Jeffrey Epstein, accused of orchestrating a sex-trafficking ring and sexually abusing dozens of underage girls, was found unresponsive in his New York City jail cell and later pronounced dead at a hospital.
Wildfires burning across the western U.S. and Canada on Sunday left some residents keeping a weary eye out for possible evacuation orders while others already forced to flee their homes waited to see what would be left on their return.
The fatal crash happened Saturday evening near Tower Road and 69th Avenue in northeast Denver, police said.
Greeley police officers and firefighters responded to a grass fire near the U.S. 85 and U.S. 34 interchange shortly before 1:40 p.m. Saturday.
Another day of near-record temperatures is expected in Denver on Sunday amid heat advisories and air quality alerts, according to the National Weather Service.
Health officials in Louisiana are urging beachgoers to take precautions during a summertime surge in infections from a flesh-eating bacteria found in coastal waters.
The overall death rate in Colorado improved in 2025, but overdoses, traffic accidents and deaths linked to frailty in older adults kept it above pre-pandemic levels.
Colorado voters can expect a longer ballot than usual in the November election, as they decide the future of natural gas, tax rates, transgender acceptance, state cooperation with ICE and more.
Gerald Ford took the oath of office to become U.S. president after Richard Nixon’s resignation; in a speech afterward, Ford declared that “our long national nightmare is over.”
The Elk fire burning near Lake City in southwestern Colorado nearly doubled in size over the course of two days this week, causing containment to drop.