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Trudeau: Trump, Brexit mean new chances for Canada, Ireland

LONDON – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday that his country and Ireland should seize the opportunity to be open and progressive as their big neighbors, the U.S. and Britain...

DATE: Jul 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Joe Jackson taken to hospital after Las Vegas car crash

LAS VEGAS – Police say Michael Jackson’s father, Joe Jackson, has been taken to the hospital after a car crash in Las Vegas. Las Vegas police said Friday the Jackson family patria...

DATE: Jun 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

At least 2 people shot inside NYC hospital; gunman dead

NEW YORK â€“ A man pulled a rifle from under his white lab coat and opened fire inside a Bronx hospital Friday, killing at least one person and wounding others before apparently taking his o...

DATE: Jun 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Body found in Colorado’s Great Sand Dunes park

GREAT SAND DUNES NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE – A body has been found in the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in Colorado. The National Park Service says the body was fou...

DATE: Jun 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

N.M. group unveils homelessness project

SANTA FE – A local architect and a pair of organizations that serve Santa Fe’s homeless population have been working for nearly two years to develop a long-term solution to homelessness that...

DATE: Jun 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Pileup during blinding dust on New Mexico highway kills 6

LORDSBURG, N.M. – Six people died in a 25-vehicle pileup caused by a sudden dust storm along an interstate highway in New Mexico where such conditions have caused deadly collisions in the pa...

DATE: Jun 20, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Dr. Dre pledges $10M for Compton High performing arts center

COMPTON, Calif. – Dr. Dre is pledging $10 million toward the construction of a performing arts center at Compton High School. The Compton Unified School District said Thursday tha...

DATE: Jun 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Yoko Ono gets co-writing credit on ‘Imagine’

NEW YORK – Yoko Ono, who was previously credited as a co-producer on John Lennon’s “Imagine,” will earn a co-writing credit on the 1971 song. David Israelite, the president and CE...

DATE: Jun 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Fugitives in guard shootings ‘dangerous beyond description’

EATONTON, Ga. – A manhunt is under way for two inmates accused of killing two guards on a Georgia prison bus Tuesday morning. Donnie Russell Rowe, 43, and Ricky Dubose, 24, overpo...

DATE: Jun 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. 550 continues to be deadly major highway in New Mexico

Patrolman says highway north of San Ysidro ‘is a killing zone’

DATE: Jun 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Federal authorities seize Colorado company’s pot cases

Boulder-based Stashlogix lays off workers to compensate for loss

DATE: Jun 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The Latest: Senate committee says more work ahead in probe

WASHINGTON – The Latest on developments involving fired FBI Director James Comey (all times EDT): 1:25 p.m. The chairman of the Senate Intelligence committee says there...

DATE: Jun 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World