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Arizona ranch suspends monster truck tours after rollover

PICACHO, Ariz. – Monster truck tours at an Arizona ostrich farm have been suspended following a rollover involving a dozen people. KVOA-TV in Tucson reports that the Rooster Cogbu...

DATE: Jan 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Leader of NYC Ballet retiring amid misconduct investigation

NEW YORK – The longtime leader of the New York City Ballet is retiring in the middle of an investigation into accusations of sexual misconduct by him. Peter Martins wrote a letter...

DATE: Jan 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Witherspoon, Rhimes among founders of anti-harassment group

NEW YORK – Reese Witherspoon, Shonda Rhimes and Jennifer Aniston are among hundreds of Hollywood women who have formed an anti-harassment coalition called Time’s Up. The initiativ...

DATE: Jan 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

New Mexico man facing 10th DUI

CLOVIS, N.M. – An eastern New Mexico man is facing jail time after authorities say he was arrested on his 10th drunken driving charge. The Eastern New Mexico News reports Randall ...

DATE: Jan 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Colorado gunman’s mental state was disclosed a month ago

DENVER – Colorado authorities were contacted with concerns about the mental health of Matthew Riehl more than a month before he shot and killed a deputy and wounded four others. But the 37-y...

DATE: Jan 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Colorado’s Miakela Shiffrin matches her idol Marlies Schild with World Cup win

OSLO, Norway — Mikaela Shiffrin won a parallel slalom city event on Monday to match her childhood idol, Marlies Schild, with her 37th World Cup victory. Shiffrin pumped her fist v...

DATE: Jan 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Highlands Ranch shooter was lawyer, Iraq war veteran

DENVER – A man who shot and killed a Colorado deputy and wounded four others along with two civilians was an attorney and an Iraq war veteran who had posted videos online in recent months cr...

DATE: Jan 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

American Indian tribes commission problem-gambling study

SANTA FE, N.M. â€“ The first major study in more than a decade of compulsive gambling in New Mexico is being commissioned by an association of American Indian tribes that run casinos. ...

DATE: Jan 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Principal’s door from Rockwell’s iconic ‘Shiner’ preserved

CAMBRIDGE, N.Y. – When voters in Cambridge, New York, decided the town school was due for a renovation, science teacher Steve Butz knew there was one piece of the 1950 building that deserved...

DATE: Jan 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Education

NFL Week 17 Roundup: Bills, Titans sneak into AFC playoffs thanks to Ravens loss to Bengals

Browns match 2008 Lions with 0-16 season

DATE: Dec 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Banner greets Pence in Aspen

‘Make America Gay Again’ posted near home

DATE: Dec 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

College Football Bowl Roundup: Wisconsin shows up big in Miami in Orange Bowl

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – Alex Hornibrook threw four touchdown passes, three of them to Danny Davis, and No. 6 Wisconsin capped off the winningest season in school history by topping No. 11 Miam...

DATE: Dec 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: College Sports