Which states could have abortion on the ballot in 2024?

Organizers in Arizona and Nebraska turned in more than enough signatures Wednesday to put abortion-related ballot questions before voters in November's election if a sufficient number of them are deemed valid. They now bring to five the number of states where election officials are...

Colorado dairy worker tests positive for bird flu, fourth person linked to outbreak

A fourth farm worker has been infected with bird flu in the growing outbreak linked to dairy cows, health officials reported Wednesday. The worker had direct contact with infected dairy cows on a northeast Colorado farm, state and federal health officials said. The man developed...

CDC says a Colorado dairy worker has recovered from bird flu, the fourth US human case this year

Worsening floods and deterioration pose threats to US dam safety

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Early last week, floodwater in rural Minnesota pushed debris against a more than century-old dam and then carved a path around it, eroding so much of the riverbank that most of a house fell into the river. Several days later, intense rain damaged a dam that holds drinking water...

Ringleader of fire that killed 5 in Senegalese family, ripping hole in the community, gets 60 years

DENVER (AP) — A Colorado man was sentenced to 60 years in prison Tuesday for killing five members of an extended Senegalese family in a house fire, a crime which the victims’ friends and relatives say has forever changed their lives and their community, both in the U.S. and in the west African...

Big 12 newcomer Utah tabbed as favorite to win the expanded 16-team football conference this fall

IRVING, Texas (AP) — Big 12 newcomer Utah has been picked to finish first in the expanded 16-team football conference this fall in a preseason poll of media who cover the league. The Utes got 20 of 61 first-place votes in the poll released Tuesday, a week before the start of the...

Highlights from Supreme Court term: Rulings on Trump, regulation, abortion, guns and homelessness

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ended its term by ruling for the first time that former presidents have broad immunity from prosecution, a decision that almost certainly means Donald Trump won't stand trial before the November election. That closely watched ruling, which drew sharp dissent...

Two Colorado residents die in crash of vintage biplane in northwestern Kansas

HOXIE, Kan. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the crash of a vintage biplane in northwest Kansas that killed two Colorado residents. The 1934 WACO YKC single-engine biplane crashed into a field around 10 miles (16 kilometers) north of Hoxie in Sheridan County around 6:10 p.m....

Gathered at Camp David, Biden's family tells him to stay in the presidential race and keep fighting

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's family used a gathering at Camp David to urge him to stay in the race and keep fighting despite his dreadful debate performance, and some members criticized how his staff prepared him for the faceoff, according to four people familiar with the discussions. ...

Mateusz Bogusz scores hat trick in LAFC's 3-0 win over Colorado Rapids

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mateusz Bogusz scored all three goals for his first hat trick in two seasons with LAFC and the Black and Gold defeated the Colorado Rapids 3-0 on Saturday night. Bogusz' hat trick came with scores in the 20th minute, assisted by Denis Bouanga and Ilie Sánchez;...