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Former Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone announced a new facility for the Sheriff's Office's Animal Safe Haven, a home inside a jail for animals seized during investigations, in 2019.
Nearly five years later there is no new facility despite funds being raised.
More about the MASH unit, how former Sheriff Joe Arpaio factors in and where the money went.
Other big stories
➤ Schools chief Tom Horne asked two schools to remove a club from campus. The club didn't exist.
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and security risks than ever, Maricopa County plans a new elections center.
➤ Gilbert Town Council voted to pass a brass knuckles ban in an effort to clamp down on 'Goons' violence.
➤ Movies: Read media critic Bill Goodykoontz's latest movie and TV reviews, plus media columns and a discussion of the latest news and trends out of Hollywood (and beyond). Subscribe to read every Friday.
➤ Today, you can expect it to be warm and sunny with a high near 97 degrees. Expect it to be clear at night with a low near 70 degrees. Get the full forecast here.
Sky Harbor Airport wants to raise parking rates
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport is seeking to raise parking fees in its garages and lots. Here's how much more you could pay and when they would take effect.
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Today in history
Here are just some of the events on this date in the past.
- On this day in 1920, Harvard University’s president and four other administrators formed what became known as the Secret Court to investigate students suspected of being gay or associating with gay students. Several were expelled. The Secret Court did not come to light until documents were discovered in 2002.
- In 1948, Thomas Wasson, American consul general in Jerusalem, was assassinated. His shooter was never found, and reports differed about whether the shooter was believed to be Arab or Israeli.
- In 1962, a 12-year-old boy had his arm reattached by surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, the first successful reattachment of a severed limb. The boy eventually regained some strength in his arm and grip.
- In 1995, the first version of the programming language Java was released.
- In 2013, when a truck struck a support beam, a portion of a bridge over the Skagit River in northwestern Washington state collapsed into the river. Two vehicles fell into the water, but the three people inside were rescued.
- In 2014, Elliot Rodger went on a killing spree, stabbing, shooting and ramming people with a vehicle in Isla Vista, California, killing six people and injuring more than a dozen before dying by suicide. He had distributed a manifesto explaining his actions as retribution for his sexual frustration.
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