Mercury host rally to push for Brittney Griner's release; Recording police in close range is now illegal; This historic café is closing

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

Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner has been detained in Russia for more than four months on drug charges.

House Bill 2319, sponsored by Rep. John Kavanagh, makes it illegal for anyone within 8 feet of law enforcement activity to record police.

The Spicery in Our 1895 Home has been a staple of Historic downtown Glendale for decades. Longtime customers can say goodbye with a farewell high tea.

Today, you can expect it to be sunny, with a high near 107 degrees. Mostly 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 1976, the United States Military Academy at West Point included female cadets for the first time as 119 women joined the Class of 1980.

  • In 1865, four people were hanged in Washington, D.C. for conspiring with John Wilkes Booth to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln: Lewis Powell (aka Lewis Payne), David Herold, George Atzerodt and Mary Surratt, the first woman to be executed by the federal government.

  • In 1930, construction began on Boulder Dam (later Hoover Dam).

  • In 1948, six female U.S. Navy reservists became the first women to be sworn in to the regular Navy.

  • In 1981, President Ronald Reagan announced he was nominating Arizona Judge Sandra Day O’Connor to become the first female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.

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