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Yareni Rios-Gonzalez sustained serious injuries after she was hit by a train while locked in a police car. She has now been released from the hospital.

Colorado authorities deactivated a pipe bomb behind a Safeway grocery store Tuesday, and no one was hurt, police said.

Seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson is retiring from full-time racing and will turn his focus toward spending time with family. Johnson took two weeks from the IndyCar finale — with a weekend spent in England with Ganassi teammates Scott Dixon and Dario Franchitti at the Goodwood Festival of Speed — before finalizing his decision to scale back.

DENVER — (AP) — Manny Machado and Brandon Drury hit back-to-back home runs in a five-run eighth inning, Wil Myers also went deep, and the San Diego Padres beat Colorado 13-6 in the Rockies’ final home game of the season. Jake Cronenworth tripled and drove in three runs and Juan Soto, Jurickson Profar and Luis Campusano had two hits each for the Padres. San Diego kept its hold on the second NL wild card and increased its lead on Milwaukee to three games. The Rockies finished 41-40 at Coors Field and end the season on the road where they are 24-48. The Padres scored three runs in the first inning and four more in the third on Cronenworth’s two-run triple and a 433-foot two-run homer by Myers that made it 7-1.

Mary Moreno said her boss insisted that she apologize when she told him what happened the night of the robbery. But Moreno refused and was fired.

In the Los Angeles Unified School District, the second largest in the nation, at least seven students have overdosed on possible fentanyl-laced pills in just the past month.

Michigan State football coach Mel Tucker speaks to the media after the 34--7 loss to Minnesota on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022, in East Lansing.

WELD COUNTY, Colo. — Dramatic video released by Colorado police shows the moment a freight train struck a police patrol vehicle with a 20-year-old woman handcuffed in the back seat. Video released Friday shows Rios-Gonzalez was in the vehicle for about two minutes before it was struck by the freight train. “Officers cleared the suspect vehicle to determine if anyone else was in the vehicle,” the Fort Lupton Police Department said in a statement. Fort Lupton Officers immediately summoned medical assistance and began life-sustaining measures.”The full video released to KUSA after a records request can be seen below. The other yelled for his colleague to “stay back,” the footage shows as the train slams into the vehicle.

The body cam footage that caught the moment a train collided with a police patrol vehicle parked on its railroad tracks has been released amid an investigation.

Co-responder teams of police and mental health experts can better meet the needs of people in mental health crisis.

“I laughed and fell in love with her.”

A Colorado lawmaker is facing a felony charge after he voted outside his residency. His lawyer filed a motion to dismiss the charge and says the wrong address was given.

The US Air Force halted a wind power project in a remote county in Nebraska because there were hundreds of nuclear missiles below ground.

"It is a poison that is continuously infecting, not only Colorado, but every community throughout this country."

Bowen Byram, D, ColoradoByram may have already had a breakout season in 2021-22 if it weren't for his injury issues. Averaging 15:03 of ice time over his final 22 games, Jarvis racked up nine goals and 20 points. His nine goals and 26 points in 70 contests last season represented career highs for him. With a year's worth of NHL experience now under his belt, he should have a larger role in 2022-23. Betting on him is a risk, but the pieces are in place for Kakko to succeed in 2022-23.

A Colorado man accused of murdering a police officer made a virtual court appearance to hear his charges. The 31-year-old man is facing first-degree murder.

The 89-year-old woman and her grandchild were attacked by two dogs they knew in the backyard of a home near Denver last week, according to police.

The prosecution of Robert Dear, 64, has stalled because he has been repeatedly found mentally incompetent since his arrest and he has refused to take anti-psychotic medication for delusional disorder.

BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. — The three men killed in a mid-air collision involving two planes on Saturday morning in Colorado were identified Monday morning. The cause and manner of death remain under investigation, the coroner’s office stated. Both planes had climbed to about 2,000 feet when they collided, KMGH reported. “We’ll review the operational background of the pilots, their flight training and experience, and then we’ll perform a medical study on each of the pilots, including autopsies and toxicology reports,” Folkerts told the TV station. Both the NTSB and Federal Aviation Administration are investigating, with a preliminary report expected to be released within two weeks, KMGH reported.

DENVER — (AP) — A mentally ill man charged with killing three people at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic in 2015 because it offered abortion services can be forcibly medicated to try to make him competent to stand trial, a federal judge ruled Monday. He began shooting outside the clinic before getting inside by shooting his way through a door, according to his federal indictment. He also believes his lawyers are working for the FBI and the judge is also in on the arrangement. Federal prosecutors have said they would not seek the death penalty against him if he is convicted, but life in prison instead. The third person killed was a campus police officer at a nearby college, Garrett Swasey, who responded to the clinic after hearing there was an active shooter.

WELD COUNTY, Colo. — The suspect in a Colorado road rage incident was seriously injured after a freight train struck the arresting officer’s cruiser. >> Read more trending newsAccording to the Colorado State Patrol, the crash occurred just after 7:30 p.m. Friday, KDVR reported. The Colorado Bureau of Investigation confirmed to KUSA that a report of an alleged road rage incident involving a firearm set off the chain of events. As the officers worked to clear the woman’s vehicle as part of their investigation, however, a northbound train struck the Platteville cruiser, KUSA reported. No officers were injured in the crash, but the woman, who has not been identified publicly, was transported to an area hospital with serious injuries, the TV station reported.

At just 4′ 11″, Beckett Hsin has been ticking boulders most grown climbers can only dream of. He's just getting started.

At just 4′ 11″, Beckett Hsin has been ticking boulders most grown climbers can only dream of. He's just getting started.

Search and rescuers recovered the body of a missing hiker who got separated from his group on Sunday in Horsetooth Mountain Park near Fort Collins, Colorado, authorities said.

A jury deliberated for five hours to convict Alan Lee Phillips man for the 1982 killings of Annette Schnee and Barbara Oberholtzer last seen hitchhiking near the Rocky Mountains.

Official mourning for Queen Elizabeth II​, the U.K.'s longest-reigning monarch​, culminates Monday morning with her state funeral​ in Westminster Abbey

Two small aircraft identified as a Cessna 172 and Sonex Xenos crashed in midair in Boulder County, Colorado, on Saturday, killing all three people onboard the aircrafts.

BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. — Three people died after two planes crashed mid-air on Saturday morning in Colorado, fire officials in Mountain View confirmed. >> Read more trending newsAround 10:00 am Mountain View FD responded to reports of a plane crash in the area of 95th and Niwot Road. pic.twitter.com/6JY71XGrMq — Mt View Fire Rescue (@MVFireRescue) September 17, 2022Emergency responders received reports of the mid-air collision at around 8:54 a.m., and rescue crews arrived on the scene at around 10 a.m., KDVR reported. According to officials with the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office, first responders found two people deceased inside the first plane. A third fatality, believed to be the sole occupant of the second plane, was located a short time later, KDVR reported.

Officials were investigating the midair Boulder County collision that killed three people, a sheriff's deputy said.

Authorities responded to a reported plane crash and discovered two planes had collided.

EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. — A man has been arrested for allegedly shooting at a postal worker in El Paso County, Colorado, according to officials. >> Read more trending newsAccording to KKTV, on Thursday at around 4:20 p.m., El Paso County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a report that someone was shooting a gun outside of a house. In a news release from EPCSO, deputies were able to get a detailed description of the suspect from witnesses. During their investigation, it was revealed that a homeowner in the area believed someone was stealing his mail. The investigation is ongoing and EPCSO asks anyone with any information to call its tip line at 719-520-7777.

Two Arizona nurses and their off-road driver were killed Monday during a sightseeing tour in Colorado, authorizes said.

A Colorado district attorney has issued nine indictments related to an April after-prom car crash that left three people dead, alleging defendants allowed underaged drinking.

ATLANTA — (AP) — Sensitive voting system passwords posted online. Election security experts say the breaches by themselves have not necessarily increased threats to the November voting. Harri Hursti, a leading expert in voting security, said he is concerned about another use of the breached data. Access to the voting equipment data or software can be used to develop a realistic looking video in which someone claims to have manipulated a voting system, he said. Peters has pleaded not guilty and said she had the authority to investigate concerns that the voting equipment had been manipulated.

