AP News Digest - Mountain West
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ARIZONA - UPCOMING - SPORTS
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BKL--WNBA-BETTING ODDS
DESCRIPTION: LAS VEGAS — Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever are attracting lots of betting action. The Fever are among the favorites to win the WNBA championship and Clark is a leading candidate for league MVP. By Mark Anderson. UPCOMING: 700 words, photos, by 3 p.m. EDT.
UPCOMING: By 05/15/2025 12:00 p.m. MST, Text
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ARIZONA - NEW AND DEVELOPING - NEWS
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US--IMMIGRATION-BORDER ENFORCEMENT-MILITARY
New militarized border zone spurs national security charges against hundreds of immigrants
SUMMARY: Several hundred immigrants have been charged with unauthorized access to a newly designated militarized zone along the southern U.S. border in New Mexico and Western Texas since the Department of Justice introduced the new approach. On Wednesday, a judge was weighing advice on how to move forward with the unprecedented approach to border enforcement. President Donald Trump’s administration has transferred oversight of a thin strip of land along the U.S. border to the military. The novel national security charges against immigrants who enter through those militarized zones carry a potential sentence of 18 months in prison. That’s on top of a possible six month sentence for illegal entry.
WORDS: 677 - MOVED: 05/14/2025 3:11 p.m. MST
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COLORADO - NEW AND DEVELOPING - NEWS
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US--MOVIE GATOR DIES
Alligator that starred in ‘Happy Gilmore’ dies of old age in Colorado
SUMMARY: An alligator that appeared in numerous TV shows and films over three decades, most notably the 1996 Adam Sandler comedy “Happy Gilmore,” has died at a gator farm in southern Colorado. The Colorado Gator Farm said in a Facebook post Sunday that based on his growth rate and tooth loss, Morris the alligator was at least 80 years old when he died. He was nearly 11 feet long and weighed 640 pounds. Morris started his Hollywood career in 1975 and retired in 2006, when he was sent to the gator farm in the tiny town of Mosca.
WORDS: 403 - MOVED: 05/14/2025 7:03 p.m. MDT
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MONTANA - NEW AND DEVELOPING - NEWS
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US--MEASLES OUTBREAK-EXPLAINER
The US has 1,001 measles cases and 11 states with active outbreaks
SUMMARY: The U.S. is up to 1,001 confirmed measles cases. Kansas logged eight more cases in the past week, for a total of 56. The outbreak is linked to a larger one that includes Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma. Three Americans, including two elementary school-aged children, have died from measles-related illnesses this year. Other states with active outbreaks include Indiana, Michigan, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Tennessee. Measles is caused by a highly contagious virus that’s airborne. It is preventable through vaccines, and has been considered eliminated from the U.S. since 2000.
WORDS: 1595 - MOVED: 05/14/2025 3:32 p.m. MDT
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NEVADA - UPCOMING - SPORTS
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BKL--WNBA-BETTING ODDS
DESCRIPTION: LAS VEGAS — Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever are attracting lots of betting action. The Fever are among the favorites to win the WNBA championship and Clark is a leading candidate for league MVP. By Mark Anderson. UPCOMING: 700 words, photos, by 3 p.m. EDT.
UPCOMING: By 05/15/2025 12:00 p.m. PDT, Text
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NEW MEXICO - NEW AND DEVELOPING - NEWS
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US--MEASLES OUTBREAK-EXPLAINER
The US has 1,001 measles cases and 11 states with active outbreaks
SUMMARY: The U.S. is up to 1,001 confirmed measles cases. Kansas logged eight more cases in the past week, for a total of 56. The outbreak is linked to a larger one that includes Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma. Three Americans, including two elementary school-aged children, have died from measles-related illnesses this year. Other states with active outbreaks include Indiana, Michigan, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Tennessee. Measles is caused by a highly contagious virus that’s airborne. It is preventable through vaccines, and has been considered eliminated from the U.S. since 2000.
WORDS: 1595 - MOVED: 05/14/2025 3:32 p.m. MDT
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UTAH - UPCOMING - NEWS
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US--CONGO COUP-AMERICANS CHARGED
DESCRIPTION: Four Americans pleaded not guilty to criminal charges in a federal court in Utah after authorities said they conspired to stage a violent coup in Congo that failed.
UPCOMING: By 05/15/2025 1:30 p.m. MDT, Text, Photo
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