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Wyoming man sentenced to 22 years for child sex assault at Englewood water park

CENTENNIAL | A 19-year-old Wyoming man was sentenced Wednesday to 22 years in prison for sexually assaulting a young girl at an Englewood water park last summer, prosecutors said. Trenton Moskovita was sentenced to 22 years in state prison, followed by at least 10 years and possibly life on Sex Offender Intensive Supervised Probation, according […]

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DIA to complement train system with pedestrian walkways

This story was first published at KUNC News. DENVER | The days of only being able to take the train between terminals at Denver International Airport (DIA) may be coming to an end. Denver Mayor Mike Johnston, along with DIA CEO Phil Washington, announced on Tuesday plans to construct a pedestrian walkway to connect the […]

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Think it’s hot now? The next five years will smash records, UN says

WASHINGTON | In the next five years, the Earth is overwhelmingly likely to surge again and again past the international climate threshold set as safe and shatter its hottest-year record along the way, according to new United Nations climate projections. The World Meteorological Organization also forecasts an overheating Arctic that warms nearly 3 degrees Fahrenheit […]

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A rare blue micromoon rises this weekend

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. | Get set for a rare blue micromoon this weekend — a blue moon that’s also the most distant and smallest-looking full moon of the year. A bonus: The brilliant star Antares will photobomb Sunday’s spectacle for a celestial three-for-one. A blue moon occurs every two to three years when a second […]

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‘Shoot me up with a big one’: A timeline of the last days of Matthew Perry

LOS ANGELES | After a lifetime of sobriety struggles, Matthew Perry spent the last days of his life desperately seeking the ketamine that would ultimately cause his death. The 2 1/2-year investigation and prosecution that followed came to a close Wednesday with the sentencing of his personal assistant Kenneth Iwamasa, who bought him the drugs, […]

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Some brands say their jeans are eco-friendly. Here’s how to find a pair that’s actually sustainable

NEW YORK | Your favorite pair of jeans may have traveled around the world through cotton farms, dye houses, wash facilities and factories before ending up in your closet. The denim may have never been worn but it is stonewashed, sanded, chemically faded or laser-treated to look like it. Those processes can require significant amounts […]

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In ‘Pressure,’ the story of the meteorologist who helped save D-Day

D-Day was supposed to happen on June 5, 1944. The story of why it ultimately took place on June 6 is one that has been a bit lost to history, consumed by the larger events surrounding it. One day might not seem like much in the grand scheme, but it was a seismic delay in […]

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Fire rips through a dormitory at a girls’ school in Kenya, killing at least 16 students

GILGIL, Kenya | Flames ripped through a dormitory at a girls’ boarding school in central Kenya on Thursday, killing at least 16 students and injuring scores of others in the latest deadly school fire in the East African country. Police questioned surviving students about how it started. The fire happened at the Utumishi Girls School, […]