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When a shooter attacked a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, on May 14, its security guard tried to stop him. At least one of his shots hit the gunman, but it didn™t stop the deadly rampage because the gunman was wearing body armor. Ten Black people died in the racist massacre, including security guard Aaron Salter, a retired Buffalo police officer hailed as a hero. It's the latest mass shooting in which the gunman apparently came prepared for anyone trying to stop him with a gun. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

FILE This booking photo taken Wednesday, March 9, 2022 and provided by the Mesa County, Colo., Sheriff's Office shows Mesa County Deputy Clerk Belinda Knisley. Knisley has struck a plea deal to testify against her boss, Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, a Colorado clerk who became a hero to election conspiracy theorists after she was charged with breaking into her county's voting system.(Mesa County Sheriff's Office via AP, File) FILE - Tina Peters, a candidate for Colorado Secretary of State, recites the Pledge of Allegiance with supporters at her election watch party in Sedalia, Colo., June 28, 2022. A Colorado woman has struck a plea deal to testify against her boss, Tina Peters, who became a hero to election conspiracy theorists after she was charged with breaking into her county™s voting system. Belinda Knisley pleaded guilty Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022 to misdemeanor counts of trespass, official misconduct and violation of duty. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert, File) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DENVER (AP) ” A shotgun blast that shattered the early-morning tranquility of a remote southern Africa national park nearly six years ago, killing a U.S. woman, resonates again in a Denver courtroom this week as the founder of a dental franchise goes on trial for allegedly killing his wife and collecting nearly $5 million in insurance proceeds.Federal prosecutors allege Lawrence œLarry Rudolph, 67, a big game hunter and former head of an international safari club, killed his wife at the end of a 2016 hunting trip in Zambia. He later cashed in life and accidental death insurance policies in the United States. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DENVER (AP) ” Backers of a campaign targeting a Colorado lawmaker who left the GOP and joined the Democratic Party, citing the Republican Party's embrace of discredited 2020 election conspiracies, received the go-ahead Friday to collect voter signatures in their bid to trigger a recall election.Colorado's secretary of state's office said it had approved a recall petition targeting state Sen. Kevin Priola, whose term representing a suburban Denver district ends in 2025. Petitioners have until Nov. 8 to collect enough signatures to force an eventual recall vote. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Defense attorneys for Pittsburgh dentist Lawrence "Larry" Rudolph head into federal courthouse with the dentist's children for the afternoon session of the trial, Wednesday, July 13, 2022, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) Defense attorneys for Pittsburgh dentist Lawrence "Larry" Rudolph head into federal courthouse with the dentist's children for the afternoon session of the trial, Wednesday, July 13, 2022, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DENVER (AP) ” Citing alarm toward the Republican Party™s widespread embrace of 2020 election conspiracies, a moderate GOP Colorado state senator has switched his affiliation to Democrat, enhancing that party™s prospects to retain its majority in the chamber in the November midterms. Kevin Priola, who represents Adams County in Denver's suburbs, said in a letter Monday he was horrified by the Jan. 6 insurrection on the U.S. Capitol and had waited in vain for his party to repudiate it as well as former President Donald Trump, who continues to insist that it was stolen. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DENVER (AP) ” Colorado™s secretary of state office says it mistakenly sent postcards to about 30,000 noncitizens encouraging them to register to vote, blaming the error on a database glitch related to the state's list of residents with driver's licenses. The office of Democratic Secretary of State Jena Griswold insisted none of the noncitizens will be allowed to register to vote if they try. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DENVER (AP) ” A woman has struck a plea deal to testify against her boss, a Colorado clerk who became a hero to election conspiracy theorists after she was charged with breaking into her county™s voting system.Belinda Knisley, who has long been on administrative leave from her role as chief deputy to Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, appeared in district court in Grand Junction on Thursday and pleaded guilty to misdemeanor counts of trespass, official misconduct and violation of duty. She was sentenced to two years of unsupervised probation. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DENVER (AP) ” A wealthy dentist killed his wife of 34 years with a shotgun blast at dawn on a remote African safari in 2016, collected nearly $5 million in insurance proceeds and later blurted out to his longtime lover that œI killed my f---g wife for you!, a U.S. prosecutor told a jury in opening statements of the dentist™s murder trial Wednesday.The alleged admission happened during an argument between Lawrence œLarry Rudolph and his girlfriend, Lori Milliron, at a Phoenix steakhouse after he learned in 2020 that the FBI was investigating his wife Bianca Rudolph™s shooting death in a small cabin in Zambia, Assistant U.S. Attorney Bishop Grewell said in a Denver courtroom. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DENVER (AP) ” A Colorado man who is a registered Democratic voter has been arrested on suspicion of tampering with voting equipment by allegedly inserting a USB thumb drive into a voting machine at a polling station during the primary election in June, authorities said. No elections data were accessed, and the June 28 incident didn't cause any major disruption to voting, authorities said. But it heightened concerns among election officials and security experts that conspiracy theories related to the 2020 presidential election could inspire some voters to meddle with ” or even attempt to sabotage ” election equipment. