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Inside America’s most dangerous sport as increased safety measures aim to protect riders, horses https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/051125_rodeo_dangers/inside-americas-most-dangerous-sport-as-increased-safety-measures-aim-protect-riders-horses/
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 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051025_immigrant_educators/shes-devoted-her-life-teaching-your-kids-country-that-now-wants-deport-her/
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 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050925_mayor_ice_arrest/newark-mayor-detained-by-federal-agents-during-protest-ice-jail/
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 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050925_august_default/august-default-looms-without-debt-limit-action-treasury-department-warns/
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 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050925_cannabis_struggles/arizonas-cannabis-industry-struggles-as-q1-sales-plummet-13-from-2024-levels/
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 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/050925_nil_athletes/nil-high-school-arizonas-next-gen-athletes-balance-books-brands-new-era-sports/
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 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050925_souter_obit/retired-supreme-court-justice-david-souter-dies-85/
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 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050925_dhs_spending/out-control-kristi-noem-defense-over-homeland-security-spending-overrun/
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 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050925_scotus_status/trump-asks-scotus-revoke-humanitarian-status-over-half-a-million-migrants/
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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