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Big day for Dressel, Chinese in pool, Lee in gymnastics

TOKYO (AP) — Caeleb Dressel got his first individual gold medal, the Chinese women put together a record-setting relay and American Sunisa Lee won the women's all-around gymnastics gold. Af...

DATE: Jul 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

Washington narrows list of proposed team names

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Washington Football President Jason Wright said Thursday the organization has significantly trimmed the list of potential team names, with the unveiling expected before ...

DATE: Jul 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: AP Sports

Okoye hit symbolized hall-of-famer Atwater's career but didn’t define it

DENVER (AP) — Steve Atwater was in his second season with the Denver Broncos in 1990 when then-public relations chief Jim Saccomano approached him a few days before their home opener against...

DATE: Jul 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

Bob Odenkirk condition stable after ‘heart related incident’

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Better Call Saul” star Bob Odenkirk had a “heart related incident” when he collapsed on the show's New Mexico set, and his condition is stable as he recovers at a hospita...

DATE: Jul 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: AP New Mexico

Longtime New Mexico lawmaker focus of criminal investigation

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Authorities are investigating longtime New Mexico legislator Sheryl Williams Stapleton's possibly illegal connections to a company that received more than $5 million in contracts to do business with the school district where she works and whether she got financial kickbacks.

DATE: Jul 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Why (and where) masks are again advised for indoors

Several counties in the Four Corners qualify for the guidance

DATE: Jul 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Olympic champ Biles withdraws from all-around competition

TOKYO (AP) — Simone Biles will not defend her Olympic title. The American gymnastics superstar withdrew from Thursday's all-around competition to focus on her mental well-being. USA Gymnasti...

DATE: Jul 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: AP Sports

U.S. vows to improve protections for wild horse adoptions

RENO, Nev. (AP) — U.S. officials who are trying to adopt out wild horses captured on public land say they are tightening protections to guard against the illegal resale of the animals for sl...

DATE: Jul 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

As drought cuts hay crop, cattle ranchers face culling herds

‘If it rained four inches, there wouldn’t be a cow to sell for five months’ STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — With his cattle ranch threatened by a deepening drought, Jim Stanko isn’t cheered ...

DATE: Jul 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico governor closely monitoring COVID-19 numbers

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and top health officials are closely monitoring the increase in COVID-19 cases. But there was no indication Thursday of whether official...

DATE: Jul 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Tokyo Olympic flame is the first powered by hydrogen

TOKYO (AP) — Inspired by the sun, the Tokyo Olympic cauldron is designed to be better for the planet. The flame at Tokyo’s National Stadium and another cauldron burning along the waterfront ...

DATE: Jul 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

Olympic opening ceremony director fired for Holocaust joke

TOKYO (AP) — The Tokyo Olympic organizing committee fired the director of the opening ceremony on Thursday because of a Holocaust joke he made during a comedy show in 1998.

DATE: Jul 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: AP Sports