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Environmental and clean energy advocates are voicing concerns over Trump’s picks for Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Energy. They say the president-elect’s nominees reveal an overreliance on fossil fuels and a disregard for conservation and green energy.
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On today's newscast: The city of Aspen is considering how to enforce the state’s new psilocybin law; Arapahoe Basin ski area's sale to Alterra Ski Company has been finalized; and Denver-based Liberty Energy CEO Chris Wright has been tapped as the Energy Secretary for Donald Trump’s second administration. Tune into these stories and more.
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Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesThe federal courts say they have taken "extensive" steps to protect workers from abuse, discrimination and harassment since the rise of the #MeToo movement, but critics say many workers don't trust the internal system for reporting complaints. -
Roscosmos Space Agency Press Service/APThere are at least 19,000 pieces of space debris in Earth's orbit, not including active satellites, that the U.S is monitoring. -
Tasos Katopodis/Getty ImagesFormer Washington Post executive editor Marty Baron says he thinks Trump is "salivating for the opportunity to prosecute and imprison journalists." New Yorker editor David Remnick agrees. -
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images/Getty Images North AmericaThe U.S. House Committee on Ethics is deadlocked on whether to release its report into former Rep. Matt Gaetz, whose nomination to serve as Trump's attorney general has been plagued by controversy.
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The case over the killing of a Georgia nursing student fueled the national debate over immigration during this year's presidential race. -
President-elect Donald Trump tapped Matthew Whitaker as his ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, which Trump has long criticized for taking advantage of U.S. defense spending. -
Field goals of 50 yards or longer used to be a rare thing in the NFL. But this season, kickers are hitting them at a record 72% clip — and head coaches are trying them far more often than ever before. -
Officials say Monsignor Jamie Gigantiello was disciplined for mishandling $1.9 million in parish funds. He faced scrutiny last year for letting Carpenter film a music video at his Brooklyn church. -
Former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel says "a lack of any government experience is an issue" when leading the largest institution in the world. -
Case counts for Oropouche virus are still low but rising dramatically. What's going on? And then there's a study that raises the possibility that insect bites aren't the only way the virus can spread.
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