Posted at 1:58 PM, Jul 20, 2020 and last updated 2020-07-20 15:58:07-04 DENVER (AP) — Public health officials in Colorado are investigating at least three cases of a rare condition called trench fever identified among homeless people in the Denver area. Trench fever is transmitted by body lice, and it's a condition that plagued soldiers…
Rep. Denver Riggleman. | Steve Helber/AP Photo Rep. Denver Riggleman (R-Va.), who became a target of conservatives after officiating a same-sex wedding last year, was ousted Saturday by GOP voters in a drive-thru district convention. Convention-goers picked Bob Good, a former county supervisor who ran to Riggleman’s right, especially on social issues, to be the…
LYNCHBURG, Va. — A freshman Virginia GOP congressman who angered social conservatives in his district when he officiated a gay wedding lost his party’s nomination. U.S. Rep. Denver Riggleman lost a GOP convention Saturday that was done via drive-thru because of the coronavirus pandemic. He was defeated by Bob Good, a former official in the…
A protest in Denver over the death of George Floyd escalated into violence Thursday evening as demonstrators blocked traffic and vandalized property near the Colorado Statehouse.Protesters calling for justice for Floyd -- a handcuffed black man who died while n police custody in Minneapolis on Monday -- smashed car windows and broke a window of the…
Denver health officials ordered the U.S. Post Office distribution center to shut down, citing COVID-19 concerns, but the post office remains open. Denver Department Public Health & Environment sent a letter to the USPS facility, 7550 E 53rd Place, on Wednesday ordering it “to close all onsite operations, effective immediately.” The city’s order said the…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…