIL has begun rewriting the rulebook, as the financial revolution once seemingly only available for college athletes is now trickling down all the way to the high school level.

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Retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter dies at 85 tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Justice David Souter - who served over 19 years on the Supreme Court bench - died in his New Hampshire home Thursday at the age of 85.

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‘Out of control’: Kristi Noem on defense over Homeland Security spending overrun tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The top Democrat on a U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee panel Thursday slammed Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for her handling of her agency’s funding and the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

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Trump asks SCOTUS to revoke humanitarian status for over half-a-million migrants tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Donald Trump urged the Supreme Court to slash legal pathways for over half-a-million migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela who are temporarily in the U.S. for humanitarian needs as lower court losses pile up.

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Trump administration has all but stopped enforcing environmental laws tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Protecting the nation from polluters is a core function of the Environmental Protection Agency, but in the last few months, federal enforcement of major violations of environmental laws appears to have ground to a halt.

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Pope Leo XIV: Why the College of Cardinals chose the Chicago native & Augustinian to lead the church after Francis tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost is the first pope from the United States, and, traditionally, the European-dominated College of Cardinals has had reservations about choosing a cardinal from the U.S. for fear of too much American influence in the church.

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Puzzled senators question Trump’s FBI chief on nonexistent spending plan tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The case of the missing Federal Bureau of Investigation budget request was on full display Thursday, when senators repeatedly asked the law enforcement agency’s director what resources he needed Congress to provide in the upcoming fiscal year.

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HAUS: New city program could help Tucsonans living in shelters secure housing leases tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Tucson City Councilmember Paul Cunningham proposed a new program that would help people living in shelters — who may not qualify for a traditional lease due to previous evictions or bad credit — transition to permanent housing.

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Hobbs vetoes Az GOP bill ‘weaponizing’ legislative contempt authority tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The Arizona Legislature won’t be able to sic county sheriff’s offices on people who ignore their subpoenas and people who testify at the state Capitol won’t face felony charges if they lie, after Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed a bill that GOP lawmakers sent her last month.

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Pima baseball drops Game 1 of regional finals at South Mountain tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College baseball team (47-12) opened play in the Region I, Division II Finals on Thursday at South Mountain Community College (44-16), falling 9-1 in seven innings.

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Pima softball shuts out South Mountain to open regional tourney tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College softball team (48-7) opened play at the Region I, Division II Tournament on Thursday at Phoenix College, beating South Mountain 6-0.

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Sentinel journalists on the airwaves tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A roundup of upcoming Tucson-area political events: Sentinel team on the airwaves

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House Republicans pass bill to rename Gulf of Mexico the ‘Gulf of America’ like Trump wants tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The U.S. House approved a measure that would codify part of President Donald Trump’s executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America.”

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FEMA leader ousted, one day after publicly opposing agency’s elimination tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Trump administration has ousted the leader of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and replaced him with another official, just one day after he testified before Congress about the size and scope of the federal agency.

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