AZ Briefing: Host of 'Arizona Midday' leaves 12 News; 4 key rules for taxes on investments; what governor candidates propose for education
A look at some of today's top stories, the weather forecast and a peek back in history.
Destry Jetton, host of "Arizona Midday" on 12 News, says goodbye after 16 years: "I decided to take a risk."
Want to shave — or even avoid — taxes on your investments? To guide your decisions, use these four key rules.
What do Arizona's Republican and Democratic candidates for governor propose for the future of education?
Today, you can expect it to be partly sunny and hot, with a high near 111 degrees. Mainly clear and very warm at night, with a low near 89 degrees. Get the full forecast here.
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Today in history
On this day in 1862, during the Civil War, Congress approved the Second Confiscation Act, which declared that all slaves taking refuge behind Union lines were to be set free.
In 1944, during World War II, 320 men, two-thirds of them African Americans, were killed when a pair of ammunition ships exploded at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in California.
In 1955, Disneyland had its opening day in Anaheim, California.
In 1996, TWA Flight 800, a Europe-bound Boeing 747, exploded and crashed off Long Island, New York, shortly after departing John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing all 230 people on board.
In 2009, former CBS anchorman Walter Cronkite died in New York at 92.
This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: AZ Briefing: Destry Jetton leaves 'Arizona Midday' on 12 News