The revelation earlier this week that federal prosecutors are involved in investigations of suspected voting system breaches across the U.S. is fueling questions about the security of voting machines just two months before the midterm elections.

LARIMER COUNTY, Colo. — A hunter has life-threatening injuries after he was gored by a moose Tuesday in Colorado, officials say. The hunter had alerted LCSO that he was seriously injured by an animal. Colorado Parks and Wildlife told KMGH that the hunter shot at the moose but he missed it when the moose turned and charged at him. LCSO said that the hunter had severe life-threatening injuries and was taken by air ambulance to a hospital. KMGH said that in early June, a man was seriously injured, and a woman sustained minor injuries after a moose charged at them.

A moose seriously injured an archery hunter in Colorado after goring and trampling the man. The man was then flown to a Colorado hospital by helicopter.

Frontier Airlines "recently" held discussions with SpaceX about adding its Starlink satellite internet to its planes.

NewsmaxWhen election-denier Mike Lindell appeared on Newsmax Wednesday night to describe the FBI’s execution of a search warrant for his cell phone the day prior, host Eric Bolling seemed to not understand how such an event could take place, at one point flashing a pocket-sized Constitution to show his displeasure.After the MyPillow CEO complained about how his phone is his livelihood, Bolling read out loud a portion of the FBI documents given to Lindell, which noted that the agency has undertak

Lindell has been charged in what prosecutors say was a "deceptive scheme" to breach voting system technology used across the country.

WASHINGTON — (AP) — MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell said Tuesday that federal agents seized his cellphone and questioned him about a Colorado clerk who has been charged in what prosecutors say was a "deceptive scheme" to breach voting system technology used across the country. Lindell was approached in the drive-thru of a Hardee's fast-food restaurant in Mankato, Minnesota, by several FBI agents, he said on his podcast, "The Lindell Report." The agents then told Lindell they had a warrant to seize his cellphone and ordered him to turn it over, he said. The Republican was elected in 2018 to oversee elections in Colorado's Mesa County. The Mesa County breach is just one of several around the country that have concerned election security experts.

MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell says federal agents have seized his cellphone.

MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell said Tuesday that federal agents seized his cellphone and questioned him about a Colorado clerk who has been charged in what prosecutors say was a “deceptive scheme” to breach voting system technology used across the country. Lindell was approached in the drive-thru of a Hardee’s fast-food restaurant in Mankato, Minnesota, by several FBI agents, he said on his podcast, “The Lindell Report.” The agents questioned him about Dominion Voting Systems, Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters and his connection to Doug Frank, an Ohio educator who claims voting machines have been manipulated, he said.

Fed up with sky-high housing prices, Coloradans are taking the issue into their own hands with a November ballot initiative that would direct a portion of the state's income taxes to affordable housing projects. As housing crises bubble up nationwide, Colorado's Proposition 123 is the first statewide housing initiative in the country to make the ballot for the 2022 election, according to a database of ballot measures maintained by the National Conference of State Legislatures. “We’ve reached a tipping point and we cannot continue to wait on the sidelines and hope that something happens,” Jackie Millet, mayor of the Denver suburb of Lone Tree, told a campaign kickoff event Tuesday in Aurora.

AURORA, Colo. — Three people were injured and at least 300 residents were displaced on Saturday after an explosion rocked a Colorado apartment complex, authorities said. “I just ran out as soon as I heard the explosion,” Xerek Segura, a resident at the complex, told KDVR-TV. According to fire officials, the Red Cross is aiding residents and helping them find long-term accommodations. The Red Cross of the Mile High Area has opened an evacuation shelter for those impacted by the East Alameda Avenue multi family fire. pic.twitter.com/CjScFz7rJk — American Red Cross of Colorado and Wyoming (@COWYRedCross) September 10, 2022©2022 Cox Media Group

Lorie Smith designs websites. She intends to begin designing wedding websites, but not for same-sex couples. She's a Christian.

