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Federal judge rules evangelical church can continue to shelter homeless people while lawsuit against town plays out
A federal judge ruled the town of Castle Rock can’t stop the The Rock church from sheltering people without housing in the campers temporarily while the lawsuit plays out.
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Salt Lake City will host 2034 Winter Olympics as IOC pushes to end FBI doping investigation
The IOC added a clause to Salt Lake’s host contract, demanding that local organizers push to shut down federal investigation or risk losing the Olympics.
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Women’s boxing fights its way to parity with the men’s game, just 12 years after its Olympic debut
Half of the boxers at the Paris Olympics will be women in a field that’s deeper and more talented than ever.
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Colorado Springs among areas in the South and West where US census takers will conduct test runs 4 years before 2030 count
The officials said they are unsure at this point how many people live in the areas that have been tapped for the test runs.
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Meet Crush, the rare orange lobster diverted from dinner plate to aquarium by Denver Broncos fans
The crustacean was found in a shipment to a Red Lobster in Pueblo. Staff rescued it and called the Denver Downtown Aquarium.
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Two more bird flu cases reported among farmworkers in Colorado as new study finds no asymptomatic infections
It’s the largest outbreak of human bird flu infections in U.S. history, and accounts for most of the 11 cases reported to date.
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Colorado stegosaurus fossil fetched a record $44.6M at Sotheby’s. Should they be auctioned?
At 11 feet tall and 27 feet long, “Apex” was found near the town of Dinosaur in Moffat County.
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Webcam monitors hundreds of rattlesnakes at a Colorado ‘mega den’ for citizen science
A “mega den” of rattlesnakes at a remote location in northern Colorado is now available for live, round-the-clock viewing online.
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Mental health clinics across the US are helping Latinos bridge language and access barriers
Colorado Rep. Yadira Caraveo has put forth a bill that would help with mental health education and outreach for young Latinos.
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Nearly complete fossil of stegosaurus dinosaur discovered in Colorado up for auction in New York
You could buy Apex, this rare dinosaur fossil from Colorado, for $4 million dollars.
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A Colorado grocery store will soon have its own ammo vending machine
The company has one machine in Alabama, four in Oklahoma and one in Texas, with plans for another in Texas and one in Colorado in the coming weeks.
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Arizona congressional delegation introduces $5 billion tribal water rights legislation
By Susan Montoya/AP Members of Arizona’s congressional delegation introduced legislation Monday that would authorize a water rights settlement with three Native American tribes in the Southwest, providing more certainty for […]
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Worsening floods and deterioration pose threats to US dam safety
There are roughly 90,000 significant dams in the U.S. More than 4,000 are in poor or unsatisfactory condition and could either kill people or just harm the environment if they failed, according to data from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
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Polis will be on Biden call with fellow Democratic governors
‘I’m in this race to the end,’ Biden told campaign staffers Wednesday.
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SWAT member who lost lower leg after being run over by fire truck at Nuggets parade stages comeback
“There’s never been a day that I just sat there and went, ‘Why me?’ Not one day. Because you can’t look back.”
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Supreme Court allows cities to enforce bans on homeless people sleeping outside
Friday’s ruling comes after homelessness in the United States grew a dramatic 12 percent last year to its highest reported level.