Tucson news photos of 2016
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Arizona Daily Star photographers captured some of Tucson's biggest news and sports events in 2016.
Sen. Bernie Sanders
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U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders shakes hands with supporters after giving a speech during a Future to Believe In Tucson Rally on Friday March 18, 2016 at the Tucson Convention Center. His supporters felt the Bern, but it wasn't enough to overcome Hillary Clinton's machine.
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Tucson Fire Department personnel help a woman, one of two passengers in the vehicle, and dog out of a car stranded in the flooded intersection of Lee and Santa Rosa, Thursday Jan. 7, 2016, Tucson, Ariz. A winter storm caused flooding in some neighborhoods.
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Pima Community College board members Martha Durkin and Scott Stewart listen to David Bea as he makes a presentation while they hold a study session to discuss its budget problems in Tucson, on Dec. 14, 2016. The session, which was to be broadcast to its employees, was to look at its current state and perhaps to look for ways to cuts costs in order to survive. The enrollment is down to 1991 levels but maintains a 2016-size budget. A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
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After being banned for being on campus, Marana High School seniors Jesse Lagois, left and JosΓ Mendez, both 17, display the Confederate flag across the street from the school in Marana, Ariz on Dec. 20, 2016. Lagois has permission to park his 1986 GMC Sierra Classic on private property. Lagois was told by law enforcement that as long as he is parked far enough away from West Emigh Road he was not in violation of the no parking restrictions. A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
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Veronica Nepomuceno, 43, right, visits with her mother through the U.S.-Mexico border fence on Saturday May 07, 2016 in Friendship Circle at Border Field State Park in San Diego, California. Every weekend the U.S. Border Patrol allows people to walk up to a portion of the border fence to visit with friends and family members. Nepomuceno says she hasn't hugged her mother in over 20 years. Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers inspect a Mexico-bound sedan passenger vehicle at the DeConcini Port of Entry on Nov. 2, 2016, in Nogales, Ariz. Police at crime scenes in Mexico recovered 120,000 firearms that originated in the United States, annual reports from the ATFβs International Firearms Tracing System show. Firearms from the United States accounted for 70 percent of the 173,000 illegal guns recovered by the Mexican federal police at crime scenes and sent to the ATF for tracing since 2007.
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A firefighter wheels a bike past another badly damaged bicycle in the aftermath of a collision involving a vehicle and three bicyclists that left one killed at the intersection of La Canada and Hardy on March 3, 2016. The driver was intoxicated. Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
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Bridget Jendrisak, left, and Michael Vergara come across a water-filled creek while with their dogs, Lily, Lucky, and Sandy near the Bear Canyon Campground as they take advantage of the open the road to Mt Lemmon on Jan. 10, 2016. People rushed to the snow and the Pima County Sheriff's Dept. quickly closed the road to the mountain due to overcrowding. A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
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Even though they have been out of commission for some time, some drivers still think the red light cameras like these on East 22nd and South Wilmot as still active on January 24, 2016. Voters acted to force the city to turn off the cameras. A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
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The United State Air Force Thunderbirds shoot through the sky under a waxing crescent moon during the grand finale to the Thunder and Lightning Over Arizona, the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base 2016 Open House Air Show, Saturday, March 12, 2016, Tucson, Ariz. Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
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Arizona's newest Fry's Food and Drug features a sushi bar the store, 1795 W. Valencia Road, on Dec. 9, 2016, on Tucson's southwest side. It's the first store the grocer chain has opened in the city since 2007. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Arizona guard Jacob Hazzard (50) offers a little consolation to senior guard Gabe York (1) as the final seconds wind down in their loss to Wichita State at the NCAA Regional in Providence on March 17, 2016. It was an early exit from the tournament for the Wildcats. Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
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Columbine II, a 1948 Lockheed Constellation, which served as the first Air Force One during the Eisenhower administration lifts off on its flight from Marana Regional Airport in Marana, AZ, to Bridgewater, Virginia where Karl D. Stolzfus Jr., Company founder of Dynamic Aviation Inc., will oversee its complete renovation. The aircraft has been in Marana since 2005. Photo taken Monday, March 21, 2016. Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star.
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The "supermoon" moon, which is the closest it has been to earth since 1948, sets west of Tucson on Nov. 14, 2016. It is the biggest, closest and brightest supermoon of this year. A supermoon is when the moon is closest to the earth in its orbit. A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
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A cornet truck and a pump truck at the bottom of Davidson Canyon during an overnight closure to pour the inside lane of the new bridge over Davidson Canyon on westbound I-10 on April 20, 2016. ADOT is replacing the two 50-year-old bridges on a key section of I-10. Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
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Trump protester Bryan Sanders is punched by a Trump supporter as Sanders is escorted out of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's rally at the Tucson Arena on March 19, 2016. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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New Tucson Police Department Chief Chris Magnus, left, is pinned by his husband Terrance Cheung, right, during his swearing-in ceremony on March 30, 2016. Magnus is the first openly-gay police chief in Tucson. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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An emotional Renaldo De la Ree meets with Army National Guard rescuers Sgt. Kyle Stephens, left, and Spc. Michael Knight at Silverbell Army Heliport in Marana, AZ. The guardsmen rescued an unconscious Ree from his burning car following an accident near where the guardsmen were fishing at Sweetwater Wetlands Park in the early morning hours of June 1, 2015. Photo taken Monday, April 25, 2016. Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star.
