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Broncos running back Melvin Gordon has DUI charge dropped

ENGLEWOOD – Broncos running back Melvin Gordon will likely avoid NFL discipline after his drunken driving charge was dismissed and he pleaded guilty in Denver County Court on Wednesday to le...

Colorado Senate passes bill on lost and stolen firearms

DENVER – Colorado’s Democrat-led Senate has passed a bill that would require gun owners to report lost or stolen firearms to law enforcement or face a $25 fine for a first violation. ...

Turner Classic Movies Festival heads to TCM and HBO Max

Don’t worry about making the trip to Hollywood for the Turner Classic Movies Festival this year –it’s coming straight to your living room. TCM said Wednesday that its 12th installment will r...

New Mexico ban on traps and wildlife poisons clears Senate

SANTA FE – A New Mexico measure that would prohibit traps, snares and wildlife poisons from being used on public lands cleared the Democratic-led Senate late Tuesday. The legislat...

Lawsuit filed over arrest of 11-year-old boy with autism

DENVER – The mother of a Colorado boy with autism filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday, alleging that school officials and sheriff’s deputies in a suburban Denver county “aggressively handcuff...

Mikaela Shiffrin left fuming over delay after Vlhova home win

JASNA, Slovakia – Mikaela Shiffrin slammed Slovakian race organizers after a women’s World Cup giant slalom Sunday, calling them “unprofessional” for making her wait in the start gate before...

Police: Four found dead in car at Albuquerque airport garage

ALBUQUERQUE – Albuquerque police have identified four people whose bodies were found last week inside a vehicle parked in the garage of the city’s airport. Police said three of th...

Norton Juster, ‘The Phantom Tollbooth’ author, dead at 91

NEW YORK – Norton Juster, the celebrated children’s author who fashioned a world of adventure and punning punditry in the million-selling classic “The Phantom Tollbooth” and remained true to...

Colorado House passes firearms safe-storage legislation

DENVER – Colorado’s Democrat-controlled House on Tuesday advanced legislation requiring firearms to be securely stored to prevent unauthorized youths and other people from accessing them. ...

Albuquerque gets new police chief, reform superintendent

ALBUQUERQUE – Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller says he went both inside the outside the Albuquerque Police Department for leadership to fight crime and reform the organization. Keller...

New Mexico House endorses health insurance tax, subsidies

SANTA FE – The House of Representatives endorsed a tax increase Monday that would boost subsidies for insurance coverage on the state health insurance exchange. The bill moves to ...

No charges filed in Las Cruces school superintendent’s death

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – No charges are being filed against the driver of a minivan that fatally struck the school superintendent for New Mexico’s second largest city of Las Cruces, police said Mo...