Good morning, Arizona. Here's what our reporters are working on and what you should know before you start your day.
Communities from Anthem to Gilbert will be hosting an array of mostly family-friendly Independence Day parties complete with live music and other entertainment, food, games and activities for all ages and, of course, fireworks lighting up the warm Arizona sky.
Other big stories
➤ A coalition of abortion rights groups on Wednesday turned in
double the signatures needed to put the Arizona Abortion Access Act on the November ballot.
➤ The partisan primary election happening later this month may be the last voters will see if backers of an election reform measure get their way.
➤ A tornado made an appearance southeast of Tucson on Tuesday during a thunderstorm, downing trees and causing roof damage, according to the National Weather Service.
➤ Today, you can expect it to be sunny with a high near 114 degrees. Expect it to be clear at night with a low near 86 degrees. Get the full forecast here.
Highest number of fatal DUI crashes
A report has found that six Arizona cities were among the top 75 U.S. cities when it came to the most fatal drunk-driving crashes per capita between 2018 and 2022.
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Today in history
Here are just some of the events on this date in the past.
- On this day in 1776, the Declaration of Independence was unanimously adopted by the 56 delegates of the Second Continental Congress. The document declared the colonies’ intention to separate and be independent from Great Britain and provided the framework for government for the newly formed United States.
- In 1802, the United States Military Academy was formally established at West Point, New York. Originally formed during the American Revolution, it is the oldest of the five American military service academies.
- In 1863, Gen. Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia withdrew from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, after losing the three-day Battle of Gettysburg, ending the Confederacy’s attempt to invade the north.
- In 1884, the Statue of Liberty was presented to the U.S. by the French in a ceremony in Paris as a symbolic gesture of friendship between the two nations.
- In 1966, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Freedom of Information Act into law, which allows the American public to request and access federal agency records and documents save for exemptions pertaining to national security and personal privacy. The act went into effect in 1967.
- In 1997, NASA landed the Mars Pathfinder, which became the first U.S. spacecraft to land on Mars in over two decades. The spacecraft originally launched on Dec. 4, 1996, and traveled over 120 million miles to reach its destination on Mars.
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