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Researching her family history, Cheryl Wills found she was related to a former slave who served in the Civil War with the United States Colored Troops, which led her to a distant relative, a former plantation, and ultimately to Private Sandy Wills' remains.
President Biden's great-great-grandfather, Moses Robinette, was charged with attempted murder after a fight in 1864.
When the New Hampshire voter asked Nikki Haley on why she wasn't mentioning slavery in her response, she asked, "What do you want me to say about slavery?"
As an apparent power struggle brings claims of an insurrection in Russia, here's what to know about the Wagner Group and its leader Yevgeny Prigozhin.
The fort, built by runaway slaves and freed Black people for the Union, has become a flashpoint in recent years.
The southern part of the Denver metro area is only continuing to grow, and a study completed earlier this year is forecasting the impacts that growth will have on transportation, housing and real estate.
The Children's Diabetes Foundation is running a social media campaign #InMyType1Era throughout November.
Opera Colorado is performing "The Daughter of the Regiment" with a drag queen in a cameo role.
A woman who survived a brutal home invasion and attack in Northern Colorado is pleading for the public's help in identifying the suspect.
Denver Police Sgt. Stephanie Neblock was arrested in Douglas County on Monday.
The southern part of the Denver metro area is only continuing to grow, and a study completed earlier this year is forecasting the impacts that growth will have on transportation, housing and real estate.
The Children's Diabetes Foundation is running a social media campaign #InMyType1Era throughout November.
Opera Colorado is performing "The Daughter of the Regiment" with a drag queen in a cameo role.
A woman who survived a brutal home invasion and attack in Northern Colorado is pleading for the public's help in identifying the suspect.
Denver Police Sgt. Stephanie Neblock was arrested in Douglas County on Monday.
The Town of Morrison on Tuesday afternoon announced that their police chief is on administrative leave.
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Opera Colorado is performing "The Daughter of the Regiment" with a drag queen in a cameo role.
The southern part of the Denver metro area is only continuing to grow, and a study completed earlier this year is forecasting the impacts that growth will have on transportation, housing and real estate.
Leaders in Jefferson County have voted against a proposal to build a new bike park in Conifer.
Marco Angulo died from injuries sustained in a car crash that also killed his former youth team teammate Roberto Cabezas, officials said.
Nikola Jokic of the Nuggets on Monday was named the NBA's Western Conference Player of the Week.
The Chiefs blocked Broncos kicker Wil Lutz's 35-yard field goal attempt as time expired on Sunday, and Kansas City escaped with a 16-14 victory over the Broncos to extend its winning streak to 15 games dating to last season.
Shedeur Sanders threw two touchdown passes and ran for a score, two-way star Travis Hunter had nine catches for 99 yards and a TD and No. 21 Colorado overcame an early deficit to beat Texas Tech 41-27 on Saturday.
Bobby Allison was a member of the NASCAR Hall of Fame and a three-time winner of the Daytona 500.
Americans have struggled with high grocery costs since inflation soared during the pandemic. Now prices are falling.
Israel faces a Wednesday deadline to increase humanitarian aid to Gaza.
Marco Angulo died from injuries sustained in a car crash that also killed his former youth team teammate Roberto Cabezas, officials said.
The packaging label omitted a key ingredient, prompting a Food and Drug Administration recall.
Could the tariffs Trump's threatened to slap on Chinese imports backfire and help Beijing? Some experts say they will.
Israel faces a Wednesday deadline to increase humanitarian aid to Gaza.
Returning lawmakers will be choosing the leaders for the next Congress and finishing work on the remaining priorities of the outgoing 118th Congress.
Oil and natural gas companies will have to pay a federal fee if they emit methane above certain levels under a rule being finalized by the Biden administration that incoming Trump officials are likely to reverse.
The long-awaited ruling, related to presidential immunity, could have profound consequences for the case.
Rep.-elect Gabe Evans is vowing to focus on what unites -- not divides -- Colorado's Congressional District 8.
The packaging label omitted a key ingredient, prompting a Food and Drug Administration recall.
Pandemic-prompted drinking persists, according to a new study that shows a continued increase in alcohol use.
Allowing enhanced subsidies for health insurance bought through ACA marketplaces to expire would cause premiums to soar, experts warn.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy has long been used to combat compression sickness in divers. But at a hospital in Israel they're using it to address a very different malady - post-traumatic stress disorder - for military veterans and survivors of terror attacks.
Republicans' newly won control of the Senate may have buoyed Kennedy's odds of a role in the Trump administration.
Americans have struggled with high grocery costs since inflation soared during the pandemic. Now prices are falling.
The packaging label omitted a key ingredient, prompting a Food and Drug Administration recall.
Could the tariffs Trump's threatened to slap on Chinese imports backfire and help Beijing? Some experts say they will.
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston and dozens of other travelers showed up to pick up their rental cars at an upstate New York airport this summer and all of the employees of the Hertz rental car agency had "abandoned" their jobs.
Medicare's Part B monthly premium is outpacing both inflation and Social Security's cost-of-living adjustment.
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston and dozens of other travelers showed up to pick up their rental cars at an upstate New York airport this summer and all of the employees of the Hertz rental car agency had "abandoned" their jobs.
A research program that's paying cash to people who inject drugs is raising concerns for some residents and business owners. They say it's bringing addicts and substance abusers to the building where they live and work -- creating safety issues and degrading their neighborhood.
Stephen Matthews, the former Denver cardiologist sentenced to 158 years in jail, tried to erase text conversations and videos with some of his victims from his cellphone, according to the prosecutors in the case.
Roving burglary crews throughout Colorado have been specifically targeting the homes of Asian business owners and stealing massive amounts of cash, jewelry, watches and high-end purses in what one detective calls an "epidemic."
A former Independent Monitor who oversaw Denver's public safety agencies for nearly a decade said he expects Denver Fire Department Command staff to face discipline after an independent investigation found them misusing their comp time and vacation time.