Metro Phoenix eviction fillings continue to rise; Bees attack in Cochise County; This airline is coming to Sky Harbor

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

Maricopa County eviction filings in July climbed to their highest monthly level. It's the highest tally since October 2008.

After a relatively quiet summer for Africanized “killer” bee attacks in Cochise County, recent days have seen around half a dozen major bee sting incidents.

Breeze Airways will offer nonstop service to certain cities from Sky Harbor Airport. The new flights start in November and are on sale now.

Today, you can expect a slight chance of thunderstorms, with a high near 103 degrees. A chance of thunderstorms at night, with a low near 84 degrees. Get the full forecast here.

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Today in history

  • On this date in In 1949, President Harry S. Truman nominated General Omar N. Bradley to become the first chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

  • In 1965, rioting and looting that claimed 34 lives broke out in the predominantly Black Watts section of Los Angeles.

  • In 1992, the Mall of America, the nation’s largest shopping-entertainment center, opened in Bloomington, Minnesota.

  • In 2020, Democrat Joe Biden named California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate; Harris was the first Black woman on a major party’s presidential ticket. The newly elected district attorney in Portland, Oregon, said he would not prosecute people arrested on non-violent misdemeanor charges during protests.

  • In 2017, a federal judge ordered Charlottesville, Virginia, to allow a weekend rally of white nationalists and other extremists to take place at its originally-planned location downtown. (Violence erupted at the rally, and a woman was killed when a man plowed his car into a group of counterprotesters.) President Donald Trump unleashed fresh threats against North Korea, warning Kim Jong Un that he “will regret it fast” if he takes any action against U.S. territories or allies. Two passenger trains collided outside Egypt’s port city of Alexandria, killing 43 people.

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