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Workers gather for the opening ceremonies under the photovoltaic panels forming part of the new solar array at the Caterpillar Proving Grounds, Wednesday, April 27, 2016, Green Valley, Ariz. Tucson scored a coup with Caterpillar committed to moving their engineering operation to the city. Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
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Phoenix council member Sal DiCiccio, left, and state treasurer Jeff DeWitt gets into an argument with former governor Jan Brewer caught in the middle while talking about what they considered irregularities on the at-large ballot following the close of the Republican State Convention at the Mesa Convention Center on April 30, 2016, Mesa, Ariz. Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
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The Statue of the Immaculate Conception (Virgin Mary) is carefully lifted to its niche high above the retablo mayor at Mission San Xavier del Bac south of Tucson on May 3, 2016. Action Scaffolding erected the structure and pulley for raising the statue into place with help from docents, an engineer and art conservators Tim Lewis and Matilde Rubio, who restored the statue to itΓs original splendor. As reported in the Star, it is believed that the 5-foot, 2-inch tall statue was made in QuerΓ©taro, Mexico, north of Mexico City, where in colonial days the Franciscan order, whose missionaries built San Xavier in 1797, was centered. Lewis and Rubio said the statue was located above the high altar in the 1940s.
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Pima County Sheriff's Department deputies examine a wrecked Toyota Prius at the scene of a fatal car crash on East Ina Road west of Westward Look Drive on Saturday, May 7, 2016. Former Pima County Supervisor Ann Day, sister of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, was killed in the crash when a Chevrolet Impala traveling westbound on Ina Road jumped the median and impacted her vehicle on May 7, 2016. Alex McIntyre / For the Arizona Daily Star
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Pueblo High School pitcher Nickole Robles led her team to a 5-0 victory Camp Verde, winning the Division IV State Softball Championship game at Farrington Stadium in Tempe on Monday, May 9, 2016.
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UA president Ann Weaver Hart processe in with faculty and administrators during the 152nd University of Arizona Commencement on Friday, May 13, 2016, at Arizona Stadium in Tucson. The controversial president resigned her post, but will remain as a professor at UA.
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An A-10 pilot with the "Termites" 47th Fighter Squadron at Davis-Monthan Air Force base fires 30mm munitions from the aircraft's main Gatling-type gun during the Hawgsmoke 2016 A-10 bombing and gunnery competition at the Barry Goldwater Air Force Range west of Gila Bend, Ariz. Thirteen A-10 squadrons competed in high- and low-angle bombing runs before taking strafing runs. The 47th Fighter Squadron, based at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, won hosting priviledges after winning the 2014 competition.
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Tour guide Lauren Hohl, right, gives a brief talk before taking a group of Marana High School students with the "Updward Bound" program on a cave tour at Colossal Cave Mountain Park, 16721 E. Old Spanish Trail, on June 3, 2016, in Vail, Ariz. Since undergoing a change in management in August 2015, the park has seen an increase in visitors and revenue. Among the changes are an expanded gift shop and outdoor cafe with seating.
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Rock Martinez, left, consults a photo of his girlfriend, Brandi Watkins, with his assistant, Cristina Perez, as he works on his mural on the Benjamin Supply building, 440 N. Seventh Avenue, on Tuesday May 31, 2016. Watkins is the face of Martinez's mural he calls "Goddess of Agave." It was one of eight murals commissioned to decorate downtown buildings and other structures. Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
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A couple girls play in the Brandi Fenton Splash Pad as record heat climb in Tucson on June 19, 2016 with official temperatures hovering around 115-116 degrees. The old record for the date, 112 degrees, was set in 1989. The city's hottest temperature on record was 117 set on June 26, 1990. A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
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Workers at Arizona Turbine Technology, 5455 S. Nogales Highway, on June 29, 2016, including, from left, Jason Fouts, Jeremy Nicolaides and James Gabl work under the shell of the Turbinator II in Tucson, Ariz. Arizona Turbine Technology will help power Team Vesco's Turbinator II vehicle in a quest to become the world's fastest wheel driven car and break 500 m.p.h. at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.
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Arizona head coach Jay Johnson sits with Cody Ramer (13) in the moments after the Wildcats fell to Coastal Carolina 4-3 in the deciding game of the final series at TD Ameritrade Park in the College World Series on June 30, 2016, Omaha, Neb. Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
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Workers place a nine-foot golden statue of the prophet Moroni on the top of the new Mormon Temple at 7281 N. Skyline Drive on July 7, 2016. It's the first LDS temple in Tucson. Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star.
