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Lorenzino Estrada | Digital Producer
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| Good morning, Arizona. Here’s what our reporters are working on and what you should know before you start your day. |
| Metro Phoenix home prices rose in April. The median home price for the area climbed $5,000 from March to almost $450,000. |
| ➤ The Recount: Get clarity amid Arizona’s election chaos with politics reporter Sasha Hupka. She’s covering elections and how they work from all corners of our desert swing state, with insights for Arizonans and national politicos alike. Subscribe to read us every Monday. |
| ➤ Today, you can expect it to be hot and sunny with a high near 106 degrees. Expect it to be clear at night with a low near 76 degrees. Get the full forecast here. |
| Interstate 17 Project crews are making progress along a 23-mile corridor on May 29, 2024.
Provided by Arizona Department of Transportation |
| Here are just some of the events on this date in the past. |
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On this day in 1916, during World War I, the Battle of Jutland began off the coast of Denmark. The conflict was the largest naval battle of the war. The British casualties more than doubled Germany’s, but the battle marked the last time in the war that the German fleet attempted to press into the North Sea. |
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In 1921, a white mob began the Tulsa Race Massacre in Oklahoma, attacking the Greenwood District, also known as “Black Wall Street.” An estimated 100-300 Black people were killed as the mob looted and burned Black-owned businesses and homes, leaving thousands displaced. |
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In 1955, just over a year after deciding Brown v. Board of Education, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision known as Brown II, pressing school districts to implement desegregation plans “with all deliberate speed.”. |
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In 1985, an outbreak of more than 40 tornadoes hit Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and Ontario, Canada, killing 89 people and injuring more than 1,000. |
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In 2005, former FBI assistant director W. Mark Felt revealed in a Vanity Fair article that he was the informant known as Deep Throat who passed information about the 1972 Watergate break-in and scandal to Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein. |
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In 2019, a mass shooting carried out by city employee DeWayne Craddock at the Municipal Complex in Virginia Beach, Virginia, killed 12 people and wounded four others before police shot and killed Craddock. |
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| Many cities in Arizona will be below normal in dryness this year, according to the National Weather Service. |
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Two of the police who battled the pro-Trump mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol emphatically call for his defeat in November. |
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Best Buy, Geek Squad and other top retailers are frequently impersonated by scammers, according to an FTC report. How can you stay safe from them? |
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Here’s what you need to know about the Democrat, the Republicans and the Green Party candidates running for the U.S. Senate seat from Arizona. |
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2024 NBA Finals schedule, TV channel, how to watch Dallas Mavericks vs Boston Celtics series on television, with dates, times, TV channel, streaming. |
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