AZ Briefing: Vacant acre in PV sells for record $3.5M; AZ governor campaign hits boiling point; get tickets for these August concerts

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

A vacant acre of residential land in Paradise Valley sells for a record price of $3.5M. Get a closer look and find out the priciest homes to sell last week.

In a bruising Republican primary for Arizona governor, the last two weeks of the campaign hit a boiling point with attacks.

The biggest concerts for Phoenix in August include Kid Cudi at Footprint Center, Teyana Taylor at the Van Buren and Odesza at Ak-Chin Pavilion. Here's how to get tickets.

Today, you can expect it to be rather cloudy, with a high near 103 degrees. Partly cloudy at night, with a low near 87 degrees. Get the full forecast here.

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Today in history

  • On this day in 1944, an uprising broke out in Warsaw, Poland, against Nazi occupation; the revolt lasted two months before collapsing.

  • In 1957, the United States and Canada announced they had agreed to create the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD).

  • In 1966, Charles Joseph Whitman, 25, went on an armed rampage at the University of Texas in Austin that killed 14 people, most of whom were shot by Whitman while he was perched in the clock tower of the main campus building. (Whitman, who had also slain his wife and mother hours earlier, was finally gunned down by police.)

  • In 2011, the U.S. House of Representatives passed, 269-161, emergency legislation to avert the nation’s first-ever financial default; Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords returned to the House for the first time since being shot in Jan. 2011 to cast a “yes” vote.

  • In 2014, a medical examiner ruled that a New York City police officer’s chokehold caused the death of Eric Garner, whose videotaped arrest and final pleas of “I can’t breathe!” had sparked outrage.

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