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Mon, 16 Jan 2017 21:32:05 GMTBY CATHLEEN DECKER
LOS ANGELES TIMESWASHINGTON - Donald Trump met with Martin Luther King III on Monday, a holiday commemorating the life of King’s father, which this year was marked by Trump’s quarrel with Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., a hero of the civil rights struggle.
King, the oldest s...

Mon, 16 Jan 2017 21:44:02 GMTTHE ASSOCIATED PRESSISTANBUL — Turkish media reports say police have caught the alleged gunman who killed 39 people during an attack on a nightclub in Istanbul during New Year’s celebrations.
The private Dogan news agency and other media say the suspect was caught in I...

Mon, 16 Jan 2017 22:44:03 GMTBY BILL BARROW
ASSOCIATED PRESSATLANTA — As Americans celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights leaders and activists are trying to reconcile the transition from the nation’s first black president to a president-elect still struggling to connect with most non-wh...

Mon, 16 Jan 2017 23:08:03 GMTBY JOE E. CERVI
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINFormer University of Rhode Island linebackers coach Mark Criner will be a new co-defensive coordinator at Colorado State University-Pueblo, along with ThunderWolves defensive backs coach/recruiting coordinator Donnell Leomiti, who recently was promot...

Mon, 16 Jan 2017 23:22:03 GMTBY TRACY HARMON
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINCANON CITY — Fremont County Sheriff Jim Beicker said Monday that he has placed sheriff’s Lt. Robert Dodd on administrative leave after it was reported Saturday by The Pueblo Chieftain that evidence in a gruesome decades-old murder case was found in a...

Mon, 16 Jan 2017 23:30:02 GMTBY RYAN SEVERANCE
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINFor the past two years the Pueblo Police Department has been using a new tactic in an effort to get the large amount of vehicles in Pueblo that are uninsured off the roadways.
Beginning in 2015, motorists who were found to not have car insurance wer...

Mon, 16 Jan 2017 18:42:02 GMTBY JON POMPIA
THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAINProposed calendars for the 2017-18 school year, with earlier start dates and an October break, were presented to the board of education of Pueblo City Schools (D60) during Thursday’s work session.
Paula Chostner, executive director of human resources...

Mon, 16 Jan 2017 18:52:02 GMTBY CATHERINE LUCEY
ASSOCIATED PRESSDES MOINES, Iowa — She may not be working in the White House, but that doesn’t mean Ivanka Trump is staying out of politics.
Although she has said she will have no official role in her father’s administration, Ivanka Trump has been quietly laying th...

Mon, 16 Jan 2017 19:24:03 GMTBY MATT PEARCE
LOS ANGELES TIMESThe wife of a gunman in an attack at an Orlando, Fla., nightclub last summer that left 49 patrons dead was arrested outside Oakland, Calif., on Monday morning on suspicion of obstructing investigators, according to jail records.
Noor Zahi Salman, the...

Mon, 16 Jan 2017 20:46:03 GMTBY NICHOLAS RICCARDI
ASSOCIATED PRESSDENVER — State Sen. Mike Johnston will kick off the 2018 Democratic primary on Tuesday by announcing that he’s running for governor.
The early move by Johnston, a former teacher, high school principal and Obama education adviser who’s been active in...