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By KATE BRUMBACK ATLANTA (AP) — The killing was captured on video and shared around the world: Ahmaud Arbery running toward and then around an idling pickup truck before its driver blasted him at close range with a shotgun. Soon after Travis McMichael fatally shot Arbery on Feb. 23, 2020, his father, Greg McMichael, told…

MIAMI (AP) — An attorney for the family of Brian Laundrie said Tuesday that he fatally shot himself in the head. Laundrie had been the subject of a manhunt for more than a month as investigators searched for clues in the slaying of his girlfriend, Gabby Petito, during their cross-country van trip together. Attorney Steve…

Councilmembers in Aurora and Denver on Monday announced a joint gun-buyback program for 2022 that would convert firearms into garden tools and jewelry. The announcement from Denver Councilmember Amanda Sawyer and her Aurora counterpart, Curtis Gardner, comes in the wake of separate shootings last week near Aurora high schools that left nine teens injured. The…

Is travel safe during the pandemic this holiday season? It depends. It can be safe if you’re fully vaccinated against COVID-19, but officials say people who haven’t gotten the shots should delay travel. Regardless of vaccination status, all travelers should keep taking precautions like avoiding indoor, unmasked crowds, says Dr. Keith Armitage, an infectious disease…

BUTNER, N.C. (AP) — The former Oklahoma zookeeper known as “Tiger King” Joe Exotic, a prominent figure in a Netflix documentary series, has been transferred to a medical facility in North Carolina for federal inmates after a cancer diagnosis, according to his attorney. Joe Exotic, whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage, was flown on a…

HUNTINGTON, N.Y. (AP) — Add Christmas trees to the list of items facing shortages and higher prices this year. Several factors are driving the trend, Newsday reported, including over-the-top sales last year during the first Christmas during the COVID-19 pandemic and supply chain issues this year. Experts said tree buyers should expect to pay between…

Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon has resumed skating in his recovery from a lower-body injury in which he was expected to miss three weeks. MacKinnon, who suffered his injury Nov. 6 at Columbus, skated in a red non-contact sweater with defenseman Bo Byram and forward Martin Kaut before Colorado’s full practice on Sunday. MacKinnon appeared to…

SEATTLE — Friday’s gameday experience at Climate Pledge Arena was in many ways spectacular. From a visitor’s perspective, the NHL’s 32nd team offered entertainment as good as the Vegas Golden Knights have since they led the expansion race in 2017. The Seattle Kraken has a remarkable setting to build upon, and if you think the…

The death of a 77-year-old man in Denver is being investigated as a homicide and police have recovered the victim’s vehicle, which had been missing. #Denver, have you seen this vehicle related to a homicide investigation? Please contact @CrimeStoppersCO at 720-913-7867 with any information. This is an update to a bulletin released earlier today regarding the…

Hundreds of janitors who service Denver International Airport walked off the job Saturday morning, going on strike because of “unfair” workloads and stagnant wages, union officials said. After months of ongoing negotiations with Flagship Facility Services, 350 janitors, members of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 105, went on strike at 6 a.m. “without an…

By MICHAEL TARM, SCOTT BAUER and AMY FORLITI KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted of all charges Friday after pleading self-defense in the deadly Kenosha shootings that became a flashpoint in the debate over guns, vigilantism and racial injustice in the U.S. Rittenhouse, 18, began to choke up, fell forward toward the defense…

Colorado’s economy posted strong job gains in October, with lackluster gains for September revised significantly higher, a sign that growth in the state continues to chug forward despite a rising tide of COVID-19 cases, inflationary pressures and other concerns, according to an update Friday from the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. Employers in the…

Westminster police on Wednesday arrested a 30-year-old man in connection with the case of an 11-year-old girl who went missing overnight Tuesday. Michael Patrick Buckley was arrested for sexual assault on a child – pattern of abuse, police announced Thursday in a blog post. The girl was reported missing Tuesday evening after telling her mother…

Rocky Mountain National Park officials are proposing increases in fees for park entry and camping, saying in a news release that the increases are necessary “to improve and maintain high-quality visitor services.” Daily vehicle entry fees would increase $5 to $30. Weekly passes ($35) and annual passes ($70 per year) would be unchanged. Summer fees…

DENVER — The Colorado Geographic Naming Advisory Board will meet Thursday to discuss renaming six places in the state, some of which have names that are considered offensive and derogatory to people of color. The names the board will consider changing are: Negro Creek in Delta County, Negro Mesa in Delta County, Unnamed feature in Jefferson County,…

With the Class 5A playoffs shrunk to eight teams last year due to the pandemic, two of Colorado’s traditional blue-bloods, Grandview and Ralston Valley, were absent from the bracket. But both the Wolves and the Mustangs bounced back in 2021, and are set to square off in the Class 5A quarterfinals on Friday at Legacy…

The FBI and state law enforcement officials searched four locations in Mesa and Garfield counties Tuesday in connection with a criminal investigation into employees of the Mesa County Clerk and Recorder’s Office. Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters, a Republican, and others in her office have been under criminal investigation over a possible election-security…

By MICHAEL TARM, SCOTT BAUER and AMY FORLITI KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Kyle Rittenhouse’s attorneys asked the judge on Wednesday to declare a mistrial, saying they received an inferior copy of a key video from prosecutors and would have approached things differently if they had received the higher quality video earlier. Judge Bruce Schroeder did…