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New Mexico denies license for shelter for immigrant boys

ALBUQUERQUE – A New Mexico agency has rejected an Arizona-based organization’s application for a planned Albuquerque shelter for immigrant children in the country illegally. Th...

Nikias Arndt wins 8th stage of Spanish Vuelta

Nicolas Edet takes red jersey, Kuss finishes 31st

Colorado county judge arrested on suspicion of DUI in Kansas

DENVER – A part-time county judge in Colorado has been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence in Kansas. The Denver Post reports Baca County Judge Debra Gunkel wa...

Federal authorities seize $4 million in drugs in New Mexico

LAGUNA PUEBLO, N.M. – Federal officials say officers seized 85 pounds of drugs on a road that runs through a reservation in New Mexico. Interior Department officials said Thursday...

Sheriff investigates jail inmate’s death in New Mexico

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – Authorities say an inmate at a southern New Mexico jail died after becoming ill and collapsing in his cell. The Dona Ana County Sheriff’s Office says it is inve...

‘Dramatic resurgence’ of measles seen in Europe, WHO reports

LONDON – The World Health Organization says there has been a “dramatic resurgence” of measles in Europe, in part fueled by vaccine refusals, with nearly 90,000 people sickened by the virus i...

Judges say travelers can sue TSA over screener mistreatment

PHILADELPHIA – A U.S. appeals court says travelers can sue the government over mistreatment by federal airport screeners because the agents can act like law enforcement officers, including w...

Valverde wins 7th stage of Spanish Vuelta

Kuss climbs, helps Roglic back into second

Fight over energy law heads to New Mexico Supreme Court

ALBUQUERQUE – Environmentalists and the state’s largest electric utility are asking the New Mexico Supreme Court to settle a dispute over whether the state’s new energy law must be considere...

Court calls for new hearing for convicted pipe bomber

GRAND JUNCTION – The Colorado Court of Appeals has called for a hearing to determine if evidence used to convict a man of murders in a series of pipe bomb attacks should have been allowed at...

Train strikes, kills man in Colorado

PUEBLO – Authorities say a train passing through Pueblo hit and killed a man. KRDO-TV reports police found the man’s body near the tracks early Friday. The train’s crew...

More West Nile cases reported in New Mexico

SANTA FE – New Mexico health officials say five more cases of West Nile virus have been confirmed in the state since the first human case was reported in early August. The Health ...