AZ Briefing: Cardinals snap 3-game skid to beat Cowboys; Phoenix man first openly gay drag racer; 2022 TV shows to look forward to

The Arizona Cardinals can still win the NFC West, with a little help from the San Francisco 49ers.
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A look at some of today's top stories, the weather forecast and a peek back in history.

The Arizona Cardinals are still in the hunt for the NFC West title after they snapped their 3-game skid as they won their game against the Dallas Cowboys Sunday.

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Phoenix man Travis Shumake is working to become the first openly gay drag racer in the National Hot Rod Association.

Today, you can expect it to be sunny, with a high near 61 degrees. Mostly clear at night, with a low near 37 degrees. Get the full forecast here.

Today in history

  • On this date in 1787, mountaineer Bill Williams was born. The city of Williams and the Bill Williams River were named after him.

  • In 1912, the Bisbee Daily Review announced that more than 6,000 acres of land in the Chino and Lonesome valleys near Prescott had been homesteaded during the previous 90 days.

  • In 1924, 117 automobiles became stalled in the mud near Casa Grande. The vehicles had to be towed to the Southern Pacific tracks, where they bumped over the ties before reaching a stretch of road they could negotiate.

  • In 1977, Apple Computer was incorporated in Cupertino, California, by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Mike Markkula Jr.

  • In 2002, a judge in Alabama ruled that former Ku Klux Klansman Bobby Frank Cherry was mentally competent to stand trial on murder charges in the 1963 Birmingham church bombing that killed four Black girls. (Cherry was later convicted, and served a life sentence until his death in November 2004.)

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