| YOUR MORNING NEWS ROUNDUP |
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Mark Jones | Digital Producer
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| Good morning, Arizona. Here’s what our reporters are working on and what you should know about what’s happening across the state before you start your day. |
| One Asian market transformed an entire metro Phoenix neighborhood. |
| ➤ Mohave County will add security features to its ballots starting in 2026. It wants other Arizona counties to opt in, too. Here’s what to know. |
| ➤ Dual Trump endorsements of Biggs, Taylor Robson shift Arizona governor race. “The person that ends up with the strongest MAGA bona fides, in today’s Republican Party, is going to win,” said former Congressman Matt Salmon. |
| ➤ Racers competed in the 2025 Cactus Man triathlon in Tempe on April 25, 2025. Take in the scenes . |
| ➤ Today, you can expect it to be sunny with a high near 82 degrees. Expect it to be clear at night with a low near 60 degrees. Get the full forecast here. |
Luxury homes sold in Arizona
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| An 8,100-square-foot mansion in north Scottsdale’s Silverleaf community sold in April 2025 for $6.3 million.
Provided by Silverleaf Realty |
| Here are just some of the events on this date in the past. |
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On this day in 1965: Over 22,000 U.S. troops invaded the Dominican Republic to “forestall establishment of a Communist dictatorship” and protect American interests. President Lyndon B. Johnson and the U.S. government had feared that the Dominican Republic’s Civil War happening at the time would result in the country becoming “another Cuba” and sent troops to quell such notions. |
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In 1967: Boxer Muhammad Ali cited religious beliefs in his refusal to be drafted into the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. He was immediately stripped of his heavyweight title and later convicted of draft evasion, banned from boxing for three years, sentenced to five years in prison and fined $10,000. Ali avoided prison while he appealed the sentence, which the U.S. Supreme Court overturned in 1971. |
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In 1973: “The Dark Side of the Moon,” by Pink Floyd, reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart, eventually becoming one of the best-selling albums of all time. |
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In 1996: Australia’s worst mass shooting happened in the Port Arthur area of Tasmania. Martin Bryant killed 35 people and wounded 23 others. Bryant was captured the next day and was sentenced to 35 consecutive life sentences without parole. The massacre led to stricter gun control laws in the country. |
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In 2021: Rudy Giuliani’s New York home and office was raided by federal agents. The former New York mayor and lawyer to President Donald Trump had his computers and cellphones seized. |
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In 2021: The Justice Department charged Ahmaud Arbery’s murderers, Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael and William “Roddie” Bryan, with federal hate crimes. The three men had pursued Arbery with their trucks and guns while he was jogging in the Satilla Shores neighborhood near Brunswick, Georgia, on Feb. 23, 2020. After overtaking Arbery, Travis McMichael fatally shot him. |
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| — Hoang Tran, USA TODAY Network |
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| “LaDell Bistline had the girls and women. Torrance Bistline had the money,” federal prosecutor Dimitra Sampson said during the brothers’ trial. |
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Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar and Pink are among the stars to launch a major tour (or two) in Phoenix, where four huge tours will launch over 14 days. |
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Though it’s not as commonly used these days, this nickname for Bonsall Park has stuck around among generations of Glendale residents. |
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Lake’s role with the Trump administration could complicate efforts to raise money to pay a debt that reached $1 million. |
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The Arizona Cardinals could still dip into free agency, especially at these two key positions on offense. |
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