AZ Briefing: How Easter defines this Arizona tribe and…

March 31, 2024
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AZ Briefing

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Sun Mar 31 2024

Good morning, Arizona. Here’s what our reporters are working on and what you should know before you start your day.

With faith traditions passed from generation to generation, the Pascua Yaqui tribe in Arizona is named after Easter.

The name is a testament to the Yaquis’ will to keep their people and heritage from disappearing.

Read more about a people who have for centuries fought off subjugation.

Changing Hands Bookstore at 50: Still ‘an absolute gem’

Josey Romero, 6, puts back one of the “Dogman” books at Changing Hands Bookstore in Phoenix on March 27, 2024.

Patrick Breen/The Republic

From its first tiny store in Tempe to bigger stores there and in Phoenix, Changing Hands Bookstore is thriving.

Now it’s celebrating half a century after surviving Amazon, COVID-19 and BookTok.

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Today in history

•	On this day in 1850, the Massachusetts Supreme Court rejected the argument of Charles Sumner in the Boston school integration suit and established the “separate but equal” precedent.
•	In 1889, Gustave Eiffel, the engineer whose company designed and built the Eiffel Tower, dedicated the 984-foot iron structure with a flag-raising and fireworks. The elevators remained a work in progress by U.S.-based Otis Elevator Co.
•	In 1918, daylight saving time took effect in the U.S. for the first time, aiming to conserve electricity during wartime by setting clocks forward one hour in the springtime.
•	In 1995, American singer Selena was fatally shot in Corpus Christi, Texas, by the head of her fan club, Yolanda Saldivar, who was convicted in the murder and sentenced to life in prison with parole possible in March 2025.
•	In 2020, at a White House briefing, Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Deborah Brix announced that between 100,000 and 240,000 COVID-19-related deaths were expected in the U.S., even if distancing and other public health measures were perfectly enacted.
•	In 2023, deadly tornadoes spawned from squall lines and supercell storms over two days across much of the Midwest, South and East, killing more than two dozen people and causing over $5 billion in damage.

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