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How Charlie Kirk turned campuses into cultural battlefields – and ushered in Trump’s assault on universities
The Guardian
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September 13, 2025
Charlie Kirk, the far-right activist killed this week while speaking at a campus event at Utah Valley University, never graduated from the community college he briefly attended. But his lack of a degree didn’t stop him from assuming a defining...
Signing Bonuses Draw 151 Special Education Teachers to Oklahoma Schools
The 74
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September 13, 2025
Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma signing bonus program, intending to fill a critical workforce shortage in public schools, will reward 151 special education teachers...
How Religious Freedom Caselaw is Shaping the Legal Landscape for Ministries
Religion Unplugged
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September 13, 2025
As the Free Exercise jurisprudence in the country has been strengthened in recent years through court decisions, Alliance Defending Freedom is aiming to see those protections applied in upcoming court cases involving Christian ministries and their...
Right-wing activists urge followers to expose those celebrating Kirk killing
Hawaii Tribune Herald
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September 13, 2025
In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, right-wing influencers and at least one Trump administration official have actively encouraged people to scour the internet for remarks celebrating the killing and to expose those who have posted them...
Car-loving couple race into Corvette Hall of Fame. What got them in
Detroit Free Press - Michigan
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The couple has owned 12 Corvettes, including a rare 2009 GT1 Championship coupe. Charley Robertson runs the Corvette racing fan page on Facebook with 62,000 followers. Charley Robertson remembers exactly where she was when she fell in love with...
Could Denver activists sway Weld County against an immigration jail? Here’s how it went
Denverite - Colorado
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September 13, 2025
Connie Garcia grew up in Weld County. She knows its people intimately. So she was a little uneasy as she prepared to canvass the small town of Hudson with flyers last Saturday. She worried she and other activists would encounter angry MAGA...
Lifestyle The Cool Down Researchers astounded after discovering unexpected nighttime activity in birds: 'We were shocked by our findings'
Yahoo News
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Birds are being kept up later because of bright lights, and it's proving to be a big problem. What's happening? Scientists looked at over 180 million bird calls and compared them with satellite photos of nighttime lights. They found that in...
Denver backs legal challenge to Trump’s use of National Guard
The Gazette - Colorado
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Denver has joined 26 other local governments in an amicus brief supporting California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s legal challenge to President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard and Marines in Los Angeles. “In Denver, our residents are...
Colorado funeral home director who acknowledged abusing 191 corpses withdraws guilty plea
KSL - Utah
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A Colorado funeral home owner who acknowledged abusing 191 corpses withdrew his guilty plea Friday and will go to trial, after a judge rejected a plea agreement in a rare decision. Family members of those whose bodies...
Colorado AG Phil Weiser discusses rural issues with Cortez audience
KSJD - Colorado
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Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser talked with an audience in Cortez on Friday about a number of issues faced by rural communities, including opioids, broadband access, economic development, and water. Weiser is running for governor, but said...
Colorado Springs solar customers face potential $50 monthly rate increase starting in 2027
KOAA News 5 - Colorado
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September 12, 2025
COLORADO SPRINGS — Solar customers with Colorado Springs Utilities could see their monthly bills increase by $50, potentially matching what non-solar customers pay, under a proposed rate change that has left many questioning their investment in...
Colorado RB Simeon Price’s transfer portal journey leads to touchdown moment
Yahoo Sports - Canada
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September 13, 2025
Colorado RB Simeon Price’s transfer portal journey leads to touchdown moment originally appeared on The Sporting News Colorado running back Simeon Price met with the media this week and was quick to downplay his early performances. “I would say...
Pontiggia Leads ISU to Low Round in Colorado
Illinois State University
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Story Links FORT COLLINS, Colo. – Using a career-low tournament from Pietro Pontiggia, in addition to the fourth-best team score in the field on the final day, the Illinois State men's golf team finished in 10th place among a strong field at the...
Colorado Springs budget plan cuts 38 jobs amid projected $31M shortfall
KRDO - Colorado
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September 12, 2025
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- In light of the 2026 budget cycle, the City of Colorado Springs announces a budget response plan due to a projected $31 million shortfall. Some of these measures include laying off 38 city employees and closing...
Denver El Grito 5K Returns, Reviving Chicano Tradition
Westword - Colorado
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September 12, 2025
Denver's El Grito 5K race celebrating Mexican Independence Day will return on Sunday, September 14, for the first time in five years. "It's going to be exciting to have it re-inaugurated," says Tina Romero, a member of the group that established...
Denver Startup Week now Colorado Startup Week
The Gazette - Colorado
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Downtown Denver’s annual meetup of startups and technology companies is back – but with a new name. Denver Startup Week has been the city’s annual event for founders, entrepreneurs and technology professionals since 2012, and run by the Downtown...
Republican state lawmaker Barb Kirkmeyer set to launch campaign for Colorado governor
The Gazette - Colorado
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Republican state Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer filed paperwork Monday to run to be Colorado’s next governor, making the Brighton lawmaker’s long-anticipated campaign official. Kirkmeyer, who lost a close race for Congress in 2022, plans to make a formal...
Denver police say school shooter showed signs of extremist radicalization
MSNBC
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September 12, 2025
The gunman behind this week’s school shooting in Colorado was “radicalized by an extremist network,” authorities in Jefferson County said Thursday. The statement from the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office didn’t get into details about how a white...
Former Colorado Buffaloes football star Shilo Sanders linked to ‘logical landing spot’ NFC dynasty-in-waiting
Sporting News
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September 13, 2025
Former Colorado Buffaloes football star Shilo Sanders may or may not have played his last NFL snap, which was in the preseason right before he punched Buffalo Bills tight end Zach Davidson and got ejected. USA Today’s Brent Schrotenboer was...
'This shouldn’t even be a debate': Colorado students march against gun violence
Denver 7 - Colorado
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September 13, 2025
WESTMINSTER, Colo. — Hundreds of students at Standley Lake High School walked out of class Friday afternoon, lining Wadsworth Boulevard with signs and chants calling for an end to gun violence. The demonstration comes just two days after two...