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Trial of man who killed 10 at Colorado supermarket turns to closing arguments
DENVER (AP) — Lawyers are set to deliver closing arguments Friday in the trial of a mentally ill man who fatally shot 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in 2021. Ahmad Alissa, who has schizophrenia, has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity in the attack at the store in the...
Mother of Colorado supermarket gunman says he is 'sick' and denies knowing about plan
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — The last time Khadija Ahidid saw her son, he came to breakfast in 2021 looking “homeless” with big hair so she offered to give him $20 so he could go get a shave or a haircut that day. Hours later, he shot and killed 10 people at a supermarket in the college town of...
Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders gives props to his much-maligned offensive line after big game
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — The Colorado offensive linemen gathered behind Shedeur Sanders at the postgame podium as his invited guests. This, after serving as faithful bodyguards. As a way of saying thanks — maybe even a mea culpa? — the Buffaloes quarterback...
Gunman says he heard 'killing voices' before Colorado supermarket shooting
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A mentally ill man who killed 10 people at a Colorado supermarket told psychologists he heard “killing voices” right before opening fire, a psychologist testified Friday during the gunman's trial. Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, who has been diagnosed with a severe...
Colorado Buffaloes football field damaged by man driving crashed pickup, police say
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A man was arrested after being involved in several hit-and-run crashes, nearly hitting a person and eventually crashing his pickup truck through a gate and driving it onto the football stadium at the University of Colorado, causing damage to the grass, officials said. ...
Sundance Film Festival narrows search for new home to 3: Salt Lake City/Park City, Utah; Boulder, Colorado; Cincinnati
Deion Sanders denies asking Colorado band not to play in favor of son's music
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Instead of chatting about how the world saw Colorado get " our butts kicked” by Nebraska, Deion Sanders opened his weekly news conference talking about the school’s fight song. It's just the latest sign of how no topic is too remote in a program run by...
Colorado's Shilo Sanders has surgery on arm, Deion Sanders says
DENVER (AP) — Colorado safety Shilo Sanders had surgery after sustaining an arm injury in the team’s loss to Nebraska, his father and coach, Deion Sanders, said Monday in a social media post. Deion Sanders posted pictures of his son, including one with Shilo Sanders in a...
Woman recounts praying after falling while trying to escape Colorado supermarket shooting
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Elan Shakti was tired and had trouble walking but decided to go to the supermarket anyway to buy plants for a family mourning. But as she was buying them, Shakti, now 79, heard gunfire ring out and then someone yell for people to run. Shakti, who had recently...
Shooter's sanity at issue as trial begins in Colorado supermarket mass killing
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A man who gunned down 10 people in a supermarket mass shooting was not insane when he unleashed terror in a Colorado college town but a calculated killer who knew what he did was wrong, a prosecutor told jurors Thursday in an opening statement swiftly disputed by the defense...