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MILWAUKEE — When an Uber driver’s car was stolen in Milwaukee, she decided to go out and find it herself, never imagining that she might become a murder witness in the process. Marie, who declined to give WITI-TV her last name, said her son was driving the car on Thursday when he left his keys and phone in […]

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. — Emergency rooms in South Florida are filling up with patients suffering from synthetic drug overdoses, and the problem is getting worse due to a device that’s ostensibly supposed to help people quit smoking. Vaporizer pens are becoming the new way for drug users to not only get high, but do it […]

NEW YORK — Morley Safer, an intrepid storyteller and interviewer whose name became synonymous with the newsmagazine “60 Minutes,” has died, CBS said Thursday. He was 84. Safer was the longest-serving correspondent in “60 Minutes” history.

LONDON — Police said Thursday the victim of a fatal knife attack in central London overnight was an American woman in her 60s and ruled out terrorism as the likely motive. London Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley said authorities’ main line of inquiry was around mental health issues. Officials briefed on the investigation had […]

ARVADA, Colo. — An Arvada business is releasing surveillance video hoping it will help lead police catch three people responsible for a spike in thefts. The owners of the Vapor Exchange reported losing thousands of dollars worth of merchandise after a burglary early Thursday morning. The thieves are also suspected of several other thefts at […]

For more than 50 years we’ve known that smoking can kill you. It is still the leading cause of preventable death in the U.S. and yet 42.1 million people light up and new smokers start every day. “Smoking is my best friend,” Atlantan Barry Blackwell said. “It’s always with me long after friends have left […]

DENVER — A Denver firefighter was injured while fighting a grass fire in the eastern part of the metro area Monday afternoon, according to a spokeswoman with the Aurora Fire Department. The firefighter’s injury was described as minor. The call for the grass fire near Common Ground Golf Course came just after 4 p.m. There […]

Four youth groups from within the Tri-County Health Department service area of Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas Counties, including youth from Englewood have helped write, produce and star in a series of Public Service Announcements (PSAs) that educate residents about the harmful effects of tobacco on the community.   The youth groups were given the task of creating […]

DENVER — Here are your 10 Things to Know for Friday, May 15, 2015. 1. The thrill is gone: ‘King of the Blues’ B.B. King dies at 89 Riley B. King, the legendary guitarist known as B.B. King, whose velvety voice and staccato-picking style brought blues from the margins to the mainstream, died at age 89. […]

BOULDER, Colo. — Boulder City Council passed an ordinance on Tuesday night to expand smoke-free public places in the city. The expansion will now include the following areas: all Parks and Recreation and Open Space & Mountain Parks lands all multi-use paths and 25 feet on each side of the paths 25 feet from all […]

DENVER — Three grass fires in Colorado in the last two days have flared up along the Front Range, including in Watkins and Brighton on Wednesday. “Anytime that you have the heat that we have right now coupled with the drier conditions you’re gonna have an increased rate of these grass and brush fires,” North […]

NEW YORK — Anheuser-Busch InBev has agreed to buy its main rival SABMiller for $104 billion, creating a super brewery with sales of $55 billion. The combined firm will be the world’s largest beer maker with nine of the world’s top 20 beers by volume. AB InBev will offer most SABMiller shareholders $67.59 per share […]