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August 12 recap: Tucson news you may have missed today

August 12 recap: Tucson news you may have missed today

    Don't miss Wednesday's most popular stories from Arizona Daily Star.

    Photos: Look inside Tucson's newest casino before it opens Nov. 15

    Photos: Look inside Tucson's newest casino before it opens Nov. 15

    • Grace Trejo

    Members of the press toured the newest Casino Del Sol location for a preview of the game floor on Tuesday morning.

    TUSD board raises district budget to $807 million

    TUSD board raises district budget to $807 million

    • Sierra Blaser

    Tucson Unified School District's governing board approved the first round of 2026-2027 budget revisions in a 4-1 vote, raising the expenditure budget to $807 million from $801 million. Board member Sadie Shaw voted no, citing insufficient financial details.

    Trump sued over service that offers paid early access to posts

    Trump sued over service that offers paid early access to posts

    • Jonathan Stempel Reuters

    Trump Media & Technology Group charges up to $100,000 a month for early access to 10 high-profile social media accounts, including Trump's own.

    Phoenix lands new seasonal flight to Oaxaca for Day of the Dead

    Phoenix lands new seasonal flight to Oaxaca for Day of the Dead

    • Michael Salerno Arizona Republic

    PHOENIX — The latest flight route between Arizona and Mexico is a new city for the airline with the largest flight capacity at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.

    TUSD: School lunches safe from ‘explosive diarrhea’ outbreak

    TUSD: School lunches safe from ‘explosive diarrhea’ outbreak

    • Sierra Blaser

    Tucson Unified School District students should be clear from a parasitic explosive diarrhea outbreak. The district sources domestically from produce vendors Greco and Sons and Pivot Produce to comply with federal standards and maintain strict food safety controls this school year.

    More TUSD students to have access to AI in classroom

    More TUSD students to have access to AI in classroom

    • Sierra Blaser

    Tucson Unified School District's governing board approved policy revisions expanding AI access for students, including middle school use of approved AI platforms, in a 3-2 vote.

    More TUSD students to have access to AI in classroom

    More TUSD students to have access to AI in classroom

      Tucson Unified School District's governing board approved policy revisions expanding AI access for students, including middle school use of approved AI platforms, in a 3-2 vote.

      Jaguar filmed in Arizona again as advancing border wall threatens his return route to Mexico

      Jaguar filmed in Arizona again as advancing border wall threatens his return route to Mexico

        The Center for Biological Diversity released footage confirming Cinco’s presence near two 30-foot border walls being built, signaling increased barriers to jaguar movement and habitat connectivity in southern Arizona.

        Lawyers for molested girls ask AZ Supreme Court to reconsider church immunity

        Lawyers for molested girls ask AZ Supreme Court to reconsider church immunity

          PHOENIX — The attorneys for two girls molested for years by their father are making a last-ditch effort to convince the Arizona Supreme Court it was wrong in holding the Mormon church immune from liability over what its bishops and others knew.

          Adopt a Friend: This week’s animals

            Adoptable animals at Pima Animal Care Center

            Watch new footage of "Cinco" the jaguar in Southern Arizona

            Watch new footage of "Cinco" the jaguar in Southern Arizona

              The rare jaguar caught on camera in same spot as other wildlife.

              Six key points on U.S. deportees' pleas for help from a hotel in Equatorial Guinea

              Six key points on U.S. deportees' pleas for help from a hotel in Equatorial Guinea

                The Arizona Daily Star reported Aug. 9 on the plight of dozens of immigrants, with protection against deportation to their home countries, whom the U.S. has deported to Equatorial Guinea.

                Parents accused of being intoxicated and walking kids in Arizona heat

                Parents accused of being intoxicated and walking kids in Arizona heat

                  GLENDALE — Two parents were arrested after police said that, while they were intoxicated, they forced their kids to walk in triple-digit heat.

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                  August 12 recap: Tucson news you may have missed today

                  August 12 recap: Tucson news you may have missed today

                  Don't miss Wednesday's most popular stories from Arizona Daily Star.

                  Photos: Look inside Tucson's newest casino before it opens Nov. 15

                  Photos: Look inside Tucson's newest casino before it opens Nov. 15

                  Members of the press toured the newest Casino Del Sol location for a preview of the game floor on Tuesday morning.

                  Phoenix lands new seasonal flight to Oaxaca for Day of the Dead

                  Phoenix lands new seasonal flight to Oaxaca for Day of the Dead

                  PHOENIX — The latest flight route between Arizona and Mexico is a new city for the airline with the largest flight capacity at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.

                  Watch new footage of "Cinco" the jaguar in Southern Arizona

                  Watch new footage of "Cinco" the jaguar in Southern Arizona

                  The rare jaguar caught on camera in same spot as other wildlife.

                  State & Regional

                  Lawyers for molested girls ask AZ Supreme Court to reconsider church immunity

                  Lawyers for molested girls ask AZ Supreme Court to reconsider church immunity

                  PHOENIX — The attorneys for two girls molested for years by their father are making a last-ditch effort to convince the Arizona Supreme Court it was wrong in holding the Mormon church immune from liability over what its bishops and others knew.

                  Parents accused of being intoxicated and walking kids in Arizona heat

                  Parents accused of being intoxicated and walking kids in Arizona heat

                  GLENDALE — Two parents were arrested after police said that, while they were intoxicated, they forced their kids to walk in triple-digit heat.

