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Judge invalidates faction’s vote to remove Colorado GOP Chairman Dave Williams
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Judge invalidates faction’s vote to remove Colorado GOP Chairman Dave Williams

By Jesse Paul | Colorado Sun Opponents of Colorado GOP Chairman Dave Williams didn’t have enough support when they voted to remove and replace him at a meeting in August, a judge ruled Wednesday night. The ruling invalidating the votes all but guarantees that Williams will remain chairman through the November election and that Eli Bremer, who claims to have been elected to replace Williams at the meeting last month in Brighton, is standing on unsteady legal ground. Even if an appeal is launched, there’s likely not time before Election Day — Nov. 5 — for it to be resolved. El Paso County District Judge Eric Bentley ruled that Williams’ opponents did not have the necessary votes — 60% of the roughly 400 members of the Colorado GOP central committee — to remove Williams fro...
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‘It does not bring back our loved ones’: Family members of King Soopers shooting victims react
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‘It does not bring back our loved ones’: Family members of King Soopers shooting victims react

By Grace Kraemer | CBS 11 News After three and half years, 11 News is hearing from those at the center of the mass shooting at a Colorado King Soopers. Monday afternoon, Ahmad Alissa, was convicted of killing 10 people inside and outside that store. Alissa is now preparing to serve 10 life sentences plus another 1,300 years in prison without parole. Before that sentencing, more than a dozen victims and family members spoke about the impact of this terrible tragedy, including how they are working to move forward. Afterwards, some said while they were very happy with the outcome, it will never take away the pain. “Your honor, I have to live the rest of my life without my dad. The defendant has deprived my family of something precious,” said Madeline Talley, the daughter of Eric Talley....
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King Soopers shooter Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa found guilty of murdering 10 in Boulder
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King Soopers shooter Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa found guilty of murdering 10 in Boulder

By Jennifer McRae | CBS Colorado Jurors reached a verdict Monday afternoon in the Boulder grocery store shooting trial. The jury found Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa guilty of shooting and killing 10 people at the South Table Mesa King Soopers on March 22, 2021, in addition to guilty verdicts on dozens of other charges.  Jurors had to determine whether Alissa, the gunman who admitted to the shooting, was legally sane at the time of the attack. In addition to the guilty verdict on 10 counts of first-degree murder, the jury also found the gunman guilty on 38 counts of attempted first-degree murder, guilty of one count of assault in the first degree and guilty on six counts of possession of a large-capacity magazine during the commission of a felony.  READ THE FULL STOR...
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Return to Nature Funeral Home victims react to state plea deal
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Return to Nature Funeral Home victims react to state plea deal

By Austin Sack | Fox 21 News Jon and Carie Hallford, the Return to Nature Funeral home owners, are scheduled to appear in person on Friday, Sept. 20 for a final arraignment hearing. They will either take a state plea deal or proceed to trial. This comes after the Hallfords accepted a federal plea deal on Thursday, Sept. 12. The Hallfords were indicted in April on fraud charges, accused of misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds on vacations, jewelry, and other personal expenses. The 15 charges brought by the federal grand jury are separate from the more than 200 criminal counts pending against them in state court for corpse abuse, money laundering, theft, and forgery. Meanwhile, victims of the Return to Nature Funeral Home are still waiting to find out what happened t...
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‘We were shocked’: Testimony from Boulder shooting defendant’s family members
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‘We were shocked’: Testimony from Boulder shooting defendant’s family members

By Carol McKinley | Colorado Springs Gazette The young woman took the stand, looked at her younger brother and smiled. It was the first time Aisha Alissa had been in the same room with the man on trial for allegedly murdering 10 people at a Boulder King Soopers three-and-a-half years ago. "We were shocked," she said of the day she got the phone call about what police said her brother had done. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE COLORADO SPRINGS GAZETTE
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Conifer councilman charged in altercation in which teen was allegedly shot in face
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Conifer councilman charged in altercation in which teen was allegedly shot in face

By Austen Erblat, Alan Gionet | CBS Colorado Brent Metz, the Colorado town councilman accused of shooting a 17-year-old boy in the face last week, has been formally charged. Metz is accused of shooting the teen who, along with his friend, say they hopped a fence to knock on a Conifer property owner's door to get permission to take high school homecoming photos. When it appeared no one was home, they went back to their car on the side of the road to write a note for the property owner. According to an arrest report, Metz pulled up in his truck, pulled a handgun and shot the 17-year-old through the windshield of his Audi. READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COLORADO
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Court watchers blame Supreme Court’s liberal wing for latest leak
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Court watchers blame Supreme Court’s liberal wing for latest leak

By Olivia Prentzel | The Daily Caller The latest leaks about the Supreme Court’s internal deliberations on three major cases involving former President Donald Trump could be coming from a high level member of the minority, former clerks and long time court observers told the Daily Caller News Foundation. Drawing on “details from the justices’ private memos, documentation of the proceedings and interviews with court insiders, both conservative and liberal,” a Sunday report published by The New York Times offered a window into the the justices’ decision making process on three major cases, including Trump v. United States, where the Supreme Court held former presidents are immune from prosecution for official acts taken in office. The report mainly targets Chief Jus...
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Small town near Vail ends long legal battle with win over developer in $48M settlement
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Small town near Vail ends long legal battle with win over developer in $48M settlement

By Jason Blevins | The Colorado Sun Minturn, a village of about 1,100 people along a defunct railroad near Vail, has bested a $25 billion real estate company, securing a transformative $48 million settlement that ends a long legal battle.  “I don’t think they ever thought that a small town like Minturn would be strong enough to stand up to them. But we did,” said Lynn Feiger, a Minturn councilwoman and nationally acclaimed lawyer who helped the former railroad town win the settlement from real estate giant Lubert Adler. “I always thought Minturn could win if we stayed the course.” It’s been a long course for Minturn, where a Florida golf resort developer named Bobby Ginn dreamed big on the slopes of Battle Mountain above the town. With visions of a private ski hill, golf cour...
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Arguments begin in legal battle over potential TikTok ban before federal appeals court
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Arguments begin in legal battle over potential TikTok ban before federal appeals court

By Patrick Maguire, Scott MacFarlane, Kaia Hubbard | CBS Colorado A long-brewing legal standoff over the popular video-sharing app TikTok got underway on Monday, with arguments in the challenge against a possible ban kicking off.  TikTok and its parent company ByteDance have been under fire by U.S. officials for years over warnings that China's government could gain access to users' data and use it to manipulate or spy on Americans. But a renewed push against the app gained momentum in Congress earlier this year, as lawmakers approved a foreign aid package that included provisions requiring it to be sold or be banned from U.S. app stores. President Biden signed the legislation into law in April, teeing up a countdown for TikTok's sale. READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COL...
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Suspect in Trump assassination attempt, Ryan Wesley Routh, appears in federal court in shackles
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Suspect in Trump assassination attempt, Ryan Wesley Routh, appears in federal court in shackles

By Isabel Keane | New York Post The alleged gunman who authorities say tried to kill former President Donald Trump on his golf course over the weekend appeared in shackles in federal court in Florida Monday morning. Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, was seen wearing dark prison scrubs with his hands and feet shackled ahead of his court appearance, CNN reported. Federal prosecutors have not yet said what charges Routh will face. Routh got within 300 to 500 yards of Trump at a chain link fence on the edge of his Palm Beach golf course Sunday afternoon while armed with an AK-style assault rifle, authorities say. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE NEW YORK POST
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