Gene Moreland
@genemoreland.tucsonsentinel.com
Operations editor, Tucson Sentinel. It's either baseball season or waiting for baseball season. Traveling is great, and I like food.
Tucson Council & Pima Supes vow to work together on homeless & drug problems
In rare joint meeting, members of both bodies say they are committed to finding solutions to opioid & shelter crises.
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In rare joint meeting, members of both bodies say they are committed to finding solutions to opioid & shelter crises.
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Tucson Council & Pima Supes vow to work together on homeless & drug problems
Members of the Tucson City Council and Pima County Board of Supervisors sat down together Tuesday for a rare joint meeting to discuss homelessness and opioid addiction.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Tucson Council & Pima Supes vow to work together on homeless & drug problems
In rare joint meeting, members of both bodies say they are committed to finding solutions to opioid & shelter crises.
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In rare joint meeting, members of both bodies say they are committed to finding solutions to opioid & shelter crises.
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Cloudflare, a company that helps websites secure and manage their internet traffic, was experiencing issues with its global network, the company said Tuesday, disrupting service for websites and apps like Spotify and OpenAI.
Outage at Cloudflare Disrupts Parts of the Internet
Services from Cloudflare, a software company, underpin thousands of websites.
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November 18, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Cloudflare, a company that helps websites secure and manage their internet traffic, was experiencing issues with its global network, the company said Tuesday, disrupting service for websites and apps like Spotify and OpenAI.
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Seven weeks after she won a special election to Congress from Tucson, U.S. Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva said Tuesday that she finally has a date to be sworn into office. She's scheduled to finally be seated on Wednesday afternoon.
2 mos. after election, Grijalva says Speaker will swear her in Wednesday
Seven weeks after she won a special election to Congress from Tucson, U.S. Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva said Tuesday that she finally has a date to be sworn into office. She's scheduled to finally be s...
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November 12, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Seven weeks after she won a special election to Congress from Tucson, U.S. Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva said Tuesday that she finally has a date to be sworn into office. She's scheduled to finally be seated on Wednesday afternoon.
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October 25, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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Dave Ball, a producer and one half of the pioneering English synth-pop duo Soft Cell, best known for its 1981 hit, “Tainted Love," has died in London at 66.
Dave Ball, Soft Cell Musician Known for ‘Tainted Love,’ Dies at 66
He was a producer and one half of the pioneering English synth-pop duo.
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October 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Dave Ball, a producer and one half of the pioneering English synth-pop duo Soft Cell, best known for its 1981 hit, “Tainted Love," has died in London at 66.
Photos: On 'No Kings Day' thousands of Tucsonans in Downtown, along Speedway
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Photos: On 'No Kings Day' thousands of Tucsonans in Downtown, along Speedway
In Downtown Tucson, thousands of Tucsonans turned out for the second "No Kings Day" of the year, part of a nationwide protest against the Trump administration and one of more than a dozen events acros...
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October 18, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Photos: On 'No Kings Day' thousands of Tucsonans in Downtown, along Speedway
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Yoshinobu Yamamoto!!
First postseason complete game since: 2017 Justin Verlander ALCS g2
Last first for Dodgers since: 2004 Jose Lima NLDS g3
First postseason complete game since: 2017 Justin Verlander ALCS g2
Last first for Dodgers since: 2004 Jose Lima NLDS g3
October 15, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Yoshinobu Yamamoto!!
First postseason complete game since: 2017 Justin Verlander ALCS g2
Last first for Dodgers since: 2004 Jose Lima NLDS g3
First postseason complete game since: 2017 Justin Verlander ALCS g2
Last first for Dodgers since: 2004 Jose Lima NLDS g3
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From @theathletic.com: The Blue Jays eliminated the Yankees in the MLB playoffs, in Toronto’s first postseason series win since 2016.
Yankees-Blue Jays Game 4 takeaways: Toronto rides bullpen day back to ALCS
Manager John Schneider handed the ball to eight pitchers, navigating a stressful bullpen day to secure the Blue Jays' 5-2 clinching victory.
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October 9, 2025 at 3:00 AM
From @theathletic.com: The Blue Jays eliminated the Yankees in the MLB playoffs, in Toronto’s first postseason series win since 2016.
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A former DOGE staffer developed an AI tool that hallucinated the size of Veterans Affairs contracts.
For example, it concluded that more than a thousand deals were each worth $34 million, when in fact some were for as little as $35,000.
(Published June)
For example, it concluded that more than a thousand deals were each worth $34 million, when in fact some were for as little as $35,000.
(Published June)
DOGE Developed Error-Prone AI Tool to “Munch” Veterans Affairs Contracts
We obtained records showing how a Department of Government Efficiency staffer with no medical experience used artificial intelligence to identify which VA contracts to kill. “AI is absolutely the wron...
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October 9, 2025 at 3:00 AM
A former DOGE staffer developed an AI tool that hallucinated the size of Veterans Affairs contracts.
For example, it concluded that more than a thousand deals were each worth $34 million, when in fact some were for as little as $35,000.
(Published June)
For example, it concluded that more than a thousand deals were each worth $34 million, when in fact some were for as little as $35,000.
(Published June)
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Trump was open about how he wants the military to engage with civilians: He said that “quell[ing] civil disturbances” is “going to be a big thing for the people in this room.”