Republican Joe O'Dea is pitching himself as independent-minded in his campaign against Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet. But on the key issue of abortion, Democrats say he's out of step with the state.

DENVER — (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts is set to make his first public appearance since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, speaking Friday night at a judicial conference in Colorado. Circuit Court of Appeals, which is hosting the conference in Colorado Springs. Two judges from the court, Timothy M. Tymkovich and Jerome A. Holmes will have a discussion with Roberts during the conference’s traditional “fireside chat” event, which has featured a current or past Supreme Court justice since its inception in 2004. The Supreme Court has been busy making history this year. Justice Clarence Thomas, the longest tenured member of the court, said the court had been irrevocably harmed by the leak.

The dinosaur was discovered in 2019 during roadwork on private land.

The dinosaur was discovered in 2019 during roadwork on private land.

Tina Peters is accused of allowing an unauthorized person to make a copy of the hard drive of election equipment in May 2021.

The suspect allegedly activated red-and-blue flashing lights in his vehicle and then began brake-checking the off-duty deputy. (Brighton Police Department)The off-duty deputy works for the Adams County Sheriff’s Office, KCNC reported. “It seemed a little strange to this off-duty deputy,” Kylynn Delohery with the Brighton Police Department told KCNC. “The off-duty deputy actually used the word ‘charged’ his vehicle.”The deputy was forced to the side of the road. Police told KCNC that the suspect was identified as Jose Flores Ortiz.

The few Republican candidates across the U.S. this year who say they support abortion rights still find themselves under attack on the issue.

Minnesota Timberwolves forward Taurean Prince was arrested at Miami International Airport.

A judge in Colorado on Tuesday ordered a legal adviser for former President Donald Trump’s campaign to travel to Georgia to testify before a special grand jury that’s looking into whether Trump and others illegally tried to influence the 2020 election in Georgia.

The Supreme Court ruling expanding gun rights threatens to upend firearms restrictions across the country as activists wage court battles over issues including age limits and bans on AR-15-style guns.

An arrest warrant has been issued for a indicted Colorado clerk who has become a hero to election conspiracy theorists after she allegedly traveled out of state despite a court order not to do so.

Colorado officials say the former elections manager for a county clerk indicted on charges of tampering with voting equipment has been arrested on allegations that she was part of the alleged scheme.

Colorado Republicans have rejected an indicted county clerk as their nominee for secretary of state, choosing a former local official who ran on a platform of taking politics out of running elections.

Seven states are set to host primary elections Tuesday as the nation comes to terms with last week’s stunning Supreme Court ruling eliminating the constitutional right to an abortion.

The Colorado Avalanche have won the Stanley Cup after dethroning the two-time defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning.

The Colorado Avalanche were stymied in their quest to close out the two-time defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final.

Nazem Kadri scored at 12:02 of overtime — perhaps with too many Colorado players on the ice — and the Avalanche beat Tampa Bay 3-2 on Wednesday night in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final to move within a victory of dethroning the two-time defending champion Lightning.

Steven Stamkos, Pat Maroon and Ondrej Palat each had a goal and an assist, and the Tampa Bay Lightning scored four times in the second period and beat the Colorado Avalanche 6-2 in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final.

A Nebraska man has pleaded guilty in federal court to making death threats against Colorado’s top elections official.

The fast-flying Colorado Avalanche have zoomed out to a 2-0 series lead over Tampa Bay in the Stanley Cup Final.

The Colorado Avalanche overwhelmed the Tampa Bay Lightning 7-0 in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series.

The Stanley Cup Final between the Colorado Avalanche and Tampa Bay Lightning shows the value of hitting on top picks in the NHL draft.

The Colorado Avalanche didn't need to be fully healthy to sweep the Edmonton Oilers in the Western Conference final.

Nazem Kadri had three assists in a 2:04 span in the second period, backup Pavel Francouz stopped 24 shots for his second career playoff shutout and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Edmonton Oilers 4-0 on Thursday night to take a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals.

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Darren Helm scored with 5.6 seconds left and Darcy Kuemper stopped 18 shots as the Colorado Avalanche finished off their second-round series with a 3-2 win over the St. Louis Blues in Game 6.

Esther George, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, will retire in January, as required by the Fed’s mandatory retirement rules.

A late spring Colorado snowstorm that dumped several inches in the Denver metro area knocked out electricity for about 210,000 customers.

The megadrought fueled by climate change that has long gripped the western U.S. is moving eastward.

The father of JonBenet Ramsey is supporting an online petition asking Colorado’s governor to intervene in the investigation into her death more than 25 years ago by putting an outside agency in charge of DNA testing.

The federal government says a Colorado state prison inmate is the first person to have tested positive for bird flu in the latest outbreak in the United States.

U.S. wildlife officials have agreed to craft a new habitat plan for the rare, snow-loving Canada lynx that could include more land in Colorado and other western states where they would be protected.

A judge has ruled that a man charged with killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket last year is still mentally incompetent to stand trial, further delaying court proceedings in the case.

One person was killed and another was injured in a Marion County crash, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Freddie Freeman reached base three times and scored a run in his Dodgers debut, helping Walker Buehler and Los Angeles beat the Colorado Rockies 5-3 in a season opener.

New Mexico is bringing sales of recreational marijuana to the doorstep of Texas as the movement toward broad legalization sweeps across more of the American West.

Emergency officials say 19,400 Colorado residents are being ordered to evacuate Saturday due to a fast-moving wildfire in the area of a destructive 2021 blaze.

The Colorado-based chain Fat Shack is now open for late-night eats near the campus of the University of Central Florida.

A grand jury in Colorado has indicted a county election clerk who sowed doubt about the 2020 presidential election.

Thinning the dense stands of trees across millions of acres of U.S. forestlands is a central piece of the Biden administration’s $50 billion plan to protect against deadly firestorms that have been exploding across western states.

Some homeowners recovering from a devastating wildfire near Denver late last year say they could have to pay much more to rebuild because of environmentally sustainable construction standards passed shortly before the blaze.

Colorado knocked off No. 2 Arizona 79-63, matching the highest-ranked opponent ever beaten by the Buffaloes.

Election officials preparing for this year’s midterms have yet another security concern to add to an already long list – threats from within.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case of a Colorado web designer who says her religious beliefs prevent her from offering wedding website designs to gay couples.

A prosecutor says criminal charges will proably be dropped against a mentally ill Danish man accused of starting a large 2018 Colorado wildfire.

A local Colorado election official under investigation for alleged security breaches has announced she will run for Secretary of State, which is the post that oversees the state's elections.

The city of Colorado Springs has reached a nearly $3 million settlement in a civil lawsuit brought by the family of a 19-year-old Black man who was fatally shot in the back by police officers in 2019.

Investigators say a man who allegedly kidnapped an employee at the western Colorado ranch owned by former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg at first asked her where the billionaire’s daughters were and later went on rants about Bloomberg, saying he wanted to “make an international scene” with him or his daughters.

Alex Galchenyuk was the only scorer in the shootout and the Arizona Coyotes rallied to beat Colorado 3-2, snapping the Avalanche’s 18-game home winning streak.

Classes have resumed at the University of California, Los Angeles after a former lecturer was arrested on suspicion of threatening violence against the school in online videos and an 800-page document sent via email.

A former University of California, Los Angeles lecturer who was arrested Tuesday after police say he emailed an 800-page document and posted videos threatening violence against the school had previously sent messages saying he would “hunt” and kill a professor.

Authorities investigating the cause of a wildfire that destroyed more than 1,000 buildings last month in Colorado are looking at the possibility that the blaze is linked to underground coal fires have long smoldered at old coal mines in the area.

With decreasing snowpack due to drought and climate change, the ski industry has invested millions of dollars in more efficient snowmaking systems.

Colorado, the U.S. government and a gold mining company have agreed to resolve a longstanding dispute over who’s responsible for cleanup at a Superfund site that was established after a massive 2015 spill of hazardous mine waste.