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1 ALMANAC A2 ASK THE VET A2 CLASSIFIEDS B6 COMICS DEAR ABBY B5 LOTTERY A3 MOVIES A7 OPINION A5 SPORTS B1 $1.50 Volume 72, Issue 297 A Lee Enterprises Newspaper Copyright 2018 Follow us online: facebook.com/ArizonaDailySun twitter.com@azds instagram.com/azdailysun Read more about hot temperatures hitting the South- west AT AZDAILYSUN.COM DISCOVER DIGITAL SUNNY 90 58 FORECAST, A2 Tuesday, July 24, 2018 azdailysun.com Sizzling Southwest Temperatures approach 120 in Phoenix as region sweats LOCAL, A3 2-0 at regionals Flagstaff Softball All-Stars unbeaten so far at tourney SPORTS, B1 KATIE DEVEREAUX Sun Staff Reporter Over the last year and a half, about 50 men in Flagstaff have reported to the Flagstaff Police Department that they were be- ing blackmailed after engaging in online chats of a sexual nature with another person. trend is that a person will make contact via an internet chat platform and express romantic interest in the person talking said Flagstaff Po- lice Department Public Informa- tion Officer Cory Runge, adding that the chat platform could be anything from an internet gam- ing window to a porn website chat room. they convince them to engage in sexual gratifi- cation through self-stimulation, and they record it from the other The scammer will then contact the victim and ask for money under the threat of posting the video on the internet. Runge said the amount varies from a few hundred dollars to several thou- sand dollars, and he does know at least a few of the victims have paid. make their demand within he said.

times within minutes. As soon as they have their record- ing, they are done with the per- So far, the victims have all been male. While the majority have been college-aged men, Runge Blackmail targeting young men in Flagstaff REBECCA REYNOLDS YONKER Associated Press CAVE CITY, Ky. David All- good and Tom Stokes glide up a slight incline to the wooden plat- form overlooking the Green River at Mammoth Cave National Park. From there, they watch through a glass panel as the Kentucky lone ferry carries a Jeep across the water below.

The longtime friends turn their wheelchairs and roll to- ward the recently improved Echo River Spring Trail, which is wide enough for them to travel side-by-side. Accompanied by the gurgling water and chirping birds, they chat quietly about the trail and the thought that went into the view unobstructed by railings. probably the best trail ever been on as far as accessibil- Stokes said. really sce- nic. awesome to be out here in the trees, the mature forest, and see the sun coming through, and the birds, the The upgraded trail reopened earlier this year after a $1.1 mil- lion transformation from a roll- ing, rutted gravel footpath to an 8-foot-wide concrete and wood path with little slope.

New ex- hibits include Braille and invite visitors to experience them by touch to make them more mean- ingful to the visually or cogni- tively impaired. The Mammoth Cave project is an early step in a coordinated push by the National Park Ser- vice to improve and increase Parks aim to improve accessibility BRYAN WOOLSTON David Allgood and Tom Stokes use a trail adapted for persons with disabilities at Mammoth Cave National Park in Cave City, Ky. National Park Service accessibility chief Jeremy Buzzell says nine parks across the U.S. have received more than $10 million in federal funding to design and build accessibility projects as examples for other parks. MATTHEW LEE AND ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON Presi- dent Donald explosive Twitter threat to leader comes as his administration is ratcheting up a pressure cam- paign on the Islamic republic that many suspect is aimed at regime change.

No one is predicting immi- nent war. But bellicose, all-caps challenge addressed to President Hassan Rouhani fol- lowed a speech by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in which he accused leadership of mas- sive corruption and widespread rights abuses and urged Iranians to rise up in protest. Both the tweet and the speech landed less than two weeks be- fore the administration will be- gin re-imposing sanctions on Iran that were lifted under the 2015 nuclear deal. In the mean- time, the U.S. is stepping up Farsi-language outreach that is intended to support Iranians demonstrating against the pol- icies of their government.

tweet appear to have been prompted by any notable shift in rhetoric from Iran. It could have been an impulsive reaction to reports from Tehran quoting Rouhani as giving the U.S. an oft-repeated reminder that conflict with Iran would be mother of all Yet an- imosity directed at the Iranian leadership is an established part of the broader foreign policy. Iran publicly shrugged off late Sunday message EVER THREATEN THE UNITED STATES AGAIN OR YOU WILL SUFFER CON- SEQUENCES THE LIKES OF WHICH FEW THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE EVER SUF- FERED Trump, US increase pressure on Iran WeBCaM sCaM CHaRITy BIKe RIde above, racers competing in the 18th annual Taylor House Century Ride speed under the Flagstaff Medical Center skybridge Saturday morning. The event raises money for lodging and supportive services for families of patients receiving medical care away from home.

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