Trump rally postponed after Ivana Trump's death; Can Suns, Ayton repair frayed relationship? How to protect yourself during lightning season

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

"Out of love and respect for Ivana, our big Arizona rally will be postponed until next Friday," Trump said of the Prescott Valley rally.

The relationship between the Suns and Deandre Ayton is frayed. But it can be repaired.

Summer is lightning season in Arizona. Here are do's and don'ts about how to be safe, including the 30-30 rule for when you hear thunder.

Today, you can expect it to be hot, with a high near 113 degrees. A slight chance of thunderstorms at night, with a low near degrees. Get the full forecast here.

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Today in history

  • On this day in 1969, Apollo 11 blasted off from Cape Kennedy on the first manned mission to the surface of the moon.

  • In 1964, as he accepted the Republican presidential nomination in San Francisco, Barry M. Goldwater declared that “extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice” and that “moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.”

  • In 1999, John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife, Carolyn, and her sister, Lauren Bessette (bih-SEHT’), died when their single-engine plane, piloted by Kennedy, plunged into the Atlantic Ocean near Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.

  • In 2004, Martha Stewart was sentenced to five months in prison and five months of home confinement by a federal judge in New York for lying about a stock sale.

  • Ten people died at a popular swimming hole in Arizona’s Tonto National Forest after a rainstorm unleashed a flash flood.

This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: AZ Briefing: Trump rally postponed after Ivana Trump's death