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Arizona feeling brunt of wildfire activity across U.S. West
Two national forests announce complete closures
Las Vegas pushes land swap to balance growth, conservation
CARSON CITY, Nev. – Record-breaking heat and historic drought in the U.S. West are doing little to discourage cities from planning to welcome millions of new residents in the decades ahead.
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DATE: Jun. 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
Witness tells of horror as truck rams into Arizona bike race
PHOENIX (AP) – Bicyclist Tony Quinones had only just shaken hands with a fellow cyclist and wished him good luck in this weekend’s community race in an Arizona mountain town when a truck spe...
DATE: Jun. 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press
U.S. hitting encouraging milestones on virus deaths and shots
COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. have dipped below 300 a day for the first time since the early days of the disaster in March 2020, while the drive to put shots in arms approached another encoura...
DATE: Jun. 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press
The story of Juneteenth, the new federal holiday
The U.S. government is catching up with Black people who have been commemorating the end of slavery in the United States for generations with a day called “Juneteenth.”
President Joe Biden s...
DATE: Jun. 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press
What is the Catholic Communion controversy?
A committee of U.S. Catholic bishops is getting to work on a policy document that has stirred controversy among their colleagues before a word of it has even been written.
The U.S. Conferenc...
DATE: Jun. 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press
GOP needs new health care target; ‘Obamacare’ survives again
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court’s latest rejection of a Republican effort to dismantle “Obamacare” signals anew that the GOP must look beyond repealing the law if it wants to hone the nation...
DATE: Jun. 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press
What’s behind the heat wave in the American West?
PHOENIX – Much of the American West has been blasted with sweltering heat this week as a high pressure dome combines with the worst drought in modern history to launch temperatures into the ...
DATE: Jun. 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press
‘Pure business’ at Biden-Putin summit: No hugs, no brickbats
GENEVA – President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin concluded their summit on Wednesday with an agreement to return their nations' ambassadors to their posts in Washington and ...
DATE: Jun. 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press
U.S. West swelters in record-busting heat, risking wildfires
PHOENIX — Dangerous, record-busting heat spread across the U.S. Southwest on Tuesday and into parts of Utah, Montana and Wyoming as a dome of high pressure hovered over a large swath of the ...
DATE: Jun. 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press
More evidence suggests COVID-19 was in U.S. by Christmas 2019
NEW YORK – A new analysis of blood samples from 24,000 Americans taken early last year is the latest and largest study to suggest that the new coronavirus popped up in the U.S. in December 2...
DATE: Jun. 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press
Doctors warn of burns from asphalt as heat wave hits West
PHOENIX – Doctors who work in Arizona and Nevada burn centers are warning of injuries from contact with super-heated roadways and other surfaces as the first extreme heat wave of the year ex...
DATE: Jun. 14, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press
