AZ businesses pledge profits to abortion funds; GOP candidates for governor set for televised debate; What to do in the Valley for July 4th
A look at some of today's top stories, the weather forecast and a peek back in history.
After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on June 24, some local businesses started fundraisers and pledged profits to Arizona abortion funds.
Arizona PBS will broadcast a debate among the four remaining GOP candidates for governor at 5 p.m. Wednesday.
From road trips to pool parties, fireworks to river tubing, this is your guide to the very best things to do over July 4th weekend in metro Phoenix.
Today, you can expect it to be sunny, with a high near 107 degrees. A chance of thunderstorms at night, with a low near 87 degrees. Get the full forecast here.
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Today in history
On this day in 1972, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a trio of death sentences, saying the way they had been imposed constituted cruel and unusual punishment. (The ruling prompted states to effectively impose a moratorium on executions until their capital punishment laws could be revised.)
In 1978, actor Bob Crane of “Hogan’s Heroes” fame was found bludgeoned to death in an apartment in Scottsdale, Arizona, where he was appearing in a play; he was 49.
In 2006, the Supreme Court ruled, 5-3, that President George W. Bush’s plan to try Guantanamo Bay detainees in military tribunals violated U.S. and international law.
In 2009, disgraced financier Bernard Madoff received a 150-year sentence for his multibillion-dollar fraud. (Madoff died in prison in April 2021.)
In 2018, the Annapolis Capital Gazette newspaper in Maryland kept its promise to put out the day’s paper, despite the shooting deaths of five people in its newsroom a day earlier.
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