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‘Days of our Lives’ sands to flow for 56th season on NBC

LOS ANGELES – There’s more life ahead for the NBC daytime serial “Days of our Lives,” renewed for a 56th season. It will continue to air on NBC, the network said Wednesday, despit...

Presidential task force on missing Native Americans charts path

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – A presidential task force charged with coming up with ways to address cases of missing and slain Native Americans met for the first time Wednesday. The task f...

New Mexico State to halt student trips to China amid virus

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – New Mexico State University said its study abroad office will not be sending students to China amid a new virus that has sickened thousands and killed more than 100. ...

Colorado city settles police shooting lawsuit for nearly $9M

DENVER – A Colorado city agreed to pay nearly $9 million to settle claims from an officer-involved shooting that left one person dead and another paralyzed, officials said. The ag...

Murder conviction overturned in Navajo reservation killing

GALLUP, N.M. – A federal appeals court has overturned a Gallup man’s first-degree murder conviction in a 2016 homicide, ruling that the defendant should have been allowed to present evidence...

World Cup leader Kristoffersen gets 4th Schladming win

SCHLADMING, Austria – Henrik Kristoffersen overcame a big mistake in his final run to win a men’s World Cup night slalom on Tuesday, strengthening his lead in the overall and discipline stan...

Mikaela Shiffrin to skip World Cup races at Sochi Olympics course

Rest needed after busy week

Woman gets 3 years for role in fiancée killing case

CRIPPLE CREEK – A woman who was having an affair with a Colorado man convicted of beating his fiancée to death with a baseball bat and burning the body was sentenced Tuesday to three years i...

Regis University in Denver paid ransom in cyberattack

DENVER – A ransom was paid to the hackers responsible for a cyberattack on a Denver college with hopes to restore their incapacitated systems, university officials said. Campus le...

New Mexico considers cannabis subsidies, crime expungement

SANTA FE – A Democrat-backed bill to legalize recreational marijuana businesses in all towns and counties across New Mexico is getting its first public vetting by lawmakers. A leg...

Autopsy shows mother, son died in murder-suicide in park

FORT COLLINS – Autopsy results indicate that a woman shot and killed her 17-month-old son in Rocky Mountain National Park before killing herself, the Larimer County Coroner’s Office said Mon...

Sheriff in New Mexico to create intelligence division

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – An intelligence division in Las Cruces is expected to consolidate information from federal databases to pursue criminal trends in the county, a county sheriff in New Mexic...