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Tucson Police secure the scene where a vehicle chase ended in reported gunfire near East 8th St. and North Campbell Avenue on July 28, 2016, in midtown Tucson, Ariz. Police shot and killed the driver, a suspected bank robber, who carjacked two vehicles, including a Marana Police car, and took police on a wild chase.
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Student volunteer Olivia Naron, middle, carries a microwave as fellow volunteer Jason Ha, right, tries to get out of her way as they help Jesselyn Cruz unload her things at Arizona-Sonora dorm as parents and University of Arizona students partake in Early Move-In Day into the various dorms on campus in Tucson on August 16, 2016. A record number of freshman enrolled in the UA in Fall, 2016. A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
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Adam Frank, Training Program Coordinator at Pasadera Behavioral Health Network, packs client files at 2700 S. 8th Avenue in Tucson, AZ. on August 26, 2016. Pasadera Behavioral Health closed its doors partly due to a decrease in funding from Cenpatico, which administers Medicaid funding for Southern Arizonaβs public behavioral-health-care system. Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star.
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With the sub flooring on the set in place, assistant technical director Dominic De Riso works on the automation track which will be used to move the scenery on the stage for the upcoming Arizona Theatre Company production of King Charles III at the Temple of Music and Art in Tucson on August 31, 2016. After some fiscal troubles, ATC entered 50th season of theatrical productions in Phoenix and Tucson. A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
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Arizona Gov. Rose Mofford chats with reporters in her office in Phoenix on April 5, 1988, after being sworn-in following the impeachment of Gov. Evan Mecham. Mofford, Arizona's first woman governor, died in 2016. David Sanders / Arizona Daily Star
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Girder installation continues on the Sunset Bridge across the Santa Cruz River in Tucson on September 22, 2016. The girders are 120-feet long and weigh 120,000 pounds each, said Jason Bahe, the project manager with Pima County. The 720-foot long bridge is expected to be completed in April 2017. A similar project was underway on the east side on the Sabino Canyon extension over Pantano Wash. A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
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Air traffic controllers watch for traffic from the new 252-foot- tall Tucson Air Traffic Control Tower on September 23, 2016. The structure replaces the iconic tower on the eastside of the field. Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star.
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A passenger from the first Aeromar flight from Hermosillo, Mexico ducks under the ribbon as she leaves customs at Tucson International Airport this afternoon in Tucson, AZ. on October 3, 2016. Aeromar launched regular service between Tucson and Hermosillo, Los Mochis, MazatlΓ‘n and Guadalajara. Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star.
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Jack Minor looks over some photographs from a 2001 birthday party that he attended as the last of the memorabilia is being sold at The Rusty Nail, 4415 N Flowing Wells Rd., in Tucson on Oct 4, 2016. The tavern poured its last beer after 44 years. A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
Prosecutors: Inmate's confession in Tucson murder case false
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David Dwayne Watson, right, leans in to speak with attorney Michael Storie during one of his murder trials. Prosecutors say in a recent filing here that a confession by an inmate in the killing of Watson's ex-wife is false.
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A worker lays blocks on the northwest corner of the AC Hotel Tucson by Marriott going up downtown, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016. The Marriott is the first new hotel in downtown Tucson in nearly 50 years. Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
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Arizona Dept. of Public Safety officers at the scene of a seven-vehicle, chain-reaction collision that closed Interstate-10 westbound north of Tucson, Ariz. on Oct. 18, 2016. Three people died in the collision, including a 12-year-old girl. Rick Wiley / Arizona Daily Star
Opening soon
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Sam Fox broke ground on the old Grant Road Lumber site on East Grant Road not long after finalizing the sale of the property in fall 2016. The Yard with Culinary Dropout is set to open Sept. 20.
