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Susan Montoya Bryan/AP/APClouds start to build in the early afternoon and the air becomes sweet with the promise of rain. The monsoon season is ramping up across the southwestern United States. -
Courtesy of Greer Fire District / Fire Captain Cody WilsonThe Oak Ridge Fire grew more slowly but still surpassed 10,600 acres last night. More than 350 people in several communities remain under evacuation orders. -
National Nuclear Security Administration/Nevada Site OfficeCongress is poised to revive payments to uranium miners and nuclear test downwinders through the Senate's version of the Senate’s “Big Beautiful Bill. The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act expired last year. -
Mike Elson/USFS/Coconino National ForestRain comes when water molecules in the atmosphere clump together to form ice crystals or water droplets that are heavy enough to fall to the ground. But what causes that clumping to happen?
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More than 350 people have been evacuated from their homes southwest of Window Rock on the Navajo Nation as firefighters continue to battle the Oak Ridge Fire. -
Little America Hotel plans to close public access to its property in Flagstaff to protect against wildfire danger. -
A wind-driven wildfire burning eight miles from the Navajo Nation capital of Window Rock has grown to nearly 6,300 acres. -
An NAU research lab has published an open-source guide for building an exoskeleton that helps people with various medical conditions move their joints more freely. -
A wildfire first reported Saturday in Apache County has triggered evacuations eight miles from the Navajo Nation capital.
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Years ago, author Scott Thybony set off on a rough, uncertain trek into Mexico’s Sierra Madre. He recently returned aboard a luxury train — and found the journey stirring unexpected memories.
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Gov. Greg Abbott says the state will work day and night to find people who may be stranded and unable to call for help. -
The concepts in the MingKwai typewriter underlie how Chinese, Japanese and Korean are typed today. The typewriter, patented in 1946, was found last year in an upstate New York basement. -
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he wants the luxury resort on the eastern seacoast to become a "world destination," but the country has been reluctant to allow in foreign tourists. -
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with "The Jailhouse Lawyer" authors Calvin Duncan and Sophie Cull. It's a memoir about Duncan's life as a wrongly incarcerated inmate and his efforts to exonerate himself.
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Papilio is a picture book told in three parts about three stages of a butterfly's life (there are really four stages but egg time is pretty boring). It's also written and illustrated by three friends.
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Dry air overtakes the region Friday, expect a sunny and seasonably warm 4th. Dry conditions persist through a gradually hotter holiday weekend. Monsoonal moisture slowly returns through a hot next week of weather.
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