war
Posted May 18, 2022, 10:30 am
Avery Xola
/Special to TucsonSentinel.com
Everyone cherishes the memory of the first time they ever voted, but mine was especially memorable because I was stationed in Ramstein, Germany, with the U.S. Air Force. I cast my first vote thanks to the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act.... Read more»
Posted May 17, 2022, 6:25 am
Maha Nassar
/University of Arizona/The Conversation
When reporting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, headlines often fail to mention who instigated the violence nor any hint of the power imbalance in the region - and headlines matter because many Americans do not read past them when consuming news.... Read more»
Posted May 13, 2022, 6:34 am
Adriana Gonzalez-Chavez
/Cronkite News
La Ley Brandon amplía los servicios de salud mental a los miembros de las fuerzas armadas, ya que las tasas de suicidio han ido en aumento entre los miembros de las fuerzas armadas y los veteranos por igual.... Read more»
Posted May 4, 2022, 6:40 pm
Bennito L. Kelty
/TucsonSentinel.com
Camp Naco in Southern Arizona was added to the list of America's "11 most endangered historic places" by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. It was built in 1919 and housed Buffalo Soldiers and Civilian Conservation Corps workers in the early 20th century. ... Read more»
Updated May 4, 2022, 10:47 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
Southern Arizona residents will have more time to comment on the U.S. Air Force's plan to break the sound barrier at lower altitudes, and fly more training missions at night over 10 military aerial training ranges, after officials decided to extend the comment period to June 3.
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Posted Apr 29, 2022, 6:22 am
Adriana Gonzalez-Chavez
/Cronkite News
The Brandon Act - now part of the new National Defense Authorization Act - expands mental health services to members of the military as suicide rates have been increasing among members of the military and veterans alike.... Read more»
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Posted Apr 29, 2022, 6:07 am
Jennifer Shutt
/Arizona Mirror
The U.S. House voted overwhelmingly Thursday to use the framework of a World War II-era program to allow the federal government to lend and lease military equipment to Ukraine as it resists Russia’s invasion.... Read more»
Posted Apr 28, 2022, 9:46 am
Jennifer Shutt
/Arizona Mirror
President Joe Biden on Thursday asked Congress to approve $33 billion more in funding to help Ukraine fight off a Russian invasion that has lasted more than two months and renewed calls for additional funding to fight COVID-19.... Read more»
Posted Apr 27, 2022, 2:44 pm
Jerod MacDonald-Evoy
/Arizona Mirror
On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Republican Congressman Paul Gosar posted — and later deleted — a meme rooted in violent and racist online culture that was praised by neo-Nazis and white nationalists. ... Read more»
Posted Apr 25, 2022, 12:29 pm
Jennifer Shutt
/Arizona Mirror
President Joe Biden is preparing to ask Congress for billions more in aid to Ukraine as the war shifts to the Eastern regions of the country, following Russia's failure to take the capital city of Kyiv.... Read more»
Posted Apr 21, 2022, 9:21 am
Rose Wagner
/Courthouse News Service
President Joe Biden announced a new round of military aid to Ukraine Thursday as Russian forces set their sights on Ukraine’s Donbas region, and unveiled a new program that will lay the foundation for Ukrainian citizens to flee to the United States.... Read more»
Posted Apr 20, 2022, 5:31 am
Kelsey Reichmann
/Courthouse News Service
A 45-year-old fight for disability benefits landed on the Supreme Court steps Tuesday as a veteran asked the justices to enforce a safety-valve provision to save what he says was a wrongly denied claim. ... Read more»
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Updated Apr 14, 2022, 4:35 pm
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
Local music legends will take the Hotel Congress stage Saturday, but along with River Roses, Sidewinders and Giant Sand there was to be one performer who's become more notorious for his posting of antisemitic screeds and pro-Nazi memes — Chuck Maultsby of Chuck Wagon and the Wheels.... Read more»
Posted Apr 14, 2022, 5:35 am
Alex Gould
/Cronkite News
Most of the Japanese Americans who were incarcerated at Arizona confinement camps during WW II have died, but those who remain are dedicated to ensuring the memory of their sacrifices live on and something like this never happens again.... Read more»
Updated Apr 8, 2022, 10:03 am
Raúl M. Grijalva
/U.S. Representative
The Uranium Producers of America are expected to use the crisis in Ukraine to plead for more taxpayer-funded subsidies, so they can ramp up production quickly and cheaply. This may sound like an opportunistic ploy to use a brutal war as a profit-making scheme. Make no mistake, it is.... Read more»
Posted Apr 8, 2022, 6:57 am
Eryka Forquer
/Cronkite News
Six weeks after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine, the consul general of Ukraine in San Francisco urged Arizona lawmakers on Thursday to provide greater assistance to Ukraine and its people during a special joint session of the Legislature. ... Read more»