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Park dedicated to fallen firefightersYARNELL, Ariz. — A rugged section of brush-covered hills where 19 Arizona firefighters were killed in a 2013 wildfire will be dedicated as a state memorial park today.Gov. Doug Ducey will be joined by family members of the fallen firefighters at a private dedication of the Granite Mountain Hotshots Memorial State Park about 80 miles northwest of Phoenix. The park opens to the public on Wednesday.The memorial includes a trail that leads to where the firefighters died and features individual plaques honoring each of the firefighters.The members of the elite firefighting team were killed battling one of the state’s most devastating wildfires on June 30, 2013. Winds shifted and trapped them in a brush-choked box canyon. One member serving as a lookout survived.

Texas has case of locally spread ZikaDALLAS — Texas on Monday reported its first case of Zika virus that likely came from a mosquito bite within the state.Florida is the only other state in the U.S. with locally spread Zika. Health officials say that the woman who was infected in Texas is a resident of Brownsville, located on the border the state shares with Mexico. But health officials said she reported no recent travel to Mexico or any other country with ongoing Zika outbreaks.Until the Florida cases, all the cases in the U.S. were connected to travel to countries with outbreaks, mostly in Latin America and the Caribbean.

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