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Court keeps ban on new mining claims around Grand Canyon
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A U.S. appeals court has kept in place an Obama administration ban on new mining claims around the Grand Canyon. The decision Tuesday comes as a U.S. House committee hears testimony on access to minerals on public land. The U...
Trump gets blowback for his 'Pocahontas' jab at Navajo event
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Families of Native American war veterans and politicians of both major parties are criticizing President Donald Trump for using a White House event honoring Navajo Code Talkers to take a political jab at a Democratic s...
Judge denies bid to dismiss prosecutors in NAU shooting case
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A Coconino County judge rejected a request Friday to dismiss the county attorney's office from prosecuting a 2015 shooting case on the Northern Arizona University campus. But Judge Dan Slayton appeared hesitant in issuing his...
We're still fighting, more than 150 years after Appomattox
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — When the Civil War was over, when the dead were buried and the union was reunited, it came time to tell tales and write history. In reunion gatherings and living rooms alike, differing versions of the causes of the conflict b...