Associated Press
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The Supreme Court's conservative majority sounded sympathetic Monday to a Christian graphic artist from Colorado who objects to designing wedding websites for gay couples, a dispute that's the latest clash of religion and gay rights to land at the highest court.
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Sandra Brown is one of two employees accused of helping Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters allow a copy of a hard drive to be made during an update of election equipment last year.
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A new study says the U.S. gun death rate last year hit its highest mark in nearly three decades. And the rate among women has been growing faster than that of men. The paper was published Tuesday by JAMA Network Open. The researchers examined trends in firearm deaths since 1990. They say gun deaths began to steadily increase in 2005. But the rise accelerated recently, with a 20% jump from 2019 to 2021.
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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has visited the memorial outside a gay club where five people were killed in a shooting attack last week. He solemnly walked Tuesday past flowers, crosses and photos of the victims. Polis is the first openly gay man elected a governor in the U.S., back in 2018.
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Grand jury indictments allege two Colorado sheriff's deputies needlessly escalated a fatal standoff last June with 22-year-old Christian Glass, who experiencing a "mental health crisis."
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Deion Sanders said a report stating Colorado has offered him its head coaching job is true and he has also received interest from other schools. The Jackson State coach didn't say whether he's considering any of the opportunities.
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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Thomas James, who was injured while helping subdue a man who shot and killed five people at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, said he simply wanted to save the family that he had found.
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A man who survived a weekend shooting at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs says he wants to be resilient and won't be "taken out by some sick person.” Another survivor says the shooting left him feeling hopeful and surrounded by community support.
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The co-owner of Colorado Springs’ Club Q said that anti-LGBTQ hate has evolved from prejudice to incitement. In one of his first interviews since Saturday night’s mass shooting, Nic Grzecka told the Associated Press that politicians calling transgender people “groomers” breeds violence.
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The alleged shooter facing possible hate crime charges in the fatal shooting of five people at a Colorado Springs gay nightclub has been ordered held without bail in an initial court appearance.