Steve Bannon indicted over border wall campaign; PAC supports Masters with $15M; A guide to South Mountain Park
A look at some of today's top stories, the weather forecast and a peek back in history.
"We Build The Wall”, a GoFundMe turned nonprofit, were indicted in New York on federal charges of money laundering, conspiracy and scheme to defraud.
The relative media silence from GOP groups in Arizona's Senate race may have ended with new ads from a PAC backed by Peter Thiel.
Here are the top things to see and do in Phoenix's biggest city park, including hiking, biking, horseback riding, Dobbins Lookout and Silent Sundays.
Today, you can expect it to be mostly cloudy with a slight chance of thunderstorms, with a high near 95 degrees. Thunderstorms likely at night, with a low near 77 degrees. Get the full forecast here.
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Today in history
On this date in 1776, the second Continental Congress made the term “United States” official, replacing “United Colonies.”
In 1942, during World War II, a Japanese plane launched from a submarine off the Oregon coast dropped a pair of incendiary bombs in a failed attempt at igniting a massive forest fire; it was the first aerial bombing of the U.S. mainland by a foreign power.
In 1956, Elvis Presley made the first of three appearances on “The Ed Sullivan Show.”
In 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the first civil rights bill to pass Congress since Reconstruction, a measure primarily concerned with protecting voting rights; it also established a Civil Rights Division in the U.S. Department of Justice.
In 2015, Queen Elizabeth II became the longest reigning monarch in British history, serving as sovereign for 23,226 days (about 63 years and 7 months), according to Buckingham Palace, surpassing Queen Victoria, her great-great-grandmother.
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