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LGBTQ chorus in Colorado Springs unifies community with song

A gay men's choir in Colorado Springs is among a group of organizations working locally to foster solidarity and healing after a gruesome shooting at a gay night club devastated Colorado Springs' LGBTQ community

The Independent UK · Dec 2, 2022

Mystery cattle deaths in Colorado stump investigators

Officials ‘scratching our heads’ over deaths of 40 bovines since October that lack telltale signs of wolf attacks

The Guardian - US · Dec 1, 2022

Colorado wildfires are making it harder to insure homes. Could a publicly funded plan stave off an insurance crisis?

The increasing risk of wildfires in Colorado is driving insurance carriers to raise premiums on homeowners’ policies — if they decide to insure them at all — and now the state’s insurance chief is suggesting a publicly funded pool of money be established to provide property insurance for those who…

The Denver Post · Dec 1, 2022

Avalanche outshoots Jets by 16, but Winnipeg whomps Colorado 5-0 behind Blake Wheeler’s hat trick

Special teams and goalkeeping often saved the Avalanche throughout the month of November. The penalty kill suddenly thrived after its slow start to the season, and Colorado’s league-leading power play was vicious enough to mask occasional 5-on-5 deficiencies.

The Denver Post · Nov 30, 2022

Colorado governor visits gay club shooting memorial

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has visited the memorial outside a gay club where five people were killed in a shooting attack last week

The Independent UK · Nov 30, 2022

Dozens of Republicans try to block same-sex marriage law weeks after Club Q massacre

The legislation comes after multiple stops and starts but also a massacre at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs

The Independent UK · Nov 29, 2022

After Colorado Springs shooting, LGBTQ people in red California are on edge

LOS ANGELES — After five people were shot dead in a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Matthew Grigsby thought about Club 501.

Los Angeles Times · Nov 29, 2022

Commentary: More guns lead to more shootings. Let’s challenge what gun ownership means

The mass shootings in Virginia and Colorado again call attention to the nation’s gun problem, but how deeply guns are embedded in everyday life can be seen from other random news reports:

Tribune News Service · Nov 29, 2022

Two hostages rescued from booby-trapped house after gunman barricades himself inside

Residents were evacuated in Boulder, Colorado, after police rescued two hostages and surrounded a home in which a man was said to have barricaded himself inside with several weapons

Daily Mirror · Nov 29, 2022

Drying California lake to get $250M in drought funding

The federal government says it will spend $250 million over four years on environmental cleanup and restoration work around a drying Southern California lake that's fed by the depleted Colorado River

The Independent UK · Nov 29, 2022