This new landlord program will help the homeless; Phoenix Union Station could see new life; These Valley restaurants are now closed

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

A new partnership between Maricopa County and low-income housing group HOM Inc. is aiming to get more homeless people permanently housed.

A developer has plans to transform Phoenix Union Station in downtown Phoenix. Here's what's planned.

These restaurants, bars and coffee shops in Phoenix, Tempe, Scottsdale, Gilbert and Chandler are now closed: Munch A Mania, Bliss ReBar, Zipps.

Today, you can expect it to be sunny, with a high near 102 degrees. Clear skies at night, with a low near 74 degrees. Get the full forecast here.

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Today in history

  • On this date in 1913, Sarah Greenway, sister of John C. Greenway, lit a fire in the new Calumet & Arizona smelter at Douglas. A big community celebration marked the dedication of what was then the largest and most modern smelter in the United States.

  • In 1930, radio station KTAR brought the first national broadcast network to Arizona through its affiliation with NBC.

  • In 1935, three carloads of dynamite were set off to open the New Cornelia mine site at Ajo and 400,000 tons of rock were dislodged.

  • In 1976, a bomb exploded beneath the car of Arizona Republic reporter Don Bolles in a parking lot of a Phoenix hotel. Bolles died 11 days later.

  • 1997, Timothy McVeigh was convicted of murder and conspiracy in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City that killed 168 people. (McVeigh was executed in June 2001.)

This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: AZ Briefing: This new landlord program will help the homeless