| YOUR MORNING NEWS ROUNDUP |
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Lorenzino Estrada | Digital Producer
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| Good morning, Arizona. Here’s what our reporters are working on and what you should know about what’s happening across the state before you start your day. |
| Vice President Kamala Harris came to battleground Arizona on Thursday night and declared herself the underdog against former President Donald in the final stretch of the presidential race. |
| ➤ The Arizona Court of Appeals upheld a lower court’s decision to unseal years-old divorce records between U.S. Senate candidate Ruben Gallego and Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego. Here’s what you need to know. |
| ➤ Nearly 260 people who work on campus of a downtown Phoenix hospital are expected to lose their jobs, state documents show. What to know. |
| ➤ If you’re still looking for a Halloween costume idea, here are the most popular costumes across the Grand Canyon State and nationwide. |
| ➤ Phoenix voters have the chance to reelect or boot the mayor this November, but the most competitive race is a vacant seat representing parts of downtown and the southwest portion of the city. Here’s what to know. |
| ➤ Today, you can expect it to be sunny with a high near 103 degrees. Expect it to be mostly clear at night with a low near 74 degrees. Get the full forecast here. |
McDonald’s Chicken Big Mac tastes like sauce and regret
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| McDonald’s officially released its highly anticipated Chicken Big Mac on Thursday nationwide.
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| McDonald’s introduces the Chicken Big Mac, the latest shot in the fast-food chicken wars with Chick-fil-A and Popeyes. Here’s what it tastes like. |
| Here are just some of the events on this date in the past. |
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On this day in 1906: The San Francisco Board of Education issued an order requiring the city’s 93 Japanese children to attend segregated schools already established for Chinese students. The resulting diplomatic uproar prompted then-President Theodore Roosevelt to work out a “Gentleman’s Agreement” in which the school board rescinded the order in exchange for Japan’s promise to deny visas to its laborers seeking to immigrate to the U.S. |
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In 1922: Alaska Davidson became the first female special agent of the FBI, then known as the Bureau of Investigation. She was assigned to the Washington, D.C., office at a salary of $7 a day plus $4 when traveling. Two years later, the agency’s new director, J. Edgar Hoover, asked her to resign. It would be almost 50 years until women would again join the FBI. |
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In 1950: The U.S. Federal Communications Commission issued the first license to broadcast television in color to CBS. |
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In 1968: NASA launched Apollo 7, the first successful crewed Apollo mission, with astronauts Walter Schirra Jr., Donn Eisele and Walter Cunningham on board – none of whom ever flew in space again. |
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In 1971: John Lennon’s iconic song “Imagine” was released, becoming an anthem for anti-war movements. It remains one of Lennon’s most celebrated solo works. |
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In 1975: The first-ever live broadcast of the iconic American TV show “Saturday Night Live” aired on NBC with George Carlin as host. Since then, SNL has claimed 93 Emmy Awards and helped launch the careers of many well-known entertainers. |
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| Michael Irish is running again. He said he is not racist and that some of what was attributed to him in the last election cycle was fabricated. |
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Between January and September of this year, landlords filed to evict tenants 65,651 times, according to the Maricopa County Justice Courts. |
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Arizona drivers and traffic are all over the place, but a new study shows where the best and worst places to driver are. Here’s how cities compare. |
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Scottsdale-based HonorHealth will be the clinical partner for Arizona State University’s new medical school, which will open in 2026. |
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There’s a lot of Halloween events throughout metro Phoenix where kids can trick-or-treat and show of their best spooky season looks. Many are free. |
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