Congo’s Ebola outbreak records one of its highest weekly death tolls yet
Over 300 people have died of Ebola in eastern Congo in the past week, data shows. Health workers are struggling to contain the outbreak.
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Fat Marmot Week is here! Meet the Colorado rodents vying for chubby champion.
Fat Marmot Week, hosted by Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory in Gothic, starts with eight Colorado marmot contenders, but only one will be crowned champion.
US strikes a vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing 2 people in first attack in months
U.S. forces have struck another vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing two people the Pentagon says were trafficking drugs.
Jared Kushner meets with Democratic leader Jeffries with House control at stake in November
House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries and Jared Kushner met recently, with Congress’ majority control at stake in the midterm elections.
Polis requests federal disaster declaration for Colorado wildfires amid growing conflict with White House
Gov. Jared Polis requested federal assistance to help with the recovery from this summer’s Aspen Acres and Gold Mountain fires but President Donald Trump has shown his willingness to deny federal funding to help Colorado.
Today in History: August 24, Pluto demoted to dwarf planet
The International Astronomical Union declared that Pluto was no longer a full-fledged planet, demoting it to the status of a “dwarf planet.”
Bear found in tree in Denver’s Platt Park
Wildlife authorities say they found the 100-pound mammal, roughly 1.5 years old, in a tree near East Louisiana Avenue and South Pennsylvania Street.
William Hood selected as Colorado Supreme Court’s next chief justice
William Hood, who has been a member of the Colorado Supreme Court since 2014, will replace Chief Justice Monica Márquez, whose term expires in August 2027.
After ranked-choice voting defeat, new Colorado group readies for more election reform debates
Veteran Colorado politicos from the Democratic and Republican parties are coming together as Courageous Colorado to lay the groundwork for another series of ballot campaigns intended to reshape Colorado elections.
Today in History: August 23, former priest, convicted child molester dies in prison attack
Former priest John Geoghan (GAY’-gun), the convicted child molester whose prosecution sparked the sex abuse scandal that shook the Roman Catholic Church nationwide, died after another inmate attacked him in a Massachusetts prison.