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These majestic slopes turned into raging waterfalls.

How a scenic enclave at the bottom of the Grand Canyon turned into an epicenter of deadly destruction

By Karina Tsui, Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — It’s a breathtaking refuge unlike any other: a remote enclave tucked at the bottom of Arizona’s Grand Canyon, nestled between towering cliffs. Suddenly, with little to no warning, those majestic slopes turned into raging waterfalls. Hikers and campers near Bright Angel Canyon and the Phantom Ranch lodging

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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Are new SNAP verification rules necessary protection or an undue burden

Missouri will implement new rules for people receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits this fall. Starting Oct. 1, SNAP recipients will have to provide documented proof of things like housing costs, childcare costs and assets such as money in a bank account. Advocates for SNAP recipients say the requirements create an unfair burden on working

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The badges of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are seen as they patrol the halls of immigration court at the Ted Weiss Federal Building on May 12

He moved to Mexico after decades of being undocumented in the US. Then he got a $1.8 million fine from DHS

By Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — Hector “Alessandro” Negrete got the phone call nine months after he moved to Guadalajara, Mexico, hoping for a fresh start without the onerous weight of uncertainty and fear he carried in Los Angeles. “Hey, you have something that says, ‘invoice to border patrol,’” Negrete recalls his former roommate telling

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Missouri sports betting hits lowest month, but sees bump in taxable revenue ahead of expected college football surge

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) While Missouri sportsbooks recorded their lowest monthly wagering total in July, that figure is expected to surge once the college football season gets into full swing. Recent figures from the Missouri Gaming Commission show sportsbooks accepted $246.8 million in wagers in July, with baseball bets accounting for $135.2 million of that total. That

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More than 2,600 without power at height of outage in southwest Columbia; caused by problem with substation transformer

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Crews restored power Monday evening to hundreds of Columbia Water and Light customers left without electricity on a scorching late-summer afternoon. At one point around 5 p.m., the city’s outage map showed more than 2,800 electric customers in the southwest part of the city didn’t have power. By 5:40 p.m., that number

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