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Family of Black girls handcuffed by Colorado police, held at gunpoint reach $1.9 million settlement
Read full article: Family of Black girls handcuffed by Colorado police, held at gunpoint reach $1.9 million settlementA Black woman and a group of four young girls who were wrongfully forced out of their car, held at gunpoint and handcuffed by police in suburban Denver in 2020 have reached a $1.9 million legal settlement.
How Memorial Villages police recovered a family heirloom worth more than $34K stolen nearly 3 years ago
Read full article: How Memorial Villages police recovered a family heirloom worth more than $34K stolen nearly 3 years agoFor nearly three years, one family in the Memorial Villages area has been trying to hunt down a stolen family heirloom.
Final trial over Elijah McClain's death in suburban Denver spotlights paramedics' role
Read full article: Final trial over Elijah McClain's death in suburban Denver spotlights paramedics' roleThe third and final trial over the 2019 death of Elijah McClain in suburban Denver after he was stopped by police is set to start.
2nd police officer acquitted in death of Elijah McClain, who was put in a neck hold, given ketamine
Read full article: 2nd police officer acquitted in death of Elijah McClain, who was put in a neck hold, given ketamineA second Denver-area police officer has been acquitted in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain.
What to know about Elijah McClain's death and the cases against police and paramedics
Read full article: What to know about Elijah McClain's death and the cases against police and paramedicsA jury has acquitted another Denver-area police officer who put Elijah McClain in a neck hold before the Black man was injected with the powerful sedative ketamine by paramedics and died.
Prosecutors say Elijah McClain was just walking home as jury urged to convict officers in his death
Read full article: Prosecutors say Elijah McClain was just walking home as jury urged to convict officers in his deathProsecutors seeking a conviction of two Colorado police officers in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain have implored a jury during closing arguments to remember that he was just trying to walk home on the night of the fatal encounter.
What to know about Elijah McClain's death and the criminal trial of two officers
Read full article: What to know about Elijah McClain's death and the criminal trial of two officersDefense attorneys for two Denver-area police officers charged in the 2019 killing of Elijah McClain are trying to cast doubt on whether a neck hold by police contributed to his death.
Trial begins in Elijah McClain death, which sparked outrage over racial injustice in policing
Read full article: Trial begins in Elijah McClain death, which sparked outrage over racial injustice in policingFour years after Elijah McClain died after being stopped by police in Colorado, two of the police officers charged in his death are set to go on trial.
Pentagon says surveillance flights, not counterterrorism ops, have restarted in Niger
Read full article: Pentagon says surveillance flights, not counterterrorism ops, have restarted in NigerThe Pentagon says it has not restarted counterterrorism operations in Niger, a day after the head of U.S. airpower for Europe and Africa said those flights had resumed.
Metal ductwork collapses, injures 6 at Colorado resort pool
Read full article: Metal ductwork collapses, injures 6 at Colorado resort poolFire officials say six people were hurt when part of a heating and ventilation system collapsed at a resort pool in Colorado, and two people have been hospitalized with life-threatening injuries.
Over 200 million under advisories or warnings from ‘historic winter storm,’
Read full article: Over 200 million under advisories or warnings from ‘historic winter storm,’Over 200 million people or around 60% of the population are under some form of weather warning or advisory from a “historic winter storm,” forecasters said Friday.
EPA to tighten nitrogen oxide limits for new heavy trucks
Read full article: EPA to tighten nitrogen oxide limits for new heavy trucksIn a little over four years, new heavy truck makers will have to cut harmful nitrogen oxide pollution more than 80% under standards released Tuesday by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Mass shooters exploited gun laws, loopholes before carnage
Read full article: Mass shooters exploited gun laws, loopholes before carnageThe suspects in the shootings at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school and a Buffalo, New York, supermarket were both just 18 when authorities say they bought the weapons used in the attacks.
22 mass shootings. 374 dead. Here's where the guns came from
Read full article: 22 mass shootings. 374 dead. Here's where the guns came fromThe suspects in the shootings at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school and a Buffalo, New York, supermarket were both just 18 when authorities say they bought the weapons used in the attacks.
Suspect in church killing dead after Colorado cops shoot him
Read full article: Suspect in church killing dead after Colorado cops shoot himColorado authorities say a man wanted for shooting and killing a woman last week in a suburban Denver church and wounding two churchgoers has died after he was shot by police officers.
Woman arrested after boy dies in Denver-area apartment fire
Read full article: Woman arrested after boy dies in Denver-area apartment fireA woman is facing murder and arson charges after a fire swept through a three-story apartment building in suburban Denver, killing a 5-year-old boy and displacing more than 30 people.