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DENVER (AP) ” A woman has struck a plea deal to testify against her boss, a Colorado clerk who became a hero to election conspiracy theorists after she was charged with breaking into her county™s voting system.Belinda Knisley, who has long been on administrative leave from her role as chief deputy to Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, appeared in district court in Grand Junction on Thursday and pleaded guilty to misdemeanor counts of trespass, official misconduct and violation of duty. She was sentenced to two years of unsupervised probation. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DENVER (AP) ” Republican Lauren Boebert was locked in a tight race Wednesday in her bid for reelection to a U.S. House seat in Colorado against Democratic challenger Adam Frisch, a businessman and former city councilman from the posh, mostly liberal ski town of Aspen.Boebert's contest in Colorado's sprawling 3rd Congressional District was being watched nationally as Republicans try to flip control of the U.S. House in the midterm elections. The Donald Trump loyalist established herself as a partisan flashpoint in Washington, D.C., in her first term, and had been favored to win reelection after redistricting made the conservative and mostly rural conservative district more Republican. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DENVER (AP) ” A shotgun blast that shattered the early-morning tranquility of a remote southern Africa national park nearly six years ago, killing a U.S. hunting enthusiast, resonates again in a Denver courtroom this week as the founder of a Pennsylvania dental franchise goes on trial for allegedly killing his wife and collecting nearly $5 million in insurance proceeds.Federal prosecutors allege Lawrence œLarry Rudolph, 67, a big game hunter and former head of an international safari club, killed his wife at the end of a 2016 hunting trip in Zambia. He later cashed in life and accidental death insurance policies in the United States. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DENVER (AP) ” Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced an expansion Wednesday of a National Park Service historical site dedicated to t he massacre by U.S. troops of more than 200 Native Americans in what is now southeastern Colorado.Haaland, the first Native American to lead a U.S. Cabinet agency, made the announcement during a solemn ceremony at the Sand Creek Massacre National Historical Site about 170 miles (272 kilometers) southeast of Denver to honor the dead, survivors and their descendants. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DENVER (AP) ” A shotgun blast that shattered the early-morning tranquility of a remote southern Africa national park nearly six years ago, killing a U.S. hunting enthusiast, resonates again in a Denver courtroom this week as the founder of a Pennsylvania dental franchise goes on trial for allegedly killing his wife and collecting nearly $5 million in insurance proceeds.Federal prosecutors allege Lawrence œLarry Rudolph, 67, a big game hunter and former head of an international safari club, killed his wife at the end of a 2016 hunting trip in Zambia. He later cashed in life and accidental death insurance policies in the United States. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DENVER (AP) ” Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced an expansion Wednesday of a National Park Service historical site dedicated to t he massacre by U.S. troops of more than 200 Native Americans in what is now southeastern Colorado.Haaland, the first Native American to lead a U.S. Cabinet agency, made the announcement during a solemn ceremony at the Sand Creek Massacre National Historical Site about 170 miles (272 kilometers) southeast of Denver to honor the dead, survivors and their descendants. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DENVER (AP) ” A Colorado man who is a registered Democratic voter has been arrested on suspicion of tampering with voting equipment by allegedly inserting a USB thumb drive into a voting machine at a polling station during the primary election in June, authorities said. No elections data were accessed, and the June 28 incident didn't cause any major disruption to voting, authorities said. But it heightened concerns among election officials and security experts that conspiracy theories related to the 2020 presidential election could inspire some voters to meddle with ” or even attempt to sabotage ” election equipment. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

FILE - An entrance sign is shown at the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site in Eads, Colo., on Dec. 27, 2019. This quiet piece of land tucked away in rural southeastern Colorado seeks to honor the 230 peaceful Cheyenne and Arapaho tribe members who were slaughtered by the U.S. Army in 1864. It was one of worst mass murders in U.S. history. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras, File) FILE - Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, speaks during a news conference on July 22, 2021, in Denver. Haaland on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022, has announced an expansion of a National Park Service historical site dedicated to the massacre by U.S. troops of more than 200 Native Americans in what is now southeastern Colorado. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) ” Gov. Mark Gordon has a clear path to reelection after winning the Republican primary in Wyoming on Tuesday, while state Rep. Chuck Gray won the GOP primary for secretary of state. Megan Degenfelder defeated incumbent Brian Schroeder in the GOP primary for state superintendent of public instruction.Democrats, meanwhile, have all but ceded these offices to Republicans, fielding just two candidates who don't even have websites for governor and just one candidate for state superintendent. