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Tik Tok, ‘ghost guns’, transgender surgery for minors among major cases Supreme Court could decide in 2025
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Tik Tok, ‘ghost guns’, transgender surgery for minors among major cases Supreme Court could decide in 2025

By Casey Harper | The Center Square The U.S. Supreme Court has released a string of landmark rulings recently, from sending the abortion issue back to the states to granting a measure of presidential immunity to the overturning of Chevron deference, significantly weakening federal rulemaking power. Supreme Court terms begin and end in October, and heading into the new year there are major cases awaiting. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE CENTER SQUARE
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10 dead, dozens injured in New Orleans after driver plowed car into New Year’s crowd on Bourbon Street
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10 dead, dozens injured in New Orleans after driver plowed car into New Year’s crowd on Bourbon Street

By Chris Pandolfo | Fox News The suspect who allegedly drove into a joyous crowd at a New Year's celebration in New Orleans, Louisiana, killing at least 10 people and injuring dozens, has been identified as Shamsud Din Jabbar by the FBI. Jabbar—who died at the scene of the attack—was a U.S.-born citizen who lived in Texas, FBI Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge Alethea Duncan said at a Wednesday afternoon press conference. The FBI also revealed that Jabbar was an Army veteran. "What I can tell you, the person was an Army veteran," Duncan said. "We believe he was [an] honorable discharge. But we're working through this process to figure out all this information." READ THE FULL STORY AND CONTINUING COVERAGE AT FOX NEWS
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Sweeting: A century after Hubble’s discovery, our neighbor galaxies suggest a creator’s mind
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Sweeting: A century after Hubble’s discovery, our neighbor galaxies suggest a creator’s mind

By Don Sweeting | Commentary, DonSweeting.com When you look into the night sky, the naked eye can only make out 2,500-3,000 stars, five planets and maybe one to three galaxies, and that’s assuming ideal atmospheric conditions and the right location. That has been enough in human history to dazzle us with the immensity and wonder of what we can see. But 100 years ago, astronomer Edwin P. Hubble (1889-1953), working at the Mount Wilson Observatory in California, made a stunning discovery: He calculated that a spiral nebula called Andromeda was about 860,000 light years away — more than eight times further than the most distant stars in our galaxy. He came to realize that what we thought was a gas or star cluster in the Milky Way was actually another galaxy, and that the Milky Way was j...
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Flags to fly at half-staff in Colorado for a month to honor President Jimmy Carter
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Flags to fly at half-staff in Colorado for a month to honor President Jimmy Carter

By Morgan Whitley | Fox 31 News Flags will fly at half-staff in Colorado from sunrise to sunset for 30 days. On Monday, Gov. Jared Polis, as directed by President Joe Biden, ordered all American and Colorado flags to fly half-staff from the start of former President Jimmy Carter’s passing on Sunday. According to a proclamation signed by then-President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1954, because Carter was a former president, flags are to remain at half-staff for 30 days from the day of Carter’s death. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX 31 NEWS
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Colorado Springs working to replace, rehabilitate crumbling bridges
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Colorado Springs working to replace, rehabilitate crumbling bridges

By Savannah Eller | The Gazette As with any good public infrastructure, a bridge is meant to be taken for granted. For about 218 major bridges carrying cars, trains and pedestrians from one place to another in Colorado Springs, most would say that users should not have to spare a thought for the engineering under their feet. A 2024 study put out by the Colorado Department of Transportation rated those bridges at least a 5 out of 9, putting them in the “fair” to “excellent” category of condition. Unfortunately, Colorado Springs had a few in need of serious work — some of which are linchpins in major transportation arteries. According to the city, 13 bridges ended up with condition ratings 4 and under in the “poor” to “failed” categories. One of the worst of those was removed entire...
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Commerce City police officer hurt after suspected DUI driver crashes into patrol vehicle
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Commerce City police officer hurt after suspected DUI driver crashes into patrol vehicle

By Jennifer McRae | CBS Colorado A Commerce City police officer was hurt in a crash when a suspected DUI driver slammed into the back of the patrol vehicle. The crash happened just after midnight Tuesday northwest of Denver on I-270 west of Vasquez.  According to investigators, one officer was inside the SUV at the time of the crash and rushed to the hospital. That officer suffered serious but non-life threatening injuries. READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COLORADO
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Residents rebuild neighborhoods decimated by Marshall Fire three years ago
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Residents rebuild neighborhoods decimated by Marshall Fire three years ago

By Rachel Saurer | Fox 31 News It has been three years since the Marshall Fire burned more than 6,000 acres and destroyed 1,105 homes in Boulder County. Louisville, Superior and unincorporated Boulder County have collectively reported that 712 of those homes have been rebuilt. Many of the neighborhoods that were hit hardest in the fire are nearly unrecognizable after these three years. Eric Schnepp rebuilt his home in the Sagamore neighborhood, which was one of the first neighborhoods to get hit. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX 31 NEWS
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In 2024 election, more voters identified as Republican, flipping a trend dating to FDR
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In 2024 election, more voters identified as Republican, flipping a trend dating to FDR

By Sandy Fitzgerald  | Newsmax The 2024 election featured far more Republicans than Democrats in the electorate, reversing a longtime trend in party identification dating back to the New Deal in the 1930s. Exit polls showed Republicans outnumbering Democrats by 5 points in the AP VoteCast Survey and 4 points in network exit polls, writes Republican Party pollster and political strategist Patrick Ruffini on his Substack webpage, The Intersection, on Tuesday. Until the current election, Republicans only came out even with Democrats during the 1994 "Republican Revolution" and the period just after the 9/11 attacks. READ THE FULL STORY AT NEWSMAX
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Top Stories of 2024: Elections, password leaks, Tren de Aragua, Trump visit and more
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Top Stories of 2024: Elections, password leaks, Tren de Aragua, Trump visit and more

By Rocky Mountain Voice Staff There's one thing to say for 2024 in reflection — it wasn't boring on the political front. Along the way there were a dozen candidates for one highly coveted seat in the U.S. House, a once in three-decades special selection committee, a Secretary of State failing to keep passwords secure, the trial of Tina Peters, members of the GOP's central committee unable to agree on leadership, a visit to the state from Donald J. Trump, gang violence in Aurora, Republican gains and much more. Here's a glance at some of the Colorado newsmakers and newsbreakers you may recall from 2024: Judicial retention — Among the tasks left for voters on a long ballot was the daunting role they had to decide judicial retention of judges from the Colorado Supreme Court and Co...
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Colorado’s open meetings law under fire as lawmakers defend it during required meeting
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Colorado’s open meetings law under fire as lawmakers defend it during required meeting

By Marianne Goodland | Colorado Politics While it has been over nine months since Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill exempting the General Assembly from much of the state's open meetings law, the angst over the lack of transparency resulting from the law is far from having cooled. Even the Colorado Press Association, which had worked to make the bill less onerous, criticized the General Assembly in a hearing Monday on Senate Bill 24-157. The law required legislative leadership to hold the hearing, which the governor signed on March 13, the first day of National Sunshine Week. This week is intended to highlight the importance of public records and open government. READ THE FULL STORY AT COLORADO POLITICS
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