Bone in SUV is from Ohio mom missing since 2002 with 2 kids
Read full article: Bone in SUV is from Ohio mom missing since 2002 with 2 kidsDNA testing has confirmed that a bone found in an SUV pulled last fall from the Ohio River in Indiana is from an Ohio woman who vanished with her two young children in 2002.
Officials: Police in Elijah McClain hometown racially biased
Read full article: Officials: Police in Elijah McClain hometown racially biasedColorado’s attorney general says a civil rights investigation that began amid outrage over the death of Elijah McClain has found that a suburban Denver police department has a pattern of racially biased policing.
Activists see hope after charges in Elijah McClain’s death
Read full article: Activists see hope after charges in Elijah McClain’s deathPolice reform advocates say the indictments of three suburban Denver officers and two paramedics in the death of Elijah McClain could be a pivotal step toward meaningful accountability for law enforcement.
Ex-Nevada inmate convicted in 1984 Colorado hammer killings
Read full article: Ex-Nevada inmate convicted in 1984 Colorado hammer killingsA former Nevada prison inmate has been convicted of first-degree murder in the 1984 hammer and knife slayings of three Colorado family members, including a 7-year-old girl.
Nervous workers struggle to adjust to new mask policies
Read full article: Nervous workers struggle to adjust to new mask policiesAn abrupt relaxation of mask policies at some retail and grocery stores has left workers reeling as they try to sort out what the new environment means for their own safety and relationship with customers.
AP source: MLB moving All-Star Game to Denver’s Coors Field
Read full article: AP source: MLB moving All-Star Game to Denver’s Coors FieldMajor League Baseball plans to relocate the All-Star Game to Coors Field in Denver after pulling this year’s Midsummer Classic from Atlanta over objections to sweeping changes to Georgia’s voting laws, according to a person familiar with the decision.
Haunted by mass violence, Colorado confronts painful history
Read full article: Haunted by mass violence, Colorado confronts painful historyOn Wednesday, Reinfeld was reeling from the latest mass shooting even closer to home, after authorities say a 21-year-old gunned down shoppers at a local grocery store. “I could see at some point leaving because of all this,” said Reinfeld, a gun control activist. But it's also been haunted by shootings that have helped define the nation's decades-long struggle with mass violence. The Aurora shooting brought that terror from schools to a movie theater. After each of Colorado's biggest massacres, the local gun control movement has gained heartbroken new recruits.
Cops fired over photos tied to Elijah McClain not reinstated
Read full article: Cops fired over photos tied to Elijah McClain not reinstatedThe Aurora Civil Service Commission issued a decision Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, upholding the firings of officers Marrero, Dittrich and Jason Rosenblatt over this and similar photos. Police Chief Vanessa Wilson fired the three officers last year over two photos taken at a memorial to McClain two months after his death. AdDittrich texted the photos to two officers who stopped McClain — Rosenblatt and Nathan Woodyard — to try to cheer up Woodyard, authorities said. Besides the neckhold, McClain was injected with the sedative ketamine. Rosenblatt initially tried to put McClain in the neckhold but couldn’t because of his position, so Woodyard did, authorities said.
Uber, hard-hit by pandemic, sells its robot-vehicle division
Read full article: Uber, hard-hit by pandemic, sells its robot-vehicle divisionSAN RAMON, Calif. – Uber is selling off its autonomous vehicles development arm as the ride-hailing company slims down after its revenues were pummeled by the coronavirus pandemic. Self-driving vehicle technology company Aurora will acquire the employees and technology behind Uber's Advanced Technologies Group in an stock transaction, the companies said Monday. Uber will also invest $400 million into Aurora, and Uber's CEO Dara Khosrowshahi will join Aurora's board of directors. After the transaction, Aurora will be worth $10 billion and Uber will hold 26% stake in the company, Aurora CEO Chris Urmson said in an interview. San Francisco-based Uber will lose a critical piece of its company after the pandemic cut into its finances by suppressing demand for shared rides.
Voices of Houston: Meet Aurora Garcia, a breast cancer survivor helping spread awareness and advocacy to other patients
Read full article: Voices of Houston: Meet Aurora Garcia, a breast cancer survivor helping spread awareness and advocacy to other patientsHOUSTON – For 45-year-old wife and mother Aurora Garcia, wearing pink in October is more than just raising awareness. They met a year after Jerry’s first wife Ana lost her battle to breast cancer. Jerry and Aurora Garcia (KPRC)In 2005, Ana was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer, which was at that time a really rare form of breast cancer and very aggressive. Jerry Garcia and his family were very involved with the organization, helping to fundraise and raise awareness of breast cancer. Breast cancer survivor Aurora Garcia (KPRC)“Your chances of survival are just much greater than they were years ago, but early detection is key,” said Aurora Garcia.
