Cold nights are important for preserving snowpack and making snow at ski resorts. Climate change is affecting both.
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On today's newscast: Local nonprofit YouthZone is tapping into opioid settlement dollars as a new source of funding to treat and prevent substance abuse; hundreds of people showed up for the last mass at St. Benedict’s Monastery in Old Snowmass; and Colorado Democrats are reviving a bill that would make it easier for workers to unionize after Gov. Jared Polis vetoed it last year. Tune in for these stories and more.
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Wildfires last January destroyed communities around Los Angeles. Homeowners say recovery has been slowed by fights with insurers to get their claims paid.
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A historian of modern China, Jung Chang turns the lens back on herself in her newest book to understand how she sees the world and why she writes about China today.
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The White House says the Smithsonian Institution must submit materials about current and upcoming exhibitions and events for a review that will determine whether they express "improper ideology."
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The planned closure of the San Francisco Immigration Court comes as immigration judges spent the last year facing pressure to move through their caseloads faster and streamline deportations.
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More than 2,000 federal immigration agents are in Minnesota, and that number is expected to increase. On Monday, an NPR reporter witnessed multiple instances where immigration agents drove around Minneapolis — and in parking lots of big box stores — and randomly questioned people about their immigration status.
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People across the country gathered to protest against ICE over the past week.
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After the social media app's AI chatbot started generating sexualized images of women and children, two countries have blocked it and several more have launched investigations.
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There's a growing move to end what some call "the orphan tax" and stop states from taking benefit checks from children and youth in foster care.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention dropped its advice that kids get an annual flu shot at a time when flu cases and hospitalizations are surging.
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With credit card interest rates near modern highs, President Trump says he wants to cap the rates for one year.
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