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Tucson Police Department officers investigate an officer involved shooting where an officer and suspect were both wounded along South Park Avenue between 34th and 35th Street on Oct 25. The officer was pursuing a man who fled from a scene when the suspect fired at officer grazing him, police said. The officer returned fire and struck the suspect multiple times, police said. A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
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Tucson Fire medics attend to an alleged armed robbery suspect, who was chased by Pima County Sheriff's deputies after an armed robbery of a northside bank on Oct. 26. The suspects bailed in the Blenman-Elm neighborhood and assaulted a homeowner during the foot chase. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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A woman is loaded into a Rural/Metro ambulance near the scene of a multi-agency situation near South Palo Verde and Julian Drive on Oct. 28, 2016, in Tucson, Ariz. U.S. Marshals were fired upon while serving a warrant at a hotel. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Vania Smith, right, and Nadia Larsen jump for joy with their Donald Trump banner as the Trump wins another state during the Pima County Republican Party's election night watch party at the Sheraton, 5151 E Grant Road, in Tucson, Ariz. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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A woman at the Pima County Democratic Party gathering at the University Mariott watches Presidential election results on November 8, 2016. Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
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Protesters Elena Ortiz, right, and Tina Bauschatz, chant during a protest against President-elect Donald Trump on Nov. 12, 2016, in Armory Park south of downtown Tucson, Ariz. A few hundred protesters gathered at the park, made signs, chanted and walked through downtown toward the federal court complex. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Phyllis Factor, left, and St. Mark's Presbyterian Church intern Erik Sandstrom manage to get her candle, the only one hat stayed alight in the night's breeze, as about 65 people gathered for a post-election interfaith prayer vigil in Armory Park, Wednesday, November 9, 2016, Tucson, Ariz. A dozen clergy members from disparate faiths led the brief ceremony. "We gathered here as people of faith," said Amy Beth Willis, one of the organizers of the vigil. "To take some time out of our busy day to pray, to grieve, to listen to each other and be in community after the result of the election. Above all we stand with love and we came to proclaim that. But our work doesn't end here, in the days ahead we will be working for justice and dignity for all." Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
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Jillian Bearden was the first transgender person as top women's finisher at the 34th El Tour de Tucson on November 19, 2016, Tucson, Ariz. Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
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A Pima County Sheriff's deputy crashed his truck while responding to an officer-involved shooting involving a South Tucson Police officer on 29th street between 9th and 10th Avenue on November 25, 2016. Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
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The Wildcats redeemed a dismal season by capturing the Territorial Cup with a 56-35 win over Arizona State University Sun Devils on on Nov. 25, 2016, at Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Ariz. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Ranger Donna Gill explains the intricacies of the saguaro cactus during an evening hike on the Sendero Esperanza Trail at Saguaro National Park West.
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Police personnel gather outside the Campbell Terrace Apartments where two Tucson Police Department officers were on Thursday, December 1, 2016. The officers were taken to Banner University Medical Center. Photo by Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star.
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Arizona Wildcats guard Allonzo Trier (35) watches in sweats from the bench with teammate Dusan Ristic, left, before the game against No. 8 Gonzaga Bulldogs on Dec. 3, 2016, in Staples Center in Los Angeles, Calif. Top-rated Trier did not play a game in 2016. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Hundreds of visitors explored the plaques and medallions at the dedication of the USS Arizona Mall Memorial on the University of Arizona mall on Sunday Dec. 4, 2016, in honor of the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Jordan Glenn / for the Arizona Daily Star
Ray Carroll
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Pima County Supervisor Ray Carroll is joined on the dais by his dog Simon during retirement ceremony for Carroll at a supervisors meeting on Dec. 14, 2016.
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Therapists Logan Bretney, left, and Janelle Borg use a slide board to move Brett Karrle from his power chair to a exercise table at Healthsouth on Wednesday, December 14, 2016 in Tucson, AZ. Karrle was paralyzed from the chest down after sustaining a spinal injury and broken neck in a hit and run by a drunk driver. Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star.
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Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos gets a hug during his retirement ceremony at the Victory Worship Center, 2561 Ruthrauff Rd., in Tucson on Dec. 20, 2016. Nanos served with the Sheriff's department for 33 years. He lost the 2016 election to Republican Mark Napier. A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
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Tucson Fire Department firefighters with Ladder 9 attend to a stranded motorist near the intersection of North Country Club Road and East Seneca Street on Aug. 9, 2016, in, Tucson, Ariz. Morning storms delivered up to two inches of rain in some areas of town.
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A pair of ocotillo plants and the wrought iron security door are just about all that remain afrer a crew with Taylor's Demolition and Recycling brought down the city-owned house at 1409 E. Broadway Blvd. on Aug. 24, 2016, in Tucson, Ariz. The demolition, which has drawn the ire of some residents, will allow room for eventual roadway widening.
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Holland Barr, 10, right, hugs her dad Charles Barr during a ceremony to celebrate the new Children's Postinfectious Autoimmune Encephalopothy Center of Excellence to research neuropsychiatric disorders at Banner-Diamond Children's on Aug. 30, 2016, at Banner-University Medical Center, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., in Tucson, Ariz. Holland suffered for months from an undiagnosed condition until her parents found her treatment at Banner-Diamond Children's.
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A member of the Arizona Department of Veterans Services carefully places the remains of a recovered vet among the 27 others interred in a ceremony by the Missing in America Project at the Arizona Veterans' Memorial Cemetery, Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016, Marana, Ariz. Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
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Tucson Roadrunners right wing Craig Cunningham (14) leans over as far as he can without stepping off the protective mat to high-five 4-year-old fan Maxton Harrison before the first-ever Tucson Roadrunners AHL hockey game in the Tucson Arena against the Stockton Heat on Oct. 28, 2016, in Tucson, Ariz. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Tucson Roadrunners captain Craig Cunningham sits in his room at Banner University Medical Center in Tucson, Ariz on Dec. 20, 2016. Cunningham collapsed on the ice before a game against Manitoba in November. A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
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Cienega's Chris Vega (1) left, and Sam Wilson (16) get some comfort from the coaching staff after their 56-21 loss to Centennial in their 5A state semifinal game at Tucson High School, Friday, November 18, 2016, Tucson, Ariz. Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
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Catalina Foothills head coach Jeff Scurran with the team after the Catalina Foothills vs. Scottsdale Saguaro Class 4A state high school championship football game at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. Saguaro won the championship 42-14. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Sen. Bernie Sanders
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U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders shakes hands with supporters after giving a speech during a Future to Believe In Tucson Rally on Friday March 18, 2016 at the Tucson Convention Center. His supporters felt the Bern, but it wasn't enough to overcome Hillary Clinton's machine.
