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Arrest made in Pueblo carjacking death

PUEBLO – 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...

‘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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Water advisories issued for 3 sections of Arkansas River

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

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...

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. ...

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

Roord nets winner in 92nd minute

Woodstock 50 in doubt but organizers say in talks with venue

WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. – The fate of the Woodstock 50 festival was unclear Monday when the host of the event pulled out, but organizers said they were in talks with another venue. The...

Inmate found hanging in El Paso County jail cell dies

COLORADO SPRINGS – An inmate who was found hanging in her cell at the El Paso County jail last week has died. The Colorado Springs Gazette reports the woman, whose name has n...