This AZ secretary of state candidate is under scrutiny; Low water levels bring threat to Grand Canyon; Strange cloud over Tempe goes viral

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

Scrutiny grows over secretary of state candidate Reginald Bolding and his nonprofit's support of his campaign.

Drought and overuse of the Colorado River have driven Lake Powell's water levels low enough to allow invasive fish to slip through downstream.

A video of a mysterious cloud over Tempe sparked imaginations, but a meteorologist has offered an earthly answer, one unrelated to UFOs or movies.

Today, you can expect it to be sunny and breezy, with a high near 111 degrees. Partly cloudy, with a low near 90 degrees. Get the full forecast here.

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Today in history

  • On this day in 2005, President George W. Bush announced his choice of federal appeals court judge John G. Roberts Jr. to replace Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. (Roberts ended up succeeding Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, who died in Sept. 2005; Samuel Alito followed O’Connor.)

  • In 1989, 111 people were killed when United Air Lines Flight 232, a DC-10 which sustained the uncontained failure of its tail engine and the loss of hydraulic systems, crashed while making an emergency landing at Sioux City, Iowa; 185 other people survived.

  • In 1993, President Bill Clinton announced a policy allowing homosexuals to serve in the military under a compromise dubbed “don’t ask, don’t tell, don’t pursue.”

  • In 2017, Sen. John McCain’s office said the 80-year-old Arizona Republican and former presidential nominee had been diagnosed with a brain tumor, glioblastoma.

  • In 2020, President Donald Trump refused to publicly commit to accepting the results of the upcoming election, telling Chris Wallace on “Fox News Sunday” that it was too early to make any such guarantee.

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