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Mikaela Shiffrin is perfect in slalom. She's got big post-Christmas plans with Olympics approaching

Mikaela Shiffrin has plenty to celebrate this Christmas. The American skiing standout is off to a perfect start in slalom during the Olympic season — with four wins in four World Cup rac...

DATE: Dec 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Asian shares are mixed after US stocks drift to more records

BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mixed Thursday in thin holiday trading, with most markets in the region and elsewhere closed for Christmas. In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 edged 0.1% higher to 50,...

DATE: Dec 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Blast at mosque in Nigeria kills 5 and injures more than 30 in apparent suicide attack

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — A bomb exploded during prayers at a mosque in Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri on Wednesday night, killing five people in what police described as a likely suic...

DATE: Dec 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Trump-backed candidate Nasry Asfura declared winner of Honduras' presidential vote

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Trump-backed candidate Nasry Asfura won Honduras’ presidential election, electoral authorities said Wednesday afternoon, ending a weeks-long count that has whitt...

DATE: Dec 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Public release of Epstein records puts Maxwell under fresh scrutiny amid her claims of innocence

NEW YORK (AP) — Days after Ghislaine Maxwell asked a judge to immediately free her from a 20-year prison sentence, the public release of grand jury transcripts from her sex trafficking case ...

DATE: Dec 24, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Nuggets forward Cameron Johnson avoids major knee injury but will miss a few games, AP source says

DENVER (AP) — The Denver Nuggets got good news Wednesday when an MRI revealed that forward Cameron Johnson suffered only a bone bruise to his right knee and not any ligament or structural da...

DATE: Dec 24, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

After missing deadline, DOJ says it may need a 'few more weeks' to finish releasing Epstein files

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department said Wednesday that it may need a “few more weeks" to release all of its records on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after suddenly discovering ...

DATE: Dec 24, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Telluride Ski Resort in Colorado to close Saturday due to labor dispute

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — Telluride, one of the best-known ski resorts in the Western U.S., plans to close in the coming days due to a labor dispute between its owner and the ski patrol uni...

DATE: Dec 24, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Faithful return to Bethlehem and Pope Leo XIV celebrates his first Christmas Eve Mass at St. Peter's

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — Thousands of people flocked to Bethlehem's Manger Square on Christmas Eve as families there and at other sites across the Holy Land heralded a much-needed boost o...

DATE: Dec 24, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Tina Peters asks Colorado appeals court to recognize Trump's pardon, release her from prison

DENVER (AP) — Former Colorado elections clerk Tina Peters is asking the state appeals court to recognize President Donald Trump's pardon of her state convictions as valid. In a motion Tuesda...

DATE: Dec 24, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

'The best gift ever': Baby is born after the rarest of pregnancies, defying all odds

Suze Lopez holds her baby boy on her lap and marvels at the remarkable way he came into the world. Before little Ryu was born, he developed outside his mom’s womb, hidden by a basketball-siz...

DATE: Dec 24, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

US stocks drift to more records on a holiday-shortened day of trading

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street closed higher and reached more records Wednesday on a holiday-shortened trading day. The S&P 500 index rose 22.26 points, or 0.3%, to 6,932.05. The Dow Jones Indu...

DATE: Dec 24, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Photos: Fort Lewis College women’s and men’s basketball take on Westminster UniversityBoth Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Both Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Photos: An afternoon in 2004 with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell as he works on Capitol HillDurango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Durango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Photos and video: ICE protests return to DurangoAbout a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday

About a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday

The Durango Herald’s year in photos 2025

Photos: Chapman Hill fires up the snow guns

Photos: Wreaths Across America at Greenmount Cemetery in Durango

Photos: Durango High School girls basketball plays Piedra Vista High SchoolPanthers left Durango with 37-29 win on Tuesday night

Panthers left Durango with 37-29 win on Tuesday night

Photos: Noel Night in downtown Durango

Photos and video: Singing with Santa