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Colorado university hires 2 former US attorneys to review shooting, recommend any changes

Mar. 25, 2024 16:11 PM EDT

DENVER (AP) — The Colorado university where a student is charged with killing his suitemate and another person in a dorm room last month has hired two former U.S. attorneys to review what led to the shooting and recommend whether any campus policies and procedures should be changed. ...

Century Casinos: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

Mar. 14, 2024 06:16 AM EDT

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Century Casinos Inc. (CNTY) on Thursday reported a loss of $10.8 million in its fourth quarter. The Colorado Springs, Colorado-based company said it had a loss of 36 cents per share. The casino operator...

Warm weather brings a taste of spring to central and western United States

Feb. 25, 2024 22:57 PM EST

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A warm front swept springlike weather across a large swath of the country Sunday in what is usually one of the coldest months of the year, sending people out of their homes to enjoy the rare winter respite but also bringing increased wildfire danger. In Omaha,...

Trash dispute between roommates led to threat one month before fatal Colorado campus shooting

Feb. 23, 2024 17:02 PM EST

DENVER (AP) — A college student accused of killing his roommate and another person at a University of Colorado-Colorado Springs dorm room last week told his roommate a month earlier he would “kill him” if he was asked to take out the trash again, according to a court document released Friday....

Student arrested on murder charges after 2 found dead in a Colorado college dorm

Feb. 19, 2024 20:00 PM EST

DENVER (AP) — A student was arrested Monday on murder charges over the shootings of two people who were found dead in a dorm room last week at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs, police said. The Colorado Springs Police Department said they arrested Nicholas Jordan, 25,...

Shooting deaths of 2 people in Colorado college dorm being investigated as homicides, police say

Feb. 17, 2024 18:40 PM EST

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The deaths of two people who were shot in a dorm room at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs on Friday morning will be investigated as homicides, police said. The victims, who were not immediately identified, were found dead when police...

Family of man who died after being tackled by mental crisis team sues paramedic, police officer

Feb. 13, 2024 21:46 PM EST

DENVER (AP) — Members of a mental health response team sent to help a man who was having a “psychotic breakdown” instead killed him by tackling him and leaving him handcuffed, according to a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday by the man's family. The lawsuit over the 2022 death of...

Shooter who killed 5 people at Colorado LGBTQ+ club intends to plead guilty to federal hate crimes

Jan. 16, 2024 19:50 PM EST

DENVER (AP) — The shooter who killed five people and endangered the lives of over 40 others at an LGBTQ+ nightclub in Colorado Springs plans to plead guilty to new federal charges for hate crimes and firearm violations under an agreement that would allow the defendant to avoid the death penalty,...

Colorado mother suspected of killing her 2 children and wounding a third arrested in United Kingdom

Jan. 01, 2024 12:30 PM EST

A Colorado mother suspected of killing two of her young children and injuring a third was arrested Saturday in the United Kingdom, according to the Colorado Springs Police Department. Kimberlee Singler's 9-year-old daughter and 7-year-old son were found dead on Dec. 19 when police...

Police searching for Colorado mother suspected of killing her 2 children, wounding third

Dec. 29, 2023 18:33 PM EST

DENVER (AP) — Police were still searching Friday for a Colorado woman suspected of killing her two young children and wounding a third after police initially responded to a report of a burglary in their home. Kimberlee Singler, 35, was cooperative at first with police investigating...