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Oregon bakery appeals fine for turning away lesbian couple

PORTLAND, Ore. – The owners of a shuttered Oregon bakery fined for refusing to make a wedding cake for a lesbian couple are appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Oregonian/Oreg...

DATE: Oct 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Food

New Mexico politicians, troops grapple with migrant caravan

SANTA FE – Concerns about an approaching northbound migrant caravan in Mexico are permeating campaigns for governor, Congress and U.S. Senate in the border state of New Mexico. Pr...

DATE: Oct 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Sandia, Los Alamos labs get funding for quantum research

ALBUQUERQUE – Two national laboratories based in New Mexico have been awarded $8 million by the U.S. Energy Department to study the fundamental physics of all matter. The award wi...

DATE: Oct 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Third church in southern New Mexico reportedly hit by vandals

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – A third church in southern New Mexico this week has been vandalized. KVIA-TV in El Paso, Texas, reports church officials say a vandal threw a rock into windows ...

DATE: Oct 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Clown chasing Colorado kids is caught by school principal

AURORA – Colorado authorities say a juvenile wearing a clown mask and chasing students walking home from a middle school has been nabbed by the school principal. Police in Aurora ...

DATE: Oct 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Las Cruces officer cleared in shooting death of 29-year-old

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – A district attorney has cleared a Las Cruces police officer of wrongdoing in the fatal shooting of a 29-year-old man who reportedly suffered from schizophrenia and was bip...

DATE: Oct 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Tracy Chapman sues Nicki Minaj for copyright infringement

LOS ANGELES – Rapper Nicki Minaj is being sued for sampling a Tracy Chapman song without permission. Chapman filed a copyright infringement lawsuit Monday in a Los Angeles federal...

DATE: Oct 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Music

Colorado school district prepares plan to arm personnel

COLORADO SPRINGS – A school district outside Colorado Springs will allow teachers and other employees to carry concealed handguns on campus. The Gazette reports the Peyton 23-J...