District says therapists for staff help retain teachers; Rural Arizona schools improve reading despite COVID-19; One bizarre thing after another for Cardinals

A look at some of today's top stories, the weather forecast and a peek back in history.

For almost two years, Phoenix Union High School District has offered on-call therapists for all staff. Here's what they have to say about their jobs.

Three rural Arizona school districts are doing better in reading than other districts in the state, a national analysis of school districts found.

The Arizona Cardinals have had so many distractions and negative situations come their way, it's not a surprise they are 4-7 after 12 weeks, Bob McManaman writes.

Today, you can expect it to be sunny and pleasant, with a high near 69 degrees. Expect it to be partly cloudy and cool at night, with a low near 45 degrees. Get the full forecast here

Today in history

• On this date in 1978, San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and City Supervisor Harvey Milk, a gay-rights activist, were shot to death inside City Hall by former Supervisor Dan White. (White served five years for manslaughter; he took his own life in October 1985.)
• In 1901, the U.S. Army War College was established in Washington, D.C.
• In 1924, Macy’s first Thanksgiving Day parade — billed as a “Christmas Parade” — took place in New York.
• In 1942, during World War II, the Vichy French navy scuttled its ships and submarines in Toulon to keep them out of the hands of German troops.
• In 1962, the first Boeing 727 was rolled out at the company’s Renton Plant near Seattle.
• In 2003, President George W. Bush flew to Iraq under extraordinary secrecy and security to spend Thanksgiving with U.S. troops and thank them for “defending the American people from danger.”