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'Sash sisters:' Wa:k Ceksan & other programs preserve O'odham traditions through pageantry tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
Miss Wa:k Ceksan Royalty has been part of the Tohono O'odham Nation's San Xavier district for less than four decades. But the traditions it teaches have been passed down for over four millennia.

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‘Not a way to live’: AI is fueling violent threats against women judges tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Take It Down Act enacts criminal penalties for “the nonconsensual online publication of intimate visual depictions of individuals, both authentic and computer-generated.” However, it’s unclear how existing federal law applies to AI-generated threats.

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Ex-superintendent: Keeping Grand Canyon National Park open during a shutdown puts Arizona’s gem at risk tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
A former superintendent at Grand Canyon National Park warned that if the park stays open during a government shutdown, understaffing could put “nationally important, irreplaceable resources” at risk.

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‘Warrior ethos’ mistakes military might for true security – ignores wisdom of Eisenhower tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The summoning of hundreds of generals and admirals to Quantico to cover a a shift toward a ‘warrior ethos’ signals an escalation in the administration’s embrace of a militaristic mindset that President Eisenhower warned against, and the nation’s founders aimed to constrain.

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National Dems call for reprisals against Az GOP lawmaker for ‘unconscionable’ call to hang colleague tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
U.S. House of Representatives Democratic Leader Hakeem Jefferies called on the Republicans who control the Arizona House of Representatives to hold Kingman Republican Rep. John Gillette accountable for his “dangerous” words.

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Congressional budget deadlock tightens as shutdown fears mount tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
As the country braces for a possible government shutdown, Democratic leaders in Congress said they were holding firm in their efforts to extract concessions from Republicans and President Donald Trump in a proposed short-term funding bill.

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YouTube settles Trump lawsuit over suspended account for $24.5 million tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
YouTube will pay President Donald Trump and other plaintiffs $24.5 million to settle a 2021 lawsuit Trump brought after his account on the video platform was suspended in the wake of the attack by his supporters on the U.S. Capitol.

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Planned Parenthood stops accepting Arizona Medicaid as Trump ban takes effect tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizonans enrolled in AHCCCS, the state’s Medicaid program, will no longer be able to visit their local Planned Parenthood clinic for an STI test or a cancer screening starting this week.

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Mini Time Machine exhibit highlights film SFX legend Ray Harryhausen tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
"The Dynamic Work of Ray Harryhausen" displays more than 130 pieces of the animator and special effects creator's work, and it opens Tuesday to the public.

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Az Supreme Court allows GOP lawmakers to challenge voter-approved dark money disclosure law tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
The legal battle over a voter-approved anti-dark-money law passed in 2022 will continue as the Arizona Supreme Court said Republican lawmakers have a right to legally challenge the law but the court did not rule on its constitutionality.

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Ohio chaplain freed from jail as DHS drops deportation case tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
An Egyptian chaplain whose detention sparked a community uproar and became a test of counterterrorism powers in immigration court was released from an Ohio jail as the Department of Homeland Security abruptly withdrew its case against him.

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Grijalva blames delay in taking CD 7 office on GOP fear of Epstein files tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Democrat Adelita Grijalva, who won the special election to replace her father in Congressional District 7, flew to Washington, D.C., Sunday night, but she still did not have any idea when she might be seated.

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Trump wants the Supreme Court to reinterpret Constitution to end birthright citizenship tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Trump administration has again petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court regarding birthright citizenship, this time on the merits of the administration’s effort to rewrite the constitutional right afforded to children born on U.S. soil.

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Oracle invested millions in government influence before winning a major stake in TikTok tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Oracle ranks among the most influential corporate forces in America — something underscored by the leading role the company is poised to play in President Trump’s deal to decouple TikTok’s U.S. operations from its Chinese parent, ByteDance.

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Lawsuit alleges gun industry exploited firearm owners’ data for political gain tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Two major law firms accused the National Shooting Sports Foundation this week of violating the privacy rights of millions of gun owners by running a decades-long program that sent their information to political operatives without consent.

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Where jobs are scarce, over 1 million people could dodge Medicaid work rule tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Millions of Medicaid enrollees may have a way out of the new federal work requirement — if they live in a county with high unemployment.

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New report ranks states on climate-related health risks, clean energy policies tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Researchers ranked states based on risks from extreme heat, flooding, poor air quality, natural hazard risks to health care facilities and greenhouse gas emissions by the health care sector, and also analyzed states’ clean energy policies and climate change mitigation efforts.

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Oro Valley mulls tax & fee increases; Marana teachers to get bonus tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
The Oro Valley Town Council will be looking into new ways to raise money for capital projects, while Marana schools are moving fast on 2022 bonds, and more from government meetings around Tucson the week of Sept. 29.

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FactCheck: Changes to recommendations for combined MMR & chickenpox vaccine tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A vaccine advisory committee for the CDC voted to change its recommendation on the combined vaccine for chickenpox and measles, mumps and rubella, called the MMRV vaccine — but experts questioned why the panel was revisiting the issue at all.

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Baseball returns to Tucson in October tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
Baseball returns to Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium in October with three events: the Mexican Baseball Fiesta, the Arizona Fall League, and opening season for the new Tucson Baseball Team.

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