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Tipoffs for Tucson, Arizona (City) Newsletter for Wednesday May 29, 2024 ( 6 items )  

#RoadToOmaha Starts Here: ESPN to Present Every Pitch of the 2024 NCAA Baseball Regionals May 31-June 3
BRISTOL, Connecticut, May 29 -- ESPN, a sports media company, issued the following news release on May 28, 2024: ESPN's exclusive coverage of the NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament begins Friday, May 31, with coverage of every pitch from all 16 sites of NCAA Regionals available on ESPN platforms. More than 100 games will be televised across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SEC Network, ACC Network and Longhorn Network from May 31-June 3. In addition, every game of the Regionals will stream live in its enti  more

Ariz. U.S. Attorney: Honduras-Based Leader of Alien Smuggling Organization Sentenced to 120 Months in Prison
TUCSON, Arizona, May 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona issued the following news release: Maria Mendoza-Mendoza aka "La Guera", 52, of Honduras, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Raner C. Collins to 120 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Mendoza-Mendoza pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Transport Illegal Aliens for Profit. "Today's sentencing is the latest example of the great work of Joint Task Force Alpha, which w  more

Justice Dept.: Honduras-Based Leader of Migrant Smuggling Organization Sentenced
WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on May 28, 2024: The leader of a migrant smuggling organization was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for her role in smuggling over 100 migrants from Honduras to the United States for profit. "Today's sentencing is the latest example of the great work of Joint Task Force Alpha (JTFA), which we launched nearly three years ago to hold accountable the most prolific and dangerous human smuggling groups, and  more

PCC Releases Truth in Taxation Information
TUCSON, Arizona, May 29 -- Pima Community College issued the following news release: Pima County Community College District has released its Truth in Taxation information for the fiscal year 2024-2025 budget, in compliance with Arizona Revised Statute 15-1461.01. The College's proposed budget includes an already approved increase of $3.00 per credit hour for in-state resident tuition and a proposed increase to the property tax rate to provide needed resources for the next fiscal year. Accordi  more

University of Arizona-Health Sciences: Study Shows Cannabis Terpenes May Relieve Chemotherapy-Induced Neuropathic Pain
TUCSON, Arizona, May 29 (TNSres) -- The University of Arizona's Health Sciences issued the following news release: * * * Researchers at the Comprehensive Center for Pain & Addiction tested the pain-relieving ability of five terpenes with promising results. * * * A new University of Arizona Health Sciences study published in the journal PAIN found that Cannabis sativa terpenes were as effective as morphine at reducing chronic neuropathic pain and a combination of the two analgesics further en  more

University of Arizona: Architecture Students' Award-Winning Designs Will Help Hopi Tribe Expand Solar-Powered Housing, Education
TUCSON, Arizona, May 29 -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: Jedidiah Perea, a fourth-year student in the University of Arizona College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture, had no idea what he would be designing when he began an architecture studio course in the spring. But he knew what he hoped to accomplish. "I wanted to do something that I knew would be a challenge and require a lot of knowledge that we had learned in previous classes but not nec  more