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Colorado’s Tattered Cover bookstore sold to local investors

NEW YORK – A leading independent bookstore, the Colorado-based Tattered Cover, has been sold to a group of investors and will become the country’s largest Black-led bookseller. An...

Colorado police department settles excessive force lawsuit

AURORA – A Colorado police department agreed to a $285,000 settlement in a lawsuit filed by a man who claimed several officers used excessive force against him during an arrest. T...

Mueller scores twice, U.S. men’s soccer routs El Salvador

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The U.S. soccer team ended a pandemic-shortened year with a blowout that raised confidence heading into a busy 2021 highlighted by the first eight World Cup qualifier...

Odermatt wins World Cup giant slalom to end 10-year Swiss drought

SANTA CATERINA VULFURVA, Italy – Marco Odermatt fulfilled his potential on Monday by becoming first Swiss skier to win a men’s World Cup giant slalom in nearly 10 years. Ever sinc...

Navajo officials work to add sites for virus isolation, care

FARMINGTON – Navajo health officials are working to boost the number of isolation and alternate care sites for those infected with the coronavirus. The tribe had awarded a $50 m...

Taylor Swift surprises fans with another album due tonight

Taylor Swift fans are getting a double reason to celebrate this year – the singer-songwriter is about to release her second album in 2020. “To put it plainly, we just couldn’t sto...

Kellyanne Conway on Air Force Academy Board of Visitors

DENVER – President Donald Trump has appointed his longtime aide Kellyanne Conway to the U.S. Air Force Academy Board of Visitors after she left the White House in August. The A...

Navajo Nation reports 191 new COVID-19 cases, 5 more deaths

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo Nation health officials on Wednesday reported 191 new COVID-19 cases and five more deaths. In all, the tribe has now reported 18,575 cases and 693 know...

New Mexico begins sewage testing for COVID-19 at prisons

SANTA FE – New Mexico has begun monitoring sewage from prisons and youth rehabilitation facilities to more efficiently detect COVID-19 outbreaks in the southwest region of the state, the s...

Colorado inmate who died from November assault identified

PUEBLO – An inmate who died at the Colorado State Penitentiary as a result of an assault on Nov. 26 has been identified. The inmate was 47-year-old Rueben Gonzalez, according to t...

Albuquerque plans to turn old hospital into homeless shelter

ALBUQUERQUE – City officials are planning to buy a former Albuquerque hospital and turn it into a homeless shelter and services hub. Mayor Tim Keller said Tuesday that the city is...

Climate change damaging more World Heritage sites, report says

GENEVA – Climate change is increasingly damaging the U.N.’s most cherished heritage sites, a leading conservation agency warned Wednesday, reporting that Australia’s Great Barrier Reef and d...