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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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The State Capitol is framed by buildings along Sherman Street Friday, June 27, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Conservative group, state senator sue Gov. Jared Polis over state’s move to continue taxing overtime pay

By Seth Klamann

July 25, 2025 at 10:29 a.m.

A conservative advocacy group and a state senator sued Thursday over recent legislation requiring the...

Amy Padden, candidate for Attorney General, ...

Charges still stand against sex offender accused of attempted kidnapping at Aurora school, DA says

By Lauren Penington

July 24, 2025 at 2:52 p.m.

Under Colorado law, the court is required to dismiss the charges if the defendant is...

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser announced that a Mesa County sheriff’s deputy violated Colorado law when he shared information with federal officials that led to a Utah college student’s immigration arrest last month during a press conference at the Ralph Carr Judicial Center in Denver on Tuesday, July 22, 2025. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

Colorado sheriff’s deputy who alerted ICE to Utah student violated state law, AG says

By Shelly Bradbury

July 22, 2025 at 4:24 p.m.

The deputy purposely stalled a 19-year-old student so federal immigration officers could get into position...

Judge Mark Gonzales’s gavel lies in his courtroom before the morning docket begins at Greeley Municipal Court in Greeley, Colorado.on Sept. 18, 2024.. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

Man sentenced to 60 years in prison for fatal Castle Rock shooting in 2022

By Lauren Penington

July 22, 2025 at 12:25 p.m.

Miguel Angel Mercado, who shot two people outside of a Castle Rock apartment complex in...

This image provided the law firm Holland, Holland Edwards and Grossman, LLC, shows surveillance footage of Daniel Foard at the La Plata County Jail in Durango, Colo., on Aug. 16, 2023. (Holland, Holland Edwards and Grossman, LLC, via La Plata County via AP)

Parents of man who died in Colorado jail say nurses, deputies ignored his pleas for 15 hours

By Colleen Slevin

July 22, 2025 at 8:45 a.m.

The lawsuit blames nurses, sheriff's deputies, local government officials and Southern Health Partners for failing...

Denver man gets 48 years in prison for murder of teen in 2022

By Lauren Penington

July 20, 2025 at 3:45 p.m.

Diego Lopez, 19, was sentenced Friday to 48 years in prison for the 2022 murder...

Nebraska sues Colorado over how much water it’s drawing from South Platte River

By Margery A. Beck

July 16, 2025 at 2:39 p.m.

Colorado AG Phil Weiser called the lawsuit “unfortunate” and said Nebraska officials failed “to look...

James Craig wipes away a tear during opening statements in his murder trial in Arapahoe County District Court in Centennial on Tuesday, July 15, 2025. Craig, an Aurora dentist, is accused of fatally poisoning his wife. (Photo by Stephen Swofford/Denver Gazette, Pool)

Trial opens for Aurora dentist James Craig in fatal poisoning of wife

By Shelly Bradbury

July 15, 2025 at 4:27 p.m.

Defense attorney Ashley Whitham accused police of conducting a biased investigation and implied that Angela...

AJ’s Pit Bar-B-Q co-owner Jared Leonard sits for a portrait on Wednesday, November 9, 2022 at his Denver, Colorado restaurant. Leonard was arrested and indicted last week on charges of fraud. (Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)

Former Denver restaurateur indicted for fraud, accused of misusing PPP loans

By Miguel Otárola

July 15, 2025 at 8:24 a.m.

AJ's Pit Bar-B-Q owner Jared Leonard was arrested this month and will face felony federal...

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents prepares for a national operation targeting sex-crime offenders in Denver on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

ICE deportations are derailing Colorado criminal prosecutions

By Shelly Bradbury

July 13, 2025 at 6:00 a.m.

Colorado district attorneys who spoke with The Denver Post said such deportations are not in...

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