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Transgender and nonbinary people would be better protected from harassment if new bill becomes law

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Transgender and nonbinary people would receive more explicit protections in Colorado's anti-bias and harassment law if a newly introduced bill becomes law.

Colorado legislators set aside $7.2 million to fund longer psychiatric hospital stays

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Low-income Coloradans with mental illnesses are poised to receive longer hospital stays after state legislators set aside money to expand a decades-old Medicaid rule.

Denver has doubled the number of dog parks, but owners say there still aren’t enough

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Denver Parks and Recreation now has 16 city dog parks, up from just eight in 2014. Several are located downtown, but the options dwindle in some of the city's more densely populated neighborhoods east and southeast of central Denver.

A Colorado auction house is selling Mexican antiquities. That nation’s leaders say they’re stolen.

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Mexico’s first lady, Beatriz Gutiérrez Müller, also sounded the alarm over Thursday’s auction, writing in Spanish in a post on X that the pieces were “illegally stolen from our territory.”

In wake of canine respiratory disease outbreak, Colorado bill targets pet facilities

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A canine respiratory disease outbreak that sickened Colorado dogs this fall is motivating state lawmakers to find a legislative fix, but some pet care facilities say the proposed bill needs a lot more clarification to work.

Opinion: Being ridiculously partisan does not warrant call to impeach Jena Griswold

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Calling Donald Trump an “insurrectionist” on television does not constitute misconduct, as the complaint filed earlier this month by the Colorado Republican Party alleges.

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Former gubernatorial hopeful Greg Lopez gets GOP nomination for 4th District special election

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Republicans in Colorado's sprawling 4th Congressional District chose former Parker mayor Greg Lopez to appear on the June 25 special election ballot to finish Rep. Ken Buck's term.

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Building a new Key Bridge could take years and cost at least $400 million, experts say

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Rebuilding Baltimore’s collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge could take anywhere from 18 months to several years, experts say, while the cost could be at least $400 million — or more than twice that. It all depends on factors that are still…

Cranes arriving to start removing wreckage from deadly Baltimore bridge collapse

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The largest crane on the Eastern Seaboard is arriving by barge so crews can begin removing the wreckage from the deadly Baltimore bridge collapse. Maryland Gov. Wes Moore says the crane can lift up to 1,000 tons. It will be used to clear…

The Moscow concert massacre was a major security blunder. What’s behind that failure?

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By The Associated Press Hours before gunmen last week carried out the bloodiest attack in two decades in Russia, authorities made an addition to a government register of extremist and terrorist groups: They included the international LGBTQ…

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Opinion: Abortion medication mifepristone — a tiny pill with big implications for 2024 elections

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A decision restricting access to mifepristone could turn the course of the election. Public opinion polls hover around 70% of Americans who support the pill remaining legal and available.

House Republicans invite President Biden to testify at public hearing as impeachment inquiry stalls

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House Republicans have invited President Joe Biden to testify before Congress in what appears to be a last-ditch effort to deliver on their stalled monthslong impeachment inquiry into the Biden family businesses. Rep. James Comer, chair of…

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Letters: Population growth is driving housing prices up in Colorado and pushing locals out

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Denver Post readers sound off on Colorado's shrinking affordable housing inventory, Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold and power use.

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Third person shot at Denver homeless shelter in 2 weeks; 2 arrested

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Two men were arrested on suspicion of attempted first-degree murder after a shooting at one of Denver's hotel shelters, marking the shelter's third person shot in less than two weeks.

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Biden administration restores threatened species protections dropped by Trump

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The Biden administration on Thursday restored rules to protect imperiled plants and animals that had been rolled back back under former President Donald Trump.

Punxsutawney Phil, the spring-predicting groundhog, and wife Phyliss are parents of 2 babies

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Now we know what Punxsutawney Phil, the groundhog who predicts whether an early spring will arrive each Feb. 2, does on the other 364 days.

U.S. tuberculosis cases were at their the highest level in a decade in 2023

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The number of U.S. tuberculosis cases in 2023 were the highest in a decade, according to a new government report. Forty states reported an increase in TB, and rates were up among all age groups, the Centers for Disease Control and…

Aurora drug screening business owner arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting clients, police searching for more victims

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The owner of an Aurora drug screening business was arrested earlier this month after three women reported being sexually assaulted while providing urine samples, police announced Thursday.

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Doctors visiting a Gaza hospital are stunned by the war’s toll on Palestinian children

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One toddler died from a brain injury caused by an Israeli strike. His cousin, an infant, is still fighting for her life.

Dethroned crypto king Sam Bankman-Fried to be sentenced for defrauding FTX investors

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Former crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried faces the potential of decades in prison when he is sentenced Thursday for his role in the 2022 collapse of FTX, once one of the world’s most popular platforms for trading digital currency. Bankman…

Why did more than 1,000 people die after police subdued them with force that isn’t meant to kill?

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Every day, police in the U.S. rely on common use-of-force tactics that, unlike guns, are meant to stop people without killing them. But when misused, these tactics can still end in death -- as happened with George Floyd in 2020. An…

US changes how it categorizes people by race and ethnicity. It’s the first revision in 27 years

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For the first time in 27 years, the U.S. government is changing how it categorizes people by race and ethnicity, an effort that federal officials believe will more accurately count residents who identify as Hispanic and of Middle Eastern…

One dead in overnight Denver shooting on Colfax Avenue, police investigating

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Denver police are investigating after a man was shot and killed in the city's East Colfax neighborhood Friday night.

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Colorado Springs police searching for missing Indigenous teen last seen Sunday

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Colorado Springs police officers are searching for a missing Indigenous teenager last seen Sunday who could be experiencing mental health problems, officials announced Wednesday night.

Parks, bars, protests stripped from bill that would create gun-free zones in Colorado

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The bill was amended to only ban firearms at Colorado schools, from preschool to college, as well as polling places, the state legislature and local government buildings, though local governments could opt out.

Colorado legislators still want to slim down RTD’s board, but reform plan has been scaled back

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Colorado lawmakers have scaled back their reform plan for the Regional Transportation District, but they're still aiming to significantly alter the size and composition of its governing board.

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Ex-Trump lawyer John Eastman should lose California law license for efforts to overturn election, judge says

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Eastman, who was previously a visiting scholar of conservative thought and policy at the University of Colorado Boulder, faced 11 disciplinary charges in the state bar court stemming from his development of a legal strategy to have then…

Denver truck driver found guilty in 2022 crash that killed Wyoming family

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A 27-year-old Denver man was found guilty of five counts of vehicular homicide on Wednesday in a 2022 Weld County crash that killed a Wyoming family of five.

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Denver jail deputy arrested in Jefferson County for assault, domestic violence

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A Denver jail deputy was arrested on suspicion of third-degree assault related to domestic violence, Denver Sheriff Department officials said Wednesday.

Wednesday, Mar 27

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Four hospitalized in crash that has closed Colorado-MLK Jr. intersection in Denver

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The crash involved two motorists and four people have been transported to the hospital.