by Benjamin Leatherman
History lesson: The hottest temperature ever recorded in the Phoenix area was on June 26, 1990, when thermometers reached 122 degrees. Yes, it actually felt that hot, too. Take a trip back 30 years and listen to what the old-timers experienced. A sample: I went to the ladies room and the rubber around the leg band in my underwear completely melted. Completely melted. I had to pry it off my legs. I still have scars on my inner thighs to this day.”
New Times by David Hudnall
Arizona never runs out of stories about mobsters and rich Arizonans getting scammed in investment fraud schemes. This one involved not land or horse tracks, but cryptocurrency, that weird, computer-generated money that nobody really understands. And instead of a mobster, this one brought you the son of a mobster: John Caruso. Read about his rise and fall here.