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis makes a point during a news conference after unveiling his balanced state budget proposal for fiscal year 2023-24 Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022, at the governor's mansion in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) Republican candidate for Colorado governorship, Heidi Ganahl, speaks during a debate on the campus of Colorado State University-Pueblo in this photograph taken Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022, in Pueblo, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DENVER (AP) ” In his campaign for a second term as Colorado™s governor, Democrat Jared Polis has had to fend off attacks by GOP challenger Heidi Ganahl on his pandemic record, surging crime and the fentanyl crisis -- topics that dominated clashes between the two in multiple forums and debates leading up to Tuesday™s midterm election.Ganahl, who is trying to become Colorado™s first Republican governor since 2007, campaigned on the slogan œ#MadMom and tried painting an ominous portrait of the state. Polis countered by calling himself a œhappy dad" of two kids who he is raising in what he called œthe best state of all the states. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Incumbent U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., with her husband, Jayson Boebert, in black hat, talk with supporters during an election night party, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Grand Junction, Colo. (Christopher Tomlinson/The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel via AP) FILE - Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., addresses attendees to the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit, July 23, 2022, in Tampa, Fla. Boebert is seeking reelection in Colorado's 3rd Congressional District in the Nov. 8, 2022 election.(AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Incumbent Democratic Gov. Jared Polis speaks during an election watch party Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in downtown Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) Colorado incumbent Democratic Gov. Jared Polis gestures during an election night watch party Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in downtown Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) ” Gov. Mark Gordon has a clear path to reelection while more competitive Republican primary races have shaped up for secretary of state and state superintendent of public instruction in Wyoming on Tuesday.Democrats, meanwhile, have all but ceded these offices to Republicans, with just two candidates who don't even have websites running for governor and just one Democratic candidate running for state superintendent. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

FILE - Colorado Gov. Jared Polis makes a point during a news conference after unveiling his balanced state budget proposal for fiscal year 2023-24 Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022. Polis, a Democrat, is seeking reelection in the Nov. 8, election. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File) FILE - Republican gubernatorial candidate and University of Colorado Regent Heidi Ganahl responds to a question during a debate with Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022, in Denver. University of Colorado regent Ganahl faces Polis in the Nov. 8 election. (Olivia Sun/The Colorado Sun via Report for America via AP) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DENVER (AP) ” Republican Lauren Boebert was locked in a tight race Wednesday in her bid for reelection to a U.S. House seat in Colorado against Democratic challenger Adam Frisch, a businessman and former city councilman from the posh, mostly liberal ski town of Aspen.Boebert's contest in Colorado's sprawling 3rd Congressional District was being watched nationally as Republicans try to flip control of the U.S. House in the midterm elections. The Donald Trump loyalist established herself as a partisan flashpoint in Washington, D.C., in her first term, and had been favored to win reelection after redistricting made the conservative and mostly rural conservative district more Republican. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DENVER (AP) ” U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert™s bid for a second term and a toss-up race in a new congressional district highlight the Republican party™s bid in Colorado to equalize ” or even reverse ” Democrats™ current 4-3 edge in the state™s delegation to the lower chamber of Congress. Boebert has established herself as a national lightning rod in assailing what she calls œthe Biden regime and inflation, crime, dependency on foreign oil and U.S. border policies under President Joe Biden™s watch. Her midterm election prospects in the mostly rural, energy-rich 3rd Congressional District were boosted by redistricting that made it more Republican. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

FILE - Laurette Eugene assembles a body armor vest at the Point Blank Body Armor factory in Pompano Beach, Fla., Sept. 19, 2014. When a shooter attacked a supermarket in Buffalo, New York,May 14, 2022, its security guard tried to stop him. At least one of the guard's shots hit the gunman, but it didn™t stop the deadly rampage because the gunman was wearing body armor. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter, File) FILE - Body armor and evidence markers rest on the tarmac by a minivan near a mall parking area where two Baltimore city police officers were shot and a suspect was killed as a U.S. Marshals' task force served a warrant, Tuesday, July 13, 2021, in Baltimore, Md. When a shooter attacked a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, May 14, 2022, its security guard tried to stop him. At least one of the guard's shots hit the gunman, but it didn™t stop the deadly rampage because the gunman was wearing body armor. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DENVER (AP) ” A wealthy dentist killed his wife of 34 years with a shotgun blast at dawn on a remote African safari in 2016, collected nearly $5 million in insurance proceeds and later blurted out to his longtime lover that œI killed my f---g wife for you!, a U.S. prosecutor told a jury in opening statements of the dentist™s murder trial Wednesday.The alleged admission happened during an argument between Lawrence œLarry Rudolph and his girlfriend, Lori Milliron, at a Phoenix steakhouse after he learned in 2020 that the FBI was investigating his wife Bianca Rudolph™s shooting death in a small cabin in Zambia, Assistant U.S. Attorney Bishop Grewell said in a Denver courtroom. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]