AZ Briefing: Ariz. researchers watch variant; store tweaks mask policy; group find 16 graves near Sonoran capital
A look at some of today's top stories, the weather forecast and a peek back in history.
Arizona researchers are on the watch for a new variant of COVID-19, omicron, which has raised concerns around the world.
The owners of a popular upscale secondhand store in the Phoenix area are requiring shoppers wearing masks to show their face to security cameras after shoplifting incidents involving masked perpetrators.
The Searching Mothers of Sonora found more than 20 bodies in clandestine graves in a town east of Hermosillo, Mexico, this week.
Today, you can expect it to be sunny, with a high near 76 degrees. Clear at night, with a low near 49 degrees. Get the full forecast here.
Today in history
On this date in 1850, Capt. Samuel P. Heintzelman arrived at Yuma Crossing with three companies of troops and named the nearby fort “Camp Yuma,” later dubbed Camp Independence and then Fort Yuma.
In 1853, John Lorenzo Hubbell, former sheriff of Apache County, senator in the first State Legislature, merchant and Navajo Indian trader, was born in Pajarito, New Mexico.
In 1880, one person was killed in a stage holdup on the Black Canyon Road in Yavapai County.
In 1886, the Board of Regents met at the University of Arizona and accepted a gift of 40 acres of land for a campus. Regent J.S Mansfield had persuaded two gamblers and a saloon keeper to present the land to the UA.
In 1928, police were called to the State Capitol when Gov. George W.P. Hunt and Sen. Fred Colter engaged in a fistfight while debating a Colorado River issue.
This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: AZ Briefing: Researchers on watch for new omicron variant of COVID-19