Prosecutors investigating police who handcuffed Black girls
Read full article: Prosecutors investigating police who handcuffed Black girls(AP) Prosecutors are investigating whether suburban Denver police officers should face criminal charges for putting four Black girls on the ground and handcuffing two of them after mistakenly suspecting they were riding in a stolen car, a district attorney said Friday. The incident Sunday attracted national attention after a video of the girls some in tears being detained in a parking lot spread on social media. Aurora police apologized after the video taken by a bystander showed the girls, with the 17-year-old and a 12-year-old lying on their stomachs with their hands cuffed behind their backs. Theres no excuse why you didnt handle it a different type of way, Gilliam told KUSA-TV. The Colorado attorney general is investigating after a county prosecutor said last year there wasnt enough evidence to charge the officers.
Woman dies of COVID-19 after giving birth to her baby while on a ventilator
Read full article: Woman dies of COVID-19 after giving birth to her baby while on a ventilatorBROOKLYN CENTER, Minnesota A Minnesota father is in mourning after his wife died of COVID-19 complications on July 19. She had just previously given birth to a healthy baby via C-section, KMSP reported. She is a 35-year-old healthy woman with no pre-existing conditions, Duran told KMSP. I was thinking okay shes going to get through this, a few days at the hospital. But when I received that phone call it just hit me, Duran told KMSP. Just be cautious because you could be healthy just like my wife and still end up in the ICU on the ventilator, Duran told KMSP.
A look at a Colorado Black man's death in police encounter
Read full article: A look at a Colorado Black man's death in police encounterMcClain, a 23-year-old Black man in the Denver suburb of Aurora, died in August after police officers confronted him as he was walking to a store. McClain was a massage therapist who planned to go to college, his younger sister, Samara McClain, told The Denver Post. According to a report by District Attorney Dave Young, Aurora officers responding to the report said McClain was uncooperative when they confronted him. Federal authorities also said they were considering an investigation into photos of Aurora police released last week. WHAT IS THE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING THE PHOTOS TAKEN AT MCCLAIN'S MEMORIAL?
Police chief defends pepper spray at Elijah McClain vigil
Read full article: Police chief defends pepper spray at Elijah McClain vigilWilson said in a statement that the suspended officers were "depicted in photographs near the site where Elijah McClain died." Aurora Interim Police Chief Vanessa Wilson said the officers were responding to a small group of agitators among the largely peaceful crowd Saturday. Three white officers stopped McClain as he walked down the street last August after a 911 call reported him as suspicious. The officers who stopped McClain were cleared by prosecutors and returned to the force, but the governor has ordered the state attorney general to reopen the case. A separate internal police investigation is underway into photos of Aurora officers taken near where McClain died.
Officers put on leave over photos tied to Elijah McClain
Read full article: Officers put on leave over photos tied to Elijah McClainThe interim police chief of the city of Aurora, Vanessa Wilson, said in a statement that the suspended officers were "depicted in photographs near the site where Elijah McClain died." In McClain's case, police body-camera video shows an Aurora officer getting out of his car, approaching McClain and saying, Stop right there. The chief's decision could be appealed by the officers under investigation, which would delay the results being released, he said. The three officers who stopped McClain did not face any criminal charges after an investigation by the district attorney, but Democratic Gov. Who didn't do it the right way were those agitators who were arming themselves, that were putting on helmets and gas masks and throwing rocks at my officers, Wilson told KUSA-TV.
Police: Man told to wear mask shoots Denver Waffle House cook
Read full article: Police: Man told to wear mask shoots Denver Waffle House cookDENVER – A man is accused of shooting and wounding a Waffle House employee in suburban Denver the night after being asked to wear a face covering inside the restaurant, authorities said. According to an arrest affidavit, employees told investigators Watson came to the restaurant shortly after midnight Thursday, and a waitress told him he needed to wear a mask to be served. Watson allegedly returned with a mask that he was not wearing and was again told he could not be served. Watson is accused of shooting the cook in the chest or abdomen outside of the restaurant as the cook ran to get away. “We are deeply saddened and regret that this senseless act of violence occurred,” Waffle House spokesperson Njeri Boss said.