| 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 about what’s happening across the state before you start your day. |
| State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne and the Scottsdale Unified School District are squaring off over a U.S. history curriculum recently approved by the school’s Governing Board. |
| ➤ Immigration lawyers say ICE arrests near immigration courts, at a minimum, give the appearance that immigration judges are cooperating with Trump’s agenda. Here’s what to know |
| ➤ Today, you can expect it to be sunny and hot with a high near 109 degrees. Expect it to be clear at night with a low near 80 degrees. Get the full forecast here. |
Best Indian restaurant in Phoenix?
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| Crispy corn flakes paneer (center) and other dishes inside Vayal’s Indian Kitchen in Phoenix on May 28, 2025.
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| Here are just some of the historic events on this date in the past. |
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On this day in 1963: Civil rights activist Medgar Evers, 37, the NAACP’s field secretary in Mississippi, was assassinated by segregationist and white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith in front of his home in Jackson, Mississippi. Two mistrials were declared after all-white juries were deadlocked, but in 1994, a multiracial jury convicted Beckwith of murder at age 73 and sentenced him to life in prison. |
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In 1987: President Ronald Reagan spoke to a crowd in West Berlin, aiming to ease Cold War nuclear tensions between the U.S. and the USSR. With the Berlin Wall behind him, Reagan urged Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down this wall.” The wall that had divided Germans since 1961 was demolished in 1989. |
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In 1991: After the collapse of the USSR, Boris Yeltsin was elected president of Russia in the country’s first democratic election. Yeltsin, who served two terms filled with challenges and hard-line opposition, named Vladimir Putin as president upon stepping down. Putin then gave Yeltsin immunity from arrest, searches, interrogation and prosecution. |
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In 2014: Islamic State forces killed up to an estimated 1,700 Shiite Muslim Iraqi cadets in Tikrit, Iraq, a massacre that was at the time the world’s second deadliest terrorist act with only 9/11 having a higher death toll. ISIS hit Tikrit Air Academy, which was known as Camp Speicher until the U.S. returned the air base to Iraqi control in 2011. |
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In 2016: Pulse nightclub in Orlando became the site of the nation’s then-deadliest mass shooting when 29-year-old gunman Omar Mateen killed 49 people and wounded 53 others before being killed by police in a shootout. |
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In 2018: At the Singapore Summit, President Donald Trump became the first U.S. leader to meet with a North Korean leader when he and Kim Jong-un had peace talks. Trump made security guarantees to Kim, who reaffirmed his pledge to fully denuclearize the Korean peninsula. |
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| Some Arizona companies now pay more than $100,000 on average. These companies tend to be profitable with few foreign employees. |
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Want a vacation on a budget? A staycation is the answer for you. Two Arizona cities made a list of best destinations due to resorts and things to do. |
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Diamondbacks starter Eduardo Rodriguez seeks his first win since April 17. In his last outing in Cincinnati, he went five innings, allowing two runs. |
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State Reps. Ralph Heap and David Marshall are seeking to position themselves to the right of incumbent utility regulators as they run for their seats. |
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Yelp Elites return with a new proclamation of “best.” This time, it’s a ranking of rooftop bars. Phoenix has plenty of options; their choice was odd. |
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