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January 17, 2025
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AZ Briefing

YOUR MORNING NEWS ROUNDUP

Fri Jan 17 2025

Lorenzino Estrada | Digital Producer

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.

The Arizona State Board of Education has voted to place the Isaac Elementary School District under state control after the district overspent its budget by millions.

More on what Maricopa County Treasurer John Allen’s said was “probably one of the biggest school screw-ups we’ve ever had.”

These 5 classic soup recipes will never let you down

Chicken noodle soup is a winter essential. And it’s super easy to make with a few shortcuts.

Robin Miller/Special for The Arizona Republic

Who doesn’t love soup during chilly months? From hearty potato soup to a perfect chicken noodle soup, cookbook author and nutritionist Robin Miller has five classic recipes that will never let you down.

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Today in history

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

•	On this day in 1917: The United States bought Saint Thomas, Saint John and Saint Croix (all part of the Virgin Islands) from Denmark for $25 million in gold coins.
•	In 1945: Soviet forces liberated Warsaw, the Polish capital, from German occupation. At the same time, the “Death Head” unit of the German SS began evacuating nearly 60,000 prisoners from the Auschwitz concentration camp and forced them into a death march toward inner Germany.
•	In 1950: In what was called “The Crime of the Century,” Anthony “Fats” Pino and 10 other men stole more than $2.7 million from a Brink’s Armored Car depot in Boston, Massachusetts. It was the largest robbery in the history of the U.S. at the time and went unsolved for six years until one of the gang members, Joseph O’Keefe, violated the “honor among thieves.”
•	In 1961: In a televised farewell address to the nation, U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivered a speech in which he warned about the increasing power of the “military-industrial complex” and about the dangers of massive federal spending.
•	In 1994: A 6.7-magnitude earthquake shook the greater Los Angeles area. Called the Northridge earthquake, it killed 57 people, displaced and injured thousands more, and did billions of dollars worth of damage.
•	In 1997: Ireland granted the first divorce in its history to a terminally ill man.

– Hoang Tran, USA TODAY Network

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AZ Briefing: Phoenix school district to go under state control

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