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Ballistics tests show how lethal a wound from an AR-15 style rifle can be. Now there's a campaign to teach civilians how to be first responders in mass shootings

Nineteen children and two adults were murdered in Uvalde. This is the country that gun-rights advocates have chosen.

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.

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.

Boulder, Colorado is again under a red flag warning for extreme wildfire danger as powerful winds like those that fanned a destructive blaze in December return to the drought stricken region.

With the future of abortion rights uncertain amid an impending Supreme Court ruling, Planned Parenthood of Michigan and an abortion provider are filing a lawsuit in an effort to protect abortion access in the state.

Nearly 20,000 people who were forced to flee a wildfire in northern Colorado are back home after firefighters were able to stop the spread of the fire at 190 acres.

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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.

Authorities issued an evacuation order for 19,000 people Saturday near a fast-moving Colorado wildfire in rolling hills south of the college town of Boulder, not far from the site of a destructive 2021 blaze that leveled more than 1,000 homes. The wildfire had grown to 123 acres (50 hectares) by late afternoon with no containment, according to the Boulder Office of Emergency Management. Protected wildland was burning near the Table Mesa neighborhood and the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder police said on Twitter.

Australian cricket superstar Shane Warne was farewelled at a private funeral by family and friends. The legendary leg spinner's body was found at a luxury resort in Thailand on March 4, with his death aged just 52 from a suspected heart attack provoking shock and grief around the world from prime ministers, rock stars and fellow players.

Today the Justice Department reached a settlement agreement with Ready to Work, a not-for-profit residential, work and social services program for individuals who are homeless, with facilities in Aurora and Boulder, Colorado. The settlement agreement addresses civil rights violations identified during the course of an investigation conducted by the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. “People with opioid use disorder are too often subject to discrimination rooted in myths and stereotypes rather than in science,” said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. For more information on the Civil Rights Division, please visit www.justice.gov/crt. The settlement agreement can be viewed here.

The lion was tucked under a porch with only a foot of clearance, officials said.

Nearly a year after 10 people were shot and killed at a supermarket in Colorado, the redesigned store in the college town of Boulder is back open.

A federal judge has ordered a former lecturer at the University of California, Los Angeles, who is charged with making threats against the school to be held without bail in Denver.

Matthew Harris' neighbors in Boulder, like UCLA students, criticized authorities for not informing them more promptly of the threat he may have posed.

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 man sent a "threatening email" to UCLA community members with a link to his 800-page, violent manifesto.

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.

Huge waves could be seen crashing along the coast of the Netherlands as Storm Corrie raged across the country on Jan. 31.

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.

A fire raging in an underground Colorado coal field in 1883 sent so much smoke pouring from cracks in the ground that the scene was likened to burning volcanoes and the state's first mining inspector deemed the blaze “impossible to extinguish.” Nearly 140 years later two fires still smolder in the now-abandoned coal field near Boulder — the same area where a wildfire last month destroyed more than 1,000 homes and buildings and killed at least one person. It’s still unknown what caused the December blaze that became the most destructive in Colorado history, but Boulder County authorities have said they're investigating the area’s abandoned coal mines as one of several possible causes, along with power lines, human activity and other possibilities.

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More than two-thirds of Michigan voters want the Supreme Court to keep Roe v. Wade in place, according to a new WDIV/Detroit News poll.

Colorado authorities say last week’s wildfire caused $513 million in damage and destroyed 1,084 homes and structures.

Nearly 1,000 homes and other buildings were destroyed in suburbs between Denver and Boulder.

After a half-day search effort, 40 dogs that were staying at a boarding facility in Superior, Colo., when the flames erupted were accounted for.

Officials believe more than 500 homes have burned in the Marshall Fire, which ignited Thursday near Superior in Boulder County, Colorado.

Thousands of people were asked to flee their Colorado homes as smoke blanketed the area and wildfires burned vehicles and buildings.

The murder of the 6-year-old beauty queen is a cold case that still haunts many Americans.

The murder of the 6-year-old beauty queen is a cold case that still haunts many Americans.

The Atlantic Coast Conference is changing its rescheduling policy to avoid assigning forfeits for teams unable to play due to COVID-19 protocols.

