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Man accused of attacking TV reporter, saying 'This is Trump's America now'

Dec. 27, 2024 20:23 PM EST

DENVER (AP) — A Colorado man is facing possible bias-motivated charges for allegedly attacking a television news reporter after demanding to know whether he was a citizen, saying “This is Trump’s America now," according to court documents. Patrick Thomas Egan, 39, was arrested...

Colorado teen fights kidney failure after eating McDonald's Quarter Pounders

Oct. 29, 2024 18:15 PM EDT

A 15-year-old high school freshman is hospitalized with severe complications of food poisoning after eating McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers three times in the weeks before a deadly E. coli outbreak was detected. Kamberlyn Bowler, of Grand Junction, Colorado, had to be flown...

Colorado judge who sentenced election denier Tina Peters to prison receives threats

Oct. 04, 2024 19:55 PM EDT

A rural Colorado county courthouse beefed up security Friday after threats were made against staff and a judge who sentenced former county clerk Tina Peters to nearly nine years behind bars and admonished her for her role in a data breach scheme catalyzed by the lie that the 2020 election was...