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Courtesy of Grand Canyon National ParkThe National Park Service will close all lodging on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon and implement water restrictions Monday following severe flash flooding over the weekend. -
National Park Service/FacebookAt least one person is dead and more than a dozen others missing after severe flash flooding in one of the most visited portions of Grand Canyon National Park. -
Helen Muir/Arizona Memory Project/State of Arizona Research LibraryTo the surprise of many, the great naturalist John Muir spent a year exploring the Petrified Forest in eastern Arizona. Author Scott Thybony set out to learn more about Muir and his desert wanderings. He tells the story in this month’s Canyon Commentary. -
Darryl Webb/AP/FR170361 APMeta owes Arizona $223 million for harming teen mental health on social media following a suit filed by Arizona and 48 other states.
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Attorney General Kris Mayes says she’ll review the use of Flock Safety cameras and other AI-powered license plate readers across Arizona. -
The FBI has established a minimum reward of $25,000 for help in solving some cold cases where people went missing or were killed in Indian Country. -
Convicted leader of a polygamist group Samuel Bateman was sentenced Tuesday at the Coconino County Courthouse on three new counts of child abuse. -
Colorado River plan orders cuts in the Lower Basin, while relying on voluntary conservation upstreamThree states are being required to cut their water use under a final plan for managing the Colorado River over the next two years, while the four upstream states are being asked to voluntarily conserve water. -
Monsoon rains bring a torrent of colors to the Colorado Plateau. Yellow sunflowers emerge beside purple asters, blush-colored penstemons, and mauve lupine. -
House Democrats gave the uranium mining company until Aug. 24 to hand over communications between its executives and the Trump administration.
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Argentina has produced some of the world's greatest soccer players. Could its youth system offer lessons for the United States? -
Four days after catastrophic floods wiped out villages along the Nepal-China border, thousands are still missing. Families look for answers but hear nothing. -
NASA launched a telescope named after Nancy Grace Roman, the pioneering astronomer whose work helped make Hubble and generations of space telescopes possible.
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A corn dog may look like lunch. But to an economist, the price is a bigger story about food prices and inflation.
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The U.S. has pledged 3.5 million in flood aid for Tibet and Nepal, with the first $500,000 distributed by Catholic Relief Services. An aid worker with the group explains what flood survivors need now.
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One more active monsoon day Monday, Flood Watches remain in effect region wide. Sunny, breezy and seasonably pleasant afternoons are then forecast into Thursday. Monsoon moisture may return Friday into holiday weekend ahead.
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