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Funeral Home Owner Who Left Corpse in Hearse Sentenced

Miles Harford gave woman's family someone else's remains

(Newser) - A Colorado funeral home owner who pleaded guilty to leaving a woman's corpse in the back of a hearse for over a year and improperly stashing the cremated remains of at least 30 people has been sentenced to 18 months in prison, the Denver District Attorney's Office announced....

Boulder Terror Suspect Has a Pending Asylum Claim

Mohamed Sabry Soliman's work clearance expired in March, per Fox News

(Newser) - More details are emerging about the suspect in Sunday's purported terror attack in Boulder, Colorado, who is said to have been in the US illegally. White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller initially described the suspect, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, as an Egyptian national who overstayed a tourist visa....

What We Know About the Boulder Attack
What We Know About
the Boulder Attack
the rundown
Jun 2, 2025 6:14 AM CDT

What We Know About the Boulder Attack

Holocaust survivor among 8 injured in attack on event in support of Israeli hostages

(Newser) - A Holocaust survivor was among at least eight people injured Sunday when a man used a makeshift flamethrower and Molotov cocktails to set fire to a group of Jewish people in Boulder, Colorado, on the eve of the Jewish holiday of Shavuot. The latest:
  • Suspect: Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, of
...

Boy Likely Killed by Olive Brine. So Why Was No One Charged?

Isaiah Stark's death ruled accidental, despite some raising suspicions

(Newser) - On Feb. 17, 2020, 7-year-old Isaiah Stark was vomiting, and his parents started driving him to a nearby hospital. He became unresponsive on the way there, and was dead by the next day. The coroner found the Colorado boy was killed by severe hypernatremia, or too much sodium, likely caused...

NPR Sues White House Over 'Textbook Retaliation'

Broadcaster says Trump administration isn't being subtle about cutting off funding, 'comes as a wolf'

(Newser) - National Public Radio promised to fight a presidential executive order cutting off its federal funding, and now that's exactly what it's doing. The public broadcaster—which, along with PBS, was targeted by President Trump's executive order earlier this month accusing them of being "biased media"—...

States With the Biggest Drug Problem

New Mexico holds dubious No. 1 spot in WalletHub rankings, with Hawaii logging the least drug use

(Newser) - There's been some positive movement in the US on fighting drug overdose deaths in recent years, but the war on drugs continues to rage on, particularly in some states. WalletHub looked at all 50 states and the District of Columbia to try to suss out where the problem is...

DEA Detains 100 Immigrants in Raid of Colorado Nightclub

Agency posts video, admonition afterward

(Newser) - More than 100 immigrants suspected of being in the US illegally were taken into custody early Sunday following a raid at an illegal after-hours nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, authorities said. Video posted online by the Drug Enforcement Administration showed agents announcing their arrival outside the building and ordering patrons...

10 States That Pay Most (and Least) for Housing

At top of WalletHub's list: Hawaii, where owners spend more than 50% of income on housing costs

(Newser) - If you've been priced out of buying a home over the past few years, the latest analysis out of WalletHub may help you narrow your options down. The site looked at the cost of mortgages and home energy expenses in all 50 states in the US to figure out...

Man Who Threw Rocks at Random Cars Guilty of Murder

Joseph Koenig was the only one of trio of Colorado teens to go on trial

(Newser) - A night of rock-throwing in suburban Denver has led to a first-degree murder conviction for the final member of a group of three friends. Jurors had to unravel shifting stories and plea deals before finding Joseph Koenig guilty in the killing of 20-year-old Alexa Bartell, the AP reports. Bartell...

Teen Exploring Attic Falls to Death on Gym Floor

Tragedy struck as Colorado 13-year-old was 'unsupervised' during youth event

(Newser) - A 13-year-old girl in Colorado is dead after falling 25 feet through a gym ceiling during a youth event. The teen, identified by family as Joeylin Kenley McDonald, fell through an attic floor at an empowerment center run by the community-based organization Rocky Mountain SER and was dead when Pueblo...

Ex-Deputy Sentenced in Death of Man Who Called for Help

'I think this was about power,' judge tells Andrew Buen

(Newser) - A former Colorado sheriff's deputy convicted of killing a 22-year-old man in distress who called 911 for help was sentenced Monday to three years in prison, the maximum sentence allowed. In February, jurors found Andrew Buen guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the 2022 death of Christian Glass. Prosecutors...

