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MATTHEW BROWN

MATTHEW BROWN

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Colorado DNA crime analyst due in court to face forgery and other charges

A former Colorado Bureau of Investigation DNA scientist faces 102 criminal charges after authorities said she cut corners and didn’t follow standard testing protocols in hundreds of criminal cases

Entertainment|Lifestyle|US

Rep. Lauren Boebert apologizes after getting kicked out of show and falsely denying she vaped

Rep. Lauren Boebert is apologizing after getting kicked out of a musical play last weekend and then falsely denying that she had been vaping

Rep. Lauren Boebert apologizes after getting kicked out of show and falsely denying she vaped
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A grandmother seeks justice for Native Americans after thousands of unsolved deaths, disappearances

Kaysera Stops Pretty Places’ death remains unsolved four years after her body was found in a Native American reservation border town

A grandmother seeks justice for Native Americans after thousands of unsolved deaths, disappearances
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Prosecutors seek to show enhanced bodycam video of Elijah McClain's fatal encounter with police

Colorado prosecutors are focusing on police body camera footage — both raw and digitally enhanced — as they build their case against two officers charged in the death of Elijah McClain

Prosecutors seek to show enhanced bodycam video of Elijah McClain's fatal encounter with police
Crime|News|Uncategorized|US|Videos

Video of Elijah McClain's stop by police shown as officers on trial in Black man's death

Elijah McClain’s mother left a Colorado courtroom in tears as prosecutors showed jurors disturbing video footage of the 2019 confrontation with police in a Denver suburb that led to McClain's death

Video of Elijah McClain's stop by police shown as officers on trial in Black man's death
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What to know about Elijah McClain's death and the criminal trial of two officers

The trial of two Denver-area police officers charged in Elijah McClain’s 2019 death is underway this week

What to know about Elijah McClain's death and the criminal trial of two officers
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Suzanne Morphew's remains found 3 years after she went missing in Colorado. What happened to her?

The discovery of Suzanne Morphew’s remains three years after the Colorado woman went missing is raising new questions about what happened to her

Suzanne Morphew's remains found 3 years after she went missing in Colorado. What happened to her?
Business|Economy|Environment|News|US

Biden backs new offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. Scaled-back plan disappoints all sides

President Joe Biden's administration has proposed up to three oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico over the next five years but none in Alaska

Biden backs new offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. Scaled-back plan disappoints all sides
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What to know about Elijah McClain's death and the criminal trial of two officers

Defense attorneys for two Denver-area police officers charged in the 2019 killing of Elijah McClain are trying to cast doubt on whether a neck hold by police contributed to his death

What to know about Elijah McClain's death and the criminal trial of two officers
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Neck hold used on Elijah McClain emerges as focal point in officers' trial over his 2019 death

A neck hold that Denver-area police used on Elijah McClain prior to the Black man’s 2019 death lasted only seconds

Neck hold used on Elijah McClain emerges as focal point in officers' trial over his 2019 death
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Prosecutors say Elijah McClain was just walking home as jury urged to convict officers in his death

Prosecutors seeking a conviction of two Colorado police officers in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain have implored a jury during closing arguments to remember that he was just trying to walk home on the night of the fatal encounter

Prosecutors say Elijah McClain was just walking home as jury urged to convict officers in his death
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1 of 2 Colorado officers convicted in Elijah McClain's death after neck hold, ketamine injection

Jurors have convicted a Denver-area police officer and acquitted another of charges in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, a Black man whose name became a rallying cry in protests over racial injustice in policing

1 of 2 Colorado officers convicted in Elijah McClain's death after neck hold, ketamine injection
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What to know about Elijah McClain's death and the cases against police and paramedics

Jurors delivered a split verdict against two officers charged in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain during the first of several trials over the Black man’s fatal confrontation with police while walking home in suburban Denver, convicting one and clearing the other

What to know about Elijah McClain's death and the cases against police and paramedics
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Truck driver killed when train derailment collapses Colorado bridge, spilling coal cars onto highway

Authorities in Colorado say a truck driver was killed when a train derailed near Pueblo, Colorado, and caused a railroad bridge to collapse onto a major highway

Truck driver killed when train derailment collapses Colorado bridge, spilling coal cars onto highway
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What to know about Elijah McClain's death and the cases against police and paramedics

Prosecutors say a Denver area police officer who put Elijah McClain in a neck hold before he was injected with ketamine by paramedics bears responsibility for the Black man’s 2019 death

What to know about Elijah McClain's death and the cases against police and paramedics
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Broken rail caused fatal Colorado train derailment that collapsed bridge, early findings show

The truck driver killed when a train derailed and collapsed a bridge over Interstate 25 in Colorado has been identified as a California man

Broken rail caused fatal Colorado train derailment that collapsed bridge, early findings show
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Remains of at least 189 people removed from Colorado funeral home, up from 115, officials say

Officials say the remains of at least 189 people have been removed from a Colorado funeral home

Remains of at least 189 people removed from Colorado funeral home, up from 115, officials say
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After 189 bodies were found in Colorado funeral home, evidence suggests families received fake ashes

Several families who sent loved ones to a Colorado funeral home where 189 decaying bodies were discovered fear they were given fake ashes

After 189 bodies were found in Colorado funeral home, evidence suggests families received fake ashes
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Man linked to missing Arizona teen Alicia Navarro is arrested on child sex abuse charges

A 36-year-old man who was living with an Arizona teenager who mysteriously disappeared four years ago and reappeared last summer in a small Montana town has been charged with two felony counts of child sexual abuse based on images found on his phone

Man linked to missing Arizona teen Alicia Navarro is arrested on child sex abuse charges
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Police say armed man killed himself instead of carrying out apparent plan to attack amusement park

Police say a heavily armed man killed himself rather than carry out an apparent plan to attack at a Colorado amusement park

Police say armed man killed himself instead of carrying out apparent plan to attack amusement park
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911 call shows man suspected in plan to attack Colorado amusement park was found dead near a ride

The body of a heavily armed man who authorities suspected was planning a “heinous” attack at a mountaintop amusement park in Colorado was discovered with a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the bathroom at a building that houses a ride that drops 110-feet deep into caverns

911 call shows man suspected in plan to attack Colorado amusement park was found dead near a ride
Business|News|US

Investigators focus on railway inspection practices after fatal Colorado train derailment

Federal officials say their investigation into a Colorado coal train derailment that killed a truck driver and shut down a major highway is focused on whether inspection and maintenance practices at BNSF Railway contributed to the accident

Investigators focus on railway inspection practices after fatal Colorado train derailment
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Jurors deliberating in manslaughter trial of officer who used neck hold on Elijah McClain

Jurors began deliberations Friday in the case of a Colorado police officer who stopped Elijah McClain as he walked home from the store and put the 23-year-old Black man in a neck hold

Jurors deliberating in manslaughter trial of officer who used neck hold on Elijah McClain
Education|Lifestyle|News|Opinion|US

Survivors say trauma from abusive Native American boarding schools stretches across generations

Survivors of government-backed Native American boarding schools and their descendants have shared their experiences as U.S. officials made a final stop in Montana on their yearlong tour to confront the institutions that regularly abused students to assimilate them into white society

Survivors say trauma from abusive Native American boarding schools stretches across generations
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2nd police officer acquitted in death of Elijah McClain, who was put in a neck hold, given ketamine

A second Denver-area police officer has been acquitted in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain

2nd police officer acquitted in death of Elijah McClain, who was put in a neck hold, given ketamine

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