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(GRAND CANYON VILLAGE, Ariz.) -- Breaks in a 12-and-a-half-mile long water main at Grand Canyon National Park that emerged on the heels of catastrophic flash flooding have prompted officials to halt overnight lodging on the canyon's South Rim ahead of what was expected to be a busy Labor Day weekend…

(WEST GLACIER, Mont.) -- The body of a 32-year-old climber has been found after an apparent fall a week after he went missing.Grant Marcuccio's body was found at around 2 p.m. on Sunday, the National Park Service said this week.The cause of death is still under investigation, but traumatic injuries…

(SALIDA, Colo.) -- An insurance underwriter who was rescued on a central Colorado mountain after allegedly being left behind by his co-workers was hiking to raise money for World Central Kitchen, according to his company.The hiker, 46-year-old Steve Stephanides, was rescued on Saturday after enduring a night stuck on 14,230-foot…

(MOSCOW, Idaho) -- The wheels of justice turn slowly, and it's not cheap to keep them grinding.Still more than nine months before Bryan Kohberger's capital murder trial is scheduled to begin -- and still without a definitive answer on where in Idaho it will be held -- local government leaders…

(WASHINGTON) -- The FBI continued to mishandle tips regarding sexual abuse against children even after the agency promised reforms in the wake of its botched handling of assault allegations against former USA Olympics gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar, according to a Justice Department watchdog report released Thursday.DOJ Inspector General Michael…

(NEW YORK) -- When Jill Antares Hunkler purchased land in Belmont County, Ohio, in 2007, she never envisioned her home would be surrounded by 78 oil and gas fracking wells a decade later, she said."I wanted to build my home where I had roots," Hunkler, a seventh-generation Ohio Valley resident,…

(NEW YORK) -- Life-threatening heat spread across the eastern half of the U.S. this week, first hitting the Midwest, then the Northeast and now the South.Chicago hit 99 degrees on Tuesday, breaking the city's daily record of 97 degrees. Some schools in the area closed early due to the weather.On…

(WASHINGTON) -- D.C. police officer Wayne David died on Wednesday evening after he suffered an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound while trying to recover a weapon from a storm drain, police have announced.Officers were responding to reports of a suspicious vehicle when a man jumped out of a car, ran onto…

(ST. LOUIS) -- A county prosecutor in St. Louis, Missouri, presented DNA evidence Wednesday alleging that a death row inmate convicted of first-degree murder is innocent in a case that has drawn opposition from the state attorney general.Marcellus Williams, 55, who has maintained his innocence, is scheduled to be executed…

(NEW YORK) -- A United Airlines flight en route to Chicago was diverted to Tennessee after experiencing "severe turbulence" Wednesday, the airline said.Seven people were injured, including one who was transported to a local hospital, authorities said.Flight UA1196 encountered "a brief period of severe turbulence" Wednesday afternoon, United Airlines said…