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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. |
| Arizona led the U.S. for the biggest jump in home insurance ratesduring the past few years. |
| Home insurance premium costs across the state have shot up 62% since 2019, according to a new study. |
| Rising home values and extreme weather are behind much of the state’s higher insurance costs. |
| ➤ Former President Donald Trump’s campaign mobilized to quash suspected disloyalty within the Arizona GOP this week, but walked back the effort within days because the matter was resolved, NBC News has reported. |
| ➤ A Phoenix neighborhood is rocked again by racist vandalism after swastikas and racial slurs were spray-painted on vehicles on Juneteenth. On Saturday, homes in the same neighborhood again had criminal damage on vehicles, with one case determined to be a “bias in nature” crime, Phoenix police said. |
| ➤ U.S. Rep. Paul Gosar is sponsoring legislation that would put former President Donald Trump’s face on the $500 bill. |
| ➤ Today, you can expect it to be partly sunny and very warm, with a thunderstorm in spots in the afternoon and a high near 106 degrees. Expect it to be breezy in the evening; otherwise, expect it to be mostly cloudy and very warm, with a low near 88 degrees at night. Get the full forecast here. |
100 things to do to beat the heat
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| Cool off in northern Arizona and check out the Flagstaff Extreme Adventure Course for kicks.
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| What is there to do when it’s hot in Phoenix? Go ice skating. Visit an Arizona beach. Head to Flagstaff or Sedona. Here is a summer’s worth of ideas. |
| Here are just some of the events on this date in the past. |
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On this day in 1926: The College Entrance Examination Board first administered the Scholastic Aptitude Test, or SAT, for prospective college students. |
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In 1969: Retiring U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren swore in Warren Burger to be the 15th chief justice. By retirement in 1986, Burger had written more than 250 decisions, including the 1974 opinion in U.S. v. Nixon that required the president to surrender subpoenaed tape recordings and documents for use in his impeachment trial. |
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In 1970: Political newcomer Charles Rangel defeated civil rights activist and incumbent U.S. Rep. Adam Clayton Powell Jr. in the Democratic primary for a district that includes the neighborhood of Harlem, New York, ending the political career of one of the major political symbols of the post-World War II period. |
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In 1972: President Richard Nixon signed into law Title IX of the Civil Rights Act, which banned discrimination based on sex in education programs and activities that get federal financial funding. It includes pregnancy, sexual orientation and gender identity. |
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In 1996: American sprinter Michael Johnson set a world record by running 200 meters in 19.66 seconds at the U.S. Olympic Trials. Just over a month later, Johnson topped his 200-meter mark at the 1996 Olympics with a time of 19.32 seconds. |
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In 2013: American daredevil Nik Wallenda became the first person to walk on a tightrope across the top of the Little Colorado River Gorge on Navajo Nation land near Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. |
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| Stumping for President Joe Biden, Haaland made the case for reelecting the president and Democrats at the state and local levels. |
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Six people have died in Maricopa County due to the heat so far in 2024, with heat being the main cause or a contributing factor. |
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The Arizona Department of Transportation was allotted $8.2 billion for construction and repair of Arizona roadways from now until 2029. |
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Here’s what Tucson police said led up to a suspect’s arrest in the death of Ray Bernal Jr. in Tucson on Friday. |
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Park rangers brought Archie, dangling on a branch and calmly waiting for rescue, to safety at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon on Friday. |
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