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Witness against New Mexico prison gang killed outside home

ALBUQUERQUE – Las Vegas police are investigating the shooting death in the northern New Mexico city of a man who testified against prison gang members last year. The Albuquerqu...

Body recovered from Eagle River west of Vail

VAIL – Officials in central Colorado have recovered a body from the Eagle River west of Vail. The Vail Daily reports the Eagle County sheriff’s office received a report of a bo...

New Mexico chile plant selected to be grown in space

ESPAÑOLA, N.M. – A hybrid version of a New Mexico chile plant has been selected to be grown in space as part of a NASA experiment. The chile, from Española, New Mexico, is tentati...

Colorado woman avoids prison in 1-year-old daughter’s death

FOUNTAIN – A Colorado woman who pleaded guilty to negligent homicide for failing to get medical help for her young daughter’s head injury has been sentenced to three years in a halfway house...

Conservative group sues to halt New Mexico’s new gun laws

SANTA FE – A conservative coalition is suing to overturn New Mexico’s new gun laws requiring background checks. The Albuquerque Journal reports the New Mexico Patriots Advocacy...

Daniel Murphy drives in six to lift Rockies past Reds

Marquez strikes out seven in win

FIFA seeks quick expansion of Women’s World Cup to 32 teams

ZURICH – FIFA is asking its ruling council to fast-track expansion of the next Women’s World Cup to 32 teams. In a document seen by The Associated Press, FIFA says it wants counci...

Shaun White pushes forward on Olympic skateboarding track

Skateboarding to debut at Tokyo Olympics next year

Boy sells lemonade after promising dying dad a date with mom

DENVER – A 6-year-old boy honored a promise to his late father by opening a lemonade stand so he could take his mom on a date. KDVR-TV reports Brady Campbell opened the stand the ...

Rafter found dead in northern Colorado’s Poudre River ID’d

FORT COLLINS – Authorities have confirmed that a body recovered from northern Colorado’s Poudre River is that of a rafter who went missing late last month. The Coloradoan reports ...

Colorado man gets 22-year sentence for sex trafficking

AURORA – A Colorado sex offender has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for trafficking two teenage girls for sex. The Colorado Sentinel reports 32-year-old Raymond Fredericks w...

Man who fell to death from cliff in Colorado Springs ID’d

COLORADO SPRINGS – Authorities have released the name of a man who died after falling about 85 feet while climbing a cliff at Red Rock Canyon Open Space in Colorado Springs. The G...