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Vandalism in rural La Junta floods park, causes damages; Leads needed on suspect
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KXRM-TV, Local

Vandalism in rural La Junta floods park, causes damages; Leads needed on suspect

By Norishka Pachot | Fox 21 News La Junta Parks and Recreation is looking for any information after recent instances of vandalism at city parks. Parks and Recreation reported via Facebook there were multiple instances of vandalism, littering, and damage at City Park and the Brick and Tile park. La Junta Fire Department Chief Brad Davidson told FOX21 News the damages were discovered Monday morning, Sept. 16. Davidson said they believe the person responsible started at La Junta City Park, where they broke the valve off a sprinkler valve box, causing extensive flooding of the park. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX 21 NEWS
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Greeley teacher arrested, accused of assaulting elementary student
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kdvr.com, Local

Greeley teacher arrested, accused of assaulting elementary student

By Morgan Whitley | Fox 31 News A Greeley teacher was arrested for allegedly assaulting an elementary-aged student. On Aug. 30, Greeley School Resource Officers were made aware of an alleged assault between an adult teacher and a 6-year-old student at Maplewood Elementary, located at 1201 21st Ave. According to Greeley police, they were notified of the alleged assault by Greeley-Evans School District 6 administrators and security. The teacher, 40-year-old Joshua David Wainscott, was placed on administrative leave by the district after the allegations were made. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX 31 NEWS
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Hit with Sex Trafficking, Racketeering Charges in NYC
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National, New York Post

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Hit with Sex Trafficking, Racketeering Charges in NYC

By Emily Crane and Kyle Schnitzer | New York Post Embattled rapper and hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has been hit with charges amid a long-running federal sex-trafficking probe, federal prosecutors said. Combs, 54, was arrested at the Park Hyatt New York in Manhattan on Monday night — some six months after the feds raided his mansions in Los Angeles and Miami as part of the investigation. Combs was hit with federal charges of racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution, according to the three-count indictment unsealed early Tuesday. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE NEW YORK POST
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Federal gun charges filed against suspect in 2nd assassination attempt on Trump
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The Center Square, National

Federal gun charges filed against suspect in 2nd assassination attempt on Trump

By Dan McCaleb | The Center Square Federal authorities in Florida on Monday filed two gun charges against the suspect in what the FBI is calling an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, the second in two months. Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, was charged with possession of a firearm as a felon and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number. Additional charges are expected. Law enforcement officials allege Routh was armed with a semiautomatic rifle and scope just outside Trump's West Palm Beech golf club while the former president was playing the course. A Secret Service agent who was monitoring the course a hole ahead of Trump noticed a man with a rifle, pointing the barrel through a chain-link fence near shrubbery that surrounds the course, a...
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Trump blames Biden-Harris ‘rhetoric’ for latest assassination attempt
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Fox News, National

Trump blames Biden-Harris ‘rhetoric’ for latest assassination attempt

By Brooke Singman | Fox News Former President Trump said President Biden and Vice President Harris’ "rhetoric" is what is causing him to be "shot at," following the second assassination attempt against him since July, while telling Fox News Digital that the suspected gunman "acted" on "highly inflammatory language" of Democrats.   Trump spoke exclusively with Fox News Digital Monday morning, just a day after he was rushed off of the golf course at Trump International in West Palm Beach, Fla., after the Secret Service discovered a gunman in the bushes.  The suspected gunman, Ryan Wesley Routh, had an AK-47 style rifle pointing through the chain-link fence out toward the green; a go-pro camera; and two backpacks. He ran from the scene but was pulle...
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Trump promises ‘large deportations’ in Aurora during Friday press conference
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DENVER7, State

Trump promises ‘large deportations’ in Aurora during Friday press conference

By Jeff Anastasio | Denver7 Speaking at a Friday press conference in California, former president Donald Trump – for the second time this week – singled out Aurora promising to conduct “large deportations” of immigrants. Trump’s comments followed Tuesday’s debate, in which he cited Venezuelan gang activity in Aurora claiming “they are taking over the towns.” Aurora mayor Mike Coffman – a Republican – refuted those claims to Denver7 on Wednesday. "There's no question there have been some issues, but it's been so dramatically exaggerated that it’s the entire city being overrun by criminal or gang activity," Coffman told Denver7. "That couldn’t be further from the truth." READ THE FULL STORY AT DENVER7
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1 dead in Broomfield apartment shooting; suspect shot
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kdvr.com, Local

1 dead in Broomfield apartment shooting; suspect shot

By Morgan Whitle and  Heather Willard | KDVR Broomfield police took a seriously injured suspect into custody following what they called an active shooting at an apartment complex that led to a female victim’s death. At 6:34 a.m. Thursday, the Broomfield Police Department said officers were called to a disturbance at the Arista Flats apartments at 8200 Arista Place, east of Wadsworth Parkway near the former 1stBank Center. According to Rachel Haslett with Broomfield police, when officers got to the unit, they heard a man making threats and then gunshots. Haslett said the suspect was shooting at surrounding units and into the parking lot. READ THE FULL STORY AT KDVR
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Western Slope school district cancels class because of potential school safety concerns
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kdvr.com, Local

Western Slope school district cancels class because of potential school safety concerns

By Morgan Whitley, Lanie Lee Cook | Fox 31 News A school district in Colorado’s high country canceled class on Wednesday due to “school safety concerns,” later announcing that the district would cancel class for the rest of the school week. Just after midnight on Wednesday, the Lake County School District that serves Leadville, Twin Lakes and surrounding areas sent a letter to families that school would not be held. The district said the cancellation comes on the advice and collaboration with Sheriff Heath Speckman after school safety concerns emerged midday Tuesday and lasted through the night and early morning Wednesday. On Tuesday, a letter to families said the school-related safety concern was “more local to Lake County.” READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX 31 NEWS...
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Over 700 people are homeless in Boulder — fewer than last year, but higher than in the past six
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Boulder Reporting Lab, Local

Over 700 people are homeless in Boulder — fewer than last year, but higher than in the past six

By Brooke Stephensen | Boulder Reporting Lab In January, volunteers counted 727 people experiencing homelessness in Boulder County. While this is a decrease from last year’s count of 839, it is still the second-highest figure recorded since the count began in 2017. The Point-in-Time report, published on Aug. 13, is a count of the number of homeless people on Jan. 22, 2024. Mandated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and conducted by the Metro Denver Homeless Initiative, the data provides some of the most reliable indicators of homelessness trends in Boulder County and across the Denver metro area, despite year-to-year variations due to weather, methodology and volunteer turnout. Of the 727 people counted, at least 193 — over a quarter — were uns...
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Testimony begins in Boulder grocery store shooting trial
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CBS Colorado, Local

Testimony begins in Boulder grocery store shooting trial

By Scott Weiser | CBS Colorado More than three difficult years later, the people who lived through the infamy of the mass murder at a Colorado King Soopers grocery store on March 22, 2021, dutifully recalled what happened in a Boulder courtroom Thursday. Seven people took the stand, the first to testify in the case against Ahmad Alissa for the killings of 10 people. Prosecutor Michael Dougherty began to try to show that Ahmad Alissa had clarity of mission that day; that actions were planned, deliberate and intentional, while defense attorney Sam Dunn is hoping the jury will find Ahmad Alissa not guilty by reason of insanity. "This guy was not just moving just shooting randomly, he was pointing and aiming," said Kevin Slay, one of the first witnesses for the prosecution."...
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