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Parents arrested after abandoned baby found in Colorado, discovered in street Christmas morning
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Parents arrested after abandoned baby found in Colorado, discovered in street Christmas morning

By Christa Swanson | CBS Colorado Two people have been arrested and are facing charges of felony child abuse after a one-month-old baby was discovered in the median of a road Christmas morning. The Adams County Sheriff's Office said the baby was left sitting in a car seat in the median near 7490 Pecos St. wearing only a diaper. Authorities said they received a 911 call around 9:30 a.m. Christmas morning from someone who discovered the abandoned baby. "We are hoping someone recognizes the car seat or knows something about the baby or family so he can be reunited with his loved ones and the person who abandoned him can be brought to justice," said ACSO. READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COLORADO
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Denver Public Schools will need to decide whether to keep or sell seven closed campuses
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Denver Public Schools will need to decide whether to keep or sell seven closed campuses

By Nicole C. Brambila | Denver Gazette At the end of this academic year, students at seven schools to be shuttered in Denver will stream out of the hallways, spilling into courtyards and home for the very last time. But what will become of the buildings they leave behind? The short answer is Denver Public School officials don’t know yet. But parents have a few ideas. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DENVER GAZETTE
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Credit card debt reaching ‘crisis point’ for Coloradans this holiday season
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Credit card debt reaching ‘crisis point’ for Coloradans this holiday season

By Mekialaya White | CBS Colorado Many Coloradans are busy being Santa's elves, purchasing and furiously wrapping last-minute gifts for their loved ones. However, holiday purchases can rack up quickly, adding to the increasing nationwide card debt problem. "The financial burden on credit cards has reached a crisis point," said Roger Reynolds, CEO of Reynolds Financial Group. "Recent studies have shown that over 40% of American households are using credit cards to help supplement their monthly expenses. About 25% are using them within the last month and 16% of Americans have actually been using credit cards to help pay their bills month in, month out." Credit debts are one of the most expensive loan options out there, according to Reynolds. READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS C...
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Police investigating King Soopers bomb threat found to be unsubstantiated
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Police investigating King Soopers bomb threat found to be unsubstantiated

By Heather Willard, Samantha Jarpe | Fox 21 News Aurora police responded to a shopping center near South Peoria Street and East Cornell Avenue on Monday evening for a reported bomb threat that was found to be unsubstantiated. The Aurora Police Department’s bomb unit was on scene to investigate a bomb threat reported inside the King Soopers store located in the shopping center. Police issued a shelter-in-place order for residents from Cornell Avenue to East Dartmouth Avenue and from Peoria Street to Interstate 25, which was lifted at about 6:30 p.m. During the investigation, the intersection was closed to traffic. Motorists in the area were asked to use Yale Avenue as an alternate east-west route and Havana Street as an alternate north-south route. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX 21 ...
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Want to track Santa’s journey to Colorado? Here’s how you can
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Want to track Santa’s journey to Colorado? Here’s how you can

By Fox 31 News It’s an annual tradition based right here in Colorado: NORAD Tracks Santa. For more than 65 years, the North American Aerospace Defense Command – and its predecessor, the Continental Air Defense Command – have been following St. Nick’s trip around the globe. Watch for the tracking starting Christmas Eve morning. The operation is based out of Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado Springs, the home of NORAD. While it began with just phone calls (a wrong number, in fact), today there are many ways to check in on Santa’s journey through NORAD. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX 31 NEWS
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Denver International Airport addresses parking concerns for holiday travelers
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Denver International Airport addresses parking concerns for holiday travelers

By Michael Abeyta | CBS Colorado For many travelers through the Denver International Airport, finding parking can make holiday travel a little more stressful. "During busy holiday travel seasons like the one we're in right now, it's not uncommon for there to be some adjustments made on parking," said Michael Konopasek, spokesperson for DIA. Konopasek said it's important to plan ahead as travelers come and go, changing which lots may open or close. READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COLORADO
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Parent group sues Denver Public Schools over school closure decision, alleging ‘ulterior motive’
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Parent group sues Denver Public Schools over school closure decision, alleging ‘ulterior motive’

By Melanie Asmar | Chalkbeat Colorado Seeking to reverse a recent decision by the Denver school board to close 10 schools, a group of parents sued Denver Public Schools this week, alleging district leaders had an “ulterior motive” for the school closures “of converting public resources to the private market.” The 142-page lawsuit was filed Thursday by Mamas de DPS. According to the lawsuit, Mamas de DPS is a limited liability company made up of parents whose children attend DPS. The group registered as an LLC with the Colorado Secretary of State’s office on Dec. 12. A group with a similar name, Mamás de DPS Peliando por Las Escuelas Públicas, rallied in 2022 in support of bilingual programming in DPS and against school closures, but it wasn’t immediately clear Friday whether the t...
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174 people rescued after gondola malfunction at Colorado ski resort
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174 people rescued after gondola malfunction at Colorado ski resort

By Piper Russell | Out There Colorado 174 skiers and snowboarders were evacuated from the Winter Park Resort gondola after it malfunctioned on Saturday. A blog post from the resort says the gondola had a mechanical issue at 12:15 p.m. on Saturday and immediately shut down as it is designed to do. Patrollers evacuated guests from the gondola. No injuries were reported. According to an article from CBS News, Winter Park confirmed that the rocker arm connecting two sections of tower one cracked and bent. READ THE FULL STORY AT OUT THERE COLORADO
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Suspect in Aurora home invasion was wanted from previous apartment unit takeover caught in viral video
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Suspect in Aurora home invasion was wanted from previous apartment unit takeover caught in viral video

By Sage Kelley | Denver Gazette The video that catapulted a Colorado city to the center of the debate over illegal immigration and brought to the attention of millions of viewers the tentacles of a Venezuelan gang operating in metro Denver showed six men barging into an apartment unit. In the video, posted on X in August, six men walked up the stairs at The Edge at Lowry apartments. Four carried guns; one of them a rifle. A another man was holding a cellphone. One man knocked on Unit 301 twice. Somebody opened from the inside. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DENVER GAZETTE
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Colorado Starbucks baristas protesting, have list of demands for management
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Colorado Starbucks baristas protesting, have list of demands for management

By Austen Erblat | CBS Colorado Starbucks baristas at the company's West Alameda Avenue and South Federal Boulevard location in Denver filed for a union election Friday and on Saturday, baristas from across the Denver metro area are protesting outside another Denver location with a list of demands for the coffee giant. The baristas are organizing after Starbucks unions nationwide have made considerable gains over what workers describe as "unfair labor practices." It also comes at what the union says is Starbucks' busiest season. "I am unionizing for better scheduling practices and to improve work-life balance," Luis Sanchez Hernandez, an 11-year shift supervisor, said in a statement. "We are proud to join the movement alongside our union siblings on strike this week." READ THE ...
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