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Yoga Goats Get New Life as Hiking Companions
A Colorado yoga studio has found a unique new mission for kids who have grown too big to take part in their popular “goat yoga” sessions. They now hit the trails west of Denver, Colorado, as hiking companions.
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EXPLAINER: Why a Plane's Engine Exploded Over Denver
The investigation into the engine explosion on a United Airlines flight over the weekend is homing in on why engine fan blades broke off.
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Pianos and Protests: Orchestrating Change in Denver
Purnell Steen, an accomplished jazz musician and civil rights activist, talks about the struggles Black musicians faced at the dawn of the civil rights era.
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‘Proudest Moment of Being an American:' What Made Purnell Steen Return to Music
Purnell Steen, a classical jazz pianist who struggled against bias against Black musicians as a student, recalls the moment that made him decide to return to music.
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‘Negros Don't Perform Classical Music:' Fighting Bias in Music While Black
Purnell Steen talks about the bias Black students faced in the 1960s trying to pursue classical music and how they continue to be discriminated against in all other aspects of their education at the dawn of the civil rights era.
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Boeing Recommends Grounding 777's With PW4000 Engines
Boeing is calling for all airlines to ground their 777 model airplanes equipped with the Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engine, the type of engine that blew apart after takeoff from Denver this weekend.
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United Boeing 777 Suffers Engine Failure After Takeoff From Denver, Debris Found But No Injuries
“There are no reported injuries onboard, and we will share more information as it becomes available,” said United in a statement.
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A Pioneering Pediatrician On Desegregating a Philadelphia Boarding School
Dr. Albert Gaskins, a doctor and desegregationist, speaks about his record as a civil rights activist as a young man and young professionals to open doors for other Black Americans.
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Opening Doors and Minds: Honoring Denver's 1st Tenured Black Teacher
Marie L. Greenwood, the first tenured Black teacher in the Denver public school system so revered that she had an elementary school named after her, recalls how she fought to open the gates for more Black teachers in a system that didn’t have faith in them.
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Denver Coffeehouse Helps Young Adults Build Professional Skills
Denver-based Prodigy Coffeehouse has a mission to help young adults who have not found success in traditional school or work structures
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Pain, Despair and Poverty Reach Fever Pitch for Unemployed Workers
It’s been nine months since the coronavirus pandemic led to mass joblessness. Three American workers are a microcosm of the plight that has resulted.
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Denver TV Station Security Guard Charged With Murder
A television station security guard accused of fatally shooting a pro-police demonstrator following opposing rallies has been charged with second-degree murder
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Security Guard Faces Second-Degree Murder Charge in Fatal Shooting at Denver Protests
Denver’s district attorney says a television station security guard accused of fatally shooting a pro-police demonstrator following opposing rallies will be charged with second-degree murder.
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Guard in Custody After Man Dies in Shooting at Protests
A private security guard working for a TV station was in custody Saturday after a person died from a shooting that took place during dueling protests in downtown Denver
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A Denver Program Is Trading Police for Social Workers on Some 911 Calls
Denver’s STAR pilot program recognizes that a mental health worker and a paramedic may be better suited to respond to some 911 calls than police.
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A Denver Program Is Trading Police for Social Workers on Some 911 Calls (VIDEO)
A Denver pilot program called STAR, or Support Team Assisted Response, is changing how the city responds to 911 calls by sending mental health workers and paramedics, rather than police, to respond to calls that don’t involve crimes.
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Denver Police Look for Masked Suspects in Fire That Killed 5
Police have released a surveillance photo of three people believed to have started a house fire in suburban Denver that killed five recent immigrants from the West African nation of Senegal
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Police Face New Lawsuit, Probes After Elijah McClain's Death
The Colorado attorney general has announced a civil rights investigation into the suburban Denver police department whose officers used a chokehold on Elijah McClain before the 23-year-old Black man died last year
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5 Found Dead in Suspected Arson Fire at Denver Home
Firefighters in Denver say five people have been found dead in a house fire that authorities suspect was intentionally set
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Colorado School District Introduces 4-Day Weeks to Cut Costs
Hate Mondays? Maybe you should consider moving to Colorado. A school district in the Centennial State has cancelled school on Mondays in favor of a four-day school week. But Garfield-like attitudes is not why school district 27J, located outside Denver, made the decision. The district, which serves 18,000 students in Brighton, Commerce City, Henderson, Thornton and Aurora, believes that the...