Colleen Slevin, Associated Press

Colorado's Democratic governor is signaling his openness to granting clemency to a former county clerk who was convicted in a scheme attempting to find proof of fraud in the 2020 presidential election. Gov. Jared Polis has faced a pressure campaign from President Donald Trump, who continues to repeat his false claims that the election was stolen from him.

Authorities say the parents of a 16-year-old boy who wounded two students at a Colorado high school with an old revolver won't be charged. Investigators looked at whether the parents of Desmond Holly could possibly be charged with allowing access to the gun.

Judges on a Colorado appeals panel expressed skepticism about the sentence for a former county elections clerk convicted of orchestrating a breach of election equipment. The three-judge panel was dismissive of many of the arguments made by the attorneys for Tina Peters, who once oversaw elections in Mesa County.

Lawyers for former Colorado elections clerk Tina Peters will try to convince a state appeals court to overturn her conviction. Wednesday's hearing comes as her supporters, including President Donald Trump, continue to pressure the state to set her free.

Supporters of a prominent Colorado immigration and labor activist say an immigration judge has ruled that she can post bond and be released after spending nine months in detention. They say the judge issued a written ruling Sunday allowing Jeanette Vizguerra to post $5,000 bail.

A federal magistrate judge has rejected a bid by a former Colorado county clerk to be released from prison while she appeals her state conviction for orchestrating a data breach scheme driven by false claims about voting machine fraud in the 2020 presidential race.

Experts say a teenager suspected in a shooting attack at a suburban Denver high school that left two students in critical condition appeared fascinated with previous mass shootings including Columbine and expressed neo-Nazi views online.

Authorities say a 16-year-old boy who had been radicalized by an extremist network fired multiple shots with a revolver at Evergreen High School, wounding two classmates. Law enforcement officials released those details at a news conference Thursday, a day after the shooting.

A student shot two of his peers Wednesday at Evergreen High School before shooting himself and later dying, authorities said.

Some cottontail rabbits in Fort Collins, have been drawing attention because they have wart-like growths on their faces that look like horns. The rabbits are infected with the relatively common Shope papillomavirus. The virus likely inspired the centuries-old jackalope myth.