8 h. ago A Grand Canyon mascot is recovered from the rubble. Can Brighty the Burro be restored?

A big bronze statue of a donkey named Brighty the Burro has been recovered from the charred rubble of the Grand Canyon Lodge in Arizona

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19 h. ago National Park enforces action against owner for unauthorised static caravan setup

Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park Authority has urged for caution and escalating enforcement action as the "concerning trend" of the marketing of small plots with the "misleading potential" for a range of uses continues in the National Park.

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33 h. ago Please stop feeding the bears at Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Please, please, please - stop feeding the bears at Tennessee’s Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

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34 h. ago Nebraska man missing after being dropped off at Colorado national park by rideshare

Blake Kieckhafer was last seen in the eastern portion of Rocky Mountain National Park

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45 h. ago Picturesque village just 90 minutes from Manchester is food lover's heaven

Cartmel, on the edge of the Lake District National Park, has been named the fifth prettiest village in England - and it is a foodie's paradise

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65 h. ago Man sparks fierce debate after sitting topless in Pret during the heatwave

One man's bold choice to ditch his shirt in a Pret a Manger, in Holland Park, London , on Tuesday afternoon, that has divided the nation about heat wave etiquette.

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4 d. ago Hiker takes haunting photo of grizzly bears staring at him – moments later he's dead

An aspiring wildlife photographer thought he'd captured a once-in-a-lifetime shot while hiking in Glacier National Park in Montana – but it ended up costing him his life

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5 d. ago Ab Fab and Bottom stars Jennifer Saunders and Adrian Edmondson face fresh planning battle over £250k extension to their £2m Dartmoor home

The Absolutely Fabulous and Bottom stars are planning to move to their £2million country manor house in Dartmoor National Park full time as they scale down their work commitments in London.

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8 d. ago JD Vance visits Indiana to discuss redistricting amid Trump pressure on GOP states – US politics live

Protests set to greet vice-president on visit after governor said redistricting ‘looks like it’s going to happen across many Republican states’Across the US’s fabled but overstretched national parks, unusual scenes are playing out this summer following budget cuts by Donald Trump’s administration. Archeologists are staffing ticket booths, ecologists are covering visitor centers and the superintendents of parks are even cleaning the toilets.The National Park Service (NPS), responsible for maintaining cherished wildernesses and sites of cultural importance from Yellowstone to the Statue of Liberty, has lost a quarter of its permanent staff since Trump took office in January, with the administration seeking to gut the service’s budget by a third.Donald Trump has claimed “great progress was made” during talks on ending the war in Ukraine between his special envoy, Steve Witkoff, and Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin on Wednesday. The three-hour talks came two days before a deadline the US p...

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8 d. ago US national parks staff in ‘survival mode’ to keep parks open amid Trump cuts

Park bosses say they’re running visitor centers and even cleaning bathrooms as remaining staff try to keep sites openAcross the US’s fabled but overstretched national parks, unusual scenes are playing out this summer following budget cuts by Donald Trump’s administration. Archeologists are staffing ticket booths, ecologists are covering visitor centers and the superintendents of parks are even cleaning the toilets.The National Park Service (NPS), responsible for maintaining cherished wildernesses and sites of cultural importance from Yellowstone to the Statue of Liberty, has lost a quarter of its permanent staff since Trump took office in January, with the administration seeking to gut the service’s budget by a third. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Journalist who failed to board flight home to Britain after solo hike in Norway is found ALIVE but seriously injured 'after surviving five days on very little food'

A UK-based climate reporter who vanished in bad weather during a solo hike in a remote national park in Norway has been found alive after spending nearly a week alone in the wilderness.  

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9 d. ago US journalist who went missing while hiking in Norwegian National Park is found alive

Folgefonna National Park, known for its glaciers and rugged beauty, can turn perilous in harsh weather conditions

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9 d. ago Journalist missing in Norway survived five days in wilderness with leg injury

Alec Luhn ‘very lucky’ to manage in bad weather and with little food or drink in Folgefonna national park, medic saysRescuers in Norway have found the award-winning environmental journalist Alec Luhn alive after he went missing in the remote Folgefonna national park and survived nearly a week alone in the wilderness with a serious leg injury..Luhn, a US-born reporter who has worked for the New York Times and the Atlantic and was a regular Russia correspondent for the Guardian from 2013 to 2017, was reported missing on Monday after he failed to catch a flight to the UK from Bergen. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Journalist missing in Norway survived six nights in wilderness with leg injury

Alec Luhn ‘very lucky’ to manage in bad weather and with little food or drink in Folgefonna national park, medic saysRescuers in Norway have found the award-winning environmental journalist Alec Luhn alive after he went missing in the remote Folgefonna national park and survived nearly a week alone in the wilderness with a serious leg injury.Luhn, a US-born reporter who has worked for the New York Times and the Atlantic and was a regular Russia correspondent for the Guardian from 2013 to 2017, was reported missing on Monday after he failed to catch a flight to the UK from Bergen. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Journalist missing in Norwegian wilderness found in good health

Alec Luhn set out on trek in Folgefonna national park last week and was reported missing on MondayRescuers in Norway have found the award-winning environmental journalist Alec Luhn alive and in good health after he went missing in the remote Folgefonna national park.Luhn, a US-born reporter who has worked for the New York Times and the Atlantic and was a regular Russia correspondent for the Guardian from 2013 to 2017, was reported missing on Monday after he failed to catch a flight to the UK from Bergen. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Rescuers searching for US journalist who went missing while hiking in Norwegian National Park

Folgefonna National Park, known for its glaciers and rugged beauty, can turn perilous in harsh weather conditions

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1 week ago Seattle NHL team mascot has a close encounter with a brown bear during video shoot in Alaska

Seattle Kraken’s blue-haired troll mascot, named Buoy, and forward John Hayden were fly-fishing in Katmai National Park as part of a trip promoting youth hockey when the bear approached

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1 week ago Largest wildfire in the US spreads to more than 126,000 acres in Grand Canyon National Park

Arizona’s Dragon Bravo fire has been burning for a month following a lightning strike on the canyon’s North Rim on July 4

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1 week ago Hunt for missing journalist, 38, who failed to board flight home to Britain after solo hike in Norway

Rescuers are hunting for a UK-based journalist who vanished in bad weather during a solo hike in a remote national park in Norway. 

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1 week ago Toppled Confederate statue in DC to be replaced in line with Trump's executive order

A statue of a Confederate military leader that was toppled by protesters in Washington in 2020 will be restored and replaced this fall, in line with President Donald Trump’s campaign to push back on recent efforts to reframe America’s historical narrative

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