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Tucson Fire Department personnel help a woman, one of two passengers in the vehicle, and dog out of a car stranded in the flooded intersection of Lee and Santa Rosa, Thursday Jan. 7, 2016, Tucson, Ariz. A winter storm caused flooding in some neighborhoods.
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Pima Community College board members Martha Durkin and Scott Stewart listen to David Bea as he makes a presentation while they hold a study session to discuss its budget problems in Tucson, on Dec. 14, 2016. The session, which was to be broadcast to its employees, was to look at its current state and perhaps to look for ways to cuts costs in order to survive. The enrollment is down to 1991 levels but maintains a 2016-size budget. A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
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After being banned for being on campus, Marana High School seniors Jesse Lagois, left and JosΓ Mendez, both 17, display the Confederate flag across the street from the school in Marana, Ariz on Dec. 20, 2016. Lagois has permission to park his 1986 GMC Sierra Classic on private property. Lagois was told by law enforcement that as long as he is parked far enough away from West Emigh Road he was not in violation of the no parking restrictions. A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
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Veronica Nepomuceno, 43, right, visits with her mother through the U.S.-Mexico border fence on Saturday May 07, 2016 in Friendship Circle at Border Field State Park in San Diego, California. Every weekend the U.S. Border Patrol allows people to walk up to a portion of the border fence to visit with friends and family members. Nepomuceno says she hasn't hugged her mother in over 20 years. Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers inspect a Mexico-bound sedan passenger vehicle at the DeConcini Port of Entry on Nov. 2, 2016, in Nogales, Ariz. Police at crime scenes in Mexico recovered 120,000 firearms that originated in the United States, annual reports from the ATFβs International Firearms Tracing System show. Firearms from the United States accounted for 70 percent of the 173,000 illegal guns recovered by the Mexican federal police at crime scenes and sent to the ATF for tracing since 2007.
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A firefighter wheels a bike past another badly damaged bicycle in the aftermath of a collision involving a vehicle and three bicyclists that left one killed at the intersection of La Canada and Hardy on March 3, 2016. The driver was intoxicated. Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
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Bridget Jendrisak, left, and Michael Vergara come across a water-filled creek while with their dogs, Lily, Lucky, and Sandy near the Bear Canyon Campground as they take advantage of the open the road to Mt Lemmon on Jan. 10, 2016. People rushed to the snow and the Pima County Sheriff's Dept. quickly closed the road to the mountain due to overcrowding. A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
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Even though they have been out of commission for some time, some drivers still think the red light cameras like these on East 22nd and South Wilmot as still active on January 24, 2016. Voters acted to force the city to turn off the cameras. A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
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The United State Air Force Thunderbirds shoot through the sky under a waxing crescent moon during the grand finale to the Thunder and Lightning Over Arizona, the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base 2016 Open House Air Show, Saturday, March 12, 2016, Tucson, Ariz. Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
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Arizona's newest Fry's Food and Drug features a sushi bar the store, 1795 W. Valencia Road, on Dec. 9, 2016, on Tucson's southwest side. It's the first store the grocer chain has opened in the city since 2007. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Arizona guard Jacob Hazzard (50) offers a little consolation to senior guard Gabe York (1) as the final seconds wind down in their loss to Wichita State at the NCAA Regional in Providence on March 17, 2016. It was an early exit from the tournament for the Wildcats. Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
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Columbine II, a 1948 Lockheed Constellation, which served as the first Air Force One during the Eisenhower administration lifts off on its flight from Marana Regional Airport in Marana, AZ, to Bridgewater, Virginia where Karl D. Stolzfus Jr., Company founder of Dynamic Aviation Inc., will oversee its complete renovation. The aircraft has been in Marana since 2005. Photo taken Monday, March 21, 2016. Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star.
