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PetSmart used dog grooming school to ‘trap’ employees, Colorado says

“PetSmart lured prospective dog groomers with promises of ‘free’ paid training, only to trap them into staying with the company,” Attorney General Phil Weiser said.

A worker plays with dogs at PetSmart in the Littleton area on Feb. 18, 2015. (Seth McConnell/The Denver Post)

Man gets life in prison for fatal stabbing at Family Dollar store in Adams County

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This combination of images from body-camera videos shows police encounters with, top row from left, Jeffrey Melvin in Colorado in 2018, Johnathan Binkley in Tennessee in 2019; bottom row from left, Bradford Macomber in Mississippi in 2016 and Samuel Celestin in Florida in 2019. Police officers in hundreds of deadly encounters across the United States violated well-known law enforcement guidelines that prescribe the safest ways to restrain, subdue and arrest people, an Associated Press investigation has found. (Colorado Springs Police Department, Knox County Sheriff’s Office, Gulfport Police Department, Ocoee Police Department via AP)

Colorado Springs agrees to settle Taser death for $3.2 million

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An image taken from body-worn video shows 36-year-old Jesus Lopez Barcenas handcuffed and lying face-down on a stretcher as paramedic Edward McClure and an EMT take him to an ambulance after his arrest at the University of Colorado's Center for Innovation and Creativity, 1777 Exposition Drive, in Boulder on Dec. 27, 2024. Barcenas died two days later. (Photo via Boulder County District Attorney's Office)

Boulder paramedic charged with manslaughter after sedating, restraining man

By Shelly Bradbury

July 11, 2025 at 5:42 p.m.

Boulder County District Attorney Michael Dougherty said paramedic Edward McClure's "reckless acts" led to the...

Man who stabbed Adams County Family Dollar Store manager to death convicted of first-degree murder

By Elizabeth Hernandez

July 11, 2025 at 1:39 p.m.

A man who stabbed the manager of an Adams County Family Dollar Store to death...

The Byron G. Rogers Federal Building and United States Courthouse 1961 Stout St. houses federal services, as well as the Denver Immigration Court on June 27, 2025 in Denver. (Photo By Kathryn Scott/Special to The Denver Post)

ACLU of Colorado accuses Denver Immigration Court of violating First Amendment

By Lauren Penington

July 9, 2025 at 8:36 a.m.

The Denver Immigration Court is breaking federal law by obstructing access to court hearings and...

A sign covers the broken back window of the Return to Nature Funeral Home in Penrose, Colo., Oct. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Colorado funeral home owner accused of stashing decaying bodies expected to plead guilty in federal court

By Jesse Bedayn

July 9, 2025 at 7:44 a.m.

A Colorado funeral home owner of storing 190 decomposing bodies in a room-temperature building and...

The Arapahoe County Justice Center in Centennial on Monday, Aug. 24, 2020. (Photo by Rachel Ellis/The Denver Post)

Former attorney for Aurora dentist in high-profile murder case charged with arson of his own home

By Shelly Bradbury

July 8, 2025 at 12:36 p.m.

Robert Werking — who had been representing Aurora dentist James Craig in a high-profile murder...

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell speaks during a news conference outside the Alfred A. Arraj United States Courthouse in Denver on June 2, 2025, before the first day of trial in a defamation case against him. Former Dominion Voting Systems executive Eric Coomer sued Lindell for defamation, tying back to claims the MyPillow founder made about fraud in the 2020 presidential election. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)

Judge fines Mike Lindell’s attorneys for filing AI-generated motion during defamation case

By Nick Coltrain

July 8, 2025 at 8:29 a.m.

A judge fined two attorneys for Mike Lindell on Monday for filing a motion riddled...

Shon McPherson, 34, was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder and an additional six charges in shootings outside a motorcycle club in Denver in 2023.
(Photo by Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton/The Denver Post)

Man convicted in 2023 fatal shooting of men outside motorcycle club in Denver

By Judith Kohler

July 4, 2025 at 6:43 p.m.

A jury convicted Shon McPherson, 34, of first-degree murder in the shootings of two men...

FILE – Bouquets of flowers stand along a makeshift memorial for victims of an attack outside of the Boulder County, Colo., courthouse on Tuesday, June 3, 2025, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski,File)

Judge ends order blocking deportation of family of suspect in fatal Boulder firebomb attack

By Colleen Slevin

July 2, 2025 at 5:06 p.m.

Hayam El Gamal and her five children were detained by immigration agents on June 3,...

A judge’s gavel rests on a book of law. (Dreamstime/TNS)

Denver jury finds man guilty of murder in domestic violence shooting

By Lauren Penington

July 2, 2025 at 8:27 a.m.

The Denver jury convicted James Sanchez of first-degree murder, tampering with physical evidence and violating...

Black former employees of Aurora warehouse allege supervisors called them ‘monkeys’

By John Aguilar

July 2, 2025 at 6:00 a.m.

The plaintiffs allege that one of the managers at Woodgrain's Aurora facility called several of...

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