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The Associated Press

Big Brutus attraction adds another coal mining shovel

WEST MINERAL, Kan. â€“ A historic coal mining shovel that was hidden under bramble for more than 70 years has gone on display in southeast Kansas alongside its more well-known successor, an ...

DATE: Jun 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

Flood warning issued for San Juan River in New Mexico

BLOOMFIELD, N.M. – A flood warning is in effect along the San Juan River in rural northwestern New Mexico because of releases of runoff from Navajo Dam. The National Weather Servi...

DATE: Jun 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Arrest made in Pueblo carjacking death

PUEBLO â€“ Colorado police have arrested a 20-year-old man accused of stealing a vehicle whose owner died after being dragged along a street while trying to stop the theft. Police...

DATE: Jun 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

‘Super fan’ buying childhood home of rocker Tom Petty

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – A California real estate agent and self-proclaimed “super fan” says he’s extended an offer to buy the Florida home of rock legend Tom Petty. Kevin Beauchamp te...

DATE: Jun 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music

U.S. Air Force base gets upgrade for space defense

ALBUQUERQUE – The U.S. Air Force has begun construction on a facility at Kirtland Air Force Base that officials say will play a role in the proposed space defense force. The Air F...

DATE: Jun 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Man on Boy Scouts trip in Colorado dies in rafting accident

CAÑON CITY – A 42-year-old Texas man on an excursion with a large group of Boy Scouts died in a rafting accident in southern Colorado. Fremont County Sheriff Allen Cooper tells Th...

DATE: Jun 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Publicist: Geto Boys’ Bushwick Bill is critically ill

DALLAS – Representatives of pioneering rapper Bushwick Bill say he is hospitalized in critical condition but still alive, contrary to some reports. Bill’s publicist, Dawn P., told...

DATE: Jun 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music

Police arrest motorcyclist accused of Pride crosswalk damage

ALBUQUERQUE – Albuquerque police have arrested a motorcyclist days after they say he vandalized a rainbow-colored crosswalk ahead of the city’s PrideFest. A criminal complaint say...

DATE: Jun 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Water advisories issued for 3 sections of Arkansas River

CANON CITY â€“ Commercial rafting companies are avoiding three sections of the Arkansas River in Colorado after high water level advisories were issued. The Pueblo Chieftain re...

DATE: Jun 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico pays $700K in prison workers discrimination lawsuit

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico has agreed to pay $700,000 to state prison workers who claimed they were discriminated against because of their age and faced retaliation after reporting the allegat...

DATE: Jun 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Judge dismisses lawsuit targeting N.M. school district policy

ALBUQUERQUE – A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that claimed a New Mexico school district was discriminating against charter school students by excluding them from its campus events. ...

DATE: Jun 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Women’s World Cup: Netherlands stoppage time winner breaks Kiwi hearts

Roord nets winner in 92nd minute

DATE: Jun 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports