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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. |
| A third-party audit found more than a dozen financial practice deficiencies at the accommodation school district run by Maricopa County School Superintendent Steve Watson, including more than $200,000 of improperly mingled funds and an unlawful land sale worth millions. |
| ➤ A suspended Arizona attorney participated in an election-related court hearing. Now what? |
| ➤ After a yearlong closure, two lanes on the Gilbert Road Bridge are set to reopen. Here’s what to know. |
| ➤ Today, an excessive heat warning is in effect. You can expect it to be very hot with a high near 116 degrees. Expect it to be very warm at night with a low near 91 degrees. Get the full forecast here. |
Theme parks near Arizona: 10 most popular attractions
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| The teaser for the new “Jurassic World – The Ride” at Universal Studios Hollywood features its two dino-stars: Tyrannosaurus rex and Mosasaurus.
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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 1915: In Guinn v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court gave Black Oklahomans the right to vote when it declared unconstitutional the state’s Voter Registration Act of 1910, which had discriminated against Black people through its “grandfather clause” that allowed people whose grandfathers were entitled to vote in 1866 to register without passing a literacy test. |
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In 1923: Jamaican political activist Marcus Garvey, who organized the first important American Black nationalist movement in New York, was sentenced to five years in prison after his conviction on mail fraud charges related to the sale of stock in the Universal Negro Improvement Association’s Black Star Line. Garvey said the charges were political. |
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In 1940: Italy tried but failed to invade France during the first Battle of the Alps in World War II. |
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In 1945: The Battle of Okinawa, the last major battle of World War II, ended as the bloodiest in the Pacific. It took nearly three months of U.S. ground forces fighting the Japanese to secure the island, which gave Allied forces an airbase to use for launching bombers to ramp up air strikes on Japan and helped Allied fleets blockade shipping routes. Over 12,500 U.S. service members were killed or missing, and 49,000 were wounded. Estimates of the Okinawan civilian death toll are as high as 150,000 and an estimated 110,000 Japanese died trying to defend the island. |
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In 1964: The U.S. House adopted the Civil Rights Act and passed it to the Senate, which approved the measure on July 2, 1964, the same day President Lyndon Johnson signed it. The landmark law pushed by President John Kennedy before he was assassinated prohibited discrimination in public places, provided for integrating schools and other public facilities, and made workplace discrimination illegal. |
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In 1989: In Texas v. Johnson, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that burning an American flag is a form of protest that’s protected symbolic free speech under the First Amendment of the Constitution. The court found protester Gregory Johnson had been wrongfully convicted for burning a flag outside the 1984 Republican National Convention. |
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| Kris Mayes sued GOP lawmakers and Dem Gov. Katie Hobbs over the “blatant budget gimmick” that would use it to offset Arizona’s financial deficit. |
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Scottsdale police Detective Ryan So died of injuries after a rifle accidentally discharged on June 13 during a search warrant and arrest operation. |
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Councilmember Aly Cline was found to have violated state law and Surprise city code and county policies. The council moved to have her censured. |
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Tucson and Gilbert were named two of the best United States cities for renters. Here’s how much the average rental costs in these cities. |
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Sabrina Carpenter will bring her 2024 tour in support of her new album to Footprint Center in Phoenix. Declan McKenna, Griff and Amaarae will open. |
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