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Wed Oct 16 2024

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.

More registered Democrats in Arizona have dropped their party affiliation than Republicans over the past four years.

Here’s what you need to know about the alarming trend for Democrats as the 2024 election nears.

Cooler weather is finally arriving in metro Phoenix

Brody Weston of Michigan climbs the 50-foot-tall Genesis tower on Aug. 19, 2024, at Riverview Park in Mesa.

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The seemingly endless summer is finally yielding to autumn, with next week’s forecast predicting temperatures below 100 degrees.

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Today in history

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

•	On this day in 1886: David Ben-Gurion was born in Plonsk, Poland. He was largely responsible for founding the modern state of Israel in 1948 and is revered as the “Father of the Nation.”
•	In 1916: The first birth control clinic in America was opened in Brooklyn, New York, by Margaret Sanger, a nurse who worked among the poor on the Lower East Side of New York City. It later evolved into the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
•	In 1946: Ten prominent Nazi leaders were hanged by the Allies following their conviction for war crimes at Nuremberg, Germany.
•	In 1962: The Cuban Missile Crisis began when a U.S. U-2 reconnaissance aircraft captured photographic evidence of Soviet medium-range ballistic missiles in Cuba. The resulting showdown between President John F. Kennedy and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev brought the world to the brink of nuclear conflict.
•	In 1964: China conducted its first successful test of a nuclear bomb, becoming the fifth country with nuclear weapons capability.
•	In 1987: “Baby Jessica” McClure, 18 months old, was finally rescued after being trapped in a well for 58 hours in Midland, Texas. Televised reports of the dramatic rescue effort captured the attention of millions across the nation and around the world.

This presidential candidate holds narrow but steady lead

Former President Donald Trump has a slight edge over Vice President Kamala Harris in the tight Arizona race for the White House, latest polls show.

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AZ Briefing: Why more AZ Dems are switching parties than Republicans

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