By Frank Bajak, AP Cybersecurity Writer It was the kind of security lapse that gives election officials nightmares. In 2017, a private contractor left data on Chicago’s 1.8 million registered voters — including addresses, birth dates and partial Social Security numbers — publicly exposed for months on an Amazon cloud server. Later, at a tense […]
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Colorado’s new U.S. attorney, Jason Dunn, has been sworn into office; marijuana questions remain
Colorado has a new top federal prosecutor. U.S. Attorney Jason Dunn was sworn in during a private ceremony Friday. Dunn was nominated by President Donald Trump in June and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in October. Dunn was a shareholder at the Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck law and lobbying. He previously worked as a deputy […]
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El Nino weather pattern could bring drought relief to Colorado, broader southwestern U.S.
By Tim Talley, The Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY — Climatologists said Wednesday that conditions are right for an El Nino weather pattern to develop that could bring wetter-than-normal conditions this winter in drought-stricken areas of the southwestern U.S. But they also note there is no guarantee that an El Nino event would bring more rain […]
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How the deaths of two U.S. ski team members in an Austrian avalanche are spurring change
By Pat Graham, The Associated Press On the ski lift buildings at the resort in Soelden, Austria, there are now signs that read: Attention! High Alpine terrain. Leave marked runs at your own risk. Written in English, the warning notices also feature the pictures of Bryce Astle and Ronnie Berlack, two U.S. ski team development members who […]
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Colorado Supreme Court hears high-stakes “Martinez case” lawsuit around oil and gas
By Dan Elliot, The Associated Press An attorney for six young people who want the state to impose tougher safeguards on the energy industry told the Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday that the law requires regulators to protect public health from the hazards of drilling. A lawyer for the state countered that regulators acted properly […]
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William “Bill” Coors, grandson of the namesake brewing company’s founder, dies at 102
William “Bill” Coors, the former chairman of Adolph Coors Co. and grandson of the brewing company’s founder, has died at 102. Molson Coors Brewing Co. said he died Saturday at his home in Golden. Coors began his career with the company in 1939 and was chairman from 1959 to 2000, helping it grow from a […]
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Bernie Sanders will stump in Colorado for Jared Polis later this month as part of barnstorming ahead of midterm elections
By Ken Thomas, The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Sen. Bernie Sanders is embarking on a nine-state battleground tour on behalf of Democrats competing in the November elections, including Colorado gubernatorial candidate Jared Polis, returning to the campaign trail ahead of a decision on another White House bid. The packed October schedule marks the Vermont independent’s […]
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Colorado native studying the economics of climate change shares Nobel Prize
By Jim Heintz and David Keyton, The Associated Press Two Americans won the Nobel Prize in economics on Monday, one for studying the economics of climate change and the other for showing how to help foster the innovation needed to solve such a problem. William Nordhaus of Yale University and Paul Romer of New York […]
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Razorback sucker is the latest rare Colorado River fish to make it back from the brink of extinction
By Dan Elliott, Associated Press Another rare Colorado River fish has been pulled back from the brink of extinction, wildlife officials said Thursday, the second comeback this year for a species unique to the Southwestern U.S. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recommended reclassifying the ancient and odd-looking razorback sucker from endangered to threatened, meaning […]
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The top federal prosecutor in Colorado says the state’s marijuana laws are too loose
By Kathleen Foody, The Associated Press Colorado’s system for regulating marijuana has too many loopholes that disguise illegal activity and jeopardize public safety, a federal prosecutor said Wednesday, detailing his motivation for boosting scrutiny in the first state to broadly allow cannabis sales. U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer said he is particularly concerned with how companies that […]