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Driver Dies After Hitting a Moose Near Denali National Park in Alaska

The crash, near the park’s only vehicular entrance at about 1 a.m. on Friday, also injured a passenger.

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A moose crossing a road in Denali National Park in Alaska.
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Trump Fires Official Over Jobs Report, Echoing an Authoritarian Playbook

In firing the head of the agency that collects employment statistics, the president underscored his tendency to suppress facts he doesn’t like and promote his own version of reality.

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On Friday, President Trump fired the Labor Department official in charge of compiling statistics on employment in America because he did not like the latest jobs report.
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Mountain Lion Is Euthanized After Attacking a Child in Olympic National Park

The 4-year-old child, who was treated at a hospital and released, had been walking with family members on a popular trail in the park.

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Mountain lion attacks on humans are exceedingly rare, experts say. This mountain lion, not the one euthanized, was in Montana.
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The Grand Canyon Fire Has North Rim Residents Wary of the Future

Fire crews allowed a fire to burn through brush on the Grand Canyon’s North Rim. Then they lost control.

Tourists at Mather Point on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon watched smoke rise from the Dragon Bravo fire on the canyon’s North Rim.
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