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Arlyssa D. Becenti ✍️🗞️

@abecenti.bsky.social
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Diné journalist covering Indigenous affairs, part-time breaking news editor at the Arizona Republic, auntie, runner, coffee drinker, and cat lover without a cat. Tips: Arlyssa.becenti@arizonarepublic.com

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Arlyssa D. Becenti ✍️🗞️ @abecenti.bsky.social · 10h
‘Kyrsten Sinema’s ex-boyfriend and former bodyguard said he threw her paintings into her swimming pool in part because he felt disillusioned by her relationship with a major U.S. artificial intelligence software developer as the war in Gaza drags on.’
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Arlyssa D. Becenti ✍️🗞️ @abecenti.bsky.social · 12h
Vote early!
theguardian.com
Trump allies could use midterms ‘counting window’ to disrupt results, experts warn
Fears grow that loyalists in key states could use critical period when votes are counted to amplify false claims
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 23h
Key data missing for half of US child labor deaths, official report finds
theguardian.com
Key data missing for half of US child labor deaths, official report finds
Over half of 260 workplace child fatalities between 2013 and 2023 lacked data on cause of death or the industry worked
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Arlyssa D. Becenti ✍️🗞️ @abecenti.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
‘9th Circuit rejects another request to rehear Oak Flat mine arguments’ By @debkrol.bsky.social
azcentral.com
9th Circuit rejects another request to rehear Oak Flat mine arguments
The full court refused to rehear the case over the Arizona copper mine, but some justices warned that they were making a grave error.
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Deb Krol @debkrol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.azcentral.com/story/news/t... by @abecenti.bsky.social
azcentral.com
State drops Havasupai challenge of arsenic levels at uranium mine
Havasupai tribal officials say the appeals board ignored the threats to a critical water source.
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Arlyssa D. Becenti ✍️🗞️ @abecenti.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
From me: State drops Havasupai challenge of arsenic levels at uranium mine
azcentral.com
State drops Havasupai challenge of arsenic levels at uranium mine
Havasupai tribal officials say the appeals board ignored the threats to a critical water source.
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Arlyssa D. Becenti ✍️🗞️ @abecenti.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Arlyssa D. Becenti ✍️🗞️ @abecenti.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
‘Republic parent company USA TODAY Co. acquires Arizona Daily Star’
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Republic parent company USA TODAY Co. acquires Arizona Daily Star
In the newspaper deal, Lee Enterprises assumes ownership of three South Dakota properties and the Great Falls Tribune.
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Arlyssa D. Becenti ✍️🗞️ @abecenti.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
From me: ‘Navajo presidential hopefuls debate economic development, AI policies’ Have to write a seperate article for the VP debate.
azcentral.com
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Arlyssa D. Becenti ✍️🗞️ @abecenti.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Pet peeve: when you’re on the phone with someone and they’re scrolling on their phone simultaneously. Something in their voice is a telling sign when they do this. You called me! Why? Just sit and scroll. If anything, you’re wasting my time with this unnecessary call.
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Arlyssa D. Becenti ✍️🗞️ @abecenti.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Not only do I have to worry about non Navajo/Native parachute journalist - now I have to worry about fake AI Indigenous reporters.
cbc.ca
‘Very harmful’: website uses AI to generate northern Indigenous news ‘correspondents’ | CBC News
The website WE NEWS has three northern Indigenous 'AI correspondents.' Their profiles say they are 'a member of Yukon First Nation,' 'of Dene heritage,' and 'an Inuk raised in the North.' Experts in t...
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Arlyssa D. Becenti ✍️🗞️ @abecenti.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
‘7 hockey players accuse ASU of hiding truth in near-fatal workout’ By Robert Anglen and @reycjraz.bsky.social
azcentral.com
7 hockey players accuse ASU of hiding truth in near-fatal workout
Seven ASU hockey players have challenged the university's account of Mayich's collapse and seek coaching staff changes and an outside investigation.
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Arlyssa D. Becenti ✍️🗞️ @abecenti.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Starting readers week off right with two of my articles gracing the paper today! I’ll always love seeing my work in the actual paper, it never gets old. 📰
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 28/09/2026
A New York prosecutor has reopened an investigation into gang rape allegations at a Cornell University fraternity in response to a lawsuit.
bit.ly
Prosecutor reopens probe into Cornell gang rape allegations after accuser files lawsuit
A New York prosecutor has reopened an investigation into gang rape allegations at a Cornell University fraternity in response to a lawsuit.
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High Country News @highcountrynews.org · 28/09/2026
Experts say good education is about relationships – and a constitutional amendment doesn’t hurt.
hcn.org
Montanans are demanding better Indian education, setting an example for other Western states - High Country News
Experts say good education is about relationships – and a constitutional amendment doesn’t hurt.
