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Transgender birth certificate bill dies in Legislature

Emotional hearing brings lawmaker to tears

Local Briefs

The Old Fort Farm Stand will be open from 1 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 6, April 20 and May…

Tuesday Durango Dayplanner

DeColores Civitan club meeting, noon, call Lon Erwin at 247-1019 for location. Rotary Club of Durango meeting, 6 p.m., Strater…

New, overhead highway sign

Two men suspected of stealing Bayfield church’s credit card

Valley Foursquare Church receives bill for $14,700

Photos of the week

U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear marijuana case against Colorado

no reason for dismissing Wyoming, Nebraska’s challenge against Colorado

Obama seeks more coordination on dealing with drought

Mike Stearns, chairman of the San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority, checks the soil moisture on land he manages near…

U.S. home sales slump in February; supply shortage hits market

The National Association of Realtors said Monday that sales of existing homes fell 7.1 percent last month to a seasonally…

Apple unveils the iPhone SE, smaller iPad Pro

Chief executive Tim Cook kicked off the event by addressing the company’s stance against the government’s efforts to force it…

Obama, Castro lay bare tensions on embargo, human rights

The exchanges underscored deep divisions that still exist between two countries despite rapidly improved relations in the 15 months since…

Greece sets up detention camps as refugee deal hits delays

A migrant boy shouts a slogan during a protest demanding the opening of the border between Greece and Macedonia in…

Trump demands GOP embrace him as Dems unleash new attacks

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump enters the ballroom during a tour of the Old Post Office Pavilion, soon to be…

Fans and brands crying tears of joy in fits of emojimania

Julie Zhuo, product design director at Facebook, demonstrates the new emoji icons. With more than 270 billion text messages sent…

Judge begins to deliver verdict in Ukrainian pilot trial

Nadezhda Savchenko waves to journalists from a glass cage in the Russian town of Donetsk, Rostov-on-Don region on Monday. A…

Nation & World Briefs

ATLANTA – A former U.S. State Department employee was sentenced Monday to serve nearly five years in federal prison for…

Water testing gap may expose school kids to lead

A gap in lead-testing requirements at schools around the nation means students could be at risk for drinking water with…

World Briefs

BRUSSELS – The top suspect in last year’s Paris attacks told investigators after he was captured that he was planning…

IS suffers blows in Iraq, Syria but still launches attacks

In this undated file photo released online in the summer of 2014 on a militant social media account, which has…

Istanbul bomber identified as militant with IS links

A man visits the site of a Saturday explosion in Istanbul on Sunday. A suicide attack on Istanbul’s main pedestrian…

AP Investigation: Suspected rapist goes AWOL; no Army search

Hazelbower And that was only by chance, according to interviews, police reports and court-martial records obtained by The Associated Press.…

Trump and Cruz tap their inner fishermen to reel in voting bloc

Leonard Romero, left, speaks with Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz at Fresh Start Church on Sunday in Peoria, Ariz.Courtney Pedroza/The…

Gaffe Proof? Trump vs. Clinton tests political pitfalls

FILE – In this March 12, 2016, file photo, Republican presidential candidate, businessman Donald Trump speaks at the Wright Brothers…

Nation Briefs

FLINT, Mich. –Days before the federal government opened an investigation into the Flint water crisis, someone broke into a vacant…