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THORNTON, Colo. — A woman last seen leaving a swimming pool in only a bikini and towel Saturday night was found Sunday morning, the Thornton Police Department said. Officers responded to a city pool at 2141 E. 95th Ave. about 6:45 p.m. after receiving a report of a missing person. When they arrived, family and […]

Amazon Alexa in your car… who needs that?  That was my first thought.  Then I installed it and started to realize, it actually makes sense!  The new Garmin Speak Plus with Amazon Alexa puts the power of Alexa, Garmin navigation and a dash camera on your windshield.  Best of all, it’s in a tiny little […]

WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. — Bowling is a lot like life. Well, not really, but Herb Rebele has bowled a lot in his life. Thursday was his day of days: His 100th birthday. One-hundred years ago, the world was embroiled in World War I while little baby Herb was growing up on his family’s farm in […]

LOS ANGELES — A jury has recommended that Isauro Aguirre, the California man convicted of murdering his girlfriend’s 8-year-old son, be sentenced to death. Aguirre, 37, had faced the death penalty or life in prison without the possibility of parole after being found guilty of first-degree murder on Nov. 15 in the killing of Gabriel […]

OLD BRIDGE, N.J. — Mara McInerney got the shock of her life when her vape pen exploded in her $1,200 Louis Vuitton bag. McInerney was checking out of a sunglasses store at the Freehold Raceway Mall in New Jersey when a huge cloud of smoke erupted from her bag. She escaped injury but the experience […]

LOS ANGELES — A man accused of torturing his girlfriend’s 8-year-old son to death killed the child because he thought the boy was gay, a Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office prosecutor said during opening statements Monday. Isauro Aguirre’s defense attorney said his client admits to causing the injuries on Gabriel Fernandez’s body, but that it […]

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday that it will regulate all tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, cigars, hookah tobacco and pipe tobacco, among others. Until now, the FDA could only regulate cigarettes and cigarette-related products and smokeless tobacco. “This action is a milestone in consumer protection — going forward, the FDA will […]

LOVELAND, Colo. — No one was reported to have been injured after an apartment unit caught fire after a man fell asleep while smoking a cigarette, igniting oxygen tubing, the Loveland Fire Rescue Authority said Friday. The fire started about 4:40 a.m. at 609 E. Fifth St. It spread inside and outside the apartment lock-off […]

ALBANY, N.Y. — Kenneth Barbero was enjoying a nice millennial vaping session when the hand-held device he was using blew up in his face, knocking out teeth, ripping a hole in his tongue and leaving his hands covered in burns. “[It was] like an M80 bomb went off in my mouth,” Barbero told WTEN through […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Tennessee man has died at a hospital after streaming his attempted suicide live on Facebook and running into a crowded bar. The video shows a man witnesses have identified as Jared McLemore, 33, dousing himself with kerosene. A man runs over to help, then the kerosene can falls over and McLemore […]

DENVER — A study of the most popular social media sites found Instagram to have the worst impact on teens and their mental health. The study was conducted by the United Kingdom’s Royal Society for Public Health. It looked at social media apps and the impact they had on people ages 16 to 24. The study […]

DENVER — The next time you fly, you might want to leave e-cigarettes at home after the U.S. Department of Transportation banned them from being brought on commercial flights. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, use of electronic cigarettes will not be allowed on any U.S. commercial airliner. The ban goes into effect starting […]