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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 about what’s happening across the state before you start your day. |
| A bloc of Senate Democrats, including Sen. Mark Kelly, wants to ban members of Congress from trading stocks while in office, as Republicans have offered a competing bill to do the same thing. |
| ➤ What’s under construction at Tumbleweed Park in Chandler at East Germann Road and south Pioneer Parkway? It rhymes with “nickel mall shorts.” |
| ➤ Today, you can expect it to be mostly clear with a high near 101 degrees. Expect it to be partly cloudy at night with a low near 73 degrees. Get the full forecast here. |
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| Who is the most iconic sports figure in Arizona? Voting for the Elite Eight concludes on June 2 at 6 a.m.
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| Who is the most iconic Arizona sports figure? After the first round of voting, prominent names like Devin Booker, Steve Nash and Jerry Colangelo were eliminated. Only eight remain. Here’s where you can vote. |
| Here are just some of the events on this date in the past. |
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On this day in 1930: The Chrysler Building in New York was completed and opened, briefly becoming the world’s tallest building and tallest structure. The 1,046-foot height surpassed 40 Wall Street (also in New York) and the Eiffel Tower, but the following year the Empire State Building topped them all. |
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In 1937: The Golden Gate Bridge, spanning the strait that connects the Pacific Ocean to San Francisco Bay, opened to pedestrians. The following day, it opened to vehicles. |
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In 1939: Most of the 937 Jewish refugees aboard the St. Louis, a German ship, were turned away by Cuba, which had changed its immigration policy just weeks earlier. The ship then carried the refugees to the United States, where they were again turned away before returning to Europe in search of safe harbor. |
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In 1962: A fire was started to clear out room at the landfill used by Centralia, Pennsylvania. The fire is considered by many to be the event that sparked the vast underground fires in the coal mines under the area that have caused health issues, forced evacuations and are still burning. |
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In 1999: The space shuttle Discovery launched on a mission to the International Space Station, two days later becoming the first shuttle to dock with the ISS. |
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In 2016: President Barack Obama became the first sitting U.S. president to visit the Hiroshima Peace Memorial in Japan, touting peace, the use of science for the improvement of life instead of ending it, and “the future we can choose – a future in which Hiroshima and Nagasaki are known not as the dawn of atomic warfare, but as the start of our own moral awakening.” |
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| GM Mike Hazen and manager Torey Lovullo break down what the Diamondbacks need to do better to stop their skid. They began a home series May 26. |
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Friends and relatives were left stunned after a man fatally shot his wife and daughter before turning the gun on himself in Scottsdale in March 2025. |
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The Cortaro Fire burned over 100 acres in the Tucson metro area but was fully contained May 25, 2025. |
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Arizonans enjoyed the Memorial Day weekend across the state. See photos of the ceremonies, traffic and weather. |
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Scientists fear Trump policies could end their work. |
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