Masters campaign has money problems; Best things to do on Labor Day weekend; First Friday in downtown Phoenix
A look at some of today's top stories, the weather forecast and a peek back in history.
Senate candidate Blake Masters' political identity is closely intertwined with a pair of billionaires but his campaign has money problems.
Fun things to do on Labor Day weekend in metro Phoenix include performances by superstar Gloria Trevi, DJ Steve Aoki and comedian Adam Ray.
The action along Roosevelt Row, Grand Avenue and across downtown includes meme-inspired art, the chance to print a poster and tons of vendors.
Today, you can expect it to be partly sunny and very warm with a high near 106 degrees. Mainly clear at night, with a low near 84 degrees. Get the full forecast here.
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Today in history
On this date in 1945, Japan formally surrendered in ceremonies aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, ending World War II.
In 1969, in what some regard as the birth of the Internet, two connected computers at the University of California, Los Angeles, passed test data through a 15-foot cable.
In 2008, Republicans assailed Barack Obama as the most liberal, least experienced White House nominee in history at their convention in St. Paul, Minnesota, and enthusiastically extolled their own man, John McCain, as ready to lead the nation.
In 2017, President Donald Trump visited with survivors of Hurricane Harvey, touring a Houston shelter housing hundreds of displaced people and meeting with emergency responders in Lake Charles, Louisiana; it was Trump’s second visit to the region in the wake of the storm. Astronaut Peggy Whitson returned to Earth after 288 days on the International Space Station; the trip gave Whitson a total of 665 days in space, a record for any American and any woman worldwide.
In 2018, Sen. John McCain was laid to rest on a grassy hill at the U.S. Naval Academy, after a horse-drawn caisson carrying the senator’s casket led a procession of mourners from the academy’s chapel to its cemetery.
This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: AZ Briefing: Masters campaign has money problems