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The "supermoon" moon, which is the closest it has been to earth since 1948, sets west of Tucson on Nov. 14, 2016. It is the biggest, closest and brightest supermoon of this year. A supermoon is when the moon is closest to the earth in its orbit. A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
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A cornet truck and a pump truck at the bottom of Davidson Canyon during an overnight closure to pour the inside lane of the new bridge over Davidson Canyon on westbound I-10 on April 20, 2016. ADOT is replacing the two 50-year-old bridges on a key section of I-10. Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
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Trump protester Bryan Sanders is punched by a Trump supporter as Sanders is escorted out of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's rally at the Tucson Arena on March 19, 2016. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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New Tucson Police Department Chief Chris Magnus, left, is pinned by his husband Terrance Cheung, right, during his swearing-in ceremony on March 30, 2016. Magnus is the first openly-gay police chief in Tucson. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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An emotional Renaldo De la Ree meets with Army National Guard rescuers Sgt. Kyle Stephens, left, and Spc. Michael Knight at Silverbell Army Heliport in Marana, AZ. The guardsmen rescued an unconscious Ree from his burning car following an accident near where the guardsmen were fishing at Sweetwater Wetlands Park in the early morning hours of June 1, 2015. Photo taken Monday, April 25, 2016. Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star.
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Workers gather for the opening ceremonies under the photovoltaic panels forming part of the new solar array at the Caterpillar Proving Grounds, Wednesday, April 27, 2016, Green Valley, Ariz. Tucson scored a coup with Caterpillar committed to moving their engineering operation to the city. Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
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Phoenix council member Sal DiCiccio, left, and state treasurer Jeff DeWitt gets into an argument with former governor Jan Brewer caught in the middle while talking about what they considered irregularities on the at-large ballot following the close of the Republican State Convention at the Mesa Convention Center on April 30, 2016, Mesa, Ariz. Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
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The Statue of the Immaculate Conception (Virgin Mary) is carefully lifted to its niche high above the retablo mayor at Mission San Xavier del Bac south of Tucson on May 3, 2016. Action Scaffolding erected the structure and pulley for raising the statue into place with help from docents, an engineer and art conservators Tim Lewis and Matilde Rubio, who restored the statue to itΓs original splendor. As reported in the Star, it is believed that the 5-foot, 2-inch tall statue was made in QuerΓ©taro, Mexico, north of Mexico City, where in colonial days the Franciscan order, whose missionaries built San Xavier in 1797, was centered. Lewis and Rubio said the statue was located above the high altar in the 1940s.
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Pima County Sheriff's Department deputies examine a wrecked Toyota Prius at the scene of a fatal car crash on East Ina Road west of Westward Look Drive on Saturday, May 7, 2016. Former Pima County Supervisor Ann Day, sister of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, was killed in the crash when a Chevrolet Impala traveling westbound on Ina Road jumped the median and impacted her vehicle on May 7, 2016. Alex McIntyre / For the Arizona Daily Star
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Pueblo High School pitcher Nickole Robles led her team to a 5-0 victory Camp Verde, winning the Division IV State Softball Championship game at Farrington Stadium in Tempe on Monday, May 9, 2016.
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UA president Ann Weaver Hart processe in with faculty and administrators during the 152nd University of Arizona Commencement on Friday, May 13, 2016, at Arizona Stadium in Tucson. The controversial president resigned her post, but will remain as a professor at UA.
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An A-10 pilot with the "Termites" 47th Fighter Squadron at Davis-Monthan Air Force base fires 30mm munitions from the aircraft's main Gatling-type gun during the Hawgsmoke 2016 A-10 bombing and gunnery competition at the Barry Goldwater Air Force Range west of Gila Bend, Ariz. Thirteen A-10 squadrons competed in high- and low-angle bombing runs before taking strafing runs. The 47th Fighter Squadron, based at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, won hosting priviledges after winning the 2014 competition.
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Tour guide Lauren Hohl, right, gives a brief talk before taking a group of Marana High School students with the "Updward Bound" program on a cave tour at Colossal Cave Mountain Park, 16721 E. Old Spanish Trail, on June 3, 2016, in Vail, Ariz. Since undergoing a change in management in August 2015, the park has seen an increase in visitors and revenue. Among the changes are an expanded gift shop and outdoor cafe with seating.
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Rock Martinez, left, consults a photo of his girlfriend, Brandi Watkins, with his assistant, Cristina Perez, as he works on his mural on the Benjamin Supply building, 440 N. Seventh Avenue, on Tuesday May 31, 2016. Watkins is the face of Martinez's mural he calls "Goddess of Agave." It was one of eight murals commissioned to decorate downtown buildings and other structures. Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
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A couple girls play in the Brandi Fenton Splash Pad as record heat climb in Tucson on June 19, 2016 with official temperatures hovering around 115-116 degrees. The old record for the date, 112 degrees, was set in 1989. The city's hottest temperature on record was 117 set on June 26, 1990. A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
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Workers at Arizona Turbine Technology, 5455 S. Nogales Highway, on June 29, 2016, including, from left, Jason Fouts, Jeremy Nicolaides and James Gabl work under the shell of the Turbinator II in Tucson, Ariz. Arizona Turbine Technology will help power Team Vesco's Turbinator II vehicle in a quest to become the world's fastest wheel driven car and break 500 m.p.h. at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.
