The family men and mentors of Tucson’s hip-hop scene harken back to the “golden era of hip-hop.”
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Handle With Care
Vincent Pinto with a red racer snake at the Raven’s Nest nature sanctuary in Patagonia, Ariz.
Going Strong, 100 Years Later
Students from the Arizona Schools for the Deaf and Blind marched in Tucson to celebrate 100 years since the first class.
Border Patrol
A fifth-generation Arizona farmer near the U.S.-Mexico border keeps a watchful eye for drug smugglers on his property.
Left Behind
Horse bones and carcasses cover the “Dog Patch,” an open field south of Tucson where owners illegally abandon dead and unwanted animals.
Weaving Their Cultures
Students at the Ha:sañ Preparatory & Leadership School in Tucson on Tuesday worked on traditional Tohono O’odham baskets made of bear grass. Ha:sañ is a...
Tucson Remembers
During an eventful day, the people of Tucson paused to mark the anniversary of the shootings that occurred Jan. 8, 2011.
Saving Kindness
Chrystal Carpenter, an archivist at the University of Arizona, is leading an effort to preserve the thousands of flowers, stuffed animals, candles and loving messages...
Tucson’s Tragedy, Archived
Chrystal Carpenter, a manuscript and congressional archivist at the University of Arizona, is leading an effort to preserve mementos and messages that followed the Jan....
Memorial Day
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords appeared at a vigil commemorating the first anniversary of the Jan. 8, 2011, shootings in Tucson, on a day of tributes throughout...

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