AZ Briefing: Phoenix 'jewel box' sells for $3.53M; Mark Finchem failed to follow income laws; Dave Pratt shares his Phoenix radio story

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A look at some of today's top stories, the weather forecast and a peek back in history.

Phoenix's priciest house sales last week included a former CNN anchor's Scottsdale house for $3.5M and a Phoenix 'jewel box' for $3.53M. Look inside.

Mark Finchem, candidate for secretary of state, failed to follow laws on income and business disclosures, records show.

How did Dave Pratt become the Morning Mayor of Phoenix radio? He shares his story and the keys to his success.

Today, you can expect it to be hot and sunny, with a high near 104 degrees. Mainly clear and very warm at night, with a low near 83 degrees. Get the full forecast here.

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Today in history

  • On this date in In 1954, the Japanese commercial ferry Toya Maru sank during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait, claiming more than 1,150 lives.

  • In 1960, the first-ever debate between presidential nominees took place as Democrat John F. Kennedy and Republican Richard M. Nixon faced off before a national TV audience from Chicago.

  • In 1991, four men and four women began a two-year stay inside a sealed-off structure in Oracle, Arizona, called Biosphere 2. (They emerged from Biosphere on this date in 1993.)

  • In 2003, President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin (POO’-tihn) opened a two-day summit at Camp David.

  • In 2020, President Donald Trump nominated judge Amy Coney Barrett, a former clerk to the late Justice Antonin Scalia, to the Supreme Court, to fill the seat left vacant by the death of liberal icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg. (Barrett would be confirmed the following month, days before the November election.) More than 150 people gathered in the Rose Garden for Trump’s introduction of Barrett; few in the crowd wore masks to protect against the coronavirus, and in the days that followed, a succession of attendees reported that they had contracted COVID-19.

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