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By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, MARK SHERMAN and ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press OREM, Utah (AP) — Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist and close ally of President Donald Trump who played an influential role in rallying young Republican voters, was shot and killed Wednesday at a Utah college event in what the governor called a political assassination carried out from a rooftop. “This is a dark day for our state. It’s a tragic day for our nation,” said Utah Gov. Spencer Cox. “I want to be very clear this is a political assassination.” No suspect was in custody late Wednesday, though authorities were…

Group14 Engineering was an energy consultant with an office space problem. “When I joined, we were about 30 people, and now we’re 75 people. So we just kept trying to shove everybody in and knock down walls, and we’re just at a point where that’s just not working for us anymore,” said Celeste Cizik, one of the owners of the Denver company. The company spent decades in 7,500 square feet at 1325 E. 16th Ave. in City Park West. But to solve its problem, it’s moving into nearly 11,600 square feet at 1278 Lincoln St. in Cap Hill, where the alt-weekly Westword…

The Loveland Police Department posted an alert Wednesday that warns community members of scam mail containing child sexual abuse material. The alert, which was posted on X, stated that along with the sexual abuse material, the mail also contains instructions on scanning a QR code, to visit a website, or call/text a listed number to send money, with threats of blackmail if the demands weren’t met. The police department added that the content of the mail is extremely graphic and urged recipients to secure the mail and call the agency’s non-emergency line at 970-667-2151. An officer will respond, document the…

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and ALI SWENSON, Associated Press Charlie Kirk, who rose from a teenage conservative campus activist to a top podcaster, culture warrior and ally of President Donald Trump, was shot and killed Wednesday during one of his trademark public appearances at a college in Utah. He was 31. Kirk died doing what made him a potent political force — rallying the right on a college campus, this time Utah Valley University. The event was kicking off a planned series of Kirk college appearances from Colorado to Virginia dubbed “The American Comeback Tour.” His shooting was one of an escalating number of attacks…

By STEPHEN GROVES, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s plans for mass deportations and other hardline immigration measures will result in roughly 320,000 people removed from the United States over the next ten years, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday in a report that also projected that the U.S. population will grow more slowly than it had previously projected. Trump’s tax and spending law, passed by Congress and signed in July, included roughly $150 billion to ramp up his mass deportation agenda over the next four years. This includes funding for everything from an extension of the…

The victim of a suspected kidnapping in Northglenn was found safe Tuesday night, but police are still searching for the suspect. Witnesses told investigators that a man forced his ex-girlfriend into his car during an argument overnight Monday and fled the area, according to the Northglenn Police Department. Police put out an alert for a gold 2000 Honda Civic at about 3 p.m. Tuesday and found the vehicle within an hour. The woman was found safe later that night, but the unidentified suspect remains at large, according to an 8:20 p.m. update from Northglenn police. Detectives were seeking a warrant…

From Aug. 12-20, the Rockies put up a 7-2 record. Maybe there really was light at the end of a very long, dark tunnel. Nope. Turn out the lights. The Rockies were dominated by the Dodgers in Los Angeles again on Tuesday night, losing 7-2. L.A. blasted four home runs, two by Teoscar Hernandez. The Rockies (40-105) have lost 11 of 13 games and 15 of their last 18. They trail the Dodgers by an astronomical 41 games in the National League West. All-Star catcher Hunter Goodman did provide a feel-good moment for Colorado in the ninth. After striking out…

Second stadium down, one Yard to go. Before you blow your top over the lid at Burnham Yard, the prospective home of the Denver Broncos starting in 2031, did you know that, since 1990, the average temperature of a playoff home game in the Mile High City was 40 degrees? And that of the Broncos’ last 15 postseason games in Denver, eight of them — per Pro-Football-Reference.com — were played in temperatures 37 degrees or warmer? The last five Empower Field playoff temps: 43, 46, 40, 41, 63. Snow down, Broncomaniacs. Denver won’t just be playing in Super Bowls over…

Grocery giant Safeway has announced it will close 10 stores across Colorado by November, including locations along the Front Range in Englewood, Northglenn, Denver, Aurora, Fort Collins, Loveland Colorado Springs and on the Eastern Plains in La Junta and Lamar. Safeway recently combined two divisions, and Heather Halpape, director of communications for Safeway’s Mountain West Division, said in an email statement the closures are part of that restructuring. A store in New Mexico and one in Nebraska will also close operations on or before Nov. 7. “We continuously evaluate the performance of our stores, and occasionally, after long and careful…

Moon Alert: Caution! Avoid shopping (except for food and gas) or important decisions until 4:30 p.m. EDT today (1:30 p.m. PDT). After that, the Moon moves from ARIES into TAURUS. Happy Birthday for Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025: You are practical, patient and orderly. You assess things before you begin. This is a year of new beginnings and fresh adventures. Expect major changes in your life. Take action, initiative and define your goals. Prepare for leadership. What you do now will benefit your future. ARIES (March 21-April 19) ★★For much of this day, the Moon is in your sign, which does…