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Longtime President and CEO Alan Fletcher is stepping down from his leadership role at the end of 2026. He will be honored as Aspen Music Festival and School’s first President Emeritus upon his departure, celebrating his 21 years of service to the organization.
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On today's newscast: Aspen City Council officially appointed Pete Strecker as Aspen city manager during a special meeting last night; Colorado's congressional newcomers are pulling in strong fundraising numbers as they run for reelection for the first time; and California just took a big step toward changing how electricity moves across the West. Tune in for these stories and more.
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Joan Monfort/APThe Spanish soccer league said Tuesday that plans for Barcelona to play a game against Villarreal outside Miami in December have been called off, following increased opposition to the match. -
Alex Brandon/APPresident Donald Trump 's pick to lead a federal watchdog agency withdrew from consideration Tuesday evening, after his offensive text messages were made public and GOP senators revolted. -
Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesNew York State Police say the man was arrested after they received word from the FBI that that he made "threats to kill a member of Congress." -
Patrick Sison/APA decade ago, research said giving young children peanut products can prevent allergies. A new study says that, 10 years later, tens of thousands of U.S. children have avoided allergies as a result.
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Israel is de-registering major nongovernmental aid groups from helping people in the Palestinian territories, according to several officials with humanitarian organizations. -
New releases this week include a feminist history of modern Russia, and a candid portrait of Gish Jen's relationship with her mother. Plus, new novels from Philip Pullman and Claire Louise-Bennett. -
Japan ranks low in gender equality among developed nations. The first woman to lead the country is an ultraconservative who cites Margaret Thatcher as a role model. She also loves heavy metal. -
The order is to be implemented at school libraries on military bases in Kentucky, Virginia, Italy and Japan. Students and their families claimed their First Amendment rights had been violated when officials removed the books to comply with President Trump's executive orders. -
In 2014, Malala Yousafzai became the youngest person to win a Nobel Prize, an honor that weighed on her when she went off to college. In Finding My Way, she writes about her life at Oxford and beyond. -
While AI is increasingly used to write code, every line is still reviewed by humans. Some engineers complain about having to clean up AI-generated code.
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