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Mexican immigrant takes sanctuary in western Colorado church

CARBONDALE – A Mexican immigrant and activist who has lived in western Colorado for 16 years has taken refuge in a church to avoid deportation. Sandra Lopez of Silt moved into Two...

DATE: Oct 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Diversifying an oil and gas economy in Carlsbad, N.M.

CARLSBAD, N.M. – In 2015, T. Boone Pickens predicted the price of crude oil would rocket to $70 per barrel by the end of the year. It was a message of hope, delivered at the annua...

DATE: Oct 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Toxins in widespread use excluded from EPA chemical review

BILLINGS, Mont. – Spurred by the chemical industry, President Donald Trump’s administration is retreating from a congressionally mandated review of some of the most dangerous chemicals in pu...

DATE: Oct 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Alternatives to Putin a mixed bag as Russian election looms

MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin hasn’t said if he will stand for a fourth term. But with the election a little more than four months off, the presidential race is a mélange of hypo...

DATE: Oct 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Einstein’s theory of happiness sells for $1.3 million at auction

JERUSALEM – While Albert Einstein’s theory of happiness may be relative, it fetched $1.3 million at a Jerusalem auction on Tuesday. The Nobel-winning scientist’s musings, on a han...

DATE: Oct 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Gov. Cuomo signs bill banning e-cigarettes in NY workplaces

ALBANY, N.Y. – New York has added electronic cigarettes to its indoor smoking ban, making it illegal to use the devices in bars, restaurants and most workplaces. While New York Ci...

DATE: Oct 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

GOP senators blister Trump, reveal party at war with itself

WASHINGTON – A pair of senators from President Donald Trump’s own Republican Party blistered him with criticism Tuesday in a dramatic day of denunciation that laid bare a GOP at war with its...

DATE: Oct 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Polish band members plead not guilty to raping woman on bus

SPOKANE, Wash. – All four members of a Polish heavy metal band pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges of kidnapping and raping a woman on their tour bus after a concert this summer in Washing...

DATE: Oct 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Papers believed to be lost in Holocaust go on display in U.S.

NEW YORK – The American public is getting a chance to view newly discovered Jewish documents that had been presumed destroyed during the Holocaust. Ten documents brought over from...

DATE: Oct 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Clinton camp helped fund Trump dossier research

WASHINGTON – Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee helped fund political research into President Donald Trump that ultimately produced a dossier of al...

DATE: Oct 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Witnesses say they saw suspect leave pier after shooting

SAN FRANCISCO – Three tourists visiting San Francisco two years ago testified Tuesday that they saw a man – now charged with murder – on a popular pier moments after hearing a gunshot that k...

DATE: Oct 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Twitter to disclose info on political ads amid scrutiny

NEW YORK – Twitter says it will provide more information about political ads on its service, including who is funding them and how they are targeted. The move follows similar step...

DATE: Oct 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World