Associated Press
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Colorado's Democratic-controlled House has passed a bill that would ban the sale and transfer of semiautomatic firearms. It's a major step for the legislation after roughly the same bill was swiftly killed by Democrats last year.
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A Colorado man who was placed on life support after he was bitten by his pet Gila monster died of complications from the desert lizard's venom.
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A major snowstorm is dumping heavy snow in Colorado, with some spots outside of Denver getting double-digit amounts.
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Prosecutors said more cremated remains were found at the home of a Colorado funeral home owner, where a rotting corpse and 35 other cremated remains were discovered last month. Owner Miles Harford appeared in court Friday, where he was read the charges of forgery, abuse of a corpse and theft.
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The Democratic majority in Colorado's House has pushed forward two bills protecting transgender people's chosen names. The proposals stirred emotional debate on Colorado's House floor on Friday, and they were pushed forward roughly on party lines to the Senate.
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Police say the deaths of two people who were shot in a dorm room at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs will be investigated as homicides. The Colorado Springs Police Department says in a social media post that the shootings Friday morning do not appear to be murder-suicide.
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Police say two people who had been shot were found dead in a dorm room at a college in Colorado Springs, putting the campus on a short lockdown. Each person was shot at least once in what appeared to be an "isolated incident" at around 6 a.m. Friday at the University of Colorado campus in Colorado Springs.
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Veteran baseball broadcaster Jenny Cavnar is the new primary play-by-play announcer for the Oakland Athletics. Cavnar becomes the first woman to handle primary play-by-play duties in major league history. She has covered baseball for 17 of her 20 years in the media business, most recently calling Colorado Rockies games the past 12 years as a backup play-by-play announcer while also hosting pregame and postgame shows and regional coverage.
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Authorities say the locomotive of a cargo train has derailed in northern Colorado, spilling hundreds of gallons of diesel. The Loveland Fire Rescue Authority says the Great Western Railway locomotive didn't tip over when it went off the rails early Wednesday at a switch in the tracks, but a fuel tank was punctured.
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A police chief in southwestern Colorado has been placed on paid administrative leave after charges were filed against three men in the case of a 17-year-old girl who reported being raped by more than one person during a party at the chief's house.