Trump rallies faithful in AZ ahead of Aug. 2 primary; Navajos fight for cleanup of uranium sites; Check out this Flagstaff hike

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

“You have an opportunity to vote for an outstanding slate of true conservative warriors, many of whom I know,” Trump told supporters at the Save America rally on July 22, 2022.

Four decades after a huge uranium tailings spill, residents of a Navajo community say they want action now to protect their homes and livestock.

Stop and smell the pines as you trek along the Walnut Canyon passage of the Arizona Trail near Flagstaff. You can tailor the length to your liking.

Today, you can expect it to be sunny, with a high near 108 degrees. A chance of thunderstorms at night, with a low near 87 degrees. Get the full forecast here.

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Today in history

  • On this day in 1967, five days of deadly rioting erupted in Detroit as an early morning police raid on an unlicensed bar resulted in a confrontation with local residents, escalating into violence that spread into other parts of the city; 43 people, mostly Blacks, were killed.

  • In 1996, at the Atlanta Olympics, Kerri Strug made a heroic final vault despite torn ligaments in her left ankle as the U.S. women gymnasts clinched their first-ever Olympic team gold medal.

  • In 2003, Massachusetts’ attorney general issued a report saying clergy members and others in the Boston Archdiocese probably had sexually abused more than 1,000 people over a period of six decades.

  • In 2019, Boris Johnson won the contest to lead Britain’s governing Conservative Party, putting him in line to become the country’s prime minister the following day.

  • In 2012, his hair dyed a shocking comic-book shade of orange-red, James Holmes, the former doctoral student accused of killing 12 moviegoers at a showing of the new Batman movie in Aurora, Colorado, appeared in court for the first time. (Holmes was convicted of murder and attempted murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole.)

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