                  Another Arizona officer accused of misusing Flock system

                  Another Arizona officer accused of misusing Flock system

                  GOODYEAR — A police officer was placed on administrative leave after investigators found that he may have improperly used an automated license plate reader, according to an Aug. 11 statement released by the Goodyear Police Department.

                  Judge: Fontes wrong to call ESAs 'vouchers' in ballot explanation

                  Judge: Fontes wrong to call ESAs 'vouchers' in ballot explanation

                  A judge ruled Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes acted illegally by using the term "vouchers" to describe the Empowerment Scholarship Account program, stating it was misleading since the program legally differs from traditional voucher systems.

                  Nation & World

                  Trump sued over service that offers paid early access to posts

                  Trump sued over service that offers paid early access to posts

                  Trump Media & Technology Group charges up to $100,000 a month for early access to 10 high-profile social media accounts, including Trump's own.

                  Trump: Swap put his plane in  'greater risk'

                  Trump: Swap put his plane in 'greater risk'

                  WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he secretly switched planes in Turkey last month at the direction of the U.S. Secret Service, but that the plane he ultimately flew on was still more vulnerable than Air Force One.

                  Trump doesn't dismiss declaring national emergency to restrict voting

                  Trump doesn't dismiss declaring national emergency to restrict voting

                  President Donald Trump isn’t dismissing the possibility that he could declare a national security emergency in an attempt to establish new voting restrictions that have stalled in the Senate, telling an interviewer that “stranger things have happened.”

                  Sources: White House sought new Reflecting Pool charges

                  Sources: White House sought new Reflecting Pool charges

                  They said the White House asked the Justice Department to explore new charges after a prosecutor angered President Trump by moving to dismiss cases.

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                  Photos: Look inside Tucson's newest casino before it opens Nov. 15

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                  Want the best Perseid meteor shower views? Here's the where and when

                  Slain U of A student's boyfriend had history of violence, court records say

                  Slain U of A student's boyfriend had history of violence, court records say

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                  23 photos from inside the Macon County Jail through the years

                  23 photos from inside the Macon County Jail through the years

                  Check out the inside of the Macon County Jail through photos from the Herald & Review archives. More archive photos at herald-review.com.

                  Wellsville man accused of giving drugs to Pharaoh's witness faces new charges

                  Wellsville man accused of giving drugs to Pharaoh's witness faces new charges

                  A new indictment has added two kidnapping and six witness tampering charges against an Allegany County man under federal investigation since a government witness in the Pharaoh’s strip club case turned up dead in his home.

                  Prosecutors say Wellsville man tampered with government witnesses

                  Prosecutors say Wellsville man tampered with government witnesses

                  Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicholas Cooper told a judge that his office intends to file witness tampering charges against Simon P. Gogolack 39, of Wellsville.

                  Wellsville man accused of giving drugs to Pharaoh's witness who died

                  Wellsville man accused of giving drugs to Pharaoh's witness who died

                  A Southern Tier man with a history of drug-related charges has become entangled in the FBI’s probe into the death of a government witness in the Pharaoh’s strip club case.

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                  Crime

                  Slain U of A student's boyfriend had history of violence, court records say

                  Slain U of A student's boyfriend had history of violence, court records say

                  A man charged with first-degree murder in the death of his girlfriend had a history of violence and sexual assault, court documents show, and had recently been expelled from the University of Arizona.

                  Pair sentenced in Tucson murder case

                  Pair sentenced in Tucson murder case

                  Two people who accepted plea agreements in the 2024 killing of a Tucson Good Samaritan were sentenced Friday in Pima County Superior Court.

                  Man accused of killing Tucson girlfriend arrested in Germany, police say

                  Man accused of killing Tucson girlfriend arrested in Germany, police say

                  A man accused of killing his girlfriend in Tucson, whose body was discovered Thursday, flew to Germany the same day and was arrested when he arrived, police say.

                  Man accused in Tucson mass shooting jailed without bond

                  Man accused in Tucson mass shooting jailed without bond

                  David Leroy French, 21, appeared in court Friday facing 29 charges tied to the Tucson mass shooting that injured nine people. He'll be held without bond ahead of his Aug. 11 bond hearing.

                  Politics

                  Arizona's fake electors case dropped — for now

                  Arizona's fake electors case dropped — for now

                  A Maricopa County Superior Court Judge on Tuesday granted the motion by Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes to drop the charges of fraud, forgery and conspiracy that were originally filed in 2024 against 11 Republicans who claimed that Donald Trump won the 2020 election.

                  Figure in Arizona's fake electors case holds big White House role

                  Figure in Arizona's fake electors case holds big White House role

                  A figure in Arizona's "fake electors" case continues to have an influential role in President Donald Trump's White House.

                  Public access to immigration court increasingly prohibited

                  Public access to immigration court increasingly prohibited

                  Just months after President Donald Trump began his second term, courtroom doors were locked to outside observers at Fort Snelling Immigration Court in Minnesota.

                  Colorado River tribes say feds left them out of final shortage talks

                  Colorado River tribes say feds left them out of final shortage talks

                  Arizona's largest and most senior water rights holder says it was left out of final discussions about the federal government's proposed plan to deal with ongoing water shortages in the Colorado River.

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