Todayâs Highlight in History:
On June 9, 1969, the Senate confirmed Warren Burger to be the new chief justice of the United States, succeeding Earl Warren.
On this date:
In 1588, construction began on the present-day Rialto Bridge in Venice, Italy, with the laying of the first stone; the structure was completed in 1591.
In 1870, author Charles Dickens died in Gadâs Hill Place, England.
In 1940, during World War II, Norway decided to surrender to the Nazis, effective at midnight.
In 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Current Tax Payment Act of 1943, which reintroduced federal income tax withholding from paychecks.
In 1954, during the Senate Army-McCarthy hearings, Army special counsel Joseph N. Welch berated Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, R-Wis., asking: âHave you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?â
AZ Memo: Man accused of killing officer while texting wasn t on his phone; Miami mayor keeps vigil; What to know about travel to Hawaii Arizona Republic
A look at some of today s top stories, the weather forecast and a peek back in history.
An
Arizona House Speaker
Phoenix Suns ticket prices on the rise for Game 2 of NBA playoff series.
Today, you can expect it to be mostly sunny, with a high near 102 degrees. Partly cloudy at night, with a low near 76 degrees. Get the full forecast here.
Police said he killed an Arizona officer while texting. But records say he wasn t on his phone
Should we be surprised? Hell no!
This was always the risk of the corrosive narrative spread by Harry and Meghan’s diehard Yank supporters like Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King, who seem cravenly obsessed with linking the modern-day Royal Family to racism without any evidence to back up such claims.
Computer science lecturer Matthew Katzman – who tabled the motion to remove the ‘unwelcoming’ portrait of the Queen from Magdalen s Middle Common Room (MCR) – is the epitome of US privilege.
The 25-year-old is the son of a lawyer who lives in a £4 million mansion in Washington DC.
Computer science lecturer Matthew Katzman – who tabled the motion to remove the ‘unwelcoming’ portrait of the Queen from Magdalen s Middle Common Room (MCR) – is the epitome of US privilege, writes DAN WOOTTON