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Monsoon rains have created new hazards for areas and communities that were threatened by the Pocket Fire.
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“He went for the jugular on this one,” a member of the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah told KNAU about Trump's national monument cuts. At risk are sacred sites and plants in Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments.
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Health officials have confirmed the first measles case in Yavapai County this year. Members of the public were possibly exposed at four locations in Prescott and Prescott Valley between July 3-8.
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Secretary of State Adrian Fontes has a message for the U.S. Department of Justice: We don’t need to be reminded to comply with laws ensuring only citizens cast a ballot in Arizona.
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Arizona hasn’t had the extreme wildfire season many had feared following one of the driest winters on record. But nationally, a severe fire season is raising questions about federal readiness.
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Magpies have earned a bad rap as the bully in the birdyard — some even call them the birds everyone loves to hate. But the often-misunderstood magpie may deserve a little more credit than they get.
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Environmental advocates worry about the future of cool mix flows, which send water from Lake Powell to protect threatened humpback chub in the Grand Canyon.
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Samples from the Sedona Wastewater Treatment Plant tested positive for the measles virus. That indicates that at least one person with a recent infection has been in the area.
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Trump’s reduction of the national monuments by about 90% comes over the objections of tribal nations and conservation groups.
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President Donald Trump has slashed the size of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in souther Utah by about 90%, unraveling protections established by former presidents.
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The revelations came out in a federal court case brought by Democratic states challenging ICE's access to Medicaid data to aid in deportation efforts.
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Ashley Brouillette has identified her ex-husband, David Brouillette, as the officer who fatally shot Joan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Biddeford, Maine, on Monday. She said she learned he was the officer responsible when he called her on Wednesday.
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We look at a new soccer study that says "header" goals are becoming less frequent -- but more accurate -- in FIFA World Cup tournaments.
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Japan has revised its laws to prevent the world's oldest hereditary monarchy from running out of heirs. But they have left in place a ban on female emperors, an idea which most Japanese support.
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From Buenos Aires to Barcelona, fans are dreaming, waiting and wondering: who will lift the World Cup on Sunday?
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