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By WILSON MCMAKIN, Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal — Nobel Prize-winning author Wole Soyinka said on Tuesday that his non-resident visa to enter the United States had been rejected, adding that he believes it may be because he recently criticized U.S. …

By GARANCE BURKE, DAKE KANG and BYRON TAU, Associated Press U.S. lawmakers have tried four times since September last year to close what they called a glaring loophole: China is getting around export bans on the sale of powerful American …

By ALEXA ST. JOHN, Associated Press DETROIT — Making electric vehicles and their batteries is a dirty process that uses a lot of energy. But a new study says that EVs quickly make up for that with less overall emissions …

BERKELEY — Full public access to police scanner activity in the East Bay will soon be unavailable after Berkeley councilmembers gave the city’s police department permission to encrypt radio communications Tuesday. The council’s decision reverses a city policy adopted in …

For Pleasant Hill athlete and entrepreneur Bill Duby, baseball has been more than just a game— it’s been his lifelong teacher of resilience, community and purpose. Born in Walnut Creek and raised in Orinda, Duby’s journey began on the fields …

State regulators are seeking to strike a deal with a Colorado company that failed to meet its obligation to clean up one of the state’s most polluted sites — a settlement that local watchdogs say is a bailout for the …

TELLURIDE — Chuck Horning was nowhere to be found. It was 11 a.m. on April 1 and Telluride’s Town Council sat in its chambers in Rebekah Hall. The meeting agenda that day called for an hour-long update from Horning, the longtime …

Toast to local spirits Saturday. If you’re craving a trip to the mountains and a tipple, don your best Prohibition-era outfit and head to Estes Park for the Rocky Mountain Craft Spirits Festival. The Estes Park Event Complex will be …

Ski resorts have all sorts of operational challenges — snowmaking and slope grooming, transporting tons of food to mountaintop restaurants, helping unsteady tourists board their lifts without mishap — but maybe the most vexing these days is figuring out how …

Will Makoski wanted to move to Colorado from Chicago but didn’t want to leave the cafe he’d worked at for the past 17 years. “The company felt that it was ready. I spoke up and said, ‘Hey, this has always …

Saturday marks the 70th anniversary of the day the United Air Lines Flight 629 exploded over Weld County, killing 44 before crashing and spreading debris east of Longmont, an event that will be memorialized at an event on Saturday in …

A Lochbuie man is accused of stealing nearly $600,000 worth of property from a Fort Lupton renewable energy company and selling it as scrap metal. Dustin Ulmer, 42, faces two counts of theft between $100,000 and $1 million, according to …

For the second time this year, Denver Public Schools board members on Wednesday took John Youngquist to task for his behavior toward district staff, but the director was defiant in the face of his colleagues’ criticism as he reiterated his …

U.S. Border Patrol boss Gregory Bovino’s standing appointment with a federal judge is off — for now. The federal appeals court in Chicago put a temporary hold Wednesday on U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis’ requirement that the Border Patrol’s commander-at-large …

Which headband is best? If you’re an athlete looking to keep the sweat from your eyes or you’re just trying to accessorize your outfit with a headband that complements your look, there is a headband out there for you. We’ve …