YOUR MORNING NEWS ROUNDUP |
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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 parking garage that VAI Resort wants to build on newly purchased land from Glendale could effectively end the city’s dispute with the Arizona Cardinals and would give a needed boost to the mammoth-sized project, slated to become the state’s largest resort. |
➤ Today, an excessive heat warning is in effect and you can expect it to be hot with a high near 115 degrees. Expect it to be clear at night with a low near 87 degrees. Get the full forecast here. |
How to make perfectly crispy fried chicken
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Perfectly crunchy, tender fried chicken starts with the batter.
Robin Miller/Special for The Republic |
Here are just some of the events on this date in the past. |
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On this day in 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the National Labor Relations Act into law. Also known as the Wagner Act, the legislation established the National Labor Relations Board and enshrined into law “the right to self-organization, to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid and protection.” |
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In 1950, Task Force Smith, an American infantry unit, clashed with North Korean forces at Osan, South Korea, in what is known as the first engagement between the two nations in the Korean War. |
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In 1975, Arthur Ashe became the first Black man to win Wimbledon after defeating Jimmy Connors, who was the defending Wimbledon champion at the time. |
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In 1989, the TV show “Seinfeld” debuted on NBC with an episode called “The Seinfeld Chronicles.” While the next episode would not air until almost a year later, the show is widely regarded as one of the most influential sitcoms of all time. |
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In 1994, Jeff Bezos incorporated a company called Cadabra Inc. in Washington state. A few months later, Bezos changed the name of his company to Amazon. |
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In 2021, prolific filmmaker Richard Donner died in Los Angeles at age 91 from heart failure. Donner is perhaps most known for making the world believe a man can fly in “Superman,” which he directed. |
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The National Weather Service has issued excessive heat warnings for Maricopa, Pima and Coconino counties and parts of Grand Canyon beginning July 4. |
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Frank Milstead is accused of making defaming remarks about a man exonerated in the 2015 Interstate 10 shootings in the Phoenix area. |
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Former President Donald Trump’s political committee paid a law firm representing an adviser who is facing criminal charges in Arizona. |
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For the second time in four years, federal investigators found unsafe work conditions at the Northern Arizona VA Health System in Prescott. |
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Christian Walker led the Arizona Diamondbacks to a series win over the Los Angeles Dodgers in the finale of a three-game set. |
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