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After Floods, Grand Canyon Opens on a Limited Basis. What to Know.

As the search for missing visitors continues, the National Park has shut down hotels and much of its terrain, but visitors can still enter.

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Grand Canyon National Park was partially open for day use on Monday after flash flooding killed one person and prompted a search-and-rescue operation for at least 15 people.
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What Is Phantom Ranch? Inside the Grand Canyon Lodge Hit by Flash Flooding

Phantom Ranch, the only lodge within the Grand Canyon, has drawn adventurers and dignitaries, including Theodore Roosevelt, for more than a century.

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The Colorado River winds through Grand Canyon National Park in northern Arizona, a day after heavy flooding struck the park.
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Is the U.S. Open More Valuable to New York Than the Knicks?

It’s complicated. But the answer is: Maybe.

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The U.S. Open is playing its part, after the Knicks’ N.B.A. championship and World Cup matches, in a particularly sporty summer around New York.
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You Can Photograph This Pretty Irish Castle. You Just Can’t Go In.

Tourists still flock to the picturesque 16th-century Dunguaire Castle on Galway Bay. But in recent years, a dispute over ownership has prevented visitors from entering.

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Dunguaire Castle in County Galway. Technically a tower house, the structure was built around 1510 as a defensive lookout and residence.
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Fans Push to Rename Nashville Airport for Dolly Parton

A surging online push to rename Nashville International Airport for the beloved Tennessean superstar could get snagged in bureaucracy and politics.

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“Who doesn’t want to be ‘departin’ from Parton’?” said one of the fans behind an online petition to rename Nashville International Airport for Dolly Parton, who died on Tuesday.
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