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WAYNESVILLE, Mo. – Five minutes late, Darrell Todd Maurina sweeps into a meeting room and plugs in his laptop computer. He places a Wi-Fi hotspot on the table and turns on a digital recorder...

DATE: Mar 10, 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: Mar 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Former Gov. John Hickenlooper kicks off campaign with fiery ode to pragmatism

DENVER – Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper delivered a fiery defense of his pragmatic approach to politics Thursday night as he held the first rally of his presidential campaign in the ...

DATE: Mar 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Ex-Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper enters presidential race

DENVER – Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper said on Monday he’s running for president, casting himself as a can-do uniter who’s used to overcoming adversity and accomplishing liberal goa...

DATE: Mar 4, 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: Mar 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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