12 Colorado ski areas rank in the 30 best

12 Colorado ski areas rank in the 30 best

Everyone has their own favorite ski resort or snow-centric destination, so it’s always fun to compare notes with fellow ski enthusiasts. Who knows? You might find a new snowboarding, cross-country or downhill place to love. That’s the thinking behind Ski Magazine’s annual reader survey. The snow-focused magazine recently released a ranking of the top 30 … Read more

Las Vegas hotel workers union reaches tentative deal with casino to end longest strike in decades

Las Vegas hotel workers union reaches tentative deal with casino to end longest strike in decades

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The longest strike in decades by Las Vegas hotel workers ended Wednesday with a tentative contract between the union and a casino where hundreds of employees had walked off the job in November. The Culinary Workers Union announced on the social media platform X that it secured a pending five-year deal … Read more

This Puerto Rican pork roast recipe boasts crisp skin

This Puerto Rican pork roast recipe boasts crisp skin

By CHRISTOPHER KIMBALL, Associated Press Pérnil al caldero is a Puerto Rican staple of succulent slow-cooked pork with shatteringly crisp skin that’s seasoned with adobo, a garlicky, oregano-spiced marinade. The name is a combination of pérnil — a pork roast, usually either the shoulder or ham — and caldero, the dish’s cooking vessel, an aluminum … Read more

10 best ski resorts in the West include a throwback surprise – The Denver Post

12 Colorado ski areas rank in the 30 best

Everyone has their own favorite ski resort or snow-centric destination, so it’s always fun to compare notes with fellow ski enthusiasts. Who knows? You might find a new snowboarding, cross-country or downhill place to love. That’s the thinking behind Ski Magazine’s annual reader survey. The snow-focused magazine recently released a ranking of the top 30 … Read more

Tracking Trump’s Cabinet nominations

Tracking Trump’s Cabinet nominations

Donald Trump has chosen the people he wants in high-level positions during his second presidency. The nominees must be confirmed by the Senate. These are his picks for Cabinet-level posts, including some positions that have been part of the Cabinet in recent administrations. See the latest confirmation hearing schedule. A closer look at Trump’s selections: … Read more

Trump rescinds Biden’s executive order on AI safety

Trump rescinds Biden’s executive order on AI safety

By MATT O’BRIEN, Associated Press Technology Writer Hours after returning to the White House, President Donald Trump made a symbolic mark on the future of artificial intelligence by repealing former President Joe Biden’s guardrails for the fast-developing technology. But what comes next from Trump and how it will diverge from how his predecessor sought to … Read more

US adults want border security action but mostly oppose arrests in schools, churches: new poll

US adults want border security action but mostly oppose arrests in schools, churches: new poll

By AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX and TIM SULLIVAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Many U.S. adults are on board with the idea of beefing up security at the southern border and undertaking some targeted deportations, according to a poll. But as President Donald Trump begins his second term with a series of sweeping executive orders on immigration, … Read more

Estimated 24.6 million TV viewers watched Trump inauguration

Estimated 24.6 million TV viewers watched Trump inauguration

By DAVID BAUDER, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An estimated 24.6 million television viewers watched President Donald Trump’s second inauguration, the smallest audience for the quadrennial ceremony since Barack Obama’s second inauguration in 2013. The Nielsen Company said Tuesday that viewership was down from Joe Biden’s 2021 inauguration, which reached 33.8 million, and Trump’s … Read more

Estimated 24.6 million TV viewers watched inauguration coverage, smallest audience since 2013

Estimated 24.6 million TV viewers watched inauguration coverage, smallest audience since 2013

By DAVID BAUDER, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An estimated 24.6 million television viewers watched President Donald Trump’s second inauguration, the smallest audience for the quadrennial ceremony since Barack Obama’s second inauguration in 2013. The Nielsen Company said Tuesday that viewership was down from Joe Biden’s 2021 inauguration, which reached 33.8 million, and Trump’s … Read more

US throws out policies limiting arrests of migrants at sensitive locations like schools, churches

US throws out policies limiting arrests of migrants at sensitive locations like schools, churches

By REBECCA SANTANA WASHINGTON (AP) — Officers enforcing immigration laws will now be able to arrest migrants at sensitive locations like schools and churches after the Trump administration threw out policies limiting where those arrests could happen. The move announced Tuesday reverses guidance that for over a decade has restricted two key federal immigration agencies … Read more