Best Read Colorado Headlines
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#1 Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Anti-Gay Marriage Web Designer
Jun 30 2023 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday ruled that the constitutional right to free speech allows certain businesses to refuse to provide services for same-sex weddings, ruling in favor of a web designer who cited her Christian...
#2 US Political Violence Driven by New Breed of ‘Grab-Bag’ Extremists
Nov 16 2023 // Before he committed mass murder in Colorado late last year, Anderson Lee Aldrich was a lively presence among a group of friends who regularly assembled online for hours to chat, play video games and trade internet...
#3 Colorado Funeral Home Stored Bodies for 4 Years, Deceived Families, Prosecutors Say
Nov 14 2023 // The owners of a Colorado funeral home were arrested Wednesday in Oklahoma on charges linked to the discovery of 190 sets of decaying remains at one of their facilities, including some that apparently had been languishing...
#4 IIHS: Safety Concerns for Small Pickup Rear Seated Passengers
Jun 30 2023 // The latest crash tests by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety reveals most small pickups fall short when it comes to rear seated passengers. “Our updated moderate overlap front crash test proved to be...
#5 Police Who Fatally Shot Pregnant Woman Sued by Her Family in Colorado
Aug 22 2023 // Destinee Thompson was supposed to be on her way to lunch with her stepmother in August 2021 when Colorado police, mistaking her for a robbery suspect, fatally shot the pregnant mother as she fled in her minivan. Frustrated...
#6 Colorado Woman Shocked with Taser Suing Police Officer And Chief for Not Reporting It
Nov 30 2023 // A woman who was shocked in the back with a Taser while lying on the ground in Pueblo, Colorado, last year is suing the police officer who stunned her and the city`s police chief, accusing the police department of failing...
#7 After 189 Bodies Were Found in Colorado Funeral Home, Evidence Suggests Families Received Fake Ashes
Oct 23 2023 // A Colorado funeral home where 189 decaying bodies were discovered this month appears to have fabricated cremation records and may have given families fake ashes, according to information gathered by The Associated Press...
#8 Internet Research Shows Californians May Add to Risk of Fire Hazards
Nov 30 2023 // By most measures, California usually tops the list of the states most at risk of fires, but a new report shows the state’s residents and their desires to stay warm in chillier months may be making the state even...
#9 Funeral Home Owners Where Decomposing Bodies Found Returned to Colorado
Nov 28 2023 // The owners of a defunct Colorado funeral home where 190 sets of decomposing human remains were found have been returned to the state to face hundreds of felony charges. Carie Hallford appeared in District Court in Colorado...
#10 Colorado Legislature Convening to Address Skyrocketing Property Costs
Nov 14 2023 // Colorado Gov. Jared Polis hoisted a red baseball bat and smashed emergency glass in a silly demonstration for a very real crisis, Colorado homeowners are looking down the barrel of a potential 40% jump in property tax...
#11 Push to Lower Wildfire Risk Across West Stumbles in Places
Jun 28 2023 // Using chainsaws, heavy machinery and controlled burns, the Biden administration is trying to turn the tide on worsening wildfires in the U.S. West through a multi-billion dollar cleanup of forests choked with dead trees...
#12 Family of Black Girls Handcuffed, Held at Gunpoint in Colorado Reach $1.9M Settlement
Feb 8 2024 // The four Black girls lay facedown in a parking lot, crying “no” and “mommy” as a police officer who had pointed her gun at them then bent down to handcuff two of their wrists. The youngest wore a...
#13 Rutgers, Stony Brook Among Colleges Warning of Data Exposure From MOVEit Hack
Jul 21 2023 // The ongoing cyberattack exploiting MOVEit file-transfer software has taken a toll on US colleges and universities. At least 30 institutions have been notified that personal information of students and employees may have...
#14 Growing Wildfire Risk Leaves States Grappling With How to Keep Insurers From Fleeing
May 1 2024 // Months after a catastrophic fire burned more than 2,200 homes in Hawaii, some property owners are getting more bad news—their property insurance won’t be renewed because their insurance company has deemed the risk...
#15 Insurers Sue Energy Corporation Blamed for Helping Start Colorado Wildfire
Jul 12 2023 // Dozens of insurance companies are suing Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy to recoup money paid out to homes and businesses lost in Colorado`s most destructive wildfire in 2021. The lawsuit was filed Thursday, a few weeks after...
#16 Ice Storms and Blizzards Pummel the Central US
Dec 28 2023 // MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – From an ice storm in North Dakota that sealed windows shut to blizzard conditions in Colorado causing hundreds of airport delays and cancellations, a winter storm pummeled much of the central United...
#17 Handcuffed Colorado Man Stunned by Taser Settles Lawsuit for $1.5M
Mar 7 2024 // A man who was stunned with a Taser while handcuffed, including on his lip, has settled a federal lawsuit with a Colorado sheriff’s department for $1.5 million, his lawyers said. Kenneth Espinoza was arrested after he...
#18 Colorado Judge Chides Company That Tried to Pay $23,500 Settlement in 3 Tons of Coins
Oct 27 2023 // A Colorado judge chided a welding company that tried to pay off a $23,500 settlement with a subcontractor by sending the money in loose coins that weighed 3 tons. Judge Joseph Findley ruled Monday that JMF Enterprises...
#19 Colorado Farmers Must Pay $6.5M for Defrauding Federal Crop Insurance Programs
Mar 12 2024 // Two Colorado Farmers must pay more than $6.5 Million for defrauding federal crop insurance programs, according to U.S. Attorney Cole Finegan. Finegan’s office announced that Patrick Esch and Ed Dean Jagers of...
#20 Cannabis Sales Outlook Promising for Insuring Cannabis Specialists
Mar 7 2024 // A new report shows global legal cannabis spending grew to $36 billion in 2023, and more importantly, that languishing sales in longer-legal states may soon start to swing back up – two big, encouraging signs for insuring...
