Author: COLLEEN SLEVIN The Associated Press
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Alleged Planned Parenthood shooter Robert Dear won’t be forcibly medicated for now
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DENVER – A mentally ill man charged with killing three people in 2015 at a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood clinic because it offered abortion services will not be forcibly medicated as he appeals a federal judge’s order allowing the involuntary treatment. Earlier this month, U.S. District Judge Robert Blackburn ruled that involuntary medication was the…
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Alleged Planned Parenthood shooter Robert Dear can be forcibly medicated, judge says
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DENVER – A mentally ill man charged with killing three people at a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood clinic in 2015 because it offered abortion services can be forcibly medicated to try to make him competent to stand trial, a federal judge ruled Monday. New details emerge in preliminary hearing of Colorado Springs man accused of…
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Judge throws out Tina Peters’ recount challenge in Colorado
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A judge on Tuesday threw out a lawsuit challenging a primary election recount lost by a Colorado county clerk who alleged “extensive malfeasance” during the June primary, in which she failed to become her party’s nominee for the state’s top election office. Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters filed a lawsuit objecting to the methods used…
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Doctor’s firing sparks fight over assisted suicide law
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The firing of a Colorado doctor who wanted to prescribe life-ending drugs to a man with incurable cancer has touched off a legal battle testing the state’s medically assisted suicide law. Centura Health, a Christian-affiliated health system in Colorado and Kansas, fired Dr. Barbara Morris last week after she and her patient, 64-year-old Neil Mahoney,…
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PHOTOS: Hundreds rally on Capitol steps in support of Trump
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Several hundred people rallied in support of President Donald Trump outside the state Capitol in Denver on Saturday, listening to speakers including former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo and sometimes facing off with a much smaller group of anti-Trump demonstrators. Speaking on the West Steps facing the mountains, Tancredo drew cheers from the crowd when he…
