Colorado Democrats pursue gun control measures as state politics shift

Eleven years ago, Democratic state lawmakers faced protests and recalls over their passage of a high-capacity magazine ban and universal background checks for gun buyers in the wake of the Aurora and Sandy Hook mass shootings. The legislation cost two senators their seats, including the Senate president, and a third resigned. The backlash left a … Read more

Hours before dawn, police find man dead in Boston’s first fatal shooting of 2024

The sun had not yet risen and less than 6 hours of the new year passed before the city of Boston recorded its first shooting death of 2024. According to the Boston Police Department, officers assigned to District 11 in Dorchester were sent to High Street around 5:30 a.m. in response to reports a person … Read more