By IVAN MORENO (DENVER, AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency says the mine waste spill into Colorado waters is much larger than originally estimated. But an EPA official said Sunday… Read more »
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Police: Man shot near Ferguson protest critically injured
By JIM SALTER and JIM SUHR (FERGUSON, Mo., AP) — A man who authorities say opened fire on officers in Ferguson, Missouri, on the anniversary of Michael Brown’s death was critically… Read more »
Drones getting in the way of emergency responders
By ELLIOT SPAGAT (SAN DIEGO, AP) — As Jason Thrasher lowered his helicopter to a park with seven firefighters aboard, he saw what he thought was another firefighting chopper battling… Read more »
FACT CHECK: GOP candidates veer from the truth in 1st debate
By JOSH LEDERMAN EDITOR’S NOTE: An occasional look at political claims that take shortcuts with the facts or don’t tell the full story (WASHINGTON, AP) — Republicans seeking their party’s… Read more »
State blames water seepage for southwest Missouri sinkhole
(BRANSON, Mo., AP) — Water seeping through a pond’s clay liner likely led to the massive sinkhole that developed in May at a Branson area golf course, according to a… Read more »
In split with Obama, Sen. Chuck Schumer opposes Iran deal
By DONNA CASSATA (WASHINGTON, AP) — Sen. Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat expected to be the party’s next leader in the Senate, said he will oppose the Iran nuclear… Read more »
Missouri agency will not recover $1.5 mln in overpayments
By SUMMER BALLENTINE (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — A Missouri agency has no plans to recover what a state audit described as more than $1.5 million in overpayments for an… Read more »
Mother of Joplin man sues over jail suicide
(CARTHAGE, Mo., AP) — The mother of a 26-year-old Joplin man who claims her son’s suicide in a Carthage jail was captured on video surveillance has filed a federal lawsuit… Read more »
Virginia revokes license plates featuring Confederate flag
(DANVILLE, Va., AP) — Virginia has revoked specialty license plates featuring a Confederate battle flag after a federal judge dissolved an injunction allowing the image. The Department of Motor Vehicles… Read more »
Police: Teen said plans in Oklahoma attack were on USB drive
By JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS (BROKEN ARROW, Okla., AP) — One of two brothers charged in the stabbing deaths of his parents and three siblings in suburban Tulsa told police that plans… Read more »