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Snowmobile competitions are returning for the first time in five years to the X Games in Aspen. This is just one recent change to the quickly evolving games under CEO Jeremy Bloom. Other changes include ticketed events, AI judging, sports betting and an X Games League.
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On today's newscast: The city of Aspen has applied to start construction on the Armory Hall redevelopment project; former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters was involved in an altercation with another inmate over the weekend at a state prison in Pueblo; and a group of local officials from several Mountain West states are raising concerns about the Trump administration’s nominee to head the Bureau of Land Management. Tune in for these stories and more.
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Saul Loeb/AFPTwo Republicans joined Democrats to vote for the war powers resolution, but the motion failed in a 215-215 vote. -
Zayrha Rodriguez/NPRThe House has approved the final set of spending bills to avoid a government shutdown, despite objections from Democrats to the funding levels set for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. -
Angelina Katsanis/APA prominent civil rights attorney and at least two other people involved in a protest that disrupted a church service have been arrested, Trump administration officials said, even as a judge rebuffed related charges against journalist Don Lemon. -
Win McNamee/Getty Images North AmericaThe lawsuit escalates a series of confrontations between the president and the leader of the country's biggest bank.
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An annual report from the American Heart Association shows deaths from heart disease and stroke are down, encouraging news after the rate went up in the early years of the pandemic. -
The signing ceremony marked the most concrete step yet in Trump's effort to establish the board, whose final composition has yet to be confirmed. -
The huge al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria for years has posed an intractable problem — a destitute and increasingly dangerous detention site where ISIS ideology lives on. -
Parents of autistic children are clamoring for a prescription vitamin promoted by federal health officials. But there's little evidence the drug will help. -
This week, we've finally received an infusion of fresh blood in the form of a brand-new album and a brand-new song — by two different artists, no less! — debuting at No. 1. -
The U.S. is giving $1.6 million to researchers to study how the hepatitis B vaccine affects newborns in Guinea-Bissau. Local officials say the trial is suspended. U.S. officials say that's inaccurate.
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