Twenty-five years after JonBenet Ramsey was killed, police say they are looking at “genetic DNA testing” to see if it can be used to help solve the case. The 6-year-old was found dead in the basement of her family’s Boulder home on Dec. 26, 1996, bludgeoned and strangled, several hours after her mother called 911 to say her daughter was missing and a ransom note had been left behind. Boulder police have been working closely with state investigators on “future DNA advancements," the department said in a statement Monday addressing the anniversary of JonBenet’s death.

The police officer who died was identified as Eric Talley, 51, an 11-year veteran who responded to the King Soopers during the shooting.

Experts have found a man charged with the attack at a Boulder, Colo., supermarket earlier this year is mentally incompetent to stand trial for now, attorneys said during a court hearing.

"It doesn't seem to follow that pregnancy, and then parenthood, are all part of the same burden," said the Supreme Court justice.

Two former Colorado sheriff’s deputies were sentenced to prison Thursday for causing the death of an intoxicated man by placing him on his stomach and squeezing him into a van to take him to a detox center. Former Boulder County sheriff’s deputies James O’Brien and Adam Lunn were sentenced to six years and three years respectively for the 2018 death of 23-year-old Demetrius Shankling. O'Brien and Lunn were found guilty in August of manslaughter.

Collierville Police Chief Dale Lane declined to publicly name the gunman during a Friday morning news conference to avoid “giving any notoriety.”

Thomas Rush's big-play afternoon looked like this: Three tackles, two sacks and assisting fans who fell a short distance near the north end zone after a retaining barrier broke. The Minnesota defensive lineman was one of several Gophers players and team personnel who came to the rescue when a fence gave way along the Minnesota sideline as the team celebrated following the game. The advertising signs helped brace the short fall — the Gophers mascot was knocked to the ground — and police quickly arrived to assist.

Colorado's Jared Polis, who became the first openly gay man to be elected governor in the United States in 2018, has married his longtime partner and first gentleman Marlon Reis, a writer and animal welfare advocate.

A judge has ordered a state mental health evaluation for the man accused of killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in March to determine whether he is competent to proceed with the case.

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Jurors convicted Friday two former Colorado sheriff's deputies accused of causing the death of an intoxicated man by placing him on his stomach and squeezing him into a van to take him to a detox center. Former Boulder County sheriff's deputies James O'Brien, 52, and Adam Lunn, 39, were found guilty of manslaughter in the death of Demetrius Shankling, 23, in 2018, the Longmont Times-Call reported. O'Brien and Lunn had to press on the compartment door to close it, causing Shankling's leg to get wedged against the inside of the door, the affidavit said.

The 97-year-old artist's work is available in a Boulder, Colorado, art gallery.

The 97-year-old artist's work is available in a Boulder, Colorado, art gallery.

Burnsville, Minn., officials have urged residents and owners of pet goldfish, not to dispose of them in local lakes, warning doing so causes major environmental impacts.

Three people, including a police officer, were killed in a Denver suburb Monday, the latest high-profile shooting in Colorado this year.

The confrontation escalated into violence in front of two children who were in the victim's vehicle when the other driver opened fire.

Most US cities cannot pass their own gun laws, but a new bill in Colorado could allow Boulder to enforce a previously struck-down assault weapons ban.

Ballistics tests show how lethal a wound from an AR-15 style rifle can be. Now there's a campaign to teach civilians how to be first responders in mass shootings

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The 22-year-old suspect is now charged with a total of 115-counts.

A 22-year-old man accused of fatally shooting 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in March has made his second court appearance, and a judge scheduled a September hearing to review evidence in the case.

The charges come just a day before the 22-year-old is scheduled to appear in court for a status hearing.

Colorado's Democratic leaders introduced three new gun bills in the wake of the Boulder mass shooting.

Colorado's Democratic leaders introduced three new gun bills in the wake of the Boulder mass shooting.

Colorado's Democratic leaders introduced three new gun bills in the wake of the Boulder mass shooting.

Young adults are leaving states such as New York and California for new destinations including Colorado, Florida and Texas.

Colorado prosecutors have filed more than 40 additional charges against the suspect in last month's deadly grocery store shooting.

A prosecutor says the man accused of killing 10 people at a crowded Colorado supermarket last month had armed himself with 10 high-capacity ammunition magazines.

Local prosecutors in Colorado have filed over 40 more felony charges against a man charged with killing 10 people at a Boulder supermarket last month, including for allegedly using a large capacity magazine banned by state lawmakers in response to recent mass shootings.

