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Elton John, TikTok team up to educate about AIDS epidemic

LOS ANGELES – The Elton John AIDS Foundation and TikTok are teaming up to raise awareness about the disease through a campaign and live event for World AIDS Day. John’s foundation...

More than 240k Navajos apply for tribal virus relief funding

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – About three-quarters of Navajos enrolled with the tribe have applied for financial assistance because of the coronavirus pandemic. The deadline to file an app...

Vlhova keeps winning run going as Shiffrin slowly returns

LEVI, Finland – With Mikaela Shiffrin working her way back onto the World Cup circuit after 10 months away, Petra Vlhova has kept their joined winning streak in slaloms going once again on S...

Man sought in New Mexico homicide believed to be in Arizona

SANTA FE – Authorities say they believe a suspect in a New Mexico homicide has fled to Arizona. An arrest warrant accuses 60-year-old Leonard Francis Kieran of murder in the shoot...

Colorado sees rise in superintendent turnovers in pandemic

DENVER – Three of the largest school districts in Colorado are searching for superintendents, a pattern experts have said reflects nationwide trends over who will manage parent expectations ...

Denver mayor blames board for public school head’s departure

DENVER – The mayor of Denver blamed the Denver Public Schools Board of Education for the departure of school district Superintendent Susana Cordova. Mayor Michael Hancock and form...

Colorado governor allows hospitals to transfer, deny patients

DENVER – As Colorado experiences its highest hospitalization rate of COVID-19 patients, Gov. Jared Polis issued an executive order authorizing the state health department to order hospitals ...

Navajo Nation reports 197 additional virus cases, no deaths

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation is reporting 197 additional COVID-19 cases and no deaths from the virus as of Monday evening. A day earlier, officials had reported 383 case...

New Mexico reports 2,468 new COVID-19 cases, 33 more deaths

SANTA FE – Health officials in New Mexico on Sunday reported 2,468 new COVID-19 cases and 33 additional deaths. That increases the state’s totals to 81,896 cases and 1,383 known d...

‘Proud’ Shiffrin comes runner-up to Vlhova in comeback race

LEVI, Finland – Mikaela Shiffrin, racing for the first time since January, settled for second place behind Petra Vlhova in a World Cup slalom on Saturday but still “felt a lot of happiness” ...

Some New Mexico essential business close because of virus spike

ALBUQUERQUE – Some New Mexico essential businesses have been shut down because of a substantial increase in coronavirus cases. A new edict announced Thursday allows the New Mexico...

Utility company proposes car rebate plan in Colorado

DENVER – A utility company has proposed a plan in Colorado to offer rebates to incentivize people to buy more electric vehicles. Xcel Energy’s rebates would total $130 million, th...