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AZ Briefing

YOUR MORNING NEWS ROUNDUP

Wed Feb 11 2026

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.

A person of interest in the Nancy Guthrie case was released.

Hours before the man was detained, the FBI had released the first images of a person who lurked on Guthrie’s doorstep in the dark hours of the morning she disappeared.

Canadian route via Phoenix canceled for summer

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Boeing 737 MAX 8 jet

Provided by WestJet

A route to Canada from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport won’t have nonstop service during the summer. Here’s why flights were cut and what you can do.

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Today in history

Here are just some of the historic events on this date in the past.•On this day in 1963: Though the pilot ran the previous summer, the cooking show “The French Chef” began its regular run as a weekly series that made Julia Child a household name. In 10 seasons, Child spent more than 200 episodes inviting viewers into the kitchen.•In 1970: Japan launched a satellite, dubbed Ohsumi, into orbit, becoming the fourth nation to reach space after the USSR, United States and France.•In 1976: After Dallas Mayor Wes Wise resigned to run for Congress, Adlene Harrison of the city council became acting mayor and the first Jewish woman to serve in the role in a major American city.•In 1977: Clifford Alexander Jr. was appointed by President Jimmy Carter to become the first African American Secretary of the Army.•In 1989: The Rev. Barbara Harris of the Episcopal Church was consecrated as the first female bishop in the Anglican Communion.•In 1990: Nelson Mandela was released from prison in South Africa after 27 years. A leader of the movement to end apartheid, Mandela later helped create a multiracial government in South Africa and became the nation’s first Black president.•In 2011: Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak resigned after weeks of protests, having initially rebuffed calls for him to step down. Control of the nation was turned over to the military. The protests were part of the Arab Spring in the early 2010s, a series of uprisings across the Arab world seeking regime change.•In 2012: Global superstar singer Whitney Houston, 48, was found dead in her hotel bathtub in Beverly Hills, California. Though her cause of death was accidental drowning, heart disease and cocaine were found to be contributing factors.•In 2020: The World Health Organization officially labeled the disease causing the novel coronavirus outbreak as “coronavirus disease 2019,” abbreviated as COVID-19.

— William Cain, USA TODAY Network