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Yellen: First Fed rate hike likely later this year

Yellen, however, downplayed the importance of the timing of the first rate hike as she delivered the Fed’s mid-year economic outlook to Congress. Interest rates will remain at very low level...

DATE: Jul 15, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama defends Iran deal as only option to avert arms race

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama vigorously defended the nuclear deal with Iran on Wednesday, casting the historic accord as the only possibility to avert a war with Iran and a nuclear ar...

DATE: Jul 15, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Israeli leader hints Iran strike still an option

JERUSALEM – The U.S.-led nuclear deal with Iran on Tuesday dealt a heavy personal blow to Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, leaving him at odds with the international community an...

DATE: Jul 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

White House seeks support for Iran deal

Many Dems in Congress are skeptical of agreement

DATE: Jul 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

Obama: Legal system overhaul is needed PHILADELPHIA – Calling it an issue America can’t afford to ignore, President Barack Obama laid out an expansive vision Tuesday for fixing th...

DATE: Jul 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

‘We have reached Pluto’

NASA team celebrates after probe confirms close encounter

DATE: Jul 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Republicans blast DHS head over San Francisco pier killing

WASHINGTON – Angry House Republicans blasted the Obama administration Tuesday over the release of an immigrant later charged with murder in San Francisco and advanced legislation aimed at pr...

DATE: Jul 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Iranians welcome nuclear deal, hope for brighter economy

TEHRAN, Iran – Drivers honked their horns and dozens of Iranians cheered in a main square and boulevard of the capital Tehran on Tuesday, welcoming their country’s landmark nuclear deal with...

DATE: Jul 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. warned Mexico about escape plans

Drug lord had history of tunneling

DATE: Jul 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

NASA’s mission to Pluto just got little bit bigger

Dwarf planet is larger than thought

DATE: Jul 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Military to re-examine transgender ban

Defense secretary calls current rules ‘outdated’

DATE: Jul 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Bloom County blooms anew online NEW YORK – Opus the Penguin and his comic strip world of “Bloom County,” absent for a quarter-century, are back along with the ridiculous times tha...

DATE: Jul 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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

Photos: Durango Turkey Trot

Photos: Durango High School football takes on Heritage High School in state playoffsDemons lost to Eagles, 45-36, in 4A quarterfinals at home on Saturday

Demons lost to Eagles, 45-36, in 4A quarterfinals at home on Saturday