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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. |
| Delta Air Lines has canceled nearly 100 flights at Sky Harbor Airport as it grappled with significant disruptions from the CrowdStrike global outage. |
| ➤ A controversial Arizona lawmaker was summoned to court after being clocked going 71 mph in a 35-mph zone. Here’s what we know. |
| ➤ Today, you can expect it to be hot with a high near 112 degrees. Expect it to be very warm at night with a low near 92 degrees. Get the full forecast here. |
Monsoon wetter than predicted
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| A fast-moving evening monsoon thunderstorm brings wind, rain and lightning to Phoenix.
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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 1914: Austria-Hungary issued a series of ultimatums to Serbia that included allowing Austria-Hungary to investigate who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, and demanded that Serbia cease all anti-Austrian propaganda and dissolve its nationalist organizations. Serbia agreed to all but one of the ultimatums. Three days later, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, igniting World War I. |
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In 1962: Jackie Robinson made history again, becoming the first Black player to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. |
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In 1967: Riots in Detroit began at the predominantly Black neighborhood of Virginia Park. Racial tensions were at a boiling point, and the police raid of an after-hours nightclub sparked the flame that led to looting, the destruction of nearly 1,400 buildings, multiple fires and 43 deaths as well as 342 injuries. It was one of the worst riots in U.S. history. |
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In 1982: Veteran actor Vic Morrow and two child actors, Renee Shin-Yi Chen, 6, and Myca Dinh Le, 7, were killed in a helicopter accident during filming of “Twilight Zone: The Movie.” An untimely discharged special-effects explosion on the set caused the helicopter to lose control and careen into the victims. |
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In 1999: U.S. astronaut Eileen Collins became the first woman to serve as space shuttle commander with the launch of NASA’s space shuttle Columbia. |
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In 2011: Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter Amy Winehouse, known for her expressive vocals, died at age 27 from alcohol poisoning. Winehouse was found to have had a blood-alcohol content that was more than five times that of the legal driving limit at the time of her death. |
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| Arizona delegates are tallying up support for Vice President Kamala Harris to serve as the party’s new presidential nominee. |
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Fire resources were removed from the Circle and Romero fires during Sunday evening’s storm. Here’s what to know |
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Phoenix Suns first-round pick Ryan Dunn sat out his final NBA Summer League game due to left knee soreness as a precaution. |
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The 47-year-old woman also had warrants for similar crimes in other states, officials said. |
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Kevin Durant didn’t play the entire Team USA exhibition schedule with a calf injury as Team USA prepares for the 2024 Paris Olympics. |
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