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Each time I visit my home state of New Mexico, I know why it’s called “The Land of Enchantment.” My last visit to Albuquerque was no different. As we landed at the International Sunport, I smiled out the window as the majestic Sandia mountains greeted me among white puffy clouds in a clear blue sky. And as I exited the plane, the friendly familiarity of the people in our 47th state (yes, it is a part of the U.S.) reminded me once again that I was home.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Opponents of a new Louisiana law requiring that a version of the Ten Commandments be posted in public school classrooms have asked a federal court to block implementation of the requirement while their lawsuit against it progresses and before the new school year starts.

Q. My 21-year-old son who lives with me recently broke up with his girlfriend of two years. This was not a mutual split. He has found another, moved on and his past girlfriend is very hurt. I understand his decision, but I dearly miss his former girlfriend. She was part of our family for two years and I feel like I’ve lost a child. I would like to stay in touch. My son says he doesn’t care, but I don’t want to encourage the past girlfriend on my son’s behalf. What’s good ex-etiquette?

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DENVER — For $650 a head, Jim Myers leads cryptid-curious folks from around the world into the wilderness of Colorado’s Park County for a three-day camping expedition in search of the elusive Bigfoot.

Small publishing houses have known for years there’s an audience for young people’s books by and about Indigenous people.

JERUSALEM — Israel’s national Holocaust museum opened a new conservation facility in Jerusalem on Monday that will preserve, restore and store its more than 45,000 artifacts and works of art in a vast new building, including five floors of underground storage.

What’s a no-fail recipe for summer gatherings? My dad’s old-timey ham and cheese sliders never fail to deliver.

Music from cornets filled the air on Auglaize Street in Wapakoneta on the morning of July 15, 1871, announcing the arrival of Joel E. Warner’s Great Pacific Combination Museum, Menagerie, Circus and Caravan. Onlookers lined the street several people deep as the group traveled through Wapakoneta from the west to east of town, where they set up their three tents at Jones’ woods. The Pacific Combination performed in St. Marys the previous day.

LIMA — Ty Moore always feels humbled whenever he returns to his hometown to perform.