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Campgrounds at California’s Yosemite National Park …

FILE - In this April 7, 2018, file photo, the raging Bridalveil Fall plummets into Yosemite Valley, while closed to the public due to a flooding Merced River, in Yosemite National Park, Calif. Three popular campgrounds at California's Yosemite National Park will be temporarily closed starting Monday, May 15, 2023, due to a forecast of flooding as warming temperatures melt the Sierra Nevada's massive snowpack. Park officials said Sunday that Lower and North Pines Campgrounds and Housekeeping Camp will be shut over fears that waterways could overspill their banks. (Eric Paul Zamora/The Fresno Bee via AP, File)

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‘Guardians Vol. 3’ and ‘Super Mario Bros.’ top box office …

Left to right; actors Vin Diesel, Pom Klementieff, director James Gunn, Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Karen Gillan pose for photographers upon arrival at the gala event for the film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 at Disneyland Paris Saturday, April 22, 2023, in Chessy Marne La Vallee, east of Paris. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)

NYC converts hotels to shelters as pressure mounts to …

FILE - The Empire State Building glows blue during dusk, Monday, Nov. 14, 2022, in New York. Around Manhattan and elsewhere in the city, hotels that served tourists just a few years ago have become de facto emergency shelters. The latest is the historic Roosevelt Hotel in midtown Manhattan, which shuttered three years ago, is reopening later this week as a welcome center and shelter for asylum seekers. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)

Border crossings are off from last week’s highs as US …

Venezuelan migrants rest inside their tents on the bank of the Rio Grande in Matamoros, Mexico, Sunday, May 14, 2023. As the U.S. ended its pandemic-era immigration restrictions, migrants are adapting to new asylum rules and legal pathways meant to discourage illegal crossings. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Scabby the Rat gives bite to union protests, but is he …

Scabby, a giant inflatable rat used by organized labor, stands at a union action outside a Petco on Wednesday, March 29, 2023, in New York. For decades, inflatable rates like Scabby have been looming over union protests, drawing attention to construction sites or companies with labor disputes. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

One killed as tornado hits south Texas near the Gulf coast, …

People salvage items from a home after a tornado hit Saturday, May 13, 2023, in the unincorporated community of Laguna Heights, Texas near South Padre Island. Authorities say one person was killed when a tornado struck the southernmost tip of Texas on the Gulf coast. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

North Carolina governor vetoes abortion limits, launches …

North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper affixes his veto stamp to a bill banning nearly all abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy at a public rally Saturday, May 13, 2023, in Raleigh, N.C. The veto launches a major test for leaders of the GOP-controlled General Assembly to attempt to override Cooper’s veto after they recently gained veto-proof majorities in both chambers. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum)

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Native American leader and advocate for tribal sovereignty …

FILE - Joe A. Garcia, governor of northern New Mexico's Ohkay Owingeh pueblo, president of the National Congress of American Indians in Washington, D.C., and the chairman of the All Indian Pueblo Council, stands in front of a mural at the All Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque, N.M., Friday, Aug., 11, 2006. Garcia's family says he has died on Thursday, May 11, at age 70. Based in New Mexico, he was an advocate for tribal sovereignty. Relatives confirmed Garcia died Thursday but did not give a cause of death. A traditional funeral already has been held. (AP Photo/Jake Schoellkopf, File)

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Housing advocates warn GOP spending plan would be …

FILE - In this June 9, 2021, photo, people hold a sign during a rally in Boston protesting housing eviction. Housing advocates are raising the alarm about House Republicans' plan to dramatically cut the federal deficit to raise the debt ceiling, warning that struggling families could lose access to rental aid. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Doomsday plot: Idaho jury convicts woman in murders …

Lori Vallow Daybell stands and listens as the jury's verdict is read at the Ada County Courthouse in Boise, Idaho on Friday May 12, 2023. The Idaho jury convicted Daybell of murder in the deaths of her two youngest children and a romantic rival, a verdict that marks the end of a three-year investigation that included bizarre claims of zombie children, apocalyptic prophesies and illicit affairs. (AP Photo/Kyle Green)

New menopause drug for hot flashes gets FDA approval

In this undated product photo released by Astellas Pharma, a box and container of Veozah drug are displayed. U.S. health regulators on Friday approved a new type of drug for women dealing with uncomfortable hot flashes caused by menopause. (Astellas Pharma via AP)