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Top 25 Roundup: No. 5 Oklahoma escapes with 28-21 OT win over Army

NORMAN, Okla. – Kyler Murray threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to CeeDee Lamb in overtime, and Parnell Motley intercepted Kelvin Hopkins’ fourth-down pass to help No. 5 Oklahoma escape with a 2...

N.M. company launches new recruiting tools for law enforcement

ALBUQUERQUE – A New Mexico advertising agency is marketing new social media-based recruiting tools in hopes of helping law enforcement agencies nationwide expand their ranks. The ...

Excessive drinking killed over 3 million people in 2016

GENEVA – Drinking too much alcohol killed more than 3 million people in 2016, mostly men, the World Health Organization said. The U.N. health agency also warned that current polic...

Bloomfield considers combining law enforcement departments

BLOOMFIELD, N.M. – Bloomfield is considering getting law enforcement and fire protection support from the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office as the city’s police department continues to strugg...

Panel approves $1 million to upgrade empty Colorado prison

DENVER – A panel of budget-writing lawmakers has approved $1 million to upgrade an empty prison designed for solitary confinement. But Colorado lawmakers would have to recommissio...

Man pleads guilty to murdering Colorado woman inside home

EAGLE – A man has pleaded guilty to killing a Colorado woman, telling a judge that he and his wife broke into the home of a 74-year-old woman and strangled her. Jacob White was ...

Offerman to narrate literary audiobook ‘Twain’s Feast’

NEW YORK – An upcoming audiobook about Mark Twain offers food for thought, and some thoughts for food. Nick Offerman will narrate “Twain’s Feast,” a look at Twain’s life through t...

Taking a look at what didn’t happen this week

A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue headlines of the week. None of these stories is legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. the AP checked these o...

Man charged with arson in wildfire to stand trial

Blaze burned 156 square miles

Fukunaga to direct next James Bond film set for 2020 release

LONDON – American filmmaker Cary Joji Fukunaga is replacing Danny Boyle as director of the next James Bond movie, producers announced Thursday. Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli...

Colorado woman pleads guilty to starving infant to death

COLORADO SPRINGS – A 23-year-old Colorado woman has pleaded guilty to felony child abuse after her 6-week-old son starved to death. Donica Mirabal of Colorado Springs entered her ...

Trial starts for militant religious sect leader over abuse

GRANTS, N.M. – Opening statements have begun in the trial for one of the leaders of a western New Mexico paramilitary religious sect accused of child sexual abuse. The Gallup Inde...