Federal Reserve sees rates near zero at least through 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Federal Reserve expects to keep its benchmark interest rate pegged near zero at least through 2023 as it strives to accelerate…
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Colorado Springs experiencing part of nationwide Gatorade shortage
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — If you’ve found certain flavors of the popular sports drink Gatorade to be in short supply or unavailable at…
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Judge calls Pennsylvania’s stay-at-home order unconstitutional
PITTSBURGH – A federal judge has struck down Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s pandemic restrictions that required people to stay at home, placed size…
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Think 2020’s disasters are wild? Experts see worse in future
Wildfires are raging in California and Oregon. The Atlantic has seen a record number of tropical storms for this time of year. Phoenix keeps breaking…
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COVID-19 vaccine latest flashpoint in White House campaign
WASHINGTON (AP) – A vaccine to shield Americans from becoming infected with the coronavirus is emerging as the latest flashpoint in the race for the…
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In battleground states, absentee ballot rejections could triple
ATLANTA (AP) – An Associated Press analysis of absentee ballot rejections found the number of ballots that could go uncounted this year in some key…
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Humane Society assists in relocating 49 pets affected by Hurricane Laura
CNN — The Oregon Humane Society assisted the ASPCA and Wings of Rescue to relocate 49 pets from shelters in Louisiana affected by Hurricane Laura.…
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From a hospital bed, Jacob Blake says that life can change in an instant
(CNN) — Wearing a green gown and speaking from his hospital bed, Jacob Blake delivered a…
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7 Colorado Springs-area firefighters part of statewide team responding to Hurricane Laura
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A statewide team of 90 firefighters, including six from Colorado Springs and one from Black Forest, arrived near…
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First fatality reported from Hurricane Laura is 14-year-old Louisiana girl
Gov. John Bel Edwards said he’s received report of the first fatality from Hurricane Laura in Louisiana, a 14-year-old girl who died when a tree…
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Hurricane Laura updates: ‘unsurvivable’ storm surge expected
Laura is hitting the Gulf Coast as a Category 2 hurricane with an “unsurvivable storm surge” expected in some areas, according to the National…
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Fort Carson nurse battles COVID-19 along Mexican border
Colorado remains one of the bright spots in the battle against COVID-19, but many other states are still struggling through massive infection rates…
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Oh, great: NASA says an asteroid is headed our way right before election day.
(CNN) — Well, 2020 keeps getting better all the time. Amid a pandemic, civil unrest and a divisive US election season, we…
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Casino fined $43,000 for a gambling 12-year-old
CNN — A 12-year-old girl was among three minors caught gambling at a casino in Sydney, Australia, regulators said Saturday. According to Liquor…
Continue ReadingChild porn pops up on Oklahoma City Zoom call
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla (CNN) — More and more people are holding virtual meetings as a way to socially distance while at work. Unfortunately, it turned…
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Explosion levels Baltimore homes; 1 dead, 1 trapped
BALTIMORE (AP) – Baltimore firefighters say an explosion has leveled several homes in the city, killing one person and critically injuring others.…
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21 people shot after large gathering in Washington, DC
(CNN) — A teenager was killed and 20 others, including an off-duty police officer, were shot at a large gathering in southeast Washington, DC, early…
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Court overturns Boston Marathon bomber’s death sentence
A federal appeals court on Friday overturned the death sentence of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, saying the judge who…
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New survey: Pandemic could force 52% of day care providers in Colorado, U.S., out of business by end of year
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A survey of 5,000 day care providers across the country paints a bleak future because of the COVID-10 Pandemic.…
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US debates school reopening, WHO warns ‘no return to normal’
MIAMI (AP) – The United States is grappling with the worst coronavirus outbreak in the world, as Florida shattered the national record for a…
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