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Two worlds have come together in a rare teaching program at one of the nation's top universities. Students at Stanford University are reaching across a cultural divide to help tutor the Mexican immigrants who clean their classrooms and dorms.

This is going to be a big weekend for college sports. There's basketball -- of course -- but for commentator Bob Cook, the real action is going to be at Bethany College in Kansas. It's the President's Cup, where the top four collegiate chess programs in the nation will compete. But, he says, the tournament's favorites are as disliked in the chess world as any outlaw basketball program.

The Dixie Chicks are one of the top selling country artists of all time. Will Hermes, a senior contributing writer for Spin magazine, says their first CD in three years,Home, has a less commercial sound than their other offerings, but still may be one of the best pop CDs of the year.

Tom Manoff has a review of the CD Reflections of Spain, featuring Spanish music for guitar, played by David Russell. Manoff thinks Russell — who is Scottish, not Spanish — plays with a natural elegance, and is passionate but never over the top.

On today's newscast: Aspen city council once again postponed a vote on the Lumberyard affordable housing project, AspenOUT has extended the application deadline for its new youth leadership and scholarship program, a new statewide poll of Colorado’s Latino voters found economic concerns to be top of mind, and more.

On today's newscast: the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Colorado's ruling that disqualified Donald Trump from the GOP primary, Basalt Town Council candidates will participate in a forum Monday night, two of Switzerland's top alpine racers dominated the podium at the World Cup in Aspen, and more.

In a rare interview, FBI Director Christopher Wray told NPR that the bureau will keep working on the sprawling investigation "no matter how long it takes."

Colorado voters approved Proposition KK adding a 6.5% excise tax on gun and ammunition sales. The state is the first one to impose such a tax via a citizen’s vote.

The 6.0 magnitude quake late Sunday hit a series of towns in the province of Kunar, near the city of Jalalabad in neighboring Nangahar province, causing extensive damage.

Forecasters expect 13 to 19 storms to form in the Atlantic between June 1 and the end of November. At least 6 of those are forecast to be full-blown hurricanes.