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Aztec couple facing child abuse charges

FARMINGTON – A San Juan County couple are facing child abuse charges after a doctor called injuries a 4-year-old male suffered as one of the worst cases of abuse she had ever seen. ...

Body found in Colorado reservoir identified

GLENWOOD SPRINGS – A man recovered from a reservoir in western Colorado has been identified as 37-year-old Silt resident Justin Yenter. The Aspen Times reports that Garfield Co...

Man sentenced to prison in Colorado for shooting at police

DENVER – A 24-year-old man in the U.S. illegally has been sentenced to 32 years in prison for shooting at a Colorado police officer. Mauricio Venzor-Gonzalez was sentenced Frida...

Pedestrian killed in downtown Albuquerque crash

ALBUQUERQUE – Albuquerque police are investigating a downtown crash that killed a pedestrian. Police closed Mountain Road between Second and Third streets Friday evening while t...

New Mexico enacts greater labor rights for household workers

SANTA FE – A state law is taking effect to ensure domestic household workers receive minimum wage and standard workplace protections. The New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty pr...

Man gets life in prison without parole in Colorado killing

GRAND JUNCTION – A Colorado judge has sentenced a man to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the 2017 shooting death of a 17-year-old girl. KKCO-TV reports that...

Colorado state trooper hit and killed on interstate

DEER TRAIL – A Colorado state trooper has died after being struck by a car while on the scene of an accident on Interstate 70. The Colorado State Patrol says 37-year-old Trooper...

Man’s body recovered from reservoir in western Colorado

GLENWOOD SPRINGS – Authorities have recovered a man’s body from a reservoir in western Colorado. Garfield County Search and Rescue was called to Harvey Gap Reservoir near Silt on ...

New Mexico county near border invites Trump to visit

ALAMOGORDO, N.M. – Officials in a southern New Mexico county near to the U.S.-Mexico border want President Donald Trump to visit. The Alamogordo Daily News reports Otero Coun...

Tooth fragment testing approved in Colorado missing woman case

CRIPPLE CREEK – Prosecutors will be permitted to conduct DNA testing on a tooth fragment found on the ranch of a Colorado man suspected of killing the mother of his child and burning her bod...

November hearing set for suspect in Colorado school attack

CASTLE ROCK – A judge has scheduled a November preliminary hearing for a 16-year-old suspect in a Colorado school shooting that killed one student and injured eight others. KUSA...

Women’s World Cup: Girelli’s hat trick sends Italy past Jamaica

REIMS, France – Cristiana Girelli scored a hat trick to put Italy into the second round of the Women’s World Cup with a 5-0 victory over Jamaica on Friday. It was Italy’s second h...