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Colorado State’s first conference football game in the new Pac-12 will feature a rematch of the inaugural contest at Canvas Stadium, when Oregon State visits Fort Collins for the first time since 2017.
That and the rest of the league slate was released by the Pac-12 late Wednesday, allowing CSU to finalize its 2026 schedule, the first in the conference and first under new head coach Jim Mora....

By MATTHEW BROWN, Associated Press
President Donald Trump has nominated for director of the National Park Service an executive from a hospitality company that holds extensive contracts with the agency he would lead.
The nomination of Scott Socha late Wednesday follows widespread firings within the Park Service as part of efforts by Trump’s Republican administration to sharply reduce its size. The administration also has faced blowback for the removal or planned...

WASHINGTON — A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from transferring 20 inmates with commuted death sentences to the nation’s highest security federal prison, warning that officials cannot employ a “sham” process for deciding...

A man accused of dragging two Thornton officers with his car while fleeing a traffic stop was arrested last week on investigation of assault, police said.
One of the Thornton officers is believed to have been bitten by the man and run over during the incident, according to a news release from the Thornton Police Department....