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Ex-postal worker admits stealing packages that had marijuana
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save NEWARK, N.J. — A former postal service worker has admitted stealing several packages containing marijuana that passed through the mail processing center where he worked. Akeem Cauthen pleaded guilty Thursday to theft of mail. The 30-year-old Newark man faces up to five years in prison…
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Trump-Putin II: Planning fall event in aftermath of Helsinki
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save WASHINGTON — Unbowed by swirling criticism of his summit encounter with Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump swiftly invited the Russian leader to the White House this fall for a second get-together. Putin’s ambassador to the U.S. said Moscow is open to discussing such a meeting,…
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Trump aims to end automatic protections for some species
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DENVER — The Trump administration on Thursday proposed ending automatic protections for threatened animal and plant species and limiting habitat safeguards that are meant to shield recovering species from harm. Administration officials said the new rules would advance conservation by simplifying and improving how the…
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Nuggets rookie Michael Porter Jr. undergoes back surgery
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DENVER — Denver Nuggets rookie forward Michael Porter Jr. has undergone back surgery in Dallas and there is no timetable for his return to the court. The team said Thursday the procedure of the lumbar spine was performed by Dr. Andrew Dossett at the Carrell…
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Turmoil slows rebuilding of Puerto Rico’s power grid
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Ten months after Hurricane Maria destroyed Puerto Rico’s electric grid, the local agency responsible for rebuilding it is in chaos and more than $1 billion in federal funds meant to strengthen the rickety system has gone unspent, according to contractors…
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Rockies roll into 2nd half behind Story and solid pitching
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DENVER — The Colorado Rockies are finding their stride behind a shortstop who’s cutting down on his strikeouts, a converted first baseman who’s rediscovering his swing and a rotation that’s turning in quality start after quality start. On top of that, third baseman Nolan Arenado’s…
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Colorado Springs Mayor Suthers endorses Fix Our Damn Roads
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save By Joey Bunch Colorado Politics One of a pair of proposed ballot measures that aim to upgrade Colorado’s highways has landed a big-name backer. Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers — a former Colorado attorney general and U.S. attorney — has endorsed a plan to use…
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Amber Alert after 6-year-old child abducted near Nebraska-Colorado border
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Trump now says he gave Putin a warning
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save WASHINGTON • President Donald Trump spent a second day Wednesday managing the political fallout from his widely criticized meeting with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, shifting stances and mopping up what the White House said were misstatements. His toughness with the longtime American foe in question, Trump…
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Syrian forces’ bombing intensifies in southern rebel holdout
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save BEIRUT • Syrian government forces determined to retake the largest opposition holdout in the country’s southwest unleashed an intense bombing campaign, killing at least a dozen people and wounding over 100 in a densely populated town, activists and rescuers said Wednesday. The aerial bombardment of…