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The West’s power grid could be stitched together — if red and blue states buy in tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
For years, Western leaders have debated the creation of a regional energy market. With the passage of a landmark new law in California, that market is finally on its way to becoming a reality, but the market’s success depends heavily on which states and utilities decide to opt in.

AI reshapes healthcare but adopts bias tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Artificial intelligence is sweeping through health care, easing bureaucracy and giving providers more time with patients - but the same systems can carry deep bias when drafting recommendations or analyzing conditions for diagnosis.

Inteligencia artificial remodela cuidado de salud pero a menudo adopta parcialidad tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
La inteligencia artificial está arrasando en el sistema de salud, facilitando la burocracia y dando a los proveedores más tiempo con los pacientes, pero los mismos sistemas pueden tener sesgos profundos al redactar recomendaciones o analizar condiciones para el diagnóstico.

Indigenous Peoples Day comes amid reckoning over colonialism & calls for return of Native land tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
Celebrating Indigenous cultures every October is important. But in this moment when the U.S. is reckoning with legacies of racism and colonialism, many Indigenous nations call for something more – the return of ancestral lands.

PCC's 'Night of the Living Dead' merges live theatre & film tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
A theatrical production of "Night of the Living Dead" at Pima Community College combines a reimagined cast and set with footage from the original 1969 film.

Romero: Tucson launching Safe City Initiative; residents need to see real solutions tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
"Everyone deserves to be safe — in your neighborhood, at work, and in our public spaces. We hear your current concerns about safety in our community loud and clear, and we share them. That is why we are launching the Safe City Initiative." — Mayor Regina Romero

Adcock: TEP profits help generate powerful returns for our community tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/rep
While we rely on energy from natural gas, sunlight, wind and coal, our local electric service would not be possible without money. And while it’s easy to criticize profit, it’s probably more productive to understand how it contributes to lower rates and more reliable service.

CBP awards $4.5 billion for border wall 'smart wall' construction tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Friday they would build 230 miles of new border barriers backed by sensors, lights, and cameras, spending about $4.5 billion allocated by Congress in September—including about 23 miles of new "secondary" wall and around 126 miles of "system attributes" in Arizona.

Flags at half-staff Sunday to honor Show Low firefighter EMT Collins tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs ordered flags at all state buildings be lowered to half-staff on Sunday, Oct. 12, in honor of the interment of firefighter EMT Glenn Collins, who died in a motorcycle crash on his way to work on Oct. 3.

Gutierrez scores 15th & 16th goals of season as Aztec men win 10th straight tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College men’s soccer team (12-1, 9-1 in ACCAC) played a rare morning match against GateWay Community College (0-10-2, 0-9-1) on Friday at South Mountain Community College in Phoenix.

Dagnino & Martinez each net 2 as Pima's women's soccer shuts out GateWay tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Pima Community College women’s soccer team (7-1-5, 7-0-3 in ACCAC) closed out a busy week on Friday against GateWay Community College (0-11, 0-10) in Phoenix, racking up an 8–0 win.

Tucson Baseball Team cancels home series at Kino Stadium due to visa issues tucsonsentinel.com/sports/repo
The Tucson Baseball Team has canceled the season-opening home series at Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium, scheduled for Oct. 16, as it works through information provided by the federal government on the team's U.S. visa process.

Illegal street takeovers — with stunts and noise — are growing as states try to crack down tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
Policing experts say illegal street takeovers — which are often organized on social media and can draw hundreds of people to block intersections, highways or parking lots for stunt driving — have become increasingly dangerous and difficult to contain.

Some voters unhappy with Pima County's new vote-by-mail system tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Tucson and Pima County voters are seeing a big change when they receive their ballot in the mail for the upcoming Tucson and school district elections.

Trump follows through on threat with ‘substantial’ federal employee layoffs amid shutdown tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The Trump administration announced it had begun mass layoffs of federal employees, a step not taken during previous government shutdowns and one that could significantly reshape the size and scope of the government.

Trump undertakes a MAGA-centric makeover of U.S. civics education tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
A slew of conservative groups will lead a new coalition to spur civics education and push the subject in a more patriotic direction, raising alarms for some traditional civics and education groups that were not included in the initiative.

La Rosa opens Friday in former Benedictine Sanctuary tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report
A conversation with legendary concert promoter Charlie Levy ahead of the opening of first Tucson venue, La Rosa, in the former Benedictine Sanctuary

Trump called Digital Equity Act ‘racist.’ Now Internet money for rural Americans is gone. tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
President Donald Trump called the Digital Equity Act unconstitutional, racist, and illegal. Then the $2.75 billion program for rural and underserved communities to gain internet access disappeared.

Shutdown forces Medicare patients off popular telehealth and hospital-at-home programs tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
The telehealth and in-home hospital care programs were both temporary — but increasingly popular — options for Medicare recipients. The shutdown has prevented Congress from extending them.

Former Arizona lawmaker gets probation for violating restraining order tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor
Former Arizona lawmaker Leezah Sun, who resigned after threatening to throw a lobbyist off a balcony, was given two years probation for violating the restraining order the lobbyist filed against her.

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