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WASHINGTON — When the New Year’s confetti comes down at midnight, so will a wave of new laws across the country. At least 19 states will increase their minimum wages on or around New Year’s Day, according to the National Employment Law Project. In Colorado, the wage will go up to $11.10 an hour, up from […]

CLEVELAND — An Ohio radio station has stopped playing “Baby It’s Cold Outside” this holiday season after it says listeners voiced concern about the song’s predatory undertones amid the Me Too movement. WDOK Christmas 102.1 pulled the song from its around-the-clock rotation of Christmas music this week after receiving a call from a listener who […]

DENVER — E-cigarette maker Juul says it will no longer sell its flavored pods at retail outlets. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is going a step further by lowering the age of eligibility for the Colorado QuitLine from 15 to 12. The health department said teens in Colorado vape and smoke more […]

NEW YORK — The nation’s leading e-cigarette maker is halting store sales of some flavors to deter use by kids. The move by Juul Labs Inc. comes ahead of an expected U.S. government crackdown on underage sales of flavored e-cigarettes. Juul said it stopped filling store orders Tuesday for mango, fruit, creme and cucumber pods […]

DENVER — Gov. John Hickenlooper announced a new executive order designed to curb teenage use of vapes and e-cigarettes in Colorado. The governor spoke at Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora at 1 p.m. Friday. Hickenlooper said the order doubles the number of compliance checks on places selling vaping products to ensure no one under 18 […]

INDIANAPOLIS — A new painting on the outside of a restaurant has gotten mixed responses from neighbors. The mural of two rabbits suggesting they’re having sex and smoking was finished this week on the side of Beholder, a restaurant in Indianapolis. According to the owner of Beholder, Jonathan Brooks, the mural raising concerns was done […]

DENVER — The Food and Drug Administration launched a new campaign against teenage vaping on Tuesday. “The Real Cost” campaign includes jarring videos that will air online and on social media. It also includes posters that will go up in 10,000 school bathrooms across the country. The goal is to educate middle and high school […]

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. — An inmate at the Jefferson County jail live streamed to Facebook with a smartphone from inside his cell, county authorities confirmed Friday. The jail, officially called the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office’s Detention Services Division facility, is in Golden. The inmate who posted the video is Joseph Chavez, who officials said is […]

WASHINGTON — U.S. health officials are sounding the alarm about teenage use of e-cigarettes, calling the problem an “epidemic” and ordering manufacturers to reverse the trend or risk having their flavored vaping products pulled from the market. The warning from the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday cited recent data pointing to a sharp rise […]

THORNTON, Colo. — A Thornton man wants to thank the officer who risked his life to save his mother. James Rockwell says the call caught him off guard Wednesday evening: his mother’s trailer caught fire, sending her to the hospital. After talking to first responders, he learned Thornton police officer Ryan Thornton arrived on scene […]

DENVER — A 23-year-old man has been arrested, accused of killing a man at an apartment complex then setting his body on fire, the Denver District Attorney’s office said. Tahlil Johnson is being investigated for first-degree murder and first-degree arson in the death of 52-year-old Seth Mosee on Wednesday. Mosee was found dead inside his […]

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