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Courtesy of Navajo Police DepartmentThe Navajo Police Department says an empty uranium transport semi-truck rolled over Tuesday afternoon during heavy rain on U.S. 160 near Black Mesa on the Navajo Nation. -
Courtesy of Kelly Mott Lacroix, U.S. Forest ServiceScientists with the Burned Area Emergency Response Team say the 27,000-acre Pocket Fire has increased the risk of flash flooding but mostly burned at a low intensity. -
Doc Searls/Wikimedia CommonsOfficials say the remains of celebrated Grand Canyon hiker Bill Ott, missing since 2012, have been positively identified. -
Susan Montoya Bryan/APCommunity members who live near the mine met in Window Rock to argue against prolonging its life by as much as 110 years. Opponents say doing so would ignore a nationwide move away from fossil fuels.
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Trump-endorsed candidates won nominations for governor and a key House race. Arizona Democrats choose who can try to flip that Republican-held House seat. -
After finishing an assessment of the 27,000-acre Pocket Fire, the Burned Area Emergency Response team says 70% burned at either low or very low severity. -
Millions remain under strict water restrictions because of historic drought. Failing to conserve could mean empty reservoirs, and even harsher restrictions. -
Monsoon rains have created new hazards for areas and communities that were threatened by the Pocket Fire. -
“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. -
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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New York Mayor Mamdani said the city would not be able to execute an arrest warrant issued by the top war-crimes court for Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu, but urged the federal government to do so. -
The move makes France the first country in the European Union to pass a blanket ban on platforms as concerns grow worldwide over the harmful effects of digital content on kids. -
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Congressman Blake Moore, R-Utah, about Republican efforts to move forward with a $95 billion party-line budget reconciliation bill.
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About 24% of U.S. employees stay in unwanted jobs just for health insurance, a report out Wednesday finds. Up significantly since 2021, the uptick in "job lock" is a concerning sign for the U.S. economy. -
Lawmakers are hoping to avoid a third shutdown since last September. The stopgap funding measure now heads to the Senate, where it faces an uncertain future.
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The region will undergo a gradual downturn in this active monsoon pattern over the coming days as drier air works into the region and high pressure shifts overhead. We can expect scattered storm activity Wednesday, becoming more widely scattered late week, then isolated through a hot weekend ahead.
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