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Arizona head coach Jay Johnson sits with Cody Ramer (13) in the moments after the Wildcats fell to Coastal Carolina 4-3 in the deciding game of the final series at TD Ameritrade Park in the College World Series on June 30, 2016, Omaha, Neb. Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
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Workers place a nine-foot golden statue of the prophet Moroni on the top of the new Mormon Temple at 7281 N. Skyline Drive on July 7, 2016. It's the first LDS temple in Tucson. Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star.
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Tucson Police secure the scene where a vehicle chase ended in reported gunfire near East 8th St. and North Campbell Avenue on July 28, 2016, in midtown Tucson, Ariz. Police shot and killed the driver, a suspected bank robber, who carjacked two vehicles, including a Marana Police car, and took police on a wild chase.
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Student volunteer Olivia Naron, middle, carries a microwave as fellow volunteer Jason Ha, right, tries to get out of her way as they help Jesselyn Cruz unload her things at Arizona-Sonora dorm as parents and University of Arizona students partake in Early Move-In Day into the various dorms on campus in Tucson on August 16, 2016. A record number of freshman enrolled in the UA in Fall, 2016. A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
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Adam Frank, Training Program Coordinator at Pasadera Behavioral Health Network, packs client files at 2700 S. 8th Avenue in Tucson, AZ. on August 26, 2016. Pasadera Behavioral Health closed its doors partly due to a decrease in funding from Cenpatico, which administers Medicaid funding for Southern Arizonaβs public behavioral-health-care system. Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star.
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With the sub flooring on the set in place, assistant technical director Dominic De Riso works on the automation track which will be used to move the scenery on the stage for the upcoming Arizona Theatre Company production of King Charles III at the Temple of Music and Art in Tucson on August 31, 2016. After some fiscal troubles, ATC entered 50th season of theatrical productions in Phoenix and Tucson. A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
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Arizona Gov. Rose Mofford chats with reporters in her office in Phoenix on April 5, 1988, after being sworn-in following the impeachment of Gov. Evan Mecham. Mofford, Arizona's first woman governor, died in 2016. David Sanders / Arizona Daily Star
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Girder installation continues on the Sunset Bridge across the Santa Cruz River in Tucson on September 22, 2016. The girders are 120-feet long and weigh 120,000 pounds each, said Jason Bahe, the project manager with Pima County. The 720-foot long bridge is expected to be completed in April 2017. A similar project was underway on the east side on the Sabino Canyon extension over Pantano Wash. A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
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Air traffic controllers watch for traffic from the new 252-foot- tall Tucson Air Traffic Control Tower on September 23, 2016. The structure replaces the iconic tower on the eastside of the field. Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star.
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A passenger from the first Aeromar flight from Hermosillo, Mexico ducks under the ribbon as she leaves customs at Tucson International Airport this afternoon in Tucson, AZ. on October 3, 2016. Aeromar launched regular service between Tucson and Hermosillo, Los Mochis, MazatlΓ‘n and Guadalajara. Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star.
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Jack Minor looks over some photographs from a 2001 birthday party that he attended as the last of the memorabilia is being sold at The Rusty Nail, 4415 N Flowing Wells Rd., in Tucson on Oct 4, 2016. The tavern poured its last beer after 44 years. A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
Prosecutors: Inmate's confession in Tucson murder case false
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David Dwayne Watson, right, leans in to speak with attorney Michael Storie during one of his murder trials. Prosecutors say in a recent filing here that a confession by an inmate in the killing of Watson's ex-wife is false.
