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Engineer-turned-piano tuner makes his musical mark in Texas

GOLIAD, Texas (AP) — Out in the Goliad County countryside, the opening light and fleeting notes of Robert Schumann's "Arabesque" recently filled the living room of Regi Hedahl's home.

 

Tucson woman and her mother kidnapped in domestic violence incident

A Tucson man faces a string of felony charges after authorities said he kidnapped his estranged wife and her mother Tuesday and drove them to a tiny town in central Arizona where he inflicted harm on his spouse.

 

University of Arizona to be part of ambitious $1.45 billion U.S. health study

The University of Arizona will have a role in a major national study that aims to include DNA and health data from one million people across the U.S.

 

Cocaine sting felon gets 8 years for illegal firearms possession

A Tucson felon nabbed in a 2005 FBI cocaine sting that targeted corrupt military personnel is headed back to federal prison, this time for repeatedly violating a ban on firearms possession.

 

Film Academy expels Bill Cosby and Roman Polanski

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The organization that bestows the Academy Awards announced Thursday that it has voted to expel two prominent members convicted of sexual offenses, Bill Cosby and Roman Polanski, from its membership.

 

TUSD to stay closed Friday, Sunnyside reopening

Other school districts are making their plans for the end of the Arizona teacher walkout.

 

Tucson weather: Enjoy the cool spell while it lasts

Below-average temperatures continue today before a warming trend starts to take hold tomorrow. Light and variable winds becoming northwest at 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon.

 

Ducey signs portion of Arizona budget giving teachers big raises

The Republican majority however rejected multiple attempts by Democrats to add more money to the budget for public education, including the expansion of school employees who could be eligible for a raise.

 

Arizona Senate OKs budget with #RedForEd teacher pay raise

The Republican-controlled Legislature finally started debating the 10 bills making up the spending plan for the budget year starting July 1 after 8 p.m. Wednesday.

 

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