AZ Briefing: No Valley freeway closures for weekend; AZFamily has new host with a familiar face; Gas prices likely to rise soon

Good morning, Arizona. Here's what our reporters are working on and what you should know before you start your day.

Phoenix-area drivers should expect minimal freeway closures from construction this weekend and the next, the Arizona Department of Transportation said.

More about what to expect this weekend.

Other big stories

➤ A U.S. Supreme Court ruling backing a homeless camping ban is met with mixed reactions from Phoenix officials and advocates for the unhoused .

➤ AZFamily's morning show will get a new co-host when Gina Maravilla joins Darrell J. Cunningham on "Your Life Arizona."

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➤ Today, you can expect it to be hot with plenty of sun and a high near 111 degrees. Expect it to be mostly clear and very warm at night with a low near 91 degrees. Get the full forecast here .

Gas prices may not stay lower for long

Gas prices in Arizona have been decreasing, but experts warn the trend may not last and prices could increase after the Fourth of July.

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Today in history

Here are just some of the events on this date in the past.

• On this day in 1927: Aboard the Bird of Paradise, U.S. Army Air Corps Lts. Albert Hegenberger and Lester Maitland completed the first successful transpacific flight, landing at the Corps’ Wheeler Field in Hawaii after flying nonstop across the Pacific Ocean for about 2,400 miles over nearly 26 hours.
• In 1956: The U.S. interstate system was created when President Dwight Eisenhower signed into law the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act, which allowed for highway user tax hikes to fund expansion and improvements. It also authorized $25 billion for construction of a 41,000-mile system from 1957-1967. The automobile-centric project cut through American communities, spurring the demolition of many urban structures and displacement of over a million people, many of whom were Black and poor. Many smaller towns were bypassed.
• In 1995: Space Shuttle Atlantis docked for the first time with Russia’s Mir space station.
• In 2006: In Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, 5-3, that the George Bush administration overstepped its authority, violating the Geneva Convention and the Uniform Code of Military Justice in military trials of detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison on the U.S. naval base in Cuba. The decision reinforced universal constitutional rights, as well as checks and balances in government.
• In 2007: Apple Inc. began selling its first-generation iPhone. Company co-founder Steve Jobs had unveiled its initial mobile phone at the Macworld Conference earlier in the year.
• In 2017: President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban took effect against citizens of the majority-Muslim nations of Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. The U.S. Supreme Court had struck down Trump’s previous order, which led Trump to scale it back.

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