A British woman visiting her mother in Colorado had an amazingly close encounter with a mountain lion.

After a significant drop in mass shootings in the United States during a pandemic-hit 2020, this year has seen several deadly ones.

“Mass shootings are mass shootings when they involve white people. When they’re Black people, it’s just something that happened over there."

Washington — Four House Democrats sent a letter to President Biden asking him to take executive action to regulate concealable assault-style firearms, like the weapon used in the recent shooting in Boulder, Colorado, which killed 10 people. Thompson is the chair of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, and Neguse represents Boulder. The White House is mulling executive actions on gun control in the wake of the mass shootings in Boulder and in Atlanta, Georgia, earlier this month. Democratic Senator Chris Murphy announced over the weekend that he would begin conversations on gun control with Senate Republicans. "In the 20 days since the House passed these common-sense gun violence prevention measures, Americans of all ages across the country have lost their lives to gun violence, and their families, friends, and communities have had their lives forever shattered.

Besides Talley, nine others were killed in the March 22 shooting in Boulder. A former information technology worker, Talley felt a calling to become an officer at age 41. He said the turnout at the service showed that Talley had character, which comes from the Greek word for leaving a mark. Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, 21, has been charged with 10 counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted first-degree murder over shots fired at another officer. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.

“For too often, you are are taken for granted and yet in situations like this, you are the ones who protect human life,” Aquila said. “No other individuals were shot or killed after these brave officers engaged the suspect,” police said in a tweet last week. AdA law enforcement official briefed last week on the shooting said Alissa's family told investigators they believed Alissa was suffering some type of mental illness, including delusions. AdTalley, who grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico, took an untraditional route to becoming a police officer. A memorial service was also planned for Talley on Tuesday at a large non-denominational church, Flatirons Community Church, in Lafayette.

A gunman opened fire Monday at a grocery store in Boulder, Colorado, with a weapon that resembles an AR-15 rifle, killing 10 people before he was captured. AdThat means most significant gun legislation has been left to the states, including Colorado, where lawmakers have passed gun control laws in recent years. Still, support for gun rights is strong in parts of Colorado, and Second Amendment advocates argue new restrictions are not the answer. Some Colorado communities want to go the other way and have looser gun laws than those at the state level, he said. Instead of passing new laws, Kopel argued, the state should increase funding for mental health treatment.

Boulder shooting suspect to face additional charges Prosecutors announced they plan to file more charges against the accused gunman in Monday's supermarket shooting in Boulder, Colorado, that left 10 people dead. Also, police said Friday the assault rifle used in the rampage was legally purchased. Jonathan Vigliotti reports.

The weapon used in the deadly mass shooting at a Colorado supermarket was purchased legally, Boulder's police chief said Friday. Meanwhile, the district attorney said the suspect would be facing new attempted murder charges in the coming weeks. Herold also said the suspect had a 9 mm handgun on him, but the police don't believe the weapon was used in Monday's shooting. "Immediately after responding, they charged into the store, " Dougherty said. "I think the victims' families and the community are desperate to know the motive," Dougherty said.

Investigation of Boulder rampage intensifies The suspect in the Boulder supermarket shooting passed a background check when he bought a gun less than a week before the rampage, according to investigators. Jonathan Vigliotti reports.

The weapon used in the deadly mass shooting at a Colorado supermarket was purchased legally, Boulder's police chief said Friday. Meanwhile, the district attorney said the suspect would be facing new attempted murder charges in the coming weeks. Herold also said the suspect had a 9 mm handgun on him, but the police don't believe the weapon was used in Monday's shooting. "Immediately after responding, they charged into the store, " Dougherty said. "I think the victims' families and the community are desperate to know the motive," Dougherty said.

Colorado secretary of state calls for stricter gun laws in wake of Boulder shooting Authorities said more charges are coming for the suspect in the deadly mass shooting at a Boulder, Colorado, supermarket. Boulder's district attorney also announced the weapon used in the shooting was purchased legally. Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold, a Democrat, joined CBSN to discuss the shooting and efforts to change voting laws across the country.

“Like the rest of the community, we too want to know why — why that King Soopers, why Boulder, why Monday," Herold said. The suspect passed a background check conducted by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation before purchasing a gun, Eagleton said. The gun store is in a shopping center that also has a chiropractic clinic, yoga studio and foot massage parlor. A different King Soopers store is across the street. His funeral is scheduled for Tuesday in the Boulder County city of Lafayette.

