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Cops Arrest Murder Suspect, Find Grisly Evidence in Pocket

Police in Pueblo, Colorado, say Solomon Martinez had victim's severed hand

(Newser) - A man suspected of killing a woman in Colorado had a severed hand in his pocket when he was arrested, according to police. Solomon Martinez, a security guard, was arrested at work on suspicion of first-degree murder in the death of the woman, whose body was discovered in a creek...

Money Issues Allegedly Led Them to Abandon 200 Bodies

According to a judge in the Colorado funeral home case

(Newser) - Two Colorado funeral home owners apparently sought to cover up their financial difficulties by abandoning nearly 200 bodies that they had agreed to cremate or bury, instead storing the remains in a neglected building in many cases for years, a Colorado judge said Wednesday as he ruled that the criminal...

FBI Agent Describes Horrific Find at Funeral Home

In text message, co-owner said one option was to 'dig a big hole and use lye'

(Newser) - Investigators who entered a Colorado funeral home where nearly 200 abandoned bodies were found encountered stacks of partially covered human remains, bodily fluids several inches deep on the floor, and flies and maggots throughout the building, an FBI agent testified Thursday. Prosecutors also revealed text messages sent between the funeral...

Police Say Lauren Boebert Investigation Is Closed

Police clear congresswoman after Jayson Boebert withdraws accusation that she hit him

(Newser) - This file has been updated with police clearing Lauren Boebert. Lauren Boebert's ex-husband has been arrested days after a public altercation between the former couple in Colorado. Jayson Boebert, who called police Saturday claiming the Republican congresswoman punched him twice in the face, is himself suspected of misdemeanor assault...

Pre-Sentencing, Elijah McClain's Mom Slams 'Bully With a Badge'

Ex-Colorado police officer Randy Roedema gets 14 months in jail for his role in death of 23-year-old

(Newser) - A judge sentenced an ex-Colorado police officer to 14 months in jail for his role in the death of Elijah McClain after hearing the young Black man's mother on Friday call the officer a "bully with a badge" who will always have blood on his hands. The officer,...

Supreme Court to Consider Ruling to Keep Trump Off Ballot

Justices take Colorado case, conceding the issue needs to be decided soon

(Newser) - The Supreme Court said Friday it will decide whether Donald Trump can be kept off the ballot because of his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss, inserting the court squarely in the 2024 presidential campaign. The justices acknowledged the need to reach a decision quickly, as voters will soon...

Trump Asks Supreme Court to Quickly Void Colorado Ruling

Filing argues former president wasn't part of an insurrection

(Newser) - Former President Trump took his appeal of Colorado's decision barring him from its presidential primary ballot to the US Supreme Court on Wednesday, seeking a ruling that will prevent other states from doing the same thing. Colorado's Supreme Court had found Trump was ineligible, based on the US...

Ex: Man Arrested at Colorado's Top Court Was Having Breakdown

She says Brandon Olsen has no political affiliation

(Newser) - A man accused of breaking into the Denver building that houses the Colorado Supreme Court, firing multiple shots and causing extensive damage, wasn't acting out of anger at the court's decision to kick Donald Trump off the GOP ballot two weeks earlier, his ex-wife says. Tori Schumacher tells...

Man Breaks Into Colorado Supreme Court, Fires Gun

Police say overnight incident doesn't appear to be related to threats to justices after Trump decision

(Newser) - The Colorado Supreme Court is once again in the national headlines, but not over a newly issued ruling. Police say a man broke into the court building in downtown Denver overnight, held up a security guard by gunpoint, fired multiple shots, and caused "extensive damage" to the building before...

Explaining Her District Switch, Boebert Brings Up Barbra Streisand

Boebert says Hollywood money influenced her decision

(Newser) - Lauren Boebert says she decided to switch districts after Hollywood money started pouring into the coffers of the Democratic opponent she likely would have faced had she decided to run for re-election in her current district, Colorado's 3rd. "When you have Barbra Streisand coming in and donating to...