187 Cattle Vanished. It's a Truly Perplexing Case
187 Cattle Vanished.
It's a Truly Perplexing Case
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Apr 13, 2025 7:01 AM CDT

187 Cattle Vanished. It's a Truly Perplexing Case

They grazed on Colorado's Uncompahgre Plateau, didn't return

(Newser) - In a one-week span late last year, four Colorado ranchers reported some of their cattle had gone missing. It wasn't uncommon to lose the occasional animal to a predator, illness, or weather on the high Uncompahgre Plateau where they grazed, writes Karin Brulliard for the Washington Post . But not...

Lost Kids, Dogs Pulled From Colorado Storm Drain

Looking for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles can be 'very dangerous and even deadly,' authorities warn

(Newser) - Officials are warning children not to go looking for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles after three kids and two dogs had to be rescued from a maze-like storm drainage system in Colorado over the weekend. Authorities were sent searching for the group after they reportedly entered the underground system in...

Trump Demands Colorado Remove His 'Distorted' Portrait
Colorado Will Remove
Portrait Trump Hates
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Mar 24, 2025 5:48 PM CDT

Colorado Will Remove Portrait Trump Hates

President alleges he was made to look bad intentionally

(Newser) - A portrait of President Trump at the Colorado Capitol that the subject claimed was "purposefully distorted" will be taken down and placed in storage, the Denver Post reports. Jarrett Freedman, a spokesman for Democratic state lawmakers, said Republican leaders asked for it to be taken down. "If the...

Columbine Survivor Dies at 43
Official Columbine
Death Toll Is Now 14
UPDATED
Mar 13, 2025 12:33 PM CDT

Official Columbine Death Toll Is Now 14

School shooting victim Anne Marie Hochhalter's death has been classed as a homicide

(Newser) - The death toll from the Columbine school shooting has risen to 14. The Jefferson County Coroner's Office has classified the death of 43-year-old Anne Marie Hochhalter last month as a homicide, the Denver Post reports. Hochhalter was shot in the back in the April 20, 1999, shooting and needed...

States With the Highest Tax Rates in America

Sorry, Illinois residents—WalletHub says it's the worst

(Newser) - "Every year during tax season, Americans are reminded of just how much of their hard-earned income isn't theirs to keep." That's the take offered by Chip Lupo, an analyst for WalletHub, which decided to see which US states claim the lowest (and highest) tax rates as...

Supreme Court Will Take Up 'Conversion Therapy' Issue

Justices will weigh in on whether states can bar counseling of minors questioning sexual identity

(Newser) - The Supreme Court will wade into the controversial territory of "conversion therapy" for LGBTQ minors in its next term. The court on Monday said it would take up the case of a therapist in Colorado who is challenging her state's ban on the practice. Details:
  • The counseling: Conversion
...

Cops: Thieves Staged Seizure, Scooped Up Puppies

One bulldog has been returned to Colorado pet store after broad-daylight theft

(Newser) - Colorado authorities are on the hunt for three suspects after a brazen theft in broad daylight of a pair of English bulldog puppies from a pet store near Denver. Bianca Rose Larsen, the owner of Centennial's Perfect Pets, says the heist took place Friday around 1:30pm, when three...

Snowboarder Is Latest Avalanche Victim Out West

Four people were killed by mountain slides this week

(Newser) - A snowboarder was killed in an avalanche in the mountains of southwestern Colorado on Thursday, the fourth person to die in an avalanche in the West this week after a string of winter storms. Sarah Steinwand, 41, of Crested Butte, Colorado, was caught in the debris of the avalanche in...

Man May Have Overreacted a Tad at Seat Change Request
Man May Have Overreacted
a Tad at Seat Change Request
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Feb 9, 2025 11:00 AM CST

Man May Have Overreacted a Tad at Seat Change Request

'Combative' passenger on Frontier flight to Houston tried, and almost succeeded, in breaking window

(Newser) - A flight from Denver to Houston got messy on Tuesday evening when one of the passengers tried (and seemed to almost succeed) to break one of the plane's windows midair. ABC News reports that Frontier Airlines Flight 4856 was not even a half-hour into its trip when a witness...

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