Alissa is also charged with attempted murder for allegedly shooting at another police officer, who was unhurt. A law enforcement official briefed on the shooting previously said that the suspect’s family told investigators they believed Alissa was suffering from some type of mental illness, including delusions. The official was not authorized to speak publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. The officials were not authorized to speak publicly and spoke to AP on condition of anonymity. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.

Emily Giffen, 27, was smoking outside the store Monday during a break when she heard multiple loud pops that she knew were not fireworks. “I just really am having a hard time understanding why me and my friends deserve to die,” she said, wondering why the gunman chose to target the Boulder store specifically. We’re a part of their community.”AdThe attack was the nation’s deadliest mass shooting since a 2019 assault on a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, where a gunman killed 22 people. According to two law enforcement officials, Alissa was born in Syria in 1999, emigrated to the U.S. as a toddler and later became a U.S. citizen. The law enforcement official said the suspect’s family told investigators that he had delusions and that they believed he had some type of mental illness.

The ruling came under a Colorado law that bars local officials from making their own gun laws. Congress has not passed any major gun control laws since the mid-1990s, leaving most significant gun legislation in states' hands. The NRA has called the Boulder ordinance counter-productive, and argued it was a clear violation of Colorado's preemption law passed in 2003. … Do you think (the shooter) cares that the city of Boulder had an assault rifles ban? The 2018 Boulder ordinance banning the possession of assault weapons and high-capacity magazines was in effect for more than two years before enforcement stopped with the March 12 ruling.

They are not even united themselves, as Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., told reporters Tuesday that he opposes the House legislation on background checks. The gun debate also highlights a larger difficulty for Senate Democrats as they try to move forward on gun legislation and other policy priorities of the Biden White House. Schumer has not said when he will bring the House legislation up for a vote. Democrats say they feel the environment around gun legislation has evolved, especially since that last major push in 2013. Many in the GOP base are still strongly opposed to gun control of any kind.

“My heart breaks for the families, loved ones, and communities as our nation mourns this senseless violence,” Whitmer said. Our state grieves alongside those who lost loved ones and the entire Boulder, Colorado community.”On Monday, a gunman opened fire at a grocery store in Boulder, Colorado, killing 10 people. Michigan residents, businesses, schools, local governments and other organizations also are encouraged to display the flag at half-staff. To lower flags to half-staff, flags should be hoisted first to the peak for an instant and then lowered to the half-staff position. Flags should be returned to full-staff on Sunday, March 28, 2021.

The ruling came under a Colorado law that bars local officials from making their own gun laws. Congress has not passed any major gun control laws since the mid-1990s, leaving most significant gun legislation in states' hands. The NRA has called the Boulder ordinance counter-productive, and argued it was a clear violation of Colorado's preemption law passed in 2003. … Do you think (the shooter) cares that the city of Boulder had an assault rifles ban? The 2018 Boulder ordinance banning the possession of assault weapons and high-capacity magazines was in effect for more than two years before enforcement stopped with the March 12 ruling.

Police say multiple people have been killed in a shooting at a supermarket in Boulder, Colo., including Talley. (Courtesy of Boulder Police Department via AP)Three were gunned down while putting in a day's work at a Colorado supermarket. Those who lost their lives at the King Soopers store in Boulder ranged from 20 years old to 65. The school superintendent there expressed condolences and praised “the example Officer Talley leaves us all.”LYNN MURRAYMurray was shopping at King Soopers, where a friend’s daughter had seen her. Word made it to her husband, John Mackenzie, who drove to the store and started texting his wife.

They are not even united themselves, as Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., told reporters Tuesday that he opposes the House legislation on background checks. The gun debate also highlights a larger difficulty for Senate Democrats as they try to move forward on gun legislation and other policy priorities of the Biden White House. Schumer has not said when he will bring the House legislation up for a vote. Democrats say they feel the environment around gun legislation has evolved, especially since that last major push in 2013. Many in the GOP base are still strongly opposed to gun control of any kind.

Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa bought the weapon on March 16, just six days before the attack at a King Soopers store in Boulder, according to an arrest affidavit. Relatives described times when Alissa told them people were following or chasing him, which they said may have contributed to the violence, the official said. The attack was the nation’s deadliest mass shooting since a 2019 assault on a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, where a gunman killed 22 people in a rampage that police said targeted Mexicans. AdThe shooting came 10 days after a judge blocked a ban on assault rifles passed by the city of Boulder in 2018. That ordinance and another banning large-capacity magazines came after the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, that left 17 people dead.

Police stand outside a King Soopers grocery store where a shooting took place Monday, March 22, 2021, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)(Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Police work on the scene outside of a King Soopers grocery store where a shooting took place Monday, March 22, 2021, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/Joe Mahoney)BOULDER, Colo. – A shooting at a Colorado supermarket killed 10 people Monday, including a police officer who was the first to respond to the scene, authorities said. I promise the victims and the people of the state of Colorado that we will secure justice." Matthew Kirsch, the acting U.S. attorney for Colorado, pledged that “the full weight of federal law enforcement” will support the investigation. Officials have not said whether the suspect is the person who was taken from the shooting scene to Foothills Hospital in Boulder. White House press secretary Jen Psaki tweeted that President Joe Biden had been briefed on the shooting.

As of Feb. 21, there are 15,601,242 active coronavirus cases in the United States. Each week, we’ll provide an update on the number of active COVID-19 cases in each state and how they compare. LOCAL: Coronavirus in Michigan: Here’s what to know Feb. 20, 2021Below is the number of active COVID-19 cases in each state in the U.S. on Feb. 21, 2021. AdTo see the total number of COVID-19 cases per state on Feb. 21, click here. COVID-19 cases and deaths have been broken down by county in each individual state by Johns Hopkins University and can be viewed here.

1,Mya Hollingshed had a career-high 32 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for the Buffaloes (6-6, 4-5 Pac-12). Hull finished with 19 points, Haley Jones had 16 points and seven rebounds and Cameron Brink scored 13 for the Cardinal. Her steal and layup with 23 seconds left tied it and sent the game to overtime. Hull’s 3-pointer gave Stanford a 53-51 lead going into the fourth quarter, but the Buffaloes wouldn’t go away. The Cardinal scored six straight points and Hollingshed tied it with a turnaround baseline jumper tied it heading into the final four minutes.

Transfers previously were required to sit out a season unless granted a waiver by the NCAA. The NCAA had decided on waivers on a case-by-case basis, but had been more lenient as the coronavirus pandemic depleted rosters. “I tip my cap to @NCAA for their forward thinking by passing today’s transfer waiver,” Notre Dame coach Mike Brey tweeted. The regular transfer waiver process will be used for non-Division I transfers. The NCAA's Division Council is expected consider permanent transfer rules at a meeting next month that would allow all athletes to transfer once without having to sit out a year.

Friday's announcements from the Pac-12 capped the most tumultuous week of COVID-19 disruptions of the college football season. Fifteen games of the 59 games (25%) scheduled for Week 11 have been called off. The Sun Devils' home opener was nixed because of several positive COVID-19 tests among the team's players and coaching staff, including head coach Herm Edwards. The Pac-12 said the canceled games will be declared a no contest. So far, 63 games involving schools in the Football Bowl Subdivision have been canceled or postponed because of the pandemic since late August.

FILE - In this Oct. 5, 2018 file photo, Paulo Abrao, executive secretary of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, or IACHR, attends a hearing at the University Colorado in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Quarterback Donald Hammond III #5 of the Air Force Falcons passes against the Colorado Buffaloes in the second quarter of a game at Folsom Field on September 14, 2019 in Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images)

(Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images)USAF ACADEMY, Colo. - The Air Force Falcons are battling the Fresno State Bulldogs at Falcon Stadium at the USAF Academy in Colorado. TV: CBS Sports Network at 7 p.m. SaturdayAGAINST THE SPREADHOT: Bulldogs are 7-0 ATS in their last 7 games as a road underdog. HOT: Under is 5-0 in Bulldogs last 5 games as a road favorite of 3.5-10.0. HOT: Under is 5-0 in Bulldogs last 5 games as a road favorite of 10.5 or greater. HOT: Under is 4-0 in Bulldogs last 4 road games vs. a team with a winning home record.

Quarterback Donald Hammond III #5 of the Air Force Falcons passes against the Colorado Buffaloes in the second quarter of a game at Folsom Field on September 14, 2019 in Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images)