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The far right is trying to use the Boulder shooting for...
In the first hours following news of the King Soopers shooting on Monday, March 22, there were reports of far-right and conspiracist QAnon profiles...
Use of food stamps by soldiers rising
CNN is reporting that use of food stamps by soldiers continued to rise in 2013, reaching nearly $104 million. This reflects an upward trend that's been in place since the start of the recession in 2008 when military members redeemed $31.1 million worth of food stamps...
Eleven anti-fracking ballot initiatives submitted to state
State legislators commented last week on 11 ballot initiatives filed by the advocacy group Coloradans Resisting Extreme Energy Development (CREED) that seek to ban...
In filibuster reform, Senate may avoid ‘nuclear option’
Senate Republicans will not block President Barack Obama's nominees to the National Labor Relations Board, averting a showdown in the Senate that would have had larger implications for the filibuster process...
The West in flames
Dire fire conditions, like the inferno of heat, turbulence, and fuel that recently turned 346 homes...
Heavy snow cancels school; CU closes
A winter storm warning is in effect for Boulder County, meaning heavy snow could last through Thursday...
Supreme court denies to hear appeal on “boobies” ban
The BBC is reporting that a Pennsylvania school district that lost a lawsuit after banning students from wearing breast cancer awareness bracelets had its appeal denied by the U.S. Supreme Court, meaning the bracelets are a go...
Supreme Court to hear case that could cripple labor unions
The LA Times is reporting that The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case this week that has the potential to cripple labor unions. It involves in-home health care providers in the Chicago area drafted into a union they don't support that is being challenged by boosters...
Amtrak train kills 2 teens south of Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA — Two teenage girls were struck and killed by an Amtrak train about nine miles south of Philadelphia on Thursday...
Secret Service guards its museum closely
WASHINGTON — The six-story tan brick building on H Street houses one of the most secret museums in Washington...
Earth Day turns 40
The first Earth Day was celebrated on April 22, 1970. The event was the brainchild of one man, Sen. Gaylord Nelson, who had been searching for a way to bring political attention and public concern to environmental issues. Inspired by the “teach-ins” of the anti-...
Denny’s rocks
Boulder police arrested a 39-year-old transient man on a charge of felony menacing on Friday, Jan. 22, after responding to a disturbance at Denny's in the 2900 block of Baseline Road...
