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Animals
Colorado’s top court weighs whether zoo elephants can be recognized as ‘persons’
The Colorado Supreme Court is considering whether five elephants at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo can be recognized as “persons” und...
Michelle De Pacina
Business
DIY ramen craze comes to Colorado’s third-largest city
Hangang Ramen in Aurora, Colorado, is gaining popularity as a unique dining spot for a DIY ramen experience. The restaurant, which opened la...
Events
Colorado Japanese American incarceration camp designated national historic site
Camp Amache, a former incarceration camp for Japanese Americans during World War II, has been officially designated as the Amache National H...
Beloved Colorado sushi spot to close after 35 years amid owner’s battle with breast cancer
After 35 years of business in Arvada, Colorado, a beloved family sushi restaurant is set to close its doors this weekend. Personal and finan...
Ryan General
Crime
Police investigate burglaries targeting homes of Asian families in Colorado
The Fort Collins police are investigating four separate burglaries that took place within the same month, all targeting homes of Asian famil...
Entertainment
Video: Colorado Children’s Chorale’s Malay song ‘Kira!’ goes viral
A performing arts group from Denver, Colorado, is going viral on TikTok for their performance of an original composition in Malay. Key detai...
Bryan Ke
Art
Why Denver’s Chinatown was forgotten — and what’s being done to remember it
A mural has been set up in Denver to honor the city’s long-gone Chinatown, which was destroyed following an anti-Chinese riot in 1880 that d...
Colorado surgeon acquitted of homicide in teen’s death from botched breast surgery
The Colorado plastic surgeon charged in the death of a teenage patient after a failed breast augmentation surgery was acquitted of negligent...
Carl Samson
3 teens charged with murder of Colorado woman killed in rock-throwing incident
Three teens who threw a rock onto the windshield of a woman driving in Denver causing her death last month are now facing 13 charges, includ...
Colorado man sentenced to life in prison for murdering Filipino wife missing since 2019
A man from Colorado was sentenced to life in prison without parole for murdering his Filipino ex-wife. On Feb. 21, Dane Kallungi, 39, was fo...
Colorado man charged with hate crimes for anti-Asian, anti-gay tirade at California In-N-Out
Before you read: Self-proclaimed ‘Slave master’ spews anti-Asian, anti-gay hate against TikTokers at California In-N-Out A Colorado man has ...
Issues & Racism
Colorado city councilmember faces backlash over ads mocking minorities
Councilmember Steve Sundberg of Aurora, Colorado, has issued an apology following backlash over a series of videos of himself imitating mino...
News
DNC adviser: Lauren Boebert election loss would be ‘gain for OnlyFans’
Democratic Party adviser Kurt Bardella landed in hot water for implying during an MSNBC interview that Rep. Lauren Boebert (R, CO-3) might ...
Khier Casino
Human arm bone discovered under Japanese garden in Denver
Crew workers on an excavation project found a human arm bone under a Japanese garden at the Denver Botanic Gardens. The crew was replacing...
Rebecca Moon
Colorado plastic surgeon, nurse anesthetist charged with manslaughter in botched breast surgery
Plastic surgeon Dr. Geoffrey Kim and nurse anesthetist Rex Meeker were charged with reckless manslaughter in connection to a disastrous bre...
Students organize walkout after forced dismissal of gay Valor Christian High School coach in Colorado
Valor Christian High School students organized a walkout after the school forcibly dismissed their volleyball coach Inoke Tonga for being ga...
GOP Senate candidate Peter Yu defends ‘This racism thing? It’s a lie’ statement
Republican Senate candidate Peter Yu defended his statement at a campaign event in Golden, Colo., last month, suggesting the #StopAsianHate ...
FBI Investigates 2017 Death of Colorado Teen Burned Alive as a Possible Hate Crime
The death of an Asian American teenager who was set on fire and burned alive in Colorado in 2017 will now be investigated as a possible hate...
Three Suspects Arrested for Burglarizing 26 Asian American Families in Colorado and Wyoming
Three of four suspects accused of targeting dozens of Asian American business owners and their families in Colorado and Wyoming in 2019 have...
Teens Who Set House on Fire Killing Immigrant Family of 5 To Be Tried as Adults
Two 16-year-olds will face charges as adults after setting fire to a house that killed five people in Green Valley Ranch in Denver last year...
Colorado Teen Dies After 14-Month Coma from Botched Breast Enhancement Surgery
The 19-year-old woman from Thornton, Colorado, who went into a coma after a botched breast implant operation last year, has died. Tragic new...
Human Traffickers On the Run in Colorado After Police Raid Massage Parlor
Local authorities in Denver busted a multi-million dollar human trafficking ring operating in the area following a year-long investigation. ...
‘Ching Chong House’ Restaurant in Colorado Emerges on Instagram and Yelp
A questionable “restaurant” bearing the anti-Asian slur “Ching Chong” has surfaced on Instagram and Yelp. “Chi...
Sikh Coalition Calls for Hate Crime Charges Against Man Who Allegedly Ran Over Store Owner
The Sikh Coalition has called on authorities to press hate crime charges in an incident that left a liquor store owner hospitalized for mont...
Colorado Nurse Told to ‘Go to China’ While Protesting Anti-Lockdown Ralliers
Colorado nurses launched a silent counter-protest to the hundreds who gathered for an anti-lockdown campaign on Sunday. ...
Maina Chen
Denver Woman Running for Mayor Didn’t Think Chinatowns are Needed, Deletes Herself From Social Media
Denver mayoral candidate Jamie Giellis deleted her social media accounts after she received some backlash over her posts about Latinos and A...
U.S. Army Member Wanted for Murdering Wife, Fleeing to Thailand
A member of the U.S. Army stationed in Fort Carson, Colorado is wanted for allegedly murdering his wife Khuang Par during the holidays ...
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