Author: Julia Cardi
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Merrick Garland visits Colorado, says Americans have a ‘personal stake’ in rule of law abroad
Biden official says the U.S. Justice Department is cooperating with the International Criminal Court and supporting Ukrainian prosecutors carrying out war crime investigation
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Colorado drivers must move over or slow for all stopped vehicles starting next week
Starting Aug. 7, Colorado’s drivers have to move over a lane or slow down for any disabled vehicles stopped on roadsides, according to a law passed this year in the state’s legislature. The legislation expanded the requirement to apply to any vehicle stopped on the side of a road with its hazards flashing, beyond law…
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Defense wraps up in trial of Fort Lupton officer who put woman in patrol car on train tracks
A criminology professor and researcher on use of force testified Thursday in the trial of a Fort Lupton police officer — who is charged with putting a handcuffed woman in a patrol car parked on train tracks that was hit by a freight train a few minutes later — that it’s possible for police officers…
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Video shows I-25 death of man hit by SUV after being tased by Larimer County sheriff’s deputy
Graphic body-camera footage released Wednesday shows the moment an SUV on Interstate 25 hit and killed a man in February, who had just been tased by a Larimer County sheriff’s deputy as he ran from arrest after a stop for an expired car registration. After the crash, the sheriff’s deputy handcuffed him and told the…
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Castle Rock teen faces terrorism charge for trying to join Islamic State group
An 18-year-old Castle Rock man faces a federal terrorism charge for allegedly trying to join the Islamic State group in Iraq as a fighter, court records show. Davin Daniel Meyer has been charged by the U.S. Attorney’s office for the District of Colorado with one count of attempting to provide material support or resources to…
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No bail for Colorado teen accused of planning to join Islamic State group
A federal magistrate in Denver opted to deny bail to a Castle Rock teenager accused of trying to travel to Iraq to join the Islamic State group, citing concerns about his previous death threats to his mother and wanting to avoid any risk of him following through on alleged ambitions of committing mass violence. After…
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Colorado teen faces terrorism charge for trying to join Islamic State group
An 18-year-old Castle Rock man faces a federal terrorism charge for allegedly trying to join the Islamic State group in Iraq as a fighter, court records show. Davin Daniel Meyer has been charged by the U.S. Attorney’s office for the District of Colorado with one count of attempting to provide material support or resources to…
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Colorado child custody cases roiled by CSU professor’s controversial ‘alienation’ theory
By 2017, Katherine’s divorce case had dragged on for eight years. The litigation crushed her financially: She took out credit cards, then a second mortgage to pay those off. But she escaped her abusive ex-husband, and by 2017, four separate experts had made reports for the court recommending Katherine continue to have sole decision-making authority…
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Judge tells Denver Public Schools board to release recording of executive session on cops in schools
Judge rules in favor of coalition of news outlets, including the Denver Gazette and Colorado Politics, that sued the Board of Education and its custodian of records
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Colorful pills and animal tranquilizer: Twin concerns putting new twist on fentanyl crisis
Although Colorado’s recorded fentanyl overdose deaths appear to have leveled off slightly between 2021 and 2022, federal and state law enforcement officials warn people shouldn’t get complacent about the state’s fentanyl crisis. Numbers are still staggeringly high, the nature of the supply evolves rapidly and cartels that traffic the drug adapt to attract a diverse…