AZ Briefing: Pence endorses Taylor Robson for AZ governor; latest Real ID news Arizonans should know; 'Love Island' USA

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A look at some of today's top stories, the weather forecast and a peek back in history.

Mike Pence endorses Karrin Taylor Robson for Arizona governor, escalating conflict with Trump.

Before Real ID becomes required for boarding airplanes, many Arizonans have upgraded to the Arizona Travel ID. What you need to know.

After 8 seasons of 'Love Island' UK, Iain Stirling will now also do the 'Love Island' USA voiceovers. Here's how he will change it up for Americans.

Today, you can expect it to be very warm and partly sunny, with a high near 110 degrees. Patchy clouds and very warm at night, with a low near 91 degrees. Get the full forecast here.

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Today in history

  • On this day in 1969, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., left a party on Chappaquiddick Island near Martha’s Vineyard with Mary Jo Kopechne (koh-PEHK’-nee), 28; Kennedy’s car later went off a bridge into the water. Kennedy was able to escape, but Kopechne drowned.

  • In 1944, Hideki Tojo was removed as Japanese premier and war minister because of setbacks suffered by his country in World War II. American forces in France captured the Normandy town of St. Lo.

  • In 1964, nearly a week of rioting erupted in New York’s Harlem neighborhood following the fatal police shooting of a Black teenager, James Powell, two days earlier.

  • In 2005, an unrepentant Eric Rudolph was sentenced in Birmingham, Alabama, to life in prison for an abortion clinic bombing that killed an off-duty police officer and maimed a nurse.

  • In 2013, Detroit, which was once the very symbol of American industrial might, became the biggest U.S. city to file for bankruptcy, its finances ravaged and its neighborhoods hollowed out by a long, slow decline in population and auto manufacturing.

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