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Mike Pence to attend Aspen fundraiser Monday that sources say will be held at...

Monday’s $35,000-a-couple fundraiser starring Vice President Mike Pence is scheduled to take place at a private club in Aspen owned by two gay men, sources said Friday. The Caribou Club in Aspen’s...

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Puerto Ricans shut down highway, march toward Capitol to demand that governor...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Ricans draped in their territory’s colors marched into the streets Monday to demand the resignation of their embattled governor, shuttering businesses and paralyzing a...

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Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló resigns in face of protests

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló announced his resignation overnight, ceding power after nearly two weeks of furious protests and political upheaval touched off by a leak of...

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Russian police arrest more than 1,000 in Moscow protest

MOSCOW — Russian police cracked down fiercely Saturday on demonstrators in central Moscow, beating some people and arresting more than 1,000 who were protesting the exclusion of opposition candidates...

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Colorado Springs officer shot black teen robbery suspect in back during...

Screengrab from Colorado Springs Gazette videoA screengrab from video obtained by the Colorado Springs Gazette that shows two white Colorado Springs police officers shooting De’Von Malik Bailey, 19, in...

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Lauren Watson, founder of the Black Panthers’ Denver chapter, dies at 79

Lauren Watson, a founder of the Black Panther Party in Colorado, died Wednesday in the Cherry Creek Nursing Center. He was 79. Watson, in the mid-1960s, was a founder of the revolutionary political...

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Americans protest on medals stand at Pan Am Games

LIMA, Peru — Two Americans used their medal-winning moments at the Pan American Games to draw attention to social issues back home that they feel are spiraling out of control. During their medals...

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Police shot Colorado Springs teen 7 times in back, lawyers representing the...

Courtesy of the Bailey familyDe’Von Bailey The family of 19-year-old De’Von Bailey said he was shot seven times in the back and now is asking for an independent investigation into the fatal Colorado...

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Protesters demand independent investigation for teen fatally shot in back by...

Courtesy of the Bailey familyDe’Von Bailey Hundreds of people of different races stood outside Colorado Springs police headquarters Tuesday chanting and clapping as ministers and family members of...

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Riot police, protesters clash at Hong Kong airport

By YANAN WANG and KATIE TAM, The Associated Press HONG KONG — Riot police clashed briefly with pro-democracy protesters at Hong Kong’s airport Tuesday night in a chaotic end to a second day of...

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Jay-Z has “moved past kneeling.” Some NFL players have a problem with that.

In discussing last week his company’s partnership with the NFL, Jay-Z was asked about Colin Kaepernick and said, among other things, “I think we’ve moved past kneeling. I think it’s time for action.”...

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Hong Kong police draw guns, arrest 36 in latest protest

HONG KONG — Hong Kong police drew their guns and fired a warning shot Sunday night after protesters attacked officers with sticks and rods, and brought out water cannon trucks for the first time, an...

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PHOTOS: Topless protesters march down the 16th Street Mall during Denver...

On a sunny afternoon on Sunday, Aug. 25, the Denver GoTopless event returned to Civic Center Park, where activists gathered before marching topless down the 16th Street Mall. Related Articles Hong Kong...

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Letters: The right’s right to opinion; On the governor’s remarks; A...

The right’s right to opinion Why is the left so intolerant and afraid to allow other opinions? Can’t their beliefs stand up to scrutiny? Leftists try to silence opposition through intimidation, thus...

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Outlawed app Telegram emerges as key tool for Russian protesters

By Francesca Ebel, The Associated Press MOSCOW — Anti-government protesters in Russia are increasingly relying on an encrypted and officially banned messaging app to pass on information in critical...

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Colorado children, activists to stage rallies across state as part of...

Downtown Denver is often bustling with shoppers and tourists. On Friday, add politically active kids and supportive adults to the mix as they kickstart a week of climate change protests. Colorado...

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3 arrested during protest held at house of GEO Aurora Detention Center warden

A group of activists marched through an Aurora neighborhood Thursday evening as part of a protest outside the home of a warden of a local immigration detention center. Organizers of the protest, a...

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PHOTOS: Student-led Global Climate Strike marches through Denver

Colorado student-led protesters marched from Union Station to Civic Center on Friday morning, Sept. 19, 2019, as part of a global action to bring attention to climate change. Climate strike in...

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Guest Commentary: Youth climate movement puts ethics at the center of the...

Even if you’ve never heard of Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish environmentalist who crossed the Atlantic on a sailboat to attend a Sept. 23 United Nations summit on the climate, you may have...

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Drug dealers are peddling steroids on Facebook and YouTube

Drug dealers are turning to Facebook and other popular social media sites to peddle steroids, raising more questions about whether the companies are properly policing their platforms. Those substances,...

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