REP. CARTER: Gov. Polis stumbles with veto of bill to help firefighters with work-related cancer
On June 3, Gov. Jared Polis vetoed Senate Bill 26-184 — legislation our caucus designated the “Ruben Sims Jr. Act,” named for Aurora Fire and Rescue’s first Black firefighter. He gave decades of service to this community and died of occupational cancer. I am disappointed, and Coloradans deserve to know why. The governor’s concerns about […]
PERRY: The Elijah McClain homicide trial process didn’t get in the way of the facts, nor the convictions
The facts surrounding the death of Elijah McClain at the hands of Aurora police and paramedics in 2019 have never changed. Despite that, a state court of appeals decision last week upended two of the fact-based, hard-fought court battles to hold some of the cops and paramedics accountable for McClain’s death. McClain, a 23-year-old Black […]
Alcohol suspected in fatal Aurora crash that killed 1 early Sunday, police say
AURORA | Investigators say one or both drivers involved in a fatal car crash early Saturday in central Aurora may have been intoxicated. Police were called to the intersection of South Peoria Street and East Jewell Avenue at about 3 a.m. after reports of a car crash there. “The preliminary investigation has determined a Hyundai […]
Female Navy officers say they fear a career cap after Hegseth cuts women from promotions list
WASHINGTON | After Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth cut nine Navy officers, including all the women, from a promotion list, several female officers say they see the unusual intervention as a sign that their careers now have a ceiling and worry for the future generation of female military leaders. The Navy had selected 31 sailors to […]
A new playmaker in Denver, but no Bo Nix yet as Jaylen Waddle settles into the Broncos offense
ENGLEWOOD | The Denver Broncos are back on the football field for the first time since losing the AFC championship game to New England with Bo Nix watching from a suite with his surgically repaired right ankle in a cast. Nix is still sidelined following a second procedure on his right ankle but he was […]
Australian cockroach kingpin caught with 100,000 illegal insects in record bug bust
WELLINGTON, New Zealand | More than 100,000 live cockroaches illegal to keep in Australia were confiscated from a single breeder in the country’s largest-ever seizure of exotic invertebrates, officials said Friday. The haul of Madagascar hissing cockroaches and dubia cockroaches, worth 200,000 Australian dollars ($142,000), was seized in May from a commercial breeder in the […]
Radio scans find no alien tech from the latest interstellar comet
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. | The group leading the charge in the search for extraterrestrial life has given the all clear: An interstellar comet looks to be completely natural and free of any alien tech. The SETI Institute said Wednesday that extensive radio scans by its telescope in Northern California found no signs of otherworldly technology […]
Longtime CBS correspondent Scott Pelley lived many workers’ fantasy: Telling your boss off
NEW YORK | As if Scott Pelley’s years in a glamorous, globetrotting, seven-figure dream job weren’t enough, he’s pulled off one more thing to stir your envy: a cutting takedown of his boss that went loudly public. The “60 Minutes” correspondent’s searing rebuke of CBS management this week, in which he questioned his bosses’ credentials […]
Former supermodel Carré Otis files Paris rape complaint against ex-Elite boss
PARIS | Former American supermodel Carré Otis filed a complaint Friday at a Paris court alleging she was raped and trafficked by Gérald Marie, the former European head of Elite Model agency, in a move her lawyer said is meant to encourage other potential victims to come forward. Marie has denied the allegations and cannot […]
Taylor Swift’s ‘Toy Story 5’ song is a return to pop country
NEW YORK | Taylor Swift’s new song for the Disney and Pixar’s forthcoming “Toy Story 5” film is here. On Friday, Swift released “I Knew It, I Knew You,” a bit of a return to country music for the performer who first made a name for herself in the Nashville music scene before taking over […]