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Qatar 2022 World Cup logo reflects winter event

Qatar finally has a logo for the 2022 World Cup, and it reflects both the tournament’s compact infrastructure and winter schedule. Using the colors of the Qatari flag, the white e...

Man dies after police confrontation in suburban Denver

DENVER – An investigation is underway after a man died after a confrontation with police in suburban Denver. Aurora police received a call about a suspicious person wearing a ski ...

Tribute concert of Avicii’s music to benefit mental health

NEW YORK – A benefit concert for suicide prevention featuring the music of the late star Avicii is being planned for Dec. 5 in Stockholm. Proceeds will support the work of the new...

2 New Mexico school boards to review medical pot policies

ALBUQUERQUE – Public school boards for two of the state’s largest districts are preparing to review policy changes for students who have prescriptions for medical marijuana. KOAT-...

New Mexico to bolster health services, Medicaid payments

SANTA FE – New Mexico is moving forward with efforts to bolster access to a variety of health care and dental services by increasing rates for Medicaid payments to physicians and other provi...

New Mexico justices lift ban on spousal testimony

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s highest court has lifted a ban on testimony that stems from private conversations between spouses. The state Supreme Court’s ruling came in its decision to...

Balloon pilot grounded for dipping into tainted lake

COLORADO SPRINGS – A Colorado Springs balloon festival has grounded a pilot for briefly touching down in a lake that was off-limits because of a harmful algae. The Gazette repo...

Colorado school says database was hacked but damage was limited

GLENWOOD SPRINGS – A western Colorado school district says hackers breached a database of special education students and teachers but didn’t obtain any social security numbers or financial i...

Nairo Quintana leaves Movistar for French team Arkea Samsic

PARIS – Two-time grand tour winner Nairo Quintana is leaving his Movistar team to join French cycling outfit Arkea Samsic next season. The 29-year-old Colombian climber won the Gi...

Giro champion Carapaz joins loaded Team Ineos

LONDON – Giro d’Italia champion Richard Carapaz has signed a three-year deal to join Tour de France winners Chris Froome, Geraint Thomas, and Egan Bernal at Team Ineos. With his G...

Fugitive leaps twice from buildings but police still nab him

COLORADO SPRINGS – Colorado Springs police say a man who was trying to elude officers jumped from a second-story window, ran to the roof of another building and leaped again before he was ar...

Key shaft at nuclear waste dump in N.M. may be built by 2020

CARLSBAD, N.M. – A major part of a multimillion-dollar effort to rebuild a ventilation system at the U.S. government’s only underground nuclear waste repository is expected to be done by nex...