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Here’s what you missed at Turning Point’s chaotic convention
6+ hour, 27+ min ago By JONATHAN J. COOPER and SEJAL GOVINDARAO Associated Press PHOENIX " When Turning Point USA's annual AmericaFest convention reached its halfway point, Erika Kirk tried to put a smiling face on things. "Say what you want about AmFest, but it's definitely not…...
Colorado River water negotiators appear no closer to long-term agreement
3+ day, 6+ hour ago The river's future was the center of discussions this week at the annual Colorado River Water Users Association conference in Las Vegas, where water leaders from California, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming gathered alongside federal and tribal…...
Grand Canyon reopens South Rim hotels after water-line is repaired
6+ day, 6+ hour ago Hotels are reopening on the Grand Canyon National Park's South Rim on Wednesday after the park halted overnight accommodations for over a week due to water-line breaks, the park said Monday. The park will resume overnight stays at El Tovar,…...
Grand Canyon cancels overnight stays at South Rim lodges because of water-line breaks
2+ week, 4+ day ago By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN, Associated Press Plans to stay and soak in the wintry wonderland at the Grand Canyon's South Rim? You will have to wait. Visitors won't be able to stay overnight in the national park's oldest hotel or…...
A drying-up Rio Grande basin threatens water security on both sides of the border
1+ mon, 1+ day ago By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN, Associated Press Today, the Rio Grande-Bravo water basin is in crisis. Without rapid and large-scale action on both sides of the border, the researchers warn that unsustainable use threatens water security for millions of people who…...
Cowboys’ Marshawn Kneeland found dead of apparent suicide at 24 after evading officers, police say
1+ mon, 2+ week ago Police in a Dallas suburb say 24-year-old Dallas Cowboys defensive end Marshawn Kneeland was found dead of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound after evading authorities in his vehicle and fleeing the scene of an accident on foot. Frisco police said…...
Lawsuit seeks to force swearing in of U.S. Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva of Arizona
2+ mon, 20+ min ago PHOENIX " Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has filed a lawsuit that seeks to get Democrat Adelita Grijalva sworn in as the state's newest member of Congress after U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson has refused to seat her a month since winning…...
Progressive groups launch $1.4 million campaign to win back Latino voters from Trump
2+ mon, 9+ hour ago By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON, Associated Press Tory Gavito, a Democratic strategist and president of Way to Win, says the groups are trying to pivot to talk to Latinos "in their full experience" about housing and the cost of living without…...
Grand Canyon National Park will reopen portions of North Rim after destructive wildfire subsides
2+ mon, 3+ week ago Daytime access will begin Oct. 1 to locations including Point Imperial, the park's highest overlook at the eastern end of the Grand Canyon, and the Cape Royal overlook, the Park Service said in a news release. Access will extend through Nov....
Liquid larceny: Used cooking oil thefts bubbling up across the country
2+ mon, 4+ week ago Video surveillance caught the liquid larceny: A man pulled a box truck behind a Minnesota strip mall in the wee hours in late October, got out, grabbed a hose and jammed it into a bin of used cooking oil outside…...