Author: The Colorado Springs Gazette
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Man missing at Grand Canyon for 11 days has been found alive
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. — A man who had been missing at the Grand Canyon for 11 days has been found alive. National Park Service officials say 58-year-old Martin Edward O’Connor of La Porte, Texas, was located Thursday morning and flown out of the canyon in a helicopter. O’Connor was undergoing a medical evaluation.…
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3 mountain lions killed after feeding on human remains
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Three mountain lions found feeding on human remains near a popular Tucson hiking trail have been killed, Arizona authorities said Wednesday. They were not suspected of killing the person, but were determined to be a danger to the public because they showed no fear of officers trying to remove the remains,…
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Police: 2 parishioners shot and killed Texas church gunman
WHITE SETTLEMENT, Texas — Congregants shot and killed a man who opened fire in a church near Fort Worth, Texas, on Sunday, killing the attacker, police said. A person shot by the suspect also died and a second parishioner has life-threatening injuries following the attack at the West Freeway Church of Christ, White Settlement Police…
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Off-duty officer shot intervening in robbery near Denver
DENVER — Authorities say an off-duty police officer was shot while intervening in a robbery at a suburban Denver gas station. Sara Horan with the Arvada Police Department tells KMGH-TV the suspect was leaving the gas station Wednesday morning when the Denver officer tried to stop him outside. The suspect immediately opened fire and fled…
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ALS ice bucket challenge inspiration Pete Frates has died
BOSTON — Pete Frates, a former college baseball player whose battle with Lou Gehrig’s disease helped inspire the ALS ice bucket challenge that has raised more than $200 million worldwide, died Monday. He was 34. Frates died peacefully, surrounded by his family, they said in a statement. “A natural born leader and the ultimate teammate,…
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Active shooter reported on Jackson State U.’s campus
JACKSON, Miss. — Jackson State University says an active shooter is on its Mississippi campus and a lockdown is in effect. A Wednesday tweet from the school says the shooting suspect is in a black Honda Accord. “We have an active shooter on campus.” the university tweeted at 12:39 p.m. “The entire campus community should…
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New Belgium Brewing, Colorado’s largest craft brewery, announces sale to international beer conglomerate
In another major blow to the Colorado beer industry in the last two months, New Belgium Brewing on Tuesday announced that after nearly 30 years in the craft beer business, the employee-owned company is selling to Australian-based Lion Little World Beverages, a subsidiary of Japanese company Kirin Holdings Company Limited. New Belgium is currently the…
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Woman says Denver arena guard told her to remove hijab
DENVER (AP) — A Muslim civil rights group is protesting after a Colorado arena security guard told a woman to remove her hijab before she could enter to see her 8-year-old daughter sing the national anthem with her school choir at a Denver Nuggets basketball game. Gazella Bensreiti (ben-SRAY-tee) said Wednesday that the guard told…
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Joe Flacco’s season is over as Broncos place QB on injured reserve
ENGLEWOOD — The Denver Broncos have placed quarterback Joe Flacco on injured reserve and promoted rookie QB Brett Rypien from their practice squad to back up new starter Brandon Allen. Coach Vic Fangio said Friday that the herniated disk in Flacco’s neck requires six weeks of rest and it would have taken another two weeks…
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Cranes remove bus partially swallowed by Pittsburgh sinkhole
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A bus that was partially swallowed when a sinkhole opened during morning rush hour in downtown Pittsburgh has been removed from the hole. Authorities said earlier Monday that two cranes arrived to remove the city bus. The city’s official Twitter account later posted a video of the removal. The Port Authority of…