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Shoppers wear face masks while in search of after-Christmas bargains in shops in the Denver Pavilions Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020, in downtown Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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Colorado Guardsman has 1st reported US case of virus variant

by Colleen Slevin Associated Press, and Carla K. Johnson Associated PressDecember 30, 2020

DENVER — The first person in the U.S. known to be infected with a new and apparently more contagious variant of the coronavirus was identified Wednesday as a Colorado National Guardsman who had been sent to help out at a nursing home struggling with…

Amber Johnson has a face-to-chat with her father Ronald Johnson, 63, who is imprisoned in Colorado, from her home in Fayetteville, Ark., on Dec. 12, 2020. Johnson is terrified her father will get the coronavirus. He has high blood pressure, asthma and is pre-diabetic, but she worries he's especially vulnerable because he's an inmate at a Colorado prison where outbreaks are raging. Prisons across the U.S. have been hit hard by COVID-19. Johnson believes a vaccine might be the only...

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Inmates facing big virus risks not near top of vaccine lists

by Colleen Slevin Associated Press/Report for America, and Patty Nieberg Associated Press/Report for AmericaDecember 16, 2020

Szymon Lobocki, a rocket engineer from Denver, clears off his Subaru to drive to work in a south suburb as a storm packing snow and high winds sweeps in over the region Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019, in Denver. Stores, schools and government offices were closed or curtailed their hours while on another front, Thanksgiving Day travelers were forced to wrestle with snow-packed roads and flight delays or cancellations throughout the intermountain West. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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Snow causes travel mayhem across US just before Thanksgiving

by Colleen Slevin Associated Press, and David Koenig Associated PressNovember 26, 2019

Nancy Hogshead-Makar, front, who won four medals in the Summer Olympics for the United States in 1984, makes a point as Judge Rosemarie Aquilina, back, who sentenced former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nasser to 175 years in prison, looks on during a news conference to announce a plan to introduce legislation aimed at reforming the U.S. Olympic Committee Monday, June 17, 2019, in Denver. Nearly a dozen Olympic athletes were on hand to lend their support to the measure, which U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., plans to introduce this week. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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Nassar judge, Olympians back USOC oversight push in Congress

by Pat Graham Associated Press, and Colleen Slevin Associated PressJune 17, 2019

A lone bicycle stands in the rack outside East High School, Wednesday, April 17, 2019, in Denver. Denver-area public schools closed Wednesday as the FBI hunted for an armed young Florida woman who was allegedly "infatuated" with Columbine and threatened violence just days ahead of the 20th anniversary of the attack. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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Colorado schools reopen as FBI examines teen suspect’s past

by Colleen Slevin Associated Press, and Kathleen Foody Associated PressApril 18, 2019

This combination of undated photos released by the Jefferson County, Colo., Sheriff's Office on Tuesday, April 16, 2019 shows Sol Pais. On Tuesday authorities said they are looking pais, suspected of making threats on Columbine High School, just days before the 20th anniversary of a mass shooting that killed 13 people. (Jefferson County Sheriff's Office via AP)

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Young woman obsessed with Columbine is found dead

by Kathleen Foody Associated Press, and Colleen Slevin Associated PressApril 17, 2019

This combination of undated photos released by the Jefferson County, Colo., Sheriff's Office on Tuesday, April 16, 2019 shows Sol Pais. On Tuesday authorities said they are looking pais, suspected of making threats on Columbine High School, just days before the 20th anniversary of a mass shooting that killed 13 people. (Jefferson County Sheriff's Office via AP)

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Young woman ‘infatuated’ with Columbine is found dead

by Kathleen Foody Associated Press, and Colleen Slevin Associated PressApril 17, 2019

The sky turns red as the sun sets behind the Rocky Mountains late Tuesday, June 12, 2018, in Denver. Several wildfires in Colorado as well as numerous other fires in the interior West have filled the region with high levels of smoke in the air. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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New wildfire erupts near Colorado ski resorts, houses

by Colleen Slevin Associated PressJune 13, 2018

A hearse, second in the procession, carries the body a sheriff's deputy shot and killed while responding to a domestic disturbance Sunday, Dec. 31, 2017, in Highlands Ranch, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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5 Colorado deputies shot, 1 fatally, in ‘ambush’ attack

by Colleen Slevin Associated Press, and Elliot Spagat Associated PressDecember 31, 2017

FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2016, file photo, Ozell Williams performs a somersault as part of pre-game ceremonies before Colorado hosts Arizona State in the first half of an NCAA college football game in Boulder, Colo. Williams, a coach who was shown on video pushing cheerleaders down in splits, was fired from another Colorado high school last year because of concerns about his techniques. Williams is among five school workers who were placed on leave from Denver East High School after the videos were made public and police opened an investigation. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, file)

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Colorado cheerleader coach fired over video of splits

by Colleen Slevin Associated PressAugust 26, 2017