Former Vice President Joe Biden's missteps in Thursday's debate are prompting some of his rivals -- including Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper -- to assess whether there's room for them to establish a stronger foothold in the moderate lane.

Grizzly bears are protected as a threatened species outside Alaska.

The iconic Rocky Mountain National Park road was shuttered just three weeks after it opened for the season.

Over the next three decades, more than 300 counties in the West will see more severe smoke waves from wildfires, sometimes lasting weeks longer than in years past.

The driver and another man were killed in the accident. The bus had been carrying a New Mexico high school church group home from a weekend trip.

A flock of ducklings is safe in suburban Denver after a firefighter used a recording of duck calls to coax some of them from a storm drain.

The two alleged shooters planned the May 7 attack for a few weeks. One student died and eight others were injured.

After a video of parents and coaches fighting at a kids' baseball game, the sport association has canceled the rest of the season for both teams and police have cited five people in the brawl.

The oldest of four children, Selah has been climbing since she can remember and had been asking her parents for years to climb El Capitan.

The companies say the deal requiring approval from regulators could save about $120 million annually in mostly operational costs over 10 years.

USOC spokesman Mark Jones said in a statement they will “continue to work constructively with both the House and the Senate to create healthy and safe environments for the American athletes we serve.”

The larger issue weighing the rights of LGBT people against the religious objections of merchants remains unresolved.

Pfizer Inc. will pay $48 per share and expects the deal to close in the second half of the year.

Now that hemp is off the controlled substances list, researchers look to create accountability by standardizing U.S. hemp for a global market and help farmers grow legitimate and legal crops.

The governors are left looking for ways to grab the spotlight as they also reveal some frustrations that their records aren't getting more attention.

School officials said the number of people trying to get close to or even inside the school reached record levels this year, the 20th anniversary of the 1999 attack.