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The anti-war encampment on Denver’s Auraria Campus is now empty after pro-Palestine protests first began 23 days ago.
Removal of the encampment by demonstrators started around 8 p.m. on Friday, with most of it gone by Saturday morning, said Auraria spokesperson Devra Ashby. “The encampment was dispersed in a relatively calm manner, except for blocking Speer and Auraria last night,” she added.

Sally Johnston, mother of Denver Mayor Mike Johnston and co-owner of the Christiania Lodge at Vail, passed away May 17, with the mayor joining her for a final goodbye.
The city leader announced his mom’s passing in a LinkedIn post on Saturday.
“Yesterday we said the final good bye to my mom,” Johnston wrote. He depicted her as selfless, joyful and “a tireless force for goodness.”

By ERIC HE (Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Luis Matos hit a three-run homer and had a career-high six RBIs to continue his hot streak, Matt Chapman went 4 for 4 and scored three runs and the San Francisco Giants used 18 hits to rout the Colorado Rockies on Saturday.
The Giants have won three straight for the first time this season. They were the last team in the majors without a win streak of three or more games.

Emergency responders rescued a person who fell 60 feet off a cliff in Loveland on Saturday.

Hoosier Pass is closed in both directions until further notice after several Colorado law enforcement agencies pursued a wanted suspect in a car chase, which ended in a crash.
On Saturday afternoon, the Park County Sheriff’s Office, the Fairplay Police Department and the Colorado State Patrol followed the “armed and dangerous” suspect wanted out of Teller County, according to an alert posted on Facebook.

Windsor track and field coach Lyndsey Lewis had to pull teeth to get Mikey Munn to run track his junior year. Saturday, he was crowned champion in all three sprints — the 100-, 200- and 400-meter dashes — in Class 4A.
Perhaps none of it would ever have happened if Lewis’ kids hadn’t played youth basketball with Munn what seems like forever ago. Because as approachable as Munn has always been, the previous acquaintance planted the seed to get Munn in some spikes.

Arizona officials have been trying to locate former Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani to serve him with an indictment after a grand jury indicted 18 people in late April over an alleged attempt to alter the results of the 2020 presidential election.

If ever you needed proof that it’s the Biden administration looking out for the little guy, while Trump looks out for himself and his wealthy donors, look no further than the right-wing attacks on the CFPB’s efforts to protect Americans from predatory lending practices.

You remember these two. Bridget is the founder of Moms for Liberty and the chief morality cop on the Sarasota County School Board, and her husband Christian was the former head of the Florida GOP who was accused of raping one of their playmates. The anti-LGBTQ predator refused to resign after this sex scandal.

It looks like the grounds crew at the Wisconsin State Capitol haven't been keeping up on their, um, weeding: