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World & Nation Briefs

DAMASCUS, Syria – Islamic State militants beheaded a leading Syrian antiquities scholar who spent most of his life looking after…

Motel manager credited with reducing fatalities

Fire Department officials said Wednesday they found no bodies inside the burned ruins of a section of a Motel 6…

Drought brings sinking feeling to Californians

Groundwater pumping speeding up subsidence

Iran deal may face new complication

to let Iranian investigators inspect suspected weapons site

Clinton lawyer says her email server was wiped clean

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at a town hall meeting Tuesday in North Las Vegas, Nev.John Locher/Associated Press…

Idaho replaces mile marker 420

using 419.9 signs to try to thwart sticky-fingered stoners

Scientists create 360-degree images of Hawaii coral reefs

XL Catlin Seaview Survey researcher Dr. Manuel Gonzalez-Rivero said his team is using technology similar to what Facebook uses to…

Prosecutors face challenge convicting N.M. police officers

Albuquerque detective, current officer will be tried for killing of homeless man

Earth Briefs

The Colorado State Tree Farm Committee has recognized Archuleta County tree farmer Peter Prina as the 2015 Colorado Outstanding Tree…

USA Today featuring Durango

The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad and Animas River are a couple of the attractions that put Durango in…

School is almost in session

Mesa Verde releases fall schedule

The park will waive entrance fees Tuesday to celebrate the 99th birthday of the National Park Service. Wetherill Mesa will…

Durangoans’ saddle on Shania Twain’s stage

In the Skyhorses’ 40-year career, they have made about 950 one-of-a-kind saddles, but the one that may be their most…

Mark Redwine named person of interest in son’s death

Dylan’s manner of death changed to homicide

Local Briefs

The Kiwanis Club of Durango welcomes Fred Schneider and Lisa Barrett as its guest speakers at noon Thursday in the…

Thursday Durango Dayplanner

Durango High Noon Rotary Club meeting, noon, DoubleTree Hotel, 501 Camino del Rio, www.durangohighnoonrotary.com. Kiwanis Club of Durango meeting, noon,…

Western fires make a haze of local skies

10-acre fire burning near Highways 160 and 151

Hackers expose millions on cheating site; some in U.S. government

Hackers claim to have leaked a massive database of users from Ashley Madison, a matchmaking website for cheating spouses. In…

Lobster population is shifting north; ocean warming blamed

Scott Beede returns an undersized lobster while fishing in Mount Desert, Maine. Fishermen in northern New England have been catching…

Palestinian, Israeli call for new peace talks

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, and Israeli Zionist Union party leader Isaac Herzog agreed Tuesday that Israel and the Palestinian…

GOP leader expects Iran deal to pass

McConnell says procedure is ‘stacked in president’s favor’

Thai police target suspect in video

certain man placed bomb at shrine

World Briefs

BRUSSELS – United Nations and European border agency officials urged the European Union on Tuesday to step up measures to…

Nation Briefs

Fogle INDIANAPOLIS – An Indiana television station is reporting that Subway pitchman Jared Fogle is expected to plead guilty to…