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Invasive mussel threatens Lake Powell pipeline project

SALT LAKE CITY – An invasive mussel that has taken up residence in Lake Powell on the Colorado River is threatening Utah’s push to develop a $1.8 billion pipeline to deliver water to fast-gr...

USA Cycling hires new SafeSport Director

COLORADO SPRINGS – USA Cycling has appointed Kelsey Erickson as its new SafeSport director. Erickson will oversee the organization’s anti-doping and anti-misconduct efforts. She s...

Dino bones at Colorado construction site are of triceratops

DENVER – Paleontologists say fossilized bones unearthed at a suburban Denver construction site are those of a large adult triceratops. Maura O’Neal, a spokeswoman for the Denver M...

Netherlands score two second-half goals to beat Canada

Dutch get winner in 75th minute to win group

Cameroon beats New Zealand to reach round of 16 on last-gasp effort

Njoya scores winner in 94th minute

Chile beats Thailand, fails to advance to next round

Lara penalty kick hits crossbar, denies Chile round of 16 berth

Dutch rider Tom Dumoulin to miss Tour de France

THE HAGUE, Netherlands – Dutch rider Tom Dumoulin says he will not take part in this year’s Tour de France as he struggles to regain fitness following a fall last month in the Giro d’Italia....

USOC changes name to US Olympic & Paralympic Committee

CHICAGO – The U.S. Olympic Committee is changing its name to include the Paralympic movement. The organization will be known as the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee under a cha...

US long-term mortgage rates little changed; 30-year at 3.84%

WASHINGTON – U.S. long-term mortgage rates were little changed this week. The key 30-year, fixed-rate loan hovered around an average 3.8% for the third straight week. Before level...

Kids pay for parents’ fistfight at Colorado baseball game

LAKEWOOD – The season is over for a group of young baseball players in Colorado because of a brawl that broke out among adults during a game. The Bear Creek Junior Sports Associat...

Listen: Unheard song from Queen frontman Freddie Mercury released

NEW YORK – Universal Music unveiled a previously unheard and unreleased song by the late Queen frontman Freddie Mercury. The record label announced the track, “Time Waits for No O...

Booming New Mexico oil region to get $5M in airport upgrades

LOVINGTON, N.M. – A southeastern New Mexico county has approved more than $5 million in upgrades to an airport in the heart of New Mexico’s booming oil region. The Hobbs News-S...