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Steven Tyler sends cease-and-desist to Trump for use of song

BOSTON – Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler is again demanding that President Donald Trump stop using the band’s songs at rallies. Tyler’s attorney sent a cease-and-desist letter to ...

DATE: Aug 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Music

Clovis officials to observe anniversary of library shooting

CLOVIS, N.M. – Officials in Clovis will hold a moment of silence Tuesday on the one-year anniversary of a fatal shooting inside a city library. Mayor David Lansford is scheduled t...

DATE: Aug 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Drought reveals ancient ‘hunger stones’ in European river

DECIN, Czech Republic – Because of this summer’s drought in Central Europe, boulders known as “hunger stones” are reappearing in the Elbe River. The low water levels in the river ...

DATE: Aug 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Grammy-winning country star Gretchen Wilson arrested

WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. – Grammy-winning country music star Gretchen Wilson has been arrested at a Connecticut airport after what was described as a minor disturbance on an incoming flight. ...

DATE: Aug 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Music

Carlsbad Caverns’ 500K bats face threat of deadly syndrome

CARLSBAD, N.M. – The half a million bats that call Carlsbad Caverns National Park home could face the threat of the deadly white nose syndrome. Federal agencies have mobilized in ...

DATE: Aug 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Wounded Colorado police officer moved out of intensive care

COLORADO SPRINGS â€“ A Colorado Springs police officer who was shot in the head during a confrontation with an armed suspect has been moved out of the intensive care unit. Police ...

DATE: Aug 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Danny Boyle departs James Bond over ‘creative differences’

NEW YORK – The next James Bond movie has lost its director. Bond producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, along with star Daniel Craig, announced Tuesday that Danny Boyle...

DATE: Aug 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Dancing FBI agent’s shooting case bound to District Court

DENVER – An FBI agent who accidentally shot a man in the leg while dancing at a Denver nightclub will be arraigned on a second-degree assault charge in October. The Denver Post re...

DATE: Aug 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Shiprock man gets 13 years in prison in stabbing death

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A Shiprock man who pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing a woman in his home on the Navajo Nation is going to prison. A federal judge in New Mexico sentenced 57-y...

DATE: Aug 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Missouri school district embraces gender-neutral bathrooms

NORTH KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Kansas City-area school district that garnered national attention when a transgender student was crowned homecoming queen in 2015 has installed gender-neutral rest...

DATE: Aug 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Education

Europe sees sharp rise in measles: 41,000 cases, 37 deaths

BERLIN – The World Health Organization says the number of measles cases in Europe jumped sharply during the first six months of 2018 and at least 37 people have died. The U.N. age...

DATE: Aug 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

Colorado State football coach Mike Bobo unsure if he will coach opener

Rams preparing to play without head coach against Hawaii

DATE: Aug 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: College Sports