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DENVER — A Colorado man who said he was forced to shave his beard while incarcerated for a parole violation has won a $245,000 settlement after a decade-long legal battle, resolving a First Amendment lawsuit against the state tied to his right to practice his Muslim faith. Tajuddin Ashaheed,...

Meows can be heard from one Aurora neighborhood as residents try to rescue a cat, Chato, that's been stuck on a power line pole for five days.

Denver sheriff’s deputy Justin Parchem has been hit with a 30-day suspension after an internal review found he was watching television on duty when an inmate overdosed at the downtown detention center in the early hours of May 31, 2024. A disciplinary letter released on Jan. 2, 2026, says the delay in noticing the...

A routine medical call in Denver's La Alma neighborhood turned into a full-blown death investigation Wednesday evening, as officers sealed off part of La Alma Park and kept neighbors at bay behind yellow tape. Residents reported ambulances rolling in and a heavy police presence around 7:30 p.m., with photos on...

Denver Police Department officers arrested a teenager Wednesday in connection with fatally shooting a girl in the head the day before. Jasirr Simmons, 18, faces first-degree murder charges after he allegedly shot and killed a girl in a bedroom of a residence in the 5500 block of North Tucson Street, according to a...

Commerce City police say a patrol drone helped officers track down and arrest a person who allegedly assaulted a relative with a knife on Monday, then tried to disappear under a tarp behind a house. The department says officers recovered two bladed weapons and took the suspect into custody at the scene.

AURORA | A cooking-related fire substantially damaged a south Aurora home Wednesday night, forcing residents out of the house. Firefighters were called about 6:30 p.m. to a house on the 400 block of South Lima Circle after 911 callers reported a house on fire. The first arriving crew saw flames...

Englewood's Safeway at 201 East Jefferson Avenue has been closed since November. Englewood’s South Broadway district is seeing something of a renaissance, but the growing town just south of Denver still has its fair share of closures and vacancies. Over the past several years, Englewood has seen big names...

Former Denver Mayor Benjamin Stapleton’s name — which once graced the city’s airport and later an entire neighborhood — has been widely dashed through Denver because of his association with the Ku Klux Klan and its rise to power in the city and state. He was...

A former prisoner in the Colorado State Department of Corrections reached a settlement in a federal civil rights lawsuit with the state, nearly 10 years after he was ordered to shave his beard at the Denver Reception & Diagnostic Center. Tajuddin Ashaheed claimed the Department of Corrections violated his First...