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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Two men have pleaded guilty in Las Vegas to federal charges in an armed confrontation with U.S. officials over grazing rights near cattleman Cliven Bundy's ranch. Gerald "Jerry" DeLemus and Blaine Cooper each admitted Thursday they conspired with others who engaged with Bundy in the tense gunpoint standoff in April 2014 about 80 miles northeast of Las Vegas.
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico may use public funds to help Facebook pay for water rights at a major new data center proposed at Los Lunas. The social media giant is negotiating for tax breaks and subsidies as it weighs whether to locate the facility in Los Lunas or a suburb of Salt Lake City.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A St. George police dog has died due to complications from surgery. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that the K-9 died Wednesday after suffering from gastric dilation volvulus, which causes a dog's stomach to twist, cutting off blood flow to internal organs.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey says populations of a small rabbit-like animal known as the American pika are vanishing in many mountainous areas of the West as climate change alters their habitat. A USGS study of the cuddly critter from 2012-2015 found that the range for the mountain-dwelling herbivore is decreasing in southern Utah, northeastern California and in the Great Basin.
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