P. Solomon Banda
The Associated Press
Denver, CO, United States
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Remains ID’d as those of Colorado girl missing 34 years
GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — The disappearance of 12-year-old Jonelle Matthews shortly after singing “Jingle Bells” with classmates at a 1984 Christmas concert stunned this rural town in northern Colorado. Her case attracted the attention of the White House, and came at a time when the faces of missing children across the nation were being placed […] → Read More
Remains ID'd as those of Colorado girl missing 34 years
GREELEY, Colo. - The disappearance of 12-year-old Jonelle Matthews shortly after singing "Jingle Bells" with classmates at a 1984 Christmas concert stunned this rural town in northern Colorado. Her case attracted the attention of the White House, and came at a time when the faces of missing children across the nation were being placed on milk cartons. → Read More
Suspects in Colorado school shooting due back in court
DENVER (AP) - Both suspects in a suburban Denver school shooting are due back in court Friday as prosecutors file charges in the attack that killed a student and wounded eight others. The district attorney's office also is expected to decide whether the younger suspect will be charged as an adult in Tuesday's shooting. → Read More
Suspects in Colorado school shooting due back in court
Both suspects in a suburban Denver school shooting are due back in court Friday as prosecutors file charges in the attack that killed a student and wounded eight others. → Read More
Suspects in Colorado school shooting due back in court
Both suspects in a suburban Denver school shooting are due back in court Friday as prosecutors file charges in the attack that killed a student and wounded eight others. → Read More
Rincon PD warns residents after several vehicle break-ins reported in Fort Howard area
The Rincon Police Department is warning residents after it received numerous calls Thursday regarding entering autos in the Fort Howard area. → Read More
Hero students disarm gunman, not thinking about their safety
The students who disarmed a gunman in a Colorado school shooting leapt up from their desks without with no thought for their own safety when they saw the gun. → Read More
'I was going to go down fighting,’ recalls a 6th-grader who hid in a closet as gunman shot up his Colorado school
"I had my hand on the metal baseball bat just in case because I was going to go down fighting if I was going to go down," said 12-year-old Nate Holley. → Read More
Police: Man left backpack with meth at library, went to police station to reclaim it
The police chief said finding drugs is common, but it's pretty rare for people to show up to claim them. → Read More
No thought for their own safety: Hero students disarmed gunman
The three students who disarmed a gunman in a Colorado school shooting leapt up from their desks without a word and with no thought for their own safety when they spotted the gun, recounted one of the young men. → Read More
Hero students disarm gunman, not thinking about their safety
They slammed the teenager, a classmate of theirs, against the wall and struggled with him when shots rang out. Kendrick Castillo, who led the charge, slumped to the ground. → Read More
More people don’t have health insurance, CDC says
According to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Health Interview Survey, the uninsured rate for Americans aged 45 to 64 jumped to 10.3 percent last year. → Read More
Students struggled with shooter, stopped further bloodshed
HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. (AP) - The three students who disarmed a gunman in a Colorado school shooting leapt up from their desks without a word and with no thought for their own safety when they spotted the gun, recounted one of the young men. They slammed the teenager, a classmate of theirs, against the wall and struggled with him when shots rang out. Kendrick Castillo, who led the charge,… → Read More
Baby giraffe gets therapeutic shoes
Soon after he was born, workers at Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, WA, realized the little guy’s legs weren’t properly aligned. → Read More
Students kill classmate, injure 8 at school near Columbine
HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. (AP) - Two high school students shot and killed a classmate and injured eight others at a charter school in a Colorado community that marked the 20th anniversary of one of the nation's worst school shootings just weeks ago. → Read More
Teen who charged attackers was lone death in school shooting
Police announced the second suspect is a female student. The shooting comes three weeks after neighboring town Littleton, CO, marked the grim 20th anniversary of the Columbine school massacre that killed 13 people. → Read More
Teen who charged attackers was lone death in Colorado school shooting
Police announced the second suspect is a female student. The shooting comes three weeks after neighboring town Littleton, CO, marked the grim 20th anniversary of the Columbine school massacre that killed 13 people. → Read More
Students kill classmate, injure 8 at school near Columbine
The shooting comes just three weeks after neighboring town Littleton, CO, marked the grim 20th anniversary of the Columbine school massacre that killed 13 people. → Read More
Teen who charged attackers was lone death in Colorado school shooting
The lone fatality in the Colorado high school shooting was Kendrick Castillo, a friendly 18-year-old who leaped from his desk in a literature class and charged the two attackers, sacrificing his life → Read More
Police look at brakes after truck rams into cars, killing 4
LAKEWOOD, Colo. (AP) - Four people died after a semitruck hauling lumber lost control and plowed into vehicles on a crowded highway near Denver, triggering explosions and a fire so intense that it melted the roadway and metal off cars, authorities said Friday.It was crash, crash, crash and explosion, explosion, explosion, said John Romero, a spokesman for the Lakewood, Colorado, police… → Read More