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Arlyssa D. Becenti ✍️🗞️ @abecenti.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I’ve always been interested in this UFO event that occurred in the 1950s. I might be able to make his presentation. “The 1950 Farmington Armada UFO Incident: Fact or Fiction?" with Michael Mongeau.
tricityrecordnm.com
Aztec Museum & Pioneer Village to host Farmington UFO Armada presentation
Sighting witnessed by many residents, reported in newspapers
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Arlyssa D. Becenti ✍️🗞️ @abecenti.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
As the great Neko Case sings “I wish I was the moon tonight.”
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Source New Mexico @sourcenm.com · 23/09/2026
In an essay for NM Source's commentary section, writer and dryland farmer Alastair Lee Bitsóí considers a tributary on his land amid unprecedented monsoon rains. buff.ly/g9IQ4SD
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Commentary: Colorado River stewardship begins in often dry tributaries like Little Badger Wash • Source New Mexico
Diné writer Alastair Lee Bitsóí considers a tributary that runs through his land, amid unprecedented September monsoons in New Mexico.
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Arlyssa D. Becenti ✍️🗞️ @abecenti.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
California tribes win protections for sacred sites and ceremonies By @debkrol.bsky.social
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Arlyssa D. Becenti ✍️🗞️ @abecenti.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Tohono O'odham stand firm: 'We don't need a wall to keep us safe' By @debkrol.bsky.social
azcentral.com
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Arlyssa D. Becenti ✍️🗞️ @abecenti.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"Apache tribe will reclaim ancestral lands in southern Arizona" By @debkrol.bsky.social
azcentral.com
Apache tribe will reclaim ancestral lands in southern Arizona
The 'land back' movement reunites tribes with ancestral lands. The first such parcel in Arizona is in Cochise Stronghold.
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Arlyssa D. Becenti ✍️🗞️ @abecenti.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
From me: Navajo Nation designates Colorado, Little Colorado confluence as sacred
azcentral.com
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Arlyssa D. Becenti ✍️🗞️ @abecenti.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🤦🏽‍♀️ Sandra Jeff. She ran for Navajo president in 2022. She’s a former moderate democrat, who switched parties and now a libertarian.
krqe.com
Sisters accused of stealing thousands from Santa Ana Pueblo housing authority
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Two sisters are accused of paying fake vendors with money from a federally funded housing entity serving Santa Ana Pueblo in order to collect most of that money back in cash, th…
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Arlyssa D. Becenti ✍️🗞️ @abecenti.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
As a reporter in Sleepless in Seattle, Meg Ryan was sure unethical. Her editor Rosie O’Donnell just signed off on the stalking! I’m over here wondering: Did the paper pay for the PI? The flight to Seattle? The hotel & rental?The food? Did she turn anything in? Oh, to be a reporter in the ’90s 😂
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Arlyssa D. Becenti ✍️🗞️ @abecenti.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Supreme Court lets Trump administration use revamped federal voter eligibility database for now
The Supreme Court is allowing states to resume using a controversial federal tool to check voter eligibility before the November elections.
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Arlyssa D. Becenti ✍️🗞️ @abecenti.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
From me: Navajo Nation designates Colorado, Little Colorado confluence as sacred
azcentral.com
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Fun @funkelly.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
my dude
usatoday.com
Jonathan Taylor Thomas arrested, accused of kicking LA deputy
Jonathan Taylor Thomas was arrested for obstruction and public intoxication after authorities said he "kicked a deputy in the stomach."
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Arlyssa D. Becenti ✍️🗞️ @abecenti.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
apnews.com
More than 160,000 pounds of meat bearing false USDA inspection labels recalled
More than 83 tons of meat are being recalled across the country because the products were not properly inspected by federal authorities and were shipped out with false inspection stickers.
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Arlyssa D. Becenti ✍️🗞️ @abecenti.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Reported on this a few times earlier in the summer. Las Playas Intaglio, previously believed to be about 1,000 years old, to at least 6,500 years ago. It was partially destroyed in April by federal contractors working on the Trump’s second border wall in the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge.
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Arlyssa D. Becenti ✍️🗞️ @abecenti.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Remember that scene in ‘Newsies’ when they were handing out their papers and asking adults if they could read before giving them one? I think that’s where we’re headed again.
static.klipy.com
Christian Bale's Fake Smile in Newsies
ALT: Christian Bale's Fake Smile in Newsies
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
As we all expected. CNN, MS NOW, and POLITICO reporters are still being denied access to the White House this morning, despite a federal judge ordering the administration to immediately restore their press credentials.
reuters.com
Politico, MS NOW, CNN denied access to White House despite judge's order
Politico, MS NOW and CNN reporters were barred from the White House, ​just hours after a judge deemed President Donald Trump's ban of the three news ‌outlets likely unconstitutional and ordered their ...
