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Police: 6 killed, including gunman, in Denver area shootings

DENVER – A gunman who went on a deadly shooting rampage through several business districts in and around Denver was targeting at least some of his victims, authorities said Tuesday. The susp...

DATE: Dec 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Supporters rally for trucker sentenced to 110 years in crash

DENVER – Relatives, lawmakers and other supporters of a trucker sentenced to 110 years in prison after an explosive brake-failure crash that left four people dead rallied in Denver on Wednes...

DATE: Dec 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado supermarket shooting suspect incompetent for trial

DENVER – A judge ruled Friday that a man charged with killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket earlier this year is mentally incompetent to stand trial and ordered him to be treated at th...

DATE: Dec 3, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Denver suburb to pay $15M to settle Elijah McClain lawsuit

DENVER – The Denver suburb of Aurora has agreed to pay $15 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the parents of Elijah McClain, a Black man who died after suburban Denver police stopped him...

DATE: Nov 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Police: Teen set fatal Colorado house fire after phone theft

DENVER – One of three teens accused of setting a house fire that killed five recent immigrants from Senegal last year admitted to starting the fire and targeting the house because he believ...

DATE: Nov 13, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

No charges for officer who killed man hailed as hero

DENVER – No criminal charges will be filed against a police officer who accidentally shot and killed a man hailed as a hero for stopping a gunman who ambushed another police officer in subur...

DATE: Nov 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Denver police hope therapy dog will break down barriers

DENVER – The Denver Police Department’s first therapy dog was originally trained to be a guide dog, but she turned out to be too friendly to focus on helping one person. Now the department ...

DATE: Nov 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Officers, paramedics charged in McClain’s death in court

DENVER – Three police officers and two paramedics indicted on manslaughter and other charges in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain in Colorado appeared in court Monday for the first time since...

DATE: Nov 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

United States issues its 1st passport with 'X' gender marker

DENVER – The United States has issued its first passport with an “X” gender designation, marking a milestone in the recognition of the rights of people who do not identify as male or female,...

DATE: Oct 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Travel

Parents of unrestrained girl killed on ride sue theme park

DENVER (AP) — On her family's first trip since the pandemic began, 6-year-old Wongel Estifanos got on a vertical drop ride at a Colorado amusement park with her uncle, aunt and cousins last month. When the floor pulled away from beneath them, everyone else fell in their seats down a 110-foot (34-meter) underground shaft but Wongel, who was not strapped to her seat, plunged to her death, according to a lawsuit filed by her parents against the park Wednesday.

DATE: Oct 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Experts: Colorado supermarket shooting suspect not competent

DENVER – State experts concluded that the man charged with killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket is not competent to stand trial but a judge granted prosecutors’ request for his mental...

DATE: Oct 11, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

At least 92% of Denver city workers vaccinated after mandate

DENVER – At least 92% of Denver’s municipal employees were vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Friday, a day after the city’s vaccine mandate took effect in a bid to slow the spread of the vir...

DATE: Oct 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News