Author: Michael Braithwaite
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Aurora hit-and-run leaves man dead, infant hospitalized; teen arrested
A teen was arrested by Aurora Police Friday after he fled the scene of a fatal crash he allegedly caused by running a red light. Jonathan Garcia, 19, faces vehicular homicide and reckless driving charges after he ran a red light at the intersection of North Peoria Street and East 13th Avenue and t-boned a…
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Thousands of people, students, protest against ICE in Denver
Thousands converged onto La Alma-Lincoln Park west of Downtown Denver Friday afternoon in protest of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The protest, one of hundreds throughout the country, took place during what was described as a “National Shutdown,” with a handful of Minnesota-based organizations encouraging people throughout the country to strike from work…
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Ahead of ICE protests, Boulder DA sends out legal rights notice
Ahead a weekend of protests against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement across the metro Denver area, Boulder County officials sent out a notice advising people of their legal rights. The notice, sent by the Boulder County District Attorney’s Office Friday morning, lists several constitutional, state and local laws and statutes that protect people’s rights to…
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Boulder man arrested for creating AI sex images using children’s photos
The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office announced Friday it had arrested a man for allegedly altering real children’s photos into sexual material using artificial intelligence. Daniel Fairchild, 72, faces 23 counts relating to the sexual exploitation of a child, including producing the material, possessing the material and exploiting those under the age of 12, according to…
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Several Denver-area school districts cancel classes Friday amid national shutdown
The protest is in response to ICE operations Several Denver-area school districts canceled classes on Friday due to staff shortages amid a shutdown campaign nationwide. The shutdown, held across the country on Friday, came about in response to recent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in Minnesota. A website with information about the shutdown called…
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Ruby Hill Rail Yard to offer free snowboard rentals Friday, open Sunday
Last weekend’s snowfall has already disappeared from most of Denver’s sidewalks and yards. But there’s enough at the Ruby Hill Rail Yard for it to officially open for the season this weekend. The free terrain park, open to both skiers and snowboarders, will offer free beginner snowboard rentals between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Friday…
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Van carrying hockey team crashes with CDOT plow, driver dead
The driver of a van carrying a hockey team from California died Thursday morning after a Colorado Department of Transportation snow plow crashed into it, and several other cars, according to the Colorado State Patrol. Eight others in the van, including four children and three adults, were taken to Denver Health by ambulance after the…
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Man dies after falling through ice at Sand Creek Park
A man died in the hospital Wednesday after he fell through iced-over water at Sand Creek Park in Aurora Tuesday evening. Around 7 p.m., a witness at the park saw an adult and three dogs walking near the frozen-over pond in the 2500 block of North Fitzsimons Parkway, according to Tuesday social media posts from…
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Man dies in Denver sheriff’s custody at Downtown Detention Center
A man died in custody of the Denver Sheriff’s Department Tuesday morning while in a housing unit at the Downtown Detention Center. A medical team was first called to the unit around 3:30 a.m. Tuesday after the man was found to be non-responsive, according to a Tuesday news release from the department. The team performed…
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Holocaust survivors, DU officials announce endowed antisemitism professorship
Eighty-one years after Auschwitz’s liberation, the University of Denver announced a new endowed role to help keep the Holocaust’s memory alive. In the space west of the Capitol’s rotunda, and under the gaze of portraits of former state leaders on the northern wall, DU and state officials and Holocaust survivors celebrated International Holocaust Remembrance Day…