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Tue, 17 Jan 2017 23:25:30 GMTBY RYAN SEVERANCE
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINPueblo Crime Stoppers officials on Tuesday provided statistics and recapped how the organization did last year, saying that in 2016 it received the most crime tips it ever has.
There were 2,305 tips taken in 2016, according to Jeff Shay, a police det...

Tue, 17 Jan 2017 20:24:46 GMTBY RYAN SEVERANCE
AND ZACH HILLSTROM
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINA standoff Tuesday morning at a South Side residence ended peacefully with police arresting one person on warrants.
Officers were dispatched to the 3900 block of Sheffield Lane around 9:40 a.m. in an attempt to locate a wanted male and a standoff ens...

Tue, 17 Jan 2017 20:30:03 GMTBY ERIC TUCKER AND PAUL ELIAS
ASSOCIATED PRESSOAKLAND, Calif. — The widow of the Orlando nightclub gunman knew about the attack ahead of time, prosecutors said Tuesday as she appeared in court to face charges of aiding and abetting her husband in the months before the rampage last June that left...

Tue, 17 Jan 2017 20:46:37 GMTPueblo police on Tuesday arrested a man wanted on several warrants after a standoff on Pueblo’s South Side.
Marcel Bailey, 34, was the subject of a police search that started around 9:40 a.m. Officers received information that he was walking around a...

Tue, 17 Jan 2017 15:56:04 GMTBY VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
ASSOCIATED PRESSMOSCOW — In a biting attack, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday accused the outgoing U.S. administration of trying to undermine President-elect Donald Trump by spreading fake allegations and said those who are doing it are “worse than prosti...

Tue, 17 Jan 2017 16:56:04 GMTTHE ASSOCIATED PRESSDENVER — The U.S. Embassy in Mexico says one of five people who died after a shooting at a Caribbean resort town is a young woman from Denver.
Authorities say 18-year-old Alejandra Villanueva Ibarra was killed during the electronic music festival in...

Tue, 17 Jan 2017 17:25:28 GMTBY CURT ANDERSON
AP LEGAL AFFAIRS WRITERFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The man suspected of fatally shooting five people and wounding six others at a Florida airport was ordered held without bond until his trial at a hearing Tuesday that also revealed some new details about the investigation.
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Tue, 17 Jan 2017 17:46:04 GMTTHE ASSOCIATED PRESSWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has made a surprise visit to the final daily press briefing with White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest.
Obama praised Earnest Tuesday for “his smarts and his maturity,” but added that one of his best qualities ...

Tue, 17 Jan 2017 17:48:02 GMTBY TRACY HARMON
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINCANON CITY — A woman accused of luring her former teacher to a stabbing entered into a plea agreement during a court appearance Tuesday.
Courtney Plante, 20, pleaded guilty to felony aggravated robbery and admitted it was a crime of violence. She fac...

Tue, 17 Jan 2017 18:08:16 GMTBY MARIA DANILOVA
ASSOCIATED PRESSWASHINGTON — Republican donor and school choice advocate Betsy DeVos says a one size-fits-all model of learning doesn’t work and that she would promote charter, magnet, religious and other alternatives to public schools, if confirmed education secret...