By ELLEN KNICKMEYER, FELICIA FONSECA and TRAVIS LOLLER
Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - National Parks are one of the places you can still go to get away from the anxiety of the coronavirus outbreak. The Trump administration is sticking with its crowd-friendly waiver of entrance fees at national parks. That's even as managers at some parks try and fail to keep tens of thousands of hikers and tourists a safe distance apart and as communities appeal for shutdowns at some parks that are still open. Communities around Grand Canyon National Park are among those asking for a shutdown, saying they fear more local spread of the coronavirus. The Interior Department says there's been no decision on that request.

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