Can more cooling centers help avert disaster? AG files motion for execution of Murray Hooper; Stevie Nicks gets comic book treatment
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A look at some of today's top stories, the weather forecast and a peek back in history.
New research found that Maricopa County cooling centers need to log 1.6 million visits to prevent one heat-related death. Not everyone agrees.
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced the state is planning to execute death row prisoner Murray Hooper. If granted, Hooper would mark the state's third execution in 2022.
Stevie Nicks can add starring in a comic book to her list of accomplishments. She's joining Dolly Parton and Cher in Tidal Wave's Female Force series.
Today, you can expect it to be partly sunny, with a high near 109 degrees. Mostly cloudy at night, with a low near 89 degrees. Get the full forecast here.
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Today in history
On this day in 1969, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin became the first men to walk on the moon after reaching the surface in their Apollo 11 lunar module.
In 1917, America’s World War I draft lottery began as Secretary of War Newton Baker, wearing a blindfold, reached into a glass bowl and pulled out a capsule containing the number 258 during a ceremony inside the Senate office building.
In 1944, an attempt by a group of German officials to assassinate Adolf Hitler with a bomb failed as the explosion only wounded the Nazi leader. President Franklin D. Roosevelt was nominated for a fourth term of office at the Democratic convention in Chicago.
In 2007, President George W. Bush signed an executive order prohibiting cruel and inhuman treatment, including humiliation or denigration of religious beliefs, in the detention and interrogation of terrorism suspects.
In 2012, gunman James Holmes opened fire inside a crowded movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, during a midnight showing of “The Dark Knight Rises,” killing 12 people and wounding 70 others. (Holmes was later convicted of murder and attempted murder, and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.)
This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: AZ Briefing: Can cooling centers help avert disaster?
