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Water levels continue to drop at Lake Mead, Lake Powell

PHOENIX – Scientists say water levels at Lake Mead and Lake Powell are dropping to dangerous levels, reflecting the Colorado River’s worsening “structural deficit.” The Arizona Re...

Authorities identify 5 of 8 killed in New Mexico crash

ALBUQUERQUE – Authorities have identified five of the eight people who were killed when a semi-trailer veered across a median and smashed into a Greyhound bus, The Albuquerque Journal report...

King tops mountain challenge

LA COVATILLA, Spain – American rider Benjamin King won the mountainous ninth stage of the Spanish Vuelta, finishing atop the beyond-category La Covatilla on Sunday, while Simon Yates took ov...

Top 25: Penn State survives Appalachian State; Notre Dame holds off Michigan

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – Amani Oruwariye intercepted Zac Thomas’ pass in the end zone and No. 10 Penn State held on to beat Appalachian State 45-38 in overtime Saturday, exactly 11 years after t...

Official promises refunds for lock-outs from Santa Fe event

SANTA FE, N.M. – An organizer is promising refunds to about 2,000 people who were still in line when gates closed early for an annual Zozobra effigy burning ceremony marking the start of t...

Two die in Colorado shooting that left police officer injured

AURORA – Police say two people have died after being shot in a Denver suburb at the start of a gun battle that also injured a police officer and a person suspected of that shooting. ...

Priest: Family wants justice in killing of mother, daughters

PINEHURST, N.C. – Shanann Watts will be remembered as a “woman of love” and her two young two daughters as being filled with life and joy, a priest said Saturday during a funeral service for...

Judge halts Sunday roundup of Montana wild horse herd

BILLINGS, Mont. – A federal judge in Montana has temporarily stopped a planned mustang roundup on the Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range in response to a lawsuit filed by wildlife advocates. ...

Officer shot in suburban Denver expected to be OK

AURORA – A police officer was shot in the Denver suburb of Aurora but is expected to be OK. Aurora police say the officer, whose name has not been released, was shot near the Univ...

Seven hospitalized after industrial chlorine leak in Denver

DENVER – Authorities say seven people were hospitalized, including one in critical condition, after an industrial chlorine leak in Denver. The Denver Post reports the leak was det...

Colorado teacher sentenced for assaulting boy over Pledge

BOULDER – A Colorado middle school teacher accused of assaulting a student who refused to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance has pleaded guilty and has retired from teaching. Boul...

Couple must turn over funds raised for homeless man

MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. – A couple who raised more than $400,000 for a homeless man after he used his last $20 to fill up the woman’s gas tank after she became stranded in Philadelphia must now tu...