Good morning, Arizona. Here’s what our reporters are working on and what you should know before you start your day.
A vacant building on the corner of a downtown Phoenix street could be torn down to make room for a new high-rise tower that will feature apartments, a restaurant, bar and specialty market.
➤ A Paradise Valley mansion that went for $13.3 million was among the priciest homes sold at end of May. Take a look inside.
➤ Arizona’s Salad and Go chain has opened four locations in 2024. See where they’ve opened and where they are going next.
➤ The Federal Communications Commission reported that these cities and states report the most unwanted calls in the nation. How does Arizona stack up?
➤ Today, you can expect it to be very warm with gusty winds with a high near 106 degrees. Expect it to be clear at night with a low near 78 degrees. Get the full forecast here.
Puerto Rican food like ‘grandma made’
Juan Ayala places the cheese empanadillas on the counter for service at Phoenix Coqui.
Here are just some of the events on this date in the past.
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On this day in 1898: President William McKinley signed into law a bill that formally established the U.S. Navy Hospital Corps as a unit nearly a century after Congress first approved a bill that stated: “A convenient place shall be set apart for the sick and hurt men, to which they are to be removed, and some of the crew shall be appointed to attend them.”
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In 1925: Allied powers in the League of Nations signed the Geneva Protocol, which reaffirmed prior bans on using poisonous gas in warfare and added the prohibition of bacteriological weapons.
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In 1957: Black people began boycotting stores in the city of Tuskegee, Alabama, in protest of state legislation that deprived them of municipal votes by placing their homes outside city limits.
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In 1967: China had its first successful test of a thermonuclear weapon, a three-stage hydrogen bomb that yielded 3.3 megatons and was part of its “Two Bombs, One Satellite” project. Soviets initially had helped China develop its weapons program until relations deteriorated in the late 1950s.
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In 1971: American singer-songwriter Carole King’s seminal work, “Tapestry,” started a record 15-week run atop the Billboard 200 album chart. With songs like “It’s Too Late,” “I feel the Earth Move” and “You’ve Got a Friend,” King’s second studio album was one of the best-selling albums ever, remaining on the chart for nearly six years.
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In 1994: Football legend O.J. Simpson was arrested and faced double murder charges after a low-speed police chase on Interstate 405 in Los Angeles that lasted about an hour and was broadcast live on TV across the nation. Simpson was riding in a white Ford Bronco driven by former teammate Al Cowlings. Jurors found Simpson not guilty of killing his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman. But in a civil case, Simpson was found liable in their deaths and ordered to pay their families $33.5 million.
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