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“It’s a war from within.”
Trump prepares the generals for what comes next.
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September 30, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Trump was open about how he wants the military to engage with civilians: He said that “quell[ing] civil disturbances” is “going to be a big thing for the people in this room.”
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For anyone concerned there may be something to the Tylenol-autism BS, I present:
September 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
For the first time in decades, women baseball players have a league of their own
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For the first time in decades, women baseball players have a league of their own
Over 70 years after the end of the first professional women’s baseball league, a new league is emerging with a reimagined, inclusive mission where “every girl deserves the dream.”
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September 22, 2025 at 5:39 PM
For the first time in decades, women baseball players have a league of their own
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Add that to the $164 million for the L.A. Guard deployment.
I’m looking forward to watching Lame Duck Ron Desantis’s attempts to gain traction to revive his dead end political career as a private citizen using money he has to raise himself rather than pissing away taxpayer funds and abusing govt power.
August 29, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Add that to the $164 million for the L.A. Guard deployment.
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FEMA now requires disaster victims to have an email address
Workers at FEMA worry that demanding disaster survivors access services using email could shut out people without internet connectivity from receiving government aid.
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August 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Newsmax to pay $67 million to settle Dominion suit over election fraud claims @ryanknappy.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/newsmax-to-p...
Newsmax to pay $67 million to settle Dominion suit over election fraud claims
The voting machine company reached a similar settlement with Fox News in 2023, with the network agreeing to pay $787.5 million.
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August 18, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Newsmax to pay $67 million to settle Dominion suit over election fraud claims @ryanknappy.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/newsmax-to-p...
I don't think they're supposed to say the quiet stuff out loud.
Sen. Hagerty on his legal rationale for not counting undocumented immigrants in the census: "There's a constitutional interpretation I think that has been misapplied that goes back to slavery days and what portion of a person is going to be counted."
August 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I don't think they're supposed to say the quiet stuff out loud.
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The Department of Homeland Security is holding up more than $100 million preapproved dollars intended to help hurricane-battered North Carolina clean up storm damage and fix infrastructure, according to documents obtained by The Post.
DHS is delaying millions in already approved North Carolina recovery funds, documents show
Communities across the region still need to be reimbursed for about a hundred projects including debris removal, waste water treatment repairs, roads and bridges, damaged buildings and parks, as well ...
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August 9, 2025 at 2:00 AM
The Department of Homeland Security is holding up more than $100 million preapproved dollars intended to help hurricane-battered North Carolina clean up storm damage and fix infrastructure, according to documents obtained by The Post.
Nikki Lee: 'Regardless' of Tucson City Council vote, some version of Project Blue will be built
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Nikki Lee: 'Regardless' of Tucson City Council vote, some version of Project Blue will be built
While Tucson city leaders will review the annexation of Project Blue — a planned complex of Amazon data centers — Councilmember Nikki Lee said the facilities will be in the Tucson metropolitan area "r...
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August 6, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Nikki Lee: 'Regardless' of Tucson City Council vote, some version of Project Blue will be built
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The surge in smashed windows may be only the beginning.
Speaking about Trump’s signature spending bill, which triples the size of ICE, border czar Tom Homan told a conservative Christian conference: “You think we’re arresting people now? You wait.”
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social & @mckenziefunk.com
Speaking about Trump’s signature spending bill, which triples the size of ICE, border czar Tom Homan told a conservative Christian conference: “You think we’re arresting people now? You wait.”
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social & @mckenziefunk.com
“We’ll Smash the Fucking Window Out and Drag Him Out”
We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a…
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August 3, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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Daily Statcast leaders for Day 126 (August 1) of the MLB season:
Exit velocity
Distance
Pitch velocity
Swings & misses
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Exit velocity
Distance
Pitch velocity
Swings & misses
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August 3, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Daily Statcast leaders for Day 126 (August 1) of the MLB season:
Exit velocity
Distance
Pitch velocity
Swings & misses
🔥 💪 ⭐️
Exit velocity
Distance
Pitch velocity
Swings & misses
🔥 💪 ⭐️
Will proposed Trump administration budget cuts affect first-generation college students in Arizona?
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FACT BRIEF: Will proposed Trump administration budget cuts affect first-generation college students in Arizona?
Yes. The Trump administration’s proposed 2026 budget would cut more than $1 billion in federal funding for programs that help first-generation college students — potentially affecting more than 1,300 ...
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August 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Will proposed Trump administration budget cuts affect first-generation college students in Arizona?
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Mushrooms & music: Eclectic events this week around Tucson
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Mushrooms & music: Eclectic events this week around Tucson
This weekend's lineup of events offers learning opportunities about all types of mushrooms, music, history and more.
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July 31, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Mushrooms & music: Eclectic events this week around Tucson
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July 31, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Feds bring charges against alleged Tucson carjacker, including 2 eligible for death penalty
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Feds bring charges against alleged Tucson carjacker, including 2 eligible for death penalty
A Mexican man accused in a fatal carjacking was indicted on five counts by a federal grand jury Wednesday, including two that could result in life in prison or the death penalty. The case is at the ce...
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July 31, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Feds bring charges against alleged Tucson carjacker, including 2 eligible for death penalty
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