El Nino is here and scientists fear it’ll be big, bad and costly with heat, floods, droughts, fires
Meteorologists say an El Nino is likely to be a major factor in extreme and deadly weather across the planet for the next year or so.
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ICE agent charged with shooting man through door in Minneapolis
It happened during Operation Metro Surge in January.
Man rescued from 15-foot-trench in Wheat Ridge after possibly being stuck for nearly 24 hours
A man was rescued from a 15-foot trench in Wheat Ridge on Saturday night after potentially being stuck in the hole for nearly 24 hours, according to the West Metro Fire department.
State investment bill backed by ‘secret memo’ dies in committee
A bill that proposed allowing Colorado to invest state enterprise fees and other public money in privately managed investment funds died in committee Wednesday.
Denver weather: Near-record heat forecast for city
At least four days of near-record or record-breaking heat will hit Denver starting Thursday, according to the National Weather Service.
State workers’ comp insurer Pinnacol lays off 43 workers but claims ‘extremely strong’ finances
Pinnacol Assurance, the state’s workers’ compensation insurer of last resort, laid off 43 workers earlier this month as “a proactive measure,” the agency confirmed Thursday.
Boulder police use Flock cameras as ‘dragnet’ to illegally surveil people, lawsuit alleges
The Boulder Police Department uses its fleet of Flock cameras to illegally surveil people without any probable cause, a proposed class-action lawsuit filed Thursday morning alleges.
Oil and gas supplies could take months to return to normal after Iran deal, energy experts say
The US-Iran agreement to end the war and open the Strait of Hormuz won’t mean high oil and gas prices will be solved overnight.
One dead in overnight house fire in Jefferson County
A person died in a Jefferson County house fire early Saturday.
Israel’s military says it’s striking Hezbollah sites as Netanyahu vows to ‘increase the blows’
By BASSEM MROUE and MATTHEW LEE BEIRUT (AP) — Israel’s air force targeted sites belonging to Hezbollah in Lebanon, including in the country’s eastern Bekaa Valley, late on Monday as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to intensify attacks on the Lebanese militant group. Netanyahu’s warning came as Hezbollah has been firing fiber optic drones […]