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Teen arrested at Albuquerque high school with 2 loaded guns

ALBUQUERQUE – Authorities say a 16-year-old boy was arrested after being found with two loaded guns on the campus of the Albuquerque high school he attends. The sophomore at Atris...

Skier suffocates to death after getting caught in chairlift at Vail

VAIL – A skier appears to have suffocated to death at a Colorado resort after he fell through an opening in a chairlift seat and became caught with his coat wrapped around his head and neck,...

Lawmaker wants to address violence directed at Native American women

PROVO, Utah – Native American women face a murder rate that is more than 10 times the national average, according to federal statistics, and a Utah lawmaker wants to address the violence. ...

Two charged in multimillion-dollar prostitution operation

DENVER – A Colorado woman and an Israeli man are charged with laundering millions of dollars that U.S. prosecutors say came from a high-end prostitution operation they ran for years. ...

New Mexico sheriff picked for U.S. group on mental illness

ALBUQUERQUE – The sheriff in New Mexico’s most populous county has been chosen by U.S. Attorney General William Barr to lead a mental health working group that is part of a federal effort to...

Fort Collins settles excessive force lawsuit for $125K

FORT COLLINS – Fort Collins has reached a $125,000 settlement with a woman who sued the city after an off-duty police officer pinned her to the ground outside her apartment complex. ...

Kilde goes top of World Cup standings with 1st win of season

SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria – Aleksander Aamodt Kilde got his first win of the season Friday in a men’s World Cup super-G, sending the Norwegian to the top of both the discipline and overa...

Avalanche get outside

Colorado welcomes kings to outdoor rink at Air Force Academy

Police shoot, kill armed suspect in suburban Denver

DENVER – An investigation is underway after police in suburban Denver shot and killed an armed suspect after a chase and car crash. Commerce City police were responding to a rep...

Man arrested in decades-old rapes in California, New Mexico

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – A man has been arrested in two decades-old rapes in California and New Mexico after authorities in Albuquerque were able to test rape kits that had been untested for ...

Man accused of killing nephew with ax ruled competent

BRIGHTON – A judge has ruled that a Colorado man accused of using an ax to kill his 4-year-old nephew is competent to stand trial for first-degree murder. Broomfield County Distri...

Skier dies after falling into halfpipe at Aspen Snowmass

ASPEN – An 83-year-old man died after he apparently skied off the deck of the halfpipe at Aspen Snowmass in western Colorado. The Aspen Times reports ski patrol found the Montr...