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Wed, 08 Feb 2017 19:16:03 GMTTHE ASSOCIATED PRESSMAPLEWOOD, N.J. — A New Jersey boy has become the first openly transgender member of the Boy Scouts one week after the Boy Scouts of America changed its policy to allow transgender children to join the organization.
“I am accepted,” Joe Maldonado sa...

Wed, 08 Feb 2017 19:16:04 GMTBY BOB SALSBERG
ASSOCIATED PRESSBOSTON — Legislatures in Democratic-leaning states are considering ways to flex their muscles in response to the policies of President Donald Trump.
Bills and resolutions have been in a number of states that seek to shield states from Trump directiv...

Wed, 08 Feb 2017 19:17:11 GMTBY RYAN SEVERANCE
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINA former Pueblo Police officer accused of sexually assaulting a woman while on the job in November has been bound over for trial. Pueblo District Court Judge Larry Schwartz found there was probable cause to try Benjamin Candelaria on two sexual assau...

Wed, 08 Feb 2017 19:37:28 GMTBY ANTHONY A. MESTAS
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINPueblo County has asked to have a seat at the table in a federal lawsuit against the city of Colorado Springs.
The lawsuit claims there is harm caused by discharges of pollutants down Fountain Creek into Pueblo and east to the Arkansas River’s other ...

Wed, 08 Feb 2017 15:30:02 GMTBY KRISTEN WYATT
ASSOCIATED PRESSDENVER — Colorado Republicans launched their opening attack on the health insurance exchange Tuesday.
Just don’t call it an attack on Obamacare.
Colorado Republicans sounded strikingly different than in years past when talking about their proposal ...

Wed, 08 Feb 2017 16:06:03 GMTBY SUSANNAH GEORGE
ASSOCIATED PRESSCAMP TAJI, Iraq — The top U.S. commander in Iraq says he expects to retake Mosul in Iraq and Raqqa in Syria from the Islamic State group within the next six months and the fight for western Mosul to begin in days.
On a tour north of Baghdad Wednesda...

Wed, 08 Feb 2017 16:52:03 GMTBY JON POMPIA
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINThe board of education of Pueblo City Schools (D60) will meet in a special session at 2 p.m. Thursday in the administrative services building, 315 W. 11th Street.
An executive session will begin the meeting, during which “statutory interpretation and...

Wed, 08 Feb 2017 16:54:03 GMTThe National Weather Service has issued a red flag warning for parts of southern Colorado because of high fire danger.
The warning covers El Paso, Pueblo, Huerfano, Las Animas, Crowley and Otero counties. Affected cities include Colorado Springs, Pu...

Wed, 08 Feb 2017 16:58:47 GMTTHE ASSOCIATED PRESSWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is promising “zero tolerance” for violence against law enforcement officers.
He tells a group of police chiefs that his administration will give their departments the resources to recruit and retain officers.
Tru...

Wed, 08 Feb 2017 16:59:03 GMTBY VIVIAN SALAMA
ASSOCIATED PRESSWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday slammed the court that is deliberating his immigration and refugee executive order for having motivations he described as “so political.”
Speaking to a group of police chiefs and sheriffs, Trump honed ...