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Farm loan delinquencies highest in 9 years as prices slump

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The nation’s farmers are struggling to pay back loans after years of low crop prices and export markets hit by President Donald Trump’s tariffs, with a key government pr...

DATE: Feb 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Conservationists fight oil shale plan in eastern Utah

SALT LAKE CITY – A coalition of environmental groups objected Tuesday to the U.S. government’s approval of the early stages of an oil shale project near the Utah-Colorado border by a company...

DATE: Feb 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Plan to combat drought in West hinges on California, Arizona

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – A California irrigation district with the highest-priority rights to water from a major Western river is using its power to demand federal funds to restore the state’s lar...

DATE: Feb 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

GOP senators to watch on Trump’s emergency declaration

WASHINGTON – The fight about President Donald Trump’s U.S.-Mexico border wall is heading to the GOP-controlled Senate, putting Republicans in the uncomfortable spot of deciding whether to ba...

DATE: Feb 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Taking look at what didn’t happen this week

A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these is legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press...

DATE: Feb 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

President Trump picks ambassador to Canada for United Nations post

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump announced Friday that he has selected Kelly Craft, the U.S. ambassador to Canada, as his nominee to serve as the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nation...

DATE: Feb 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Taking a look at what didn’t happen this week

A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these is legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press...

DATE: Feb 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Ex-Colorado Gov. Hickenlooper supports universal health care

HENNIKER, N.H. – John Hickenlooper, the former governor of Colorado who is considering a run for president in 2020, said Thursday he supports universal health care and thinks the U.S. eventu...

DATE: Feb 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet set to visit Iowa this month

Democrat considering entering presidential race

DATE: Feb 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Senate passes the decade’s biggest public lands package

WASHINGTON – The Senate on Tuesday passed the most sweeping conservation legislation in a decade, protecting millions of acres of land and hundreds of miles of wild rivers across the country...

DATE: Feb 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump calls for end of resistance politics in State of Union

WASHINGTON – Facing a divided Congress for the first time, President Donald Trump on Tuesday called on Washington to reject “the politics of revenge, resistance and retribution.” He warned e...

DATE: Feb 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Gannett turns down hedge fund-backed Digital First Media

NEW YORK – The publisher of Gannett on Monday said its board has unanimously rejected an unsolicited $1.36 billion buyout from MNG Enterprises , better known as Digital First Media. Digita...

DATE: Feb 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

AP PHOTOS: A herd of wild horses with origins in the 14th century still roams the German countryside

DUELMEN, Germany (AP) — A herd of wild horses that traces its origins to the 14th century still roams the countryside in western Germany.The herd is known as the Dülmener Wildpferde in German, or the wild horses of Duelmen. These days, nearly 400 horses make up the herd that lives on the Merfelder Bruch reserve at Duelmen in western Germany, north of the densely populated Ruhr industrial region.The earliest record of the herd dates back to 1316. The dukes of Croy set aside the roughly 3.5-square kilometer (1.35-square mile) reserve in the mid-19th century.On Saturday, recently-birthed foals cavorted with the rest of the herd in the springtime sunshine.