Artists: 4th annual Tucson Hip Hop Awards honors supportive, united scene https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/092925_hiphop_awards/artists-4th-annual-tucson-hip-hop-awards-honors-supportive-united-scene/
The Saturday show drew hundreds to the Rialto Theatre to recognize artists and others associated with Tucson's decades-old hip-hop scene.
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Shearer: Green Valley delivers earful of truth to Ciscomani https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/092825_ciscomani_shearer_op/shearer-green-valley-delivers-earful-truth-ciscomani/
Rep. Ciscomani was looking for feel-good stories about how President Trump’s "One Big Beautiful Bill" is making life easier for small businesses. Instead of high fives, he got an earful of reality during a discussion Tuesday. But acknowledging problems would put Ciscomani at odds with Donald Trump.
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Tucson Film Festival hits Screening Room in October https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/092825_film_fest/tucson-film-festival-hits-screening-room-october/
The Tucson Film Festival, now in its 21st year, is gearing up to present six full-length independent films and 26 shorts from Oct. 9–12, including several local productions.
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Pima women run in 6K at Dave Murray Invitational https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/092725_pcc_womens_cc/pima-women-run-6k-dave-murray-invitational/
The Pima Community College women’s cross country team competed in their second meet of the season on Saturday at the Dave Murray Invitational hosted by the University of Arizona.
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Aztec women score 6 goals in 2nd half to overwhelm Mesa https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/092725_pcc_womens_soccer/aztec-women-score-6-goals-2nd-half-overwhelm-mesa/
The Pima Community College women’s soccer team (5-1-3, 5-0-2 in ACCAC) hosted Mesa Community College (2-7-1, 1-5-1) on Saturday in ACCAC conference action at the West Campus Aztec Field.
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Gutierrez nets 3rd hat-trick as Pima men roast Scottdale 6-1 https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/092325_pcc_mens_soccer/gutierrez-nets-3rd-hat-trick-as-pima-men-roast-scottdale-6-1/
The Pima Community College men’s soccer team (8-1, 5-1 in ACCAC) picked up theiur sixth straight win on Tuesday in a match at Scottsdale Community College (3-4, 3-3).
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Castaneda & Gutierrez nets goals as Pima men rack up 7th straight win https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/092825_pcc_mens_soccer/castaneda-gutierrez-nets-goals-as-pima-men-rack-up-7th-straight-win/
The Pima Community College men’s soccer team (9-1, 6-1 in ACCAC) won their seventh straight game on Saturday, shutting out Mesa Community College (3-3-2, 2-3-2) with a 2-0 final tally.
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Firefighter arrested at Washington state wildfire released by ICE https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/092625_firefighter_release/firefighter-arrested-washington-state-wildfire-released-by-ice/
A wildland firefighter who was arrested by immigration agents while fighting a wildfire in Washington state has been released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after nearly four weeks in detention.
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Biosphere 2: Learning how life emerged on Earth – and how to make barren worlds habitable https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/092825_biosphere_mission/biosphere-2-learning-how-life-emerged-earth-8211-and-how-make-barren-worlds-habitable/
Biosphere 2 first became famous as the human experiment of the 1990s that sealed a group of eight researchers inside its 3 acres of diverse ecosystems. Today, it is a test bed for understanding how life transforms landscapes, from local areas to whole planets.
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Gov. Hobbs appoints Daniel Huff to Pima Superior Court bench https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/092525_judge_huff/gov-hobbs-appoints-daniel-huff-pima-superior-court-bench/
Republican Daniel R. Huff has been appointed to the Pima County Superior Court by Gov. Katie Hobbs
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Arizona cracks down on crypto ATM scams that cost residents $177 million https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/092725_crypto_scams/arizona-cracks-down-crypto-atm-scams-that-cost-residents-177-million/
An Arizona law aimed at preventing cryptocurrency scams by adding new regulations to “crypto kiosks” goes into effect this week and gives added protections to those who use them.
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Supreme Court sides with Trump in foreign aid funding debacle https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/092725_scotus_foreign_aid/supreme-court-sides-with-trump-foreign-aid-funding-debacle/
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts granted President Donald Trump’s emergency request to temporarily freeze billions in congressionally appropriated foreign aid, to give the full court time to review Trump’s emergency appeal.
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Pima volleyball ties match but drops final 2 games in loss to Chandler-Gilbert https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/092625_pcc_volleyball/pima-volleyball-ties-match-but-drops-final-2-games-loss-chandler-gilbert/
The Pima Community College volleyball team (5-9, 2-3 in ACCAC) was back at the West Campus Aztec Gymnasium on Friday as they faced off with Chandler-Gilbert Community College (7-4, 2-3).
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Amid fears of racial profiling/ICE detention, U.S. citizens carrying passports & avoiding Spanish in public https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/092725_citizen_ice_fears/amid-fears-racial-profiling-ice-detention-us-citizens-carrying-passports-avoiding-spanish-public/
A growing number of American citizens say they don't leave home without a passport card and live in fear of being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, in light of the roundups and deportations ordered by President Donald Trump.
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For-profit corporations are buying more psychiatric hospitals. Some flout law with few repercussions. https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/092725_psych_profit/for-profit-corporations-are-buying-more-psychiatric-hospitals-some-flout-law-with-few-repercussions/
Psychiatric hospitals — increasingly owned by for-profit corporations — are illegally turning away patients during crises. Yet only a handful face penalties, with fines that are trivial.
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Tucson wants Wadsack to pay attorneys fees in failed 'coup' lawsuit https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/092625_wadsack_court/tucson-wants-wadsack-pay-attorneys-fees-failed-coup-lawsuit/
Asserting that former Republican lawmaker Justine Wadsack "planned not to attend" a federal court hearing in an $8 million lawsuit she filed against Tucson, attorneys for the city are asking the judge to "impose consequences" and order her to pay nearly $8,000 in legal fees.
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Tucson Council names new city attorney, promoting Roi Lusk https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/092625_lusk_city_attorney/tucson-council-names-new-city-attorney-promoting-roi-lusk/
Roi Lusk was appointed Tucson city attorney by Mayor Regina Romero and the Tucson City Council this week.
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AG Mayes moves to block TEP's plan to hike electric rates https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/092625_mayes_tep_rate/ag-mayes-moves-block-teps-plan-hike-electric-rates/
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes said Thursday she will challenge Tucson Electric Power's request to increase residential utility bills by about 14 percent, after her request to intervene was cleared by the Arizona Corporation Commission.
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AG Mayes moves to block TEP's move to hike electricity rates https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/092625_mayes_tep_rate/ag-mayes-moves-block-teps-move-hike-electricity-rates/
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes said Thursday she will challenge Tucson Electric Power's request to increase residential utility bills by about 14 percent, after her request to intervene was cleared by the Arizona Corporation Commission.
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They love a rainy night: PK & strong defense earns Wildcats a Big-12 win https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/092625_arizona-soccer/they-love-rainy-night-pk-strong-defense-earns-wildcats-big-12-win/
Call it lessons learned. After losing a match last week to Iowa when their opponents scored a late goal, the Wildcats made some tactical adjustments and defeated Central Florida 1 - 0 in a rainy Thursday night game at Mulcahy Stadium.
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