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Paramedic who injected Elijah McClain with ketamine before his death avoids prison
BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — A former paramedic who injected Elijah McClain with a powerful sedative avoided prison Friday and was sentenced to 14 months in jail with work release and probation in the killing of the Black man that helped fuel the 2020 racial injustice protests. Jeremy Cooper had...
A tale of two cities and two mayors named Mike | SONDERMANN
Both have been on the Colorado political scene for many years. Both now serve as the elected leader of their major city. Both share a first name – Mike. And both are dealing in quite different ways with the twin issues of homelessness and migrants. Of course, the conversation...
'The poster child for memory': Mountain chickadees can remember tens of thousands of food caches, new CU study finds
Although their brain is just slightly bigger than a pea, chickadees have quite the memory. A recently released study from the University of Colorado Boulder and the University of Nevada found that this little mountain bird has an incredible spatial memory — discovering nearly 100 genes associated with the chickadee’s ability to recall the locations of objects.
Denver shares "Newcomer Playbook," offering advice on handling immigration crisis
Even as Denver cuts its budget and diverts funds in order to pay for its response to the immigration crisis that some say is self-inflicted, Mayor Mike Johnston's administration released a "playbook" that contains the "best practices and procedures for cities to welcome newcomers arriving from the U.S. southern border." The 24-page document is essentially a 15-step "how-to" guide, but its usefulness may be questionable as other metro area communities have made clear that the Mile High City is on its own. Lakewood and Aurora,...
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