Why not-so-natural disasters are on the rise; High-speed internet comes to rural Arizona communities; The 5 best Filipino restaurants

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A firefighter works to douse a structure burning during a wildfire on May 11, 2022, in Laguna Niguel, Calif.

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

This summer, it's hard to avoid news about megafires, floods, tornadoes and more. A climate scientist explains what we know and what to expect next.

Through the Arizona Broadband Grant Program, Cox Communications received $8.2 million to bring a fiber network to Douglas.

Here are the best restaurants and bakeries to satisfy cravings for Filipino foods like lechon kawali, adobo, sisig and lumpia in metro Phoenix.

Today, you can expect a chance of heavy rain, with a high near 98 degrees. A slight chance of showers at night, with a low near 85 degrees. Get the full forecast here.

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Today in history

  • On this day in 1953, the Korean War armistice was signed at Panmunjom, ending three years of fighting.

  • In 1981, 6-year-old Adam Walsh was abducted from a department store in Hollywood, Fla., and was later murdered. (His father, John Walsh, became a well-known crime victims’ advocate.)

  • In 1996, terror struck the Atlanta Olympics as a pipe bomb exploded at Centennial Olympic Park, directly killing one person and injuring 111. (Anti-government extremist Eric Rudolph later pleaded guilty to the bombing, exonerating security guard Richard Jewell, who had been wrongly suspected.)

  • In 2017, New White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci, in an interview published by The New Yorker, attacked chief of staff Reince Priebus and other White House officials in sometimes profane terms. (A day later, President Donald Trump announced that Priebus was being replaced by John Kelly. Scaramucci himself was ousted on July 31.)

  • In 2020, the world’s biggest COVID-19 vaccine study began with the first of 30,000 planned volunteers helping to test shots created by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc.

This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: AZ Briefing: Not-so-natural disasters are on the rise, why?