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Arlyssa D. Becenti ✍️🗞️ @abecenti.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
From me: Hualapai protest walk targets mines on Arizona tribal lands
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Arlyssa D. Becenti ✍️🗞️ @abecenti.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
wbng.com
Cornell University, fraternity sued by former student after alleged gang rape and drugging in 2024
The lawsuit was filed nearly two years after the alleged assault
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Arlyssa D. Becenti ✍️🗞️ @abecenti.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
From me: Hualapai protest walk targets mines on Arizona tribal lands
azcentral.com
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Arlyssa D. Becenti ✍️🗞️ @abecenti.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
First day of autumn photos. A nice walk in between interviews yesterday.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/09/2026
NEW: 8 sailors aboard the Lincoln attempted suicide per a letter from the Secretary of the Navy to Congress. That is “incredibly high”. www.cnn.com/2026/09/23/p...
cnn.com
Eight sailors assigned to US carrier group that fought in Iran war attempted suicide, Navy secretary tells Congress | CNN Politics
Eight US Navy personnel assigned to the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group attempted suicide during a period that included when the ships undertook combat operations against Iran and the carrier...
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Arlyssa D. Becenti ✍️🗞️ @abecenti.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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The feds have $5 billion to spend on Border Patrol facilities. Here’s what they might build in Arizona.
A federal database lists potential new Border Patrol stations in Three Points, Casa Grande, and Sonoita-Elgin.
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Arlyssa D. Becenti ✍️🗞️ @abecenti.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
apnews.com
Judge hears arguments without immediately ruling in lawsuit over White House ban on 3 news outlets
A federal judge weighing President Donald Trump’s ban of three news outlets from White House grounds expressed some skepticism Wednesday in response to the government’s defense of the move.
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Arlyssa D. Becenti ✍️🗞️ @abecenti.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
kjzz.org
Biggs says he may reverse some of Hobbs' groundwater conservation efforts
Congressman Andy Biggs said if he’s elected governor, he may reverse some of the groundwater protections incumbent Katie Hobbs has established.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It appears whenever Trump runs into resistance, “national security” becomes the justification. His ballroom. His triumphal arch. And now, banning news outlets from the White House.
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Arlyssa D. Becenti ✍️🗞️ @abecenti.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
apnews.com
Congo is running short of health workers as Ebola remains out of control, WHO says
The World Health Organization warns that Congo is running short of health workers to staff treatment centers for the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history.
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Arlyssa D. Becenti ✍️🗞️ @abecenti.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Sad news for me, my niece and nephews, but happy news for the kittens. My sister-in-law found forever homes for all 6 kittens. 😔
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Arlyssa D. Becenti ✍️🗞️ @abecenti.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
accuweather.com
Atlantic goes without a hurricane through Sept. 21, breaking 112-year record
It's unusual to not have a hurricane form by September 10, the peak historical average date. With nothing on the horizon this weekend, the records are piling up.
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Arlyssa D. Becenti ✍️🗞️ @abecenti.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
thehill.com
Vance-led task force set to remove 750K ObamaCare enrollees, citing fraud
The Trump administration is removing close to 760,000 people from Affordable Care Act (ACA) coverage due to allegedly fraudulent enrollment, Vice President Vance announced Tuesday.  The cancel…
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Arlyssa D. Becenti ✍️🗞️ @abecenti.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
That’s what I’ve been wondering. I feel everyone is saying Dems will hold him accountable. Everyone saying that except for Dems themselves.
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Arlyssa D. Becenti ✍️🗞️ @abecenti.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
npr.org
Grand jury finds no evidence of criminal conduct in the death of Nolan Wells
A grand jury found Wells' cause of death "consistent with drowning," and decided not to bring indictments. The teenager was found dead on Horn Island, after he boated there with friends to celebrate I...
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
CNN, Politico and MS NOW will file a joint lawsuit against the Trump administration after the White House revoked their journalists’ credentials and barred them from covering the White House. The outlets argue the ban violates their First Amendment rights and due process protections.
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 21/09/2026
Two killed in helicopter crash fighting wildfire in Yosemite National Park
latimes.com
Two killed in helicopter crash fighting wildfire in Yosemite National Park
Two people aboard a helicopter fighting a wildfire in Yosemite National Park were killed in a crash Sunday, authorities said.
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Arlyssa D. Becenti ✍️🗞️ @abecenti.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
There used to be a lake behind me back in the day. When I’m in the area, and if I have time, I drive out to see where the water level is. That’s where it’s at now. First time I came out here was with a summer fling in 2006, and it was full. People were fishing. Now it’s just a puddle.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It simply never ends. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Brian Nesvik issued new guidance interpreting the Endangered Species Act’s prohibition on “taking” endangered wildlife much more narrowly. Under the new interpretation, an action generally has to be intentionally
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