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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. |
| Average round-trip airfares are expected to decline slightly in June 2024, though there are fewer routes for $100 or less from Phoenix than there were in May. |
| New data from Hopper, the travel website that tracks airfares, showed 16 domestic routes out of Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport with round-trip airfares of $100 or less for some June itineraries. |
| ➤ If you buy groceries at Walmart, you could get up to $500 from a class action lawsuit against the company. |
| ➤ An Idaho jury handed down the death sentence to Chad Daybellafter he was found guilty in the triple-murder “Doomsday” case. |
| ➤ The rare Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, also known as the Devil Comet,can be seen on June 2. Get your binoculars ready: It won’t be visible again until 2090. |
| ➤ Today, you can expect it to be sunny to partly cloudy and very warm with a high near 102 degrees. Expect it to be clear at night with a low near 74 degrees. Get the full forecast here. |
5 Valley burgers named among best in US
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| Peanut butter and jalapeno jelly burger with house peanut butter spread, jalapeno jelly, white cheddar and bacon at Arizona Wilderness Brewing Co. in Gilbert.
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| Here are just some of the events on this date in the past. |
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On this day in 1865, after four years of domestic bloodshed, the Civil War was widely regarded to have officially ended when the commander of the final viable Confederate army in the U.S., Lt. Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith, signed terms of surrender for the Trans-Mississippi division aboard the USS Fort Jackson in Galveston Bay, Texas. Brig. Gen. Stand Watie, commander of the First Indian Brigade, kept his fighting force together for nearly a month after Smith surrendered. Facing insurmountable odds, Watie was the last Confederate general to surrender. Smith, a former West Point graduate and U.S. Army officer, fled to Mexico and eventually Cuba. He returned to Virginia five months later after learning President Andrew Johnson would pardon him and grant him amnesty. |
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In 1924, President Calvin Coolidge signed an act into law that granted citizenship to all Indigenous people born within U.S. borders. |
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In 1935, baseball legend Babe Ruth announced his retirement from the sport after hitting what would become a long-standing record 714 home runs during his 22-year Hall of Fame career. Ruth, whose teams won seven World Series titles, also pitched for teams in Boston and New York over portions of 10 seasons. Hank Aaron later eclipsed Ruth in homers. |
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In 1953, London’s Westminster Abbey was the site of British Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation. It was the first British coronation to be televised. Born Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor, she was queen of the U.K. and its realms for 70 years ― longer than any of its other monarchs. She died in 2022. |
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In 1954, about a month into the televised U.S. Army-Sen. Joseph McCarthy hearings, the Wisconsin Republican made the accusation that communists were in the Central Intelligence Agency and the nation’s atomic weapons manufacturing plants. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, his brother, CIA Director Allen Dulles, and Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower all shrugged off McCarthy’s claims as unfounded. The Senate censured McCarthy six months later. |
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In 1997, terrorist Timothy McVeigh was convicted of murder and conspiracy and sentenced to death for his role in the 1995 bombing of a federal building in Oklahoma City that killed 168 people, including 19 children. McVeigh was executed by lethal injection in 2001. |
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| Joshua Briese, who had been with the Gila River police for less than a year, died responding to a disturbance at a party. The tribe has banned dances. |
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Here’s what to know about freeway closures amid the wildfire burning north of Phoenix and south of Payson. |
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Gila River police Officer Joshua Briese wanted his dad to know he was doing a good job in life. Like his son, David Briese was killed on duty. |
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Heavy traffic and long backups were expected on Interstate 17 this weekend due to ADOT closures. A brush fire near Table Mesa added to delays. |
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Christian Walker hit a grand slam and the Diamondbacks played a well-rounded game to beat the New York Mets on Saturday afternoon. |
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