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🌱 Record Gas Prices + Death Row Inmate Set To Be Executed Today
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Hey, people of Phoenix! Dominique-Noelle Rafael here with your brand-new Phoenix Daily.
First, today's weather:
Partly sunny. High: 87 Low: 59.
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Here are the top three stories today in Phoenix:
- Gas prices in metro Phoenix have reached a record average of $4.75 per gallon as of Tuesday. Diesel fuel also hit a new high of $5.47. "It's going to be hard for crude oil prices to fall. Unfortunately, that means consumers are going to continue to face these higher prices at the pump," said Aldo Vazquez with AAA Arizona who said the Russian war with Ukraine is the main disruptor in the global oil supply at this time. (KTAR.com)
- A death row inmate is set to be executed today after efforts to stop his execution have failed. Clarence Dixon's execution will be the first in Arizona after the 2014 lethal injection of Joseph Wood, whose lawyers said was botched. Dixon was implicated with DNA evidence for the Jan. 7, 1978 murder of Deana Bowdoin in her Tempe apartment. He was sentenced to death in 2008. As of Tuesday evening, there has been no decision to overturn Dixon's execution based on his mental illness. (Phoenix Patch)
- An argument between three men at a Phoenix gas station led to a deadly shooting on Monday, May 9. According to police, officers arrived at 35th Street and McDowell Road where they found one man suffering from a gunshot wound. He was later pronounced dead at the hospital. Investigators said two men fled from the scene after the first man was shot. The investigation is ongoing. (FOX 10 News Phoenix)
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Today in Phoenix:
- Exhibition - Sweet Land of Funk - Phoenix Art Museum (10 AM)
From my notebook:
- Check out the video featuring the Phoenix Police officers receiving national recognition with the 2022 National Association of Police Organizations TOP COPS Award this Thursday in Washington D.C. (Facebook)
- The next Phoenix City Council meeting will take place today, May 11 at 2:30 pm. The public can attend either in-person at City Council Chamber, over the phone, or virtually via Webex. Check out the agenda and how to participate here. (Facebook)
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Alrighty, you're all caught up for today! I'll see you around.
— Dominique-Noelle Rafael
About me: Dominique is a self taught UX/UI designer based in Princeton, NJ. She recently graduated from the University of Maryland last spring with a bachelor's degree in Information Science. She is excited to begin working on the Patch newsletter project this year!
