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The Associated Press

New Mexico rights commission reconsiders immunity for police

SANTA FE – An effort to reform qualified immunity provisions that protect police officers from lawsuits against misconduct is getting underway in New Mexico. The state’s newly app...

DATE: Aug 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Body of park ranger found in northern Colorado reservoir

FORT COLLINS – The body of a park ranger was found Friday in a northern Colorado reservoir after he became missing in what authorities called a “strong wind event.” The ranger’s b...

DATE: Aug 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Police: Two dead after head-on crash on Albuquerque freeway

ALBUQUERQUE – A head-on crash on Interstate 25 in Albuquerque early Friday morning resulted in two deaths, including the driver of a wrong-way pickup that went off the elevated freeway and o...

DATE: Aug 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Fox says Brennaman won’t announce NFL games after anti-gay slur

LOS ANGELES – Thom Brennaman will not be calling NFL games on Fox after using an anti-gay slur on air during a Cincinnati Reds broadcast. Fox Sports issued a statement Thursday th...

DATE: Aug 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Navajo Nation reports 14 new coronavirus cases and no deaths

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. â€“ Navajo Nation health officials have reported 14 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 but no additional deaths. That brings the total number of people infected to...

DATE: Aug 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Albuquerque to extend online public school to end of year

ALBUQUERQUE – The Albuquerque Public Schools Board voted to extend online instruction through the end of the first semester. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham had said classes would tak...

DATE: Aug 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado high school closes after two positive COVID-19 tests

GREELEY – Two students at a high school in Colorado have tested positive for COVID-19, prompting a two-week shutdown of the school days after the start of the academic year. The W...

DATE: Aug 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Black Lives Matter signs removed, Denver home seller fired

DENVER – A longtime real estate agent in Colorado has been fired for reportedly removing Black Lives Matter signs in a neighborhood where she sells homes, company officials said. ...

DATE: Aug 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

N.M. governor praises Biden on climate, energy issues

SANTA FE – The governor of a major state for energy production praised Joe Biden for his approach to combating climate change and supporting the clean energy sector, in an online appearance ...

DATE: Aug 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Avalanche rout Coyotes in Game 5 to win 1st-round series

Early lead only got bigger in closeout game

DATE: Aug 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Donovan Mitchell stays hot, Jazz rout Nuggets in Game 2

Series tied 1-1 in the NBA bubble

DATE: Aug 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

N.M. governor hopes for K-5 return to classrooms after Labor Day

SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham expressed hope Wednesday that most elementary school students will be able to return to classrooms after Labor Day under a hybrid mode, citing declinin...

DATE: Aug 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News