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Ethnic market owner finds refuge in Colorado from Libyan war

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) – In a backroom of The Olive Tree Market in Fort Collins, owner Taher Misurati sits on an empty 5-gallon bucket to snack on his favorite Libyan dish. The ...

DATE: Nov 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

The Harlem Hellfighters were captured in a famous photo. Now a retired archivist has uncovered their stories.

WASHINGTON – The nine African American soldiers were just home from the war. It was Feb. 12, 1919, and most were bundled in heavy coats as they posed for the photographer on the deck of the ...

DATE: Nov 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Pence helps give Vietnam Veterans Memorial a holiday washing

WASHINGTON – Vice President Mike and his wife, Karen, joined several dozen volunteers to give the Vietnam Veterans Memorial a holiday cleaning. Carrying orange buckets with the me...

DATE: Nov 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Not real news: A look at what didn’t happen this week

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

DATE: Nov 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Interior Secretary Zinke says Democrats holding agency’s nominees ‘hostage’

They have ‘nothing to do with monument review’ he says

DATE: Nov 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Subject of Colorado manhunt handed 35-year prison sentence

FORT COLLINS – A Colorado man who evaded police for 14 hours during a manhunt in March has been sentenced to 35 years in prison after pleading guilty to seven felony charges. The ...

DATE: Nov 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Sexual misconduct accusations transform Alabama Senate race

WASHINGTON – Republicans weren’t supposed to have to worry about Alabama. Yet in the span of a tumultuous afternoon, a low-profile special election became a Republican nightmare t...

DATE: Nov 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Alaska lawmaker sees financial boon in refuge drilling

WASHINGTON – Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski says her legislation to open Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling would generate $2 billion in royalties over the next dec...

DATE: Nov 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Four possible explanations for the shocking Obamacare enrollment figures

Americans are flocking to Healthcare.gov in greater numbers than ever before in a development that runs precisely contrary to the doom-and-gloom everyone had predicted for this enrollment se...

DATE: Nov 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

How 1-year Trump rally stacks up against other presidents

Donald Trump warned that the stock market was a “big, fat, ugly bubble” just weeks before he was elected. A year later, Wall Street remains on a milestone-shattering run that the president h...

DATE: Nov 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Family: Woman died shielding grandson during church massacre

DALLAS – Sunday school teacher Peggy Warden threw herself in front of her grandson when a gunman opened fire onto the congregation at First Baptist Church, getting fatally shot as she protec...

DATE: Nov 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Church shooting victims face many obstacles in court

CHICAGO – Texas church shooting victims and their families could have a hard time successfully suing the government over the Air Force’s failure to submit the gunman’s criminal history to th...

DATE: Nov 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Photos: Archers take aimPurgatory Resort hosts the Total Archery Challenge

Purgatory Resort hosts the Total Archery Challenge

Photos: A rockin’ good timeThe 71st annual Four Corners Gem and Mineral Show

The 71st annual Four Corners Gem and Mineral Show

Photos: Durango gets ‘Wet and Wild’

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.

A solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a d...

Photos: IHBC Subaru Mountain Bike RaceCobe Freeburn, Sofia Waite were victorious on Sunday

Cobe Freeburn, Sofia Waite were victorious on Sunday