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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

NFL teams face potential forfeits for COVID-19 outbreaks

NFL teams have been warned they could forfeit a game due to a COVID-19 outbreak among non-vaccinated players, and players on both teams wouldn't get paid that week. “As we learned last yea...

DATE: Jul 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: AP Sports

New Mexico seeks restoration ideas after 2015 mine spill

Projects would be funded through a proposed $1 million settlement with defendants

DATE: Jul 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

AP source: U.S. adding McGee, Johnson after Love withdrawal

Kevin Love has withdrawn from the Olympics because of a right calf injury, forcing the U.S. basketball team to replace two players on its roster. Veteran center JaVale McGee and Spurs guard ...

DATE: Jul 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: AP Sports

Pogacar wins final Tour mountain stage, cements overall lead

LUZ ARDIDEN, France (AP) — After Tadej Pogacar won the final mountain stage of the Tour de France on Thursday to cement his grip on the race, the young Slovenian had four more climbs to comp...

DATE: Jul 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: AP Sports

U.S. drilling approvals increase despite Biden climate pledge

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Approvals for companies to drill for oil and gas on U.S. public lands are on pace this year to reach their highest level since George W. Bush was president, underscori...

DATE: Jul 14, 2021 | CATEGORY: Business

Migrant activists leave life-saving caches of water, food in Arizona wilderness

Activism has roots in the 1981 founding of the Sanctuary Movement

DATE: Jul 5, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico opens door to new era of civil rights lawsuits

Act removes immunity provisions that shield government agencies from financial liability related to misconduct

DATE: Jul 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Study finds third of un-vaxxed New Mexicans don’t want doses

ALBUQUERQUE – The University of New Mexico has helped lead a national study of hesitancy surrounding COVID-19 vaccines, which found it prevalent in its own state. The school announced Wednes...

DATE: Jun 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Search underway for missing kayaker in western Colorado

ASPEN – A search is underway for a kayaker who got caught in a treacherous section of the Crystal River in western Colorado. The Aspen Times reports the man, a member of Mountain Resc...

DATE: Jun 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico weighs rules for community solar program

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico utility regulators have nearly a year to create a new set of rules for governing community solar projects in the state, but utilities say they’re already being flood...

DATE: Jun 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico