AZ Briefing: MLK Day weekend freeway closures and restrictions

January 18, 2025
by RJ Hamster

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AZ Briefing

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Sat Jan 18 2025

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.

Before you leave the house this weekend, the Arizona Department of Transportation has noted restrictions and closures on Loop 101 and Interstate 10, as well as on- and off-ramp closures.

Here are the traffic restrictions you need to know over MLK Day weekend.

Remembering Sam Moore

Sam Moore.

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Sam Moore of Sam & Dave called Scottsdale home for 30 years. His friend Alice Cooper says, “There’s a Phoenix family and he was certainly part of it.” Moore died Jan. 10 in Florida.

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Today in history

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

•	On this day in 1919: The Paris Peace Conference first opened as world leaders gathered to discuss peace efforts after World War I.
•	In 1943: To conserve resources and redirect World War II efforts, Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. Wickard imposed a ban on pre-sliced bread, causing a stir and duress on many a household.
•	In 1950: The People’s Republic of China announced its recognition of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam as the legal government of Vietnam, agreeing to provide it with military and financial assistance.
•	In 1958: Willie O’Ree made sports history as he became the first Black athlete to play in the National Hockey League when he debuted with the Boston Bruins in a game against the Montreal Canadiens.
•	In 1983: The International Olympic Committee reinstated Jim Thorpe’s Olympic medal. Thorpe, the first Indigenous person to win a gold medal for the United States, had his two medals stripped after the IOC had erroneously determined that he wasn’t an amateur athlete at the time of the 1912 Summer Olympics.
•	In 2012: More than 115,000 websites participated in a protest against the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act in the U.S. The websites, which included giants such as Google, Craigslist and Wikipedia, either went dark or altered their homepages to bring attention to the two bills, which were viewed as laws that would infringe on the right to free speech and hinder internet innovation.

– Hoang Tran, USA TODAY Network

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Today in history

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How Gov. Katie Hobbs wants to spend taxpayer dollars

Rams extend further gratitude to Cardinals for help

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