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Flash floods close Death Valley, Mojave preserve roads

Officials have closed some roads in and out of Death Valley National Park and the Mojave National Preserve after they were inundated over the weekend with mud and debris caused by by flash flooding.

Ex-Nevada inmate gets another life sentence in Colorado

Jurors found Alex Ewing guilty in the death of Patricia Smith in Lakewood, eight months after he was found guilty of killing three members of a family in another Denver suburb.

 
West’s megadrought the worst in 1,200 years, study says

The American West’s megadrought deepened so much last year that it is a worst-case climate change scenario playing out live, a new study finds.