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Mary Altaffer/AP PhotoThe Trump administration has canceled nine public health grants for Coconino County, totaling $1.8 million, creating ripple effects among rural communities and health care providers. -
John Locher/AP PhotoLake Mead National Recreation Area officials have closed several trails after a death and multiple rescues as temperatures remain dangerously high. -
Adrian Skabelund/KNAUUnited Campus Workers of Arizona urged the Arizona Board of Regents and universities to protect students after at least 50 international students in the state had their visas revoked. -
Melissa Sevigny/KNAUThe Trump administration has terminated more than $1 million in funding for the Arizona affiliate of the nonprofit National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Writing assignments have their share of misadventures. In his latest Canyon Commentary, author Scott Thybony recalls how the haunting music recorded in a deep, stone chamber made the difficulties worth the effort. -
"Wearable robots” might sound like science fiction, but a research lab at Northern Arizona University is perfecting an ankle exoskeleton to help people who have trouble walking. -
The Dilophosaurus is probably the best-known dinosaur whose fossil remains have been found in Arizona. That’s because the movie "Jurassic Park” made it famous — or at least a version of it. -
More than 80 protesters gathered outside Flagstaff’s downtown library Monday, calling on Congressman Eli Crane to hold local public meetings. -
Arizona lawmakers want to outlaw the spraying of chemicals into the atmosphere to reduce heat. The practice known as geoengineering has been the subject of unproven conspiracy theories. -
Legislation giving Arizona's electric utilities protections from lawsuits for wildfires sparked by their equipment has been pared down as lawmakers debate the measure.
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When former leader Bashar al-Assad fell, new Syria war crimes investigations began. But U.S. budget cuts have halted some work. For families of the disappeared, it means justice delayed or denied. -
The National Center for Environmental Health was hollowed out in the cuts of 10,000 federal health workers on April 1. That's the same day an assessment of people hurt in floods was set to begin. -
A whistleblower who works at NLRB says that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data. And, the Trump administration froze over $2 billion for Harvard after it rejected demands. -
NPR speaks with Ramzi Kassem, a member of the legal team for Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk, about her detention and arguments in her immigration hearing.
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President Trump wants European countries to start buying U.S. chicken and eggs. But the U.K. and E.U. think American poultry is gross and chemically washed. Turns out, chlorine isn't really the issue.
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Winds elevate Wednesday through another seasonably warm afternoon. Thursday into Friday winds increase further and temperatures cool as a Rocky Mountains storm pushes southward. Friday afternoon into Saturday morning a cold front will deliver rain and mountain snow showers to the region, quickly exiting Arizona Saturday afternoon (rain and snow amounts remain unclear, as models are all over the place, stay tuned as details fall into line soon). The Easter Sunday forecast calls for a near perfect spring day.
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