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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 […]

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Toon in Tuesday

Read more Donald Trump booed loudly by the crowd during the anthem prior to Game 3 of the NBA Finals Read more Congo’s Ebola outbreak rises to 100 deaths out of 550 cases as conflict slows response Read more 32,000 people displaced by the Philippine earthquake that killed at least 37

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Donald Trump booed loudly by the crowd during the anthem prior to Game 3 of the NBA Finals

NEW YORK | Donald Trump was booed loudly by fans inside Madison Square Garden when he was shown on video screens during the national anthem as he became the first sitting president to attend an NBA Finals game. Chants of “U-S-A! U-S-A!” echoed through the arena as Avery Wilson sang “The Star-Spangled Banner,” but they […]

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Congo’s Ebola outbreak rises to 100 deaths out of 550 cases as conflict slows response

BUNIA, Congo | At least 100 people have died from Ebola less than a month after authorities declared an outbreak of the disease in eastern Congo, authorities said, a grim toll as officials intensify efforts to slow the disease discovered weeks late. Attacks on health workers from angry residents, skepticism among some locals and armed […]

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32,000 people displaced by the Philippine earthquake that killed at least 37

GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines | Rescuers searched ruined buildings in the southern Philippines on Tuesday to ensure no one was still trapped a day after one of the strongest earthquakes to hit the country in a half-century killed at least 37 people and displaced more than 32,000. Only four people were considered missing on official records […]