Colorado GOP Asks SCOTUS to Keep Trump on the Ballot

Trump himself also plans to appeal the Colorado ruling

(Newser) - The Colorado Republican Party on Wednesday appealed that state's supreme court decision that found former President Trump is ineligible for the presidency, the potential first step to a showdown at the nation's highest court over the meaning of a 155-year-old constitutional provision that bans from office those who...

FBI Investigates Threats to Judges in Colorado

Denver police increase patrols around homes of justices who ruled against former President Trump

(Newser) - Threats made against Colorado Supreme Court justices who threw former President Trump off the 2024 ballot have reached the FBI's radar. The agency "is aware of the situation and working with local law enforcement," the bureau said in a statement Monday, per Mediaite . "We will vigorously...

Colorado Releases Gray Wolves From Oregon

Reintroduction total hits 10, with more on the way

(Newser) - Wildlife officials in Colorado have released an additional five gray wolves in the state, bringing the total so far under a voter-approved reintroduction program to 10. Colorado Parks and Wildlife in a statement Friday said its team had completed an agreement to capture 10 gray wolves in Oregon for release...

After Trump Ruling, Judges Are Getting Death Threats

Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold 'extremely concerned' about potential violence

(Newser) - Social media has been flooded with death threats against Colorado Supreme Court justices since they ruled 4-3 this week to kick Donald Trump off the state's GOP primary ballot, according to a report from Advance Democracy. The nonpartisan research group says some users have posted the phone numbers and...

Denver Zoo Needed a Paternity Test. They Got a Famous Expert

Maury Povich announces father of 4-month-old orangutan Siska, to great fanfare

(Newser) - Maury Povich has shifted into retirement mode in recent years—he wrapped up his talk show in 2022, and he was recently presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Daytime Emmys—but his services are apparently still in demand. At least at the Denver Zoo, which recruited the 84-year-old...

Monumental Ruling Puts Supreme Court in Hot Seat


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Dec 20, 2023 11:52 AM CST

Monumental Ruling Puts Supreme Court in Hot Seat

Trump is widely expected to prevail in ballot challenge, however

(Newser) - The bombshell decision of the Colorado Supreme Court to keep Donald Trump off the 2024 presidential ballot in that state now shifts attention to the US Supreme Court, where an appeal is expected to land quickly. The Colorado court ruled 4-3 that Trump engaged in insurrection and is therefore barred...

Ramaswamy Will Remove Himself From Colorado Ballot, Too

Fellow presidential candidate vows to do so in solidarity with Donald Trump

(Newser) - If Donald Trump is not on the Colorado ballot, Vivek Ramaswamy doesn't want to be, either. The Republican presidential candidate says he will withdraw from the state's GOP primary ballot to protest the Colorado Supreme Court's Wednesday ruling that ordered Trump be left off the ballot due...

Colorado's Top Court Kicks Trump Off Ballot

Campaign says it's taking 'completely flawed' decision to Supreme Court

(Newser) - Donald Trump has become the first presidential candidate disqualified from running in an election under an 1868 amendment to the Constitution that bars insurrectionists from seeking office. The Colorado Supreme Court ruled 4-3 Wednesday to remove Trump from the GOP presidential primary ballot in the state, saying he was not...

5 Teens Crushed After SUV Doing 'Donuts' Flips

19-year-old Colorado Springs driver Marisol Wentling faces vehicular assault charges

(Newser) - A Colorado Springs teenager was arrested and five of her friends were hospitalized after her SUV tipped over while she was doing donuts in a strip mall parking lot, authorities say. Police said five young people were hanging out of the windows as Marisol Wentling drove in tight circles, and...

Cattle Industry Sues to Delay the Release of Wolves
Colorado Judge Won't Stop
Wolves From Returning
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Dec 15, 2023 12:02 PM CST

Colorado Judge Won't Stop Wolves From Returning

He denies cattle industry's request to stop reintroduction as their lawsuit proceeds

(Newser) - A federal judge has allowed the reintroduction of gray wolves in Colorado to move forward in the coming days by denying a request Friday from the state's cattle industry for a temporary delay in the predators' release. While the lawsuit will continue, Judge Regina Rodriguez's ruling allows Colorado to proceed...

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