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A pay station at Rocky Mountain National Park is closed on Thursday in Estes Park, Colo. Many parks remain open but unstaffed during the partial shutdown of the federal government.

National Parks? Many Are Open During The Shutdown. Their Bathrooms? Not So Much

Some state governments and tourism boards have been using their own funds to keep the parks open. Elsewhere, open but unstaffed parks have become something of a free-for-all.

Jerry and Joyce McLean, wearing hazmat suits, look for sentimental items as they sift through the remains of their home Wednesday in Paradise, Calif.

As Evacuation Orders Lift, Some Paradise Residents Return Home To Devastation

Part of the Northern California town obliterated by the Camp Fire was reopened Wednesday, allowing people to return and see what is left of their community.

The U.S. has designated Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist group. Here, members of the force march during a 2007 military parade in Tehran.

U.S. Labels Iran's Revolutionary Guard As A Foreign Terrorist Organization

Iranian officials say they're prepared to retaliate in kind, warning that the elite Revolutionary Guard could now view U.S. troops the same way it sees ISIS.

President Trump gives his first State of the Union address to Congress in January 2018.

What To Know Ahead Of Trump's State Of The Union Address

President Trump is expected to deliver a speech themed around "choosing greatness." Democrats will offer a rising party star in response.

Olowan Magarang, 61, lost his home, business and mushroom farm during the ISIS siege in Marawi, Philippines. He said he worked as a medical technician in the Middle East, where he saved enough money to return to the city to build a house and business. "Now, it is all gone," he says.

The Philippines' Marawi City Remains Wrecked Nearly 2 Years After ISIS War

The city has a rich heritage of buildings and mosques. Today, the battle scars are as prominent as ever and residents displaced by the conflict complain about the sluggish reconstruction.

Waffle House founders Joe Rogers Sr. (left) and Tom Forkner pose in front of a Waffle House restaurant in Norcross, Ga., after eating lunch there 2005.

Waffle House Co-Founder Joe Rogers Sr. Dies At 97

Joe Rogers Sr. and Tom Forkner opened the first Waffle House in 1955. Since then, the yellow Waffle House sign has become a familiar landmark in the Southeast.

Homes leveled by the Camp Fire line Valley Ridge Drive in Paradise, Calif. Some recovery efforts are stalled by the government shutdown, creating anxiety among survivors and concern for officials.

Shutdown Threatens To Stall Recovery In Wildfire-Ravaged Paradise, Calif.

A federal grant for basic infrastructure projects is stalled. There is concern that, if fire survivors don't see evidence that recovery has begun, they could give up hope and leave the region.

Federal Clampdown On Burning Man Imperils Festival's Free Spirit Ethos, Say Burners

As the Bureau of Land Management tightens its grip on the annual gathering's population growth at Nevada's Black Rock desert, a freewheeling community finds its core identity under threat.

A Veteran ID card is shown in this undated photo.

VA Issues Long Awaited Veteran ID Card, But It Comes With Ad On Back

Congress mandated the card in 2015, but provided no funding. So the VA struck a deal with Office Depot.

<strong>Left:</strong> M., a survivor of sexual violence during the Kosovo war, holds a jar of red pepper spread that she prepared at her home to sell at a new artisanal food shop in Gjakova, in western Kosovo. Working with food is a form of therapy for M. <strong>Right:</strong> B., also a survivor, prepares fresh clotted cream from her home in a village in western Kosovo.

Artisanal Food Shop Helps Kosovo War-Rape Survivors Earn Income — And Heal

Victims are still stigmatized; many keep their trauma a secret. A new shop offers survivors an income stream, sometimes for the first time in their lives, by selling their homemade traditional foods.

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