| YOUR MORNING NEWS ROUNDUP |
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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. |
| President Donald Trump’s tariff policy has created economic uncertainty, but it’s still not clear if a recession is imminent. Key warning signs are mixed. |
| ➤ The small town of New River has been left with more questions than answers nearly a week after the slaying of one of its beloved pastors, 76-year-old William Schonemann, locally known as “Pastor Bill.” |
| ➤ A Guatemalan woman who gave birth in Tucson after crossing the Arizona desert has been released from the hospital with her babyand transferred to an immigration processing center, so far avoiding fast-track deportation, according to her lawyer. |
| ➤ Public broadcasters in Arizona are “at risk” after President Donald Trump moved to cut off federal funding for the Public Broadcasting Service and National Public Radio, but the TV and radio stations plan to fight what they called a “blatantly unlawful” move. |
| ➤ More housing, industrial space and medical offices are being built in the West Valley. Here’s where. |
| ➤ Today, you can expect it to be cooler as sunshine mixes with some clouds, with a high near 76 degrees; a thunderstorm is possible in spots in the afternoon; gusty winds and small hail can accompany any downpour; there is an air quality alert until 9 p.m. Expect it to be partly cloudy and cooler at night with a low near 58 degrees. Get the full forecast here. |
Top marks for ‘overstuffed breakfast burritos’
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| Food from Barista del Barrio.
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| A Mexican restaurant was named the Best Brunch Spot in Arizona.And it’s not in Phoenix. |
| Here are just some of the events on this date in the past. |
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On this day in 1959: Ella Fitzgerald became the first Black woman to win a Grammy Award at the inaugural awards show, and then she won another. Fitzgerald claimed the prizes for best jazz and female vocal performances with “Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book” and “Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Song Book,” respectively. |
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In 1961: The first Freedom Riders left Washington, D.C., aboard a Greyhound bus headed south. The 13 riders included a young John Lewis, who later served 33 years as a U.S. representative for Georgia. Met with increasing violence, the Freedom Riders eventually abandoned their plan to ride to New Orleans, and were evacuated from Jackson, Mississippi. |
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In 1970: Twenty-eight National Guard members fired more than 60 rounds at anti-war protesters on the campus of Kent State University, killing four people and wounding nine. The demonstrators at Kent State were protesting the expansion of the Vietnam War. Guard members had tried to disperse the crowd with tear gas and had advanced toward the protesters with bayonets affixed to their rifles. Some protesters hurled rocks or taunts in response, and soon after, the guard members opened fire. |
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In 1990: The electric chair malfunctioned three times during the execution of Jesse Tafero in Florida, after which several states turned to lethal injection as a more humane method. |
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In 1994: The unofficial holiday for Star Wars fans had its pun introduced on the floor of Britain’s Parliament when Harry Cohen said one of his researchers had advocated for a National Star Wars Day and added, “May the fourth be with you,” and Cohen suggested the “very bad joke” should have led to the person’s firing, “but he is a good researcher.” |
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In 2007: The first tornado to be rated an EF5 on the Enhanced Fujita scale, with winds estimated stronger than 200 mph, destroyed nearly all of the town of Greensburg, Kansas. The storm killed 11 people and injured 63 others. |
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| A man was shot multiple times in a parking lot near Casey Moore’s Oyster House in Tempe just before 3 p.m. on May 3, police say. |
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The May 3 ruling is a victory for Kari Lake’s agency and rejects framing the case as a matter of congressional budgeting intent. |
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Jorge Jimenez, 54, of Rio Rico could receive up to 20 years in prison, a fine of $250,000 and up to three years of supervised probation in fraud case. |
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The Stronghold Fire southeast of Tucson is at 69% containment on May 3, while officials anticipated hot, windy conditions for the weekend. |
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The nonprofit named for Sen. John McCain underscores a chasm between his worldview and the Trump era. Its annual forum is this weekend in Sedona. |
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