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The Aurora movie theater where the 2012 mass shooting took place will not show the latest movie in the Batman franchise as victims’ families put pressure on Warner Bros. to help them advocate for gun control.
The movie, “Joker,” is scheduled for an Oct. 4 release....

Democrats in Colorado’s congressional delegation reiterated their support for an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump this week as the U.S. House begins an investigation with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s backing.
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, a Denver Democrat running for president, said Tuesday he supports the inquiry. All four House Democrats from Colorado are also in favor of the inquiry, which Pelosi threw her support behind Tuesday. Republicans from Colorado...

A 21-year-old Aurora man who stabbed and killed his stepfather in 2017 and streamed video of the aftermath over Snapchat was sentenced Monday to 33 years in prison, the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office said in a news release.
Nickolas Khalil Vinson pleaded guilty in June to second-degree murder of Oscar LeMar Owensby, the DA’s office said....

Investigators on Tuesday shared evidence that casts doubt on one of the STEM School Highlands Ranch shooting suspect’s account that he unwillingly participated in the shooting only because he feared the other suspect would kill him.
The lead detective investigating the case testified for more than two hours during a Tuesday court hearing and outlined for the first time the evidence in the case against the two teens charged in connection to the shooting, which killed one and injured...