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A worker lays blocks on the northwest corner of the AC Hotel Tucson by Marriott going up downtown, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016. The Marriott is the first new hotel in downtown Tucson in nearly 50 years. Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
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Arizona Dept. of Public Safety officers at the scene of a seven-vehicle, chain-reaction collision that closed Interstate-10 westbound north of Tucson, Ariz. on Oct. 18, 2016. Three people died in the collision, including a 12-year-old girl. Rick Wiley / Arizona Daily Star
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Tucson Police Department officers investigate an officer involved shooting where an officer and suspect were both wounded along South Park Avenue between 34th and 35th Street on Oct 25. The officer was pursuing a man who fled from a scene when the suspect fired at officer grazing him, police said. The officer returned fire and struck the suspect multiple times, police said. A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
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Tucson Fire medics attend to an alleged armed robbery suspect, who was chased by Pima County Sheriff's deputies after an armed robbery of a northside bank on Oct. 26. The suspects bailed in the Blenman-Elm neighborhood and assaulted a homeowner during the foot chase. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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A woman is loaded into a Rural/Metro ambulance near the scene of a multi-agency situation near South Palo Verde and Julian Drive on Oct. 28, 2016, in Tucson, Ariz. U.S. Marshals were fired upon while serving a warrant at a hotel. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Vania Smith, right, and Nadia Larsen jump for joy with their Donald Trump banner as the Trump wins another state during the Pima County Republican Party's election night watch party at the Sheraton, 5151 E Grant Road, in Tucson, Ariz. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Protesters Elena Ortiz, right, and Tina Bauschatz, chant during a protest against President-elect Donald Trump on Nov. 12, 2016, in Armory Park south of downtown Tucson, Ariz. A few hundred protesters gathered at the park, made signs, chanted and walked through downtown toward the federal court complex. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Phyllis Factor, left, and St. Mark's Presbyterian Church intern Erik Sandstrom manage to get her candle, the only one hat stayed alight in the night's breeze, as about 65 people gathered for a post-election interfaith prayer vigil in Armory Park, Wednesday, November 9, 2016, Tucson, Ariz. A dozen clergy members from disparate faiths led the brief ceremony. "We gathered here as people of faith," said Amy Beth Willis, one of the organizers of the vigil. "To take some time out of our busy day to pray, to grieve, to listen to each other and be in community after the result of the election. Above all we stand with love and we came to proclaim that. But our work doesn't end here, in the days ahead we will be working for justice and dignity for all." Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
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A Pima County Sheriff's deputy crashed his truck while responding to an officer-involved shooting involving a South Tucson Police officer on 29th street between 9th and 10th Avenue on November 25, 2016. Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
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The Wildcats redeemed a dismal season by capturing the Territorial Cup with a 56-35 win over Arizona State University Sun Devils on on Nov. 25, 2016, at Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Ariz. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Police personnel gather outside the Campbell Terrace Apartments where two Tucson Police Department officers were on Thursday, December 1, 2016. The officers were taken to Banner University Medical Center. Photo by Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star.
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Arizona Wildcats guard Allonzo Trier (35) watches in sweats from the bench with teammate Dusan Ristic, left, before the game against No. 8 Gonzaga Bulldogs on Dec. 3, 2016, in Staples Center in Los Angeles, Calif. Top-rated Trier did not play a game in 2016. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Hundreds of visitors explored the plaques and medallions at the dedication of the USS Arizona Mall Memorial on the University of Arizona mall on Sunday Dec. 4, 2016, in honor of the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Jordan Glenn / for the Arizona Daily Star
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Therapists Logan Bretney, left, and Janelle Borg use a slide board to move Brett Karrle from his power chair to a exercise table at Healthsouth on Wednesday, December 14, 2016 in Tucson, AZ. Karrle was paralyzed from the chest down after sustaining a spinal injury and broken neck in a hit and run by a drunk driver. Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star.
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Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos gets a hug during his retirement ceremony at the Victory Worship Center, 2561 Ruthrauff Rd., in Tucson on Dec. 20, 2016. Nanos served with the Sheriff's department for 33 years. He lost the 2016 election to Republican Mark Napier. A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
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Tucson Fire Department firefighters with Ladder 9 attend to a stranded motorist near the intersection of North Country Club Road and East Seneca Street on Aug. 9, 2016, in, Tucson, Ariz. Morning storms delivered up to two inches of rain in some areas of town.
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A pair of ocotillo plants and the wrought iron security door are just about all that remain afrer a crew with Taylor's Demolition and Recycling brought down the city-owned house at 1409 E. Broadway Blvd. on Aug. 24, 2016, in Tucson, Ariz. The demolition, which has drawn the ire of some residents, will allow room for eventual roadway widening.
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Holland Barr, 10, right, hugs her dad Charles Barr during a ceremony to celebrate the new Children's Postinfectious Autoimmune Encephalopothy Center of Excellence to research neuropsychiatric disorders at Banner-Diamond Children's on Aug. 30, 2016, at Banner-University Medical Center, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., in Tucson, Ariz. Holland suffered for months from an undiagnosed condition until her parents found her treatment at Banner-Diamond Children's.
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A member of the Arizona Department of Veterans Services carefully places the remains of a recovered vet among the 27 others interred in a ceremony by the Missing in America Project at the Arizona Veterans' Memorial Cemetery, Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016, Marana, Ariz. Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
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Tucson Roadrunners right wing Craig Cunningham (14) leans over as far as he can without stepping off the protective mat to high-five 4-year-old fan Maxton Harrison before the first-ever Tucson Roadrunners AHL hockey game in the Tucson Arena against the Stockton Heat on Oct. 28, 2016, in Tucson, Ariz. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Tucson Roadrunners captain Craig Cunningham sits in his room at Banner University Medical Center in Tucson, Ariz on Dec. 20, 2016. Cunningham collapsed on the ice before a game against Manitoba in November. A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
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Cienega's Chris Vega (1) left, and Sam Wilson (16) get some comfort from the coaching staff after their 56-21 loss to Centennial in their 5A state semifinal game at Tucson High School, Friday, November 18, 2016, Tucson, Ariz. Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
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Catalina Foothills head coach Jeff Scurran with the team after the Catalina Foothills vs. Scottsdale Saguaro Class 4A state high school championship football game at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. Saguaro won the championship 42-14. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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