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Obama downplays U.S.-Israeli rift

Offers new assurances on Iran deal

DATE: May 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Released emails raise questions for Clinton WASHINGTON – Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton received information on her private email account about the deadly attack...

DATE: May 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Russia casts shadow over European talks

EU offers some aid to ex-Soviet republics

DATE: May 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

California OKs farmers’ plan to cut water use

LOS ANGELES – Ever since the Gold Rush, California farmers have staked their claim to water and ferociously protected their right to use it to irrigate the crops that have made the state the...

DATE: May 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Clinton got now-classified Benghazi info on private email

WASHINGTON – Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton received information on her private email server that has now been classified about the deadly attack on U.S. diplomatic facilit...

DATE: May 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. consumer prices up a slight 0.1 percent in April

Consumer prices edged up 0.1 percent from the previous month, when prices rose a modest 0.2 percent, the Labor Department said Friday. Overall gains were held back by a 1.3 percent drop in e...

DATE: May 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Finding cause of California oil spill could take months

GOLETA, Calif. – The operator of an oil pipeline that broke and spilled thousands of gallons of crude across a scenic California shoreline says it could take weeks or even months before inv...

DATE: May 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Whites coming home to Detroit

Cheap housing, programs helping to refuel Motor City’s population

DATE: May 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Russian space industry adrift

MOSCOW – Back-to-back rocket launch failures have dealt Russia one of the heaviest blows to its space industry since the Soviet collapse – with national pride and billions of dollars at stak...

DATE: May 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Scout president says ban on gays won’t last NEW YORK – The national president of the Boy Scouts of America, Robert Gates, said Thursday that the organization’s longstanding ban on...

DATE: May 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

Islamic State extends hold in Syria DAMASCUS, Syria – Fears mounted over the fate of one of the Mideast’s most prominent archaeological sites after Islamic State militants overran...

DATE: May 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

China asserts authority over airspace

Country may be raising stakes in disputed seas

DATE: May 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Photos: Thousands take to the streets for ‘No Kings’ march and rally in Durango

Photos: Navajo Trail OpenFriday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Friday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Photos: Durango Fire Protection District opens Station 2

Photos: Hundreds gather to honor fallen Bloomfield Police officer Timothy OntiverosA solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a display of unity, grief and honor for Bloomfield Police Officer Timothy Ontiveros, 32.About 7 a.m., a large contingent of law enforcement, motorcyclists, friends and grieving family prepared to embark on the motorcade to the 9 a.m. service at the Bloomfield High School football stadium to celebrate the life of the officer.