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11 states suing to block LGBT rules

Several school districts fight transgender directive

DATE: May 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

House GOP faces first vote on Puerto Rico bill

WASHINGTON – House Republicans are attempting to hold together a rare bipartisan deal to help Puerto Rico manage its crippling finances as a committee considers the legislation on Wednesday....

DATE: May 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Clinton’s email setup criticized in report

Trump says review shows her ‘bad judgment’

DATE: May 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Italy seeks sponsors for national treasures

ROME – Friends, Romans, countrymen! Oh yes, and countrywomen. And people in far-flung nations. Everyone, basically. Rome is seeking all the sponsors it can find to fund the monumental job of...

DATE: May 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

TSA replaces head of screening operations WASHINGTON – The Transportation Security Administration has ousted its head of security operations and put new leadership in charge of screening ope...

DATE: May 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Fewer millennials are leaving the nest

More people 18 to 34 living with parents than with spouses

DATE: May 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Proposal stirs frisky debate

New York considers outlawing declawing of cats

DATE: May 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Slain WWII soldier finally back home

Nephew helps end decades-long quest

DATE: May 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Forensic expert suggests explosion downed EgyptAir jet

CAIRO – Body parts recovered from the crash of EgyptAir Flight 804 showed signs of burns and were so small that they suggested the jet was brought down by an explosion, a member of the team ...

DATE: May 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Bill Cosby ordered to stand trial in decade-old sex case

NORRISTOWN, Pa. – Bill Cosby was ordered Tuesday to stand trial on sexual assault charges after a hearing that hinged on a decade-old police report in which a woman said the comedian gave he...

DATE: May 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump to headline 1st fundraiser in Albuquerque

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is slated to headline his first official fundraiser in conjunction with the Republican National Committee Tuesday when he makes a cam...

DATE: May 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Officer cleared of all charges in Freddie Gray case

BALTIMORE – Prosecutors are 0-for-2 in their efforts to hold Baltimore police accountable in the arrest and death of Freddie Gray after an officer was acquitted Monday in the racially charge...

DATE: May 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Sidney Andrew easily won Iron Horse Bicycle Classic women’s pro road race

Photos: IHBC men’s pro road raceCobe Freeburn won Iron Horse Bicycle Classic men’s pro road race on Saturday

Cobe Freeburn won Iron Horse Bicycle Classic men’s pro road race on Saturday

Photos: IHBC citizens rideIron Horse Bicycle Classic citizens ride takes off to Silverton

Iron Horse Bicycle Classic citizens ride takes off to Silverton

Photos: DHS graduationDurango High School graduated 366 seniors on Friday evening

Durango High School graduated 366 seniors on Friday evening

The Durango Police Department chased and captured a pet kangaroo on Monday near East Second Avenue a...

Photos: A colorful carnival

Photos: DHS girls soccer advancesDemons defeat Riverdale Ridge 1-0 in the second round of playoffs

Demons defeat Riverdale Ridge 1-0 in the second round of playoffs

About a dozen cutbow trout thrown from a Colorado Parks and Wildlife truck

Durango High School baseball defeats Montrose 8-4 on Saturday