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By LAURAN NEERGAARD WASHINGTON (AP) — U. S. regulators approved updated COVID-19 vaccines on Thursday, shots designed to more closely target recent virus strains — and hopefully whatever variants cause trouble this winter, too. With the Food and Drug Administration’s clearance, Pfizer and Moderna are set to begin shipping millions of doses.

By JONATHAN J. COOPER and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. (AP) — Donald Trump is traveling to the shrub-dotted hills of Arizona near the U. S.-Mexico border to campaign Thursday on immigration, his signature issue since launching his first successful presidential bid nine years ago. The visit is the fourth in a series of events held in battleground states this week to try to draw the focus away from Democrats’ celebration of Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential nomination in Chicago.

Wells Fargo, the state’s largest bank, plans to cut about 70 jobs at its Chief Operating Office Global Operations business unit in Greenwood Village, according to a notification sent to the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment on Tuesday. “The affected employees who do not relocate or secure other positions within the company will be eligible to receive paid severance benefits based on years of service and the opportunity to continue participating in the company’s health plans at active rates for a period of time,” Ashley Frazier, an executive in the bank’s Displacements Advisory Group wrote the state in a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act or WARN letter. Frazier said more specific information on job titles involved, notice dates and number of displaced employees would follow once official written notices went out.

POWDR, the Park City, Utah, recreation company that owns both Eldora Mountain and Copper Mountain said Thursday that it plans to sell Eldora and three other ski resorts. Related Articles Outdoors | Ski season starts in 10 weeks. Here’s your (tentative) 2024-25 Colorado snow forecast. Outdoors | Colorado’s decades-old Labor Day ski sale tradition could become a thing of the past Outdoors | Wilderness Exchange will level up with new mountaineering store partnership Outdoors | Vail, Keystone, Breckenridge ski resorts announce 2024 opening dates Outdoors | Hiking, bike riding, breweries and pot.

CSU is adding an NFL legend to its ranks  — but not as a coach. Terrell Davis, Broncos icon and Pro Football Hall of Famer, is joining the Rams’ athletic department as a “CSU Athletics Rambassador,” the university announced Thursday morning. The two-time Super Bowl champion, now 51, will join CSU’s new Presidential Executive in Residence program. The school said Davis’ role will be university wide, but will include sideline appearances at home football games, engagement with all CSU student-athletes, speaking and classroom appearances, and work with donors and stakeholders. Related Articles College Sports | College football bowl game predictions: What national media predicts Colorado schools will do in 2024 College Sports | CSU Rams sophomore linebacker Buom Jock ready for starting role College Sports | CSU defensive leaders went to a river in Nebraska to form tighter bond: “We’re really a different team” College Sports | Keeler: Why CSU Rams star Tory Horton turned down Corvette summer in SEC Country for one more ride in FoCo College Sports | Ex-CSU Rams coach Steve Addazio joins ESPN as analyst “Colorado is my home, and over the years I’ve been looking for the right opportunity to give back to this state that has given me so much,” Davis said via a CSU news release. “As I’ve come to understand the history and mission of CSU, I recognize a clear set of shared beliefs — this notion that you can change the world, improve your community and make a difference when you combine talent, creativity, hard work and determination.

The right outdoor furniture for your patio When the weather warms up, we all enjoy spending more time outdoors. Your patio can be the ideal spot to unwind in the spring and summer, if you add the right furniture. Patio furniture should be comfy, so you can relax as well outdoors as you do in your living room.