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El Paso couple found miles from home
EL PASO (AP) — West Texas police have located an elderly El Paso couple about 85 miles away from home after relatives reported the husband and wife were missing. El... Read more »
Nuevo Laredo police chief missing
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The police chief of the violent Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo is missing, authorities said Monday. Tamaulipas state prosecutors said they have opened an investigation... Read more »
Colo. Dems lead charge on gun control
DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s Democratic-controlled House has narrowly passed a handful of gun control bills, signaling a political shift in the wake of recent mass shootings and pressure from the... Read more »
UPDATED: Dr. Phil Show to deal with missing Colorado boy
Producers from the “Dr. Phil Show” are talking to members of missing Dylan Redwine’s family about appearing on a program devoted to the teenage boy who went missing last year... Read more »
Arizona considers new film tax breaks
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona lawmakers looking to woo Hollywood are flirting with resurrecting a tax incentives program aimed at competing with New Mexico and other states that have long thrown... Read more »
Ambushed agents’ families file suit
MCALLEN, Texas (AP) — The family of a U.S. Customs Enforcement agent killed in a 2011 ambush on a Mexican highway and another agent who survived filed a lawsuit Tuesday... Read more »
UPDATED: Ex-LAPD cop’s wallet, license found in burned cabin
BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. (AP) — As police scoured mountain peaks for days, using everything from bloodhounds to high-tech helicopters, the revenge-seeking ex-cop they wanted was hiding among them, holed... Read more »
UPDATED: Colo. deputies seek possible witness in boy’s disappearance
DURANGO, Colo. (AP) — Investigators looking for a boy last seen in the Vallecito area on Nov. 19 say they hope to talk to a man seen in the north... Read more »
Ariz. eyes creating Hopi-Navajo county
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona legislators are considering a bill to study the idea of creating a new county that would consist of the Hopi Reservation and the Arizona portion of... Read more »
Shooting Victims, Witnesses ‘Harassed’
DENVER (AP) — Victims and witnesses in the Colorado theater shootings have been pestered by conspiracy theorists, impersonated in court filings and had their addresses and phone numbers posted online,... Read more »
Seagal To Help Sheriff Joe With ‘Posse’
PHOENIX (AP) — Metropolitan Phoenix’s sheriff is planning a training exercise aimed at helping his volunteer posse members respond to school shootings. Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s exercise Saturday at... Read more »
Colorado Snowpack Way Below Normal
ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — Colorado’s snowpack has dropped to 72 percent of normal and time is running out to make up the difference. The Natural Resources Conservation Service, a federal... Read more »
