Colorado

The man suspected of opening fire at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs was being held on murder and hate crime charges Monday, while hundreds of people gathered to honor the five people killed and 17 wounded in the attack on a venue that for decades was a sanctuary for the local LGBTQ community.

Authorities say a 22-year-old gunman opened fire with a semiautomatic rifle at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, killing five people and leaving 25 injured before he was subdued by “heroic” patrons.

Colorado Springs' police and city officials credit at least two strangers with stopping the gunman and limiting the bloodshed. Here's what they did.

Colorado will also create state-regulated “healing centers" where patients can experience psychedelic mushrooms under supervision.

Rep. Lauren Boebert’s race remained extremely tight on Thursday and could be headed for a recount in the GOP firebrand’s bid for reelection against Democrat Adam Frisch, a former city councilmember from Aspen.

Rocky Mountain National Park said elk herds can reach as high as 800 in the winter.

A Colorado woman is accused of tying up a man she met on Tinder before stabbing, choking, and threatening to kill him inside her apartment, police said. 

Wheat Ridge Police said another driver stopped and tried to help the man.

A former National Security Agency employee from Colorado is charged with trying to sell classified information to a foreign government.

Video shows the moment a light rail train derailed as it followed a curve, splitting into two trains and injuring three people.

The Platteville police officer involved was placed on paid administrative leave.

A Black man died after a police encounter in a Denver suburb in 2019 because he was injected with a powerful sedative after being forcibly restrained.

More than 140 people experiencing homelessness in Denver will each be provided up to $1,000 in cash a month for up to one year as part of a basic income program designed to help "lift individuals out of homelessness," the city announced last week.

Citing alarm toward the Republican Party’s widespread embrace of 2020 election conspiracies, a moderate GOP Colorado state senator has switched his affiliation to Democrat, enhancing that party’s prospects to retain its majority in the chamber in the November midterms.

John Ramsey launched a petition in April asking the Boulder government to to help advance his daughter's murder case.

Police said the man first doused the victims with gasoline and then tried to look for a lighter.

Cecelia Tesch says her 13-year-old daughter suffers from an eating disorder, depression and other mental health problems after six years of using Facebook.

Videos taken during the bullfight show a three-story section of the stands collapsing as people screamed.

A Walgreens employee allegedly murdered his 17-year-old co-worker in the break room after the girl reported to managers that he was making unwanted romantic advances.