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GEO Group challenges Colorado’s new immigration detention center inspection law

 This story was first published at Colorado Newsline. DENVER | The private company that operates the sole immigration detention center in Colorado sued state officials Monday over a new law that requires frequent health and safety inspections at the site. The GEO Group, which operates the 1,530-bed federal detention center in Aurora, filed the lawsuit […]

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What to Stream: ‘Michael,’ Olivia Rodrigo and Keith Urban albums and Bonnaroo

The streaming service debut of “Michael” and new albums from Olivia Rodrigo and Keith Urban are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you. Also among the streaming offerings worth your time this week, as selected by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists: the new season of “Sweet Magnolias,” […]

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How to grill vegetables and toss them in Isaac Toups’ bacon vinaigrette

Want to make your vegetables taste better and have your friends love you? Char the hell out of some on the grill and then toss them in a bacon vinaigrette, using this recipe from my cookbook “Chasing the Gator: Isaac Toups and the New Cajun Cooking.” These are vegetables so unhealthy a Cajun might actually […]

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Broken speaker? Finicky zipper? Anticonsumerist Repair Cafes urge you to fix it instead of pitch it

NEW PALTZ, N.Y. | On a drizzly Saturday morning late last month, the basement of the New Paltz United Methodist Church filled with old lamps, blunt knives, malfunctioning sound mixers and balky zippers. About a dozen volunteers welcomed the broken goods and their owners to a worldwide movement that’s evangelizing new relationships between people and […]

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Q&A: Election security, reform central to Colorado secretary of state race candidates

This story was first published at Colorado Newsline. DENVER | Coloradans will vote in primary elections June 30 to determine which candidates will represent their party in the general election in November. The elections cover Colorado’s four statewide constitutional offices, one U.S. Senate seat, all eight of the state’s congressional districts, state legislative districts and […]

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Q&A: Colorado Democrat candidates for state attorney general detail campaign positions

This story was first published at Colorado Newsline. DENVER | Coloradans will vote in primary elections June 30 to determine which candidates will represent their party in the general election in November. The elections cover Colorado’s four statewide constitutional offices, one U.S. Senate seat, all eight of the state’s congressional districts, state legislative districts and […]

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The electric guitar spawned garage bands, rock-god dreams — and generations of popular music

ATLANTA | What is more American than taking a musical instrument with ancient roots and zapping it with electricity? That new creation, the electric guitar, has launched the dreams of millions of teenagers. It turned garages into impromptu rehearsal spaces for would-be rock stars across the American suburbs. For those who couldn’t play, couldn’t try […]

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Broncos pass rusher Jonathon Cooper pleads not guilty in domestic violence case

ENGLEWOOD | Denver Broncos pass rusher Jonathon Cooper pleaded not guilty Monday in a domestic violence case stemming from an altercation with his girlfriend. Cooper will have a motions hearing in a Douglas County courtroom on July 6 with the potential for a jury trial on July 22, just before the Broncos report for training […]

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A flesh-eating cattle parasite spreads beyond Texas as new screwworm cases are found

Three more cases of the New World screwworm have been confirmed, including one outside the main cluster in Texas, demonstrating the difficulty of stopping a resurgent pest that could devastate the nation’s cattle industry, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Monday. The screwworm is actually a fly larva that eats living flesh instead of dead […]