Posted Aug 12, 2022, 9:55 am
Max Campodall’Orto
/Cronkite News
After years of support, the Arizona Interscholastic Association will add a 35-second shot clock to high school basketball in the 6A through 3A conferences.... Read more»
Posted Aug 12, 2022, 9:30 am
Saranac Hale Spencer
/FactCheck
Social media posts claiming the FBI search of the home of former President Donald Trump was politically motivated have been swirling online, despite there being no evidence that President Biden “had his department of justice’s FBI raid” Trump’s home.... Read more»
Posted Aug 12, 2022, 5:02 am
Ted Prezelski
/TucsonSentinel.com
Megan Chelf scored a 36th minute goal in a University of Arizona Wildcats preseason loss on Thursday morning. FC Tucson takes a much-needed break from play this week.... Read more»
Posted Aug 12, 2022, 4:59 am
Louis Jacobson
/Kaiser Health News
As Senate Democrats raced to pass what could be their final piece of major legislation before the midterm elections, critics went to the airwaves to falsely blast the proposal as hurting older Americans who rely on Medicare.... Read more»
Posted Aug 11, 2022, 5:54 pm
Bennito L. Kelty
/TucsonSentinel.com
Pima County finished counting ballots in the Aug. 2 primaries, which saw new vote centers, crowded Republican races and a few surprises at the local level. The results still must be canvassed by the Board of Supervisors and Arizona secretary of state. ... Read more»
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Posted Aug 11, 2022, 2:55 pm
Bennito L. Kelty
/TucsonSentinel.com
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg came to Tucson on Thursday to announce the 22nd Street bridge over Aviation Parkway and the Union Pacific Railroad will be replaced using $25 million from the $1.2 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.... Read more»
Posted Aug 11, 2022, 2:35 pm
Jennifer Shutt
/Arizona Mirror
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said the U.S. Department of Justice moved Thursday to release the search warrant a federal judge issued earlier this week that allowed federal agents to enter former President Donald Trump’s residence at Mar-a-Lago.... Read more»
Posted Aug 11, 2022, 11:39 am
Shannon Bow O'Brien
/University of Texas at Austin/The Conversation
Details of the FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate search are not clear, but reporting shows it was “at least in part” for presidential records that Trump had taken from the White House - records the National Archives knew were missing.... Read more»
Posted Aug 11, 2022, 11:28 am
Bianca Morales
/TucsonSentinel.com
Tucson's mariachi and folklorico communities shine in a new documentary titled "The Mariachi Miracle." While it isn't finished yet, there will be a screening of a rough cut of Daniel Buckey's labor of love on Sunday at the Fox Theatre.... Read more»
Posted Aug 11, 2022, 11:27 am
Bianca Morales
/TucsonSentinel.com
Las comunidades de mariachi y folclórico de Tucson brillarán en un nuevo documental titulado “The Mariachi Miracle.” Aunque aún no está listo, habrá una proyección del corte preliminar de la obra de amor de Daniel Buckley en el Fox Theatre el domingo.
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Posted Aug 11, 2022, 11:26 am
Cameron Langford
/Courthouse News Service
A Texas firearms parts dealer asked a federal judge to block a Biden administration rule targeting "ghost guns" it claims will shutter its business - a rule also being challenged by Arizona and other GOP states on behalf of a North Dakota gun shop.... Read more»
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Posted Aug 11, 2022, 11:19 am
Jennifer Sawhney
/Cronkite News
For tens of thousands of migrants from all over the globe who’ve passed through Tapachula, it’s supposed to be a temporary stop - they never thought they’d have to find shelter for weeks or even months in a city that never expected to house them.... Read more»
Posted Aug 11, 2022, 11:15 am
Michael McAuliff
/Kaiser Health News
The campaign to ensure veterans receive health benefits for the damage done due to toxic substances inhaled from burn pits ended when President Biden signed the law guaranteeing the 3.5 million American warriors exposed to similar hazards can get care.... Read more»
Posted Aug 11, 2022, 10:23 am
Jon Marcus
/The Hechinger Report
There has been a significant and steady drop nationwide in the proportion of high school graduates enrolling in college in the fall after they finish high school, as fewer than one in three adults now say a degree is worth the cost.... Read more»
Posted Aug 11, 2022, 10:11 am
Bianca Morales
/TucsonSentinel.com
Frightening events can bring communities together. They can also inspire story ideas. For author and educational psychologist Cynthia Harmony, the earthquake that struck Mexico City on September 2017 moved her to write her first children's picture book, "Mi Ciudad Sings."... Read more»