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October 19, 2024
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AZ Briefing

YOUR MORNING NEWS ROUNDUP

Fri Oct 18 2024

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.

Amazon Data Services — the retail giant’s data center arm — recently made a $277 million land purchase in Laveen, in an area long-marketed by the city as a technology corridor.

Find out why Amazon chose that location and how business is developing in that sector.

Arizona’s scariest haunted hotels: Do you dare stay?

Flagstaff residents celebrate the drop of a giant pinecone on New Year’s Eve every year at the Weatherford Hotel. It started as a tradition in 1999.

Weatherford Hotel

From the Copper Queen to the Jerome Grandto the Monte Vista, here are the most frightful haunted hotels in Arizona to lay your head. If you dare.

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We’d love your feedback about the AZ Briefing. Email us at karen.kurtz@arizonarepublic.com.

Today in history

Here are just some of the events on this date in the past.

•	On this day in 1775: Phillis Wheatley, the country’s first African American poet to publish a book, was freed from slavery. Wheatley was born in Senegal on the West African coast and sold as a slave at age 7 to the Wheatley family in Boston.
•	In 1898: American troops fighting in the Spanish-American War raised the American flag in Puerto Rico, marking the official transfer of power over the former Spanish colony from Spain to the U.S.
•	1922 The British Broadcasting Company was founded, becoming the world’s first national broadcaster. The BBC now reaches millions of people around the world through television, radio, and online services.
•	In 1931: Gangster Al Capone was convicted of tax evasion, leading to an 11-year prison sentence partly served in the infamous Alcatraz prison. It was a key moment in the battle against organized crime during Prohibition.
•	In 1972: The Clean Water Act was signed into law following public outcry over dirty rivers, including the Cuyahoga River in Ohio, which caught fire in 1969 because of industrial pollution.
•	In 1976: The funeral of Mafia boss Carlo Gambino was held in New York. Called “the boss of bosses,” Gambino was one of the country’s most powerful figures in organized crime. He died in his sleep of natural causes at the age of 74.

Former state employee faces charges in Medicaid fraud

LaRoie Davis, a former Arizona Health Department employee, is accused of taking part in massive Medicaid fraud that cost taxpayers up to $2.5 billion.

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