Comment on McCain: Hispanic vote 'up for grabs'

A 37-year-old Black man was unarmed and holding a phone when an Aurora police officer shot and killed him in late May, according to body-worn camera footage released Thursday by the Aurora Police Department. Kilyn Lewis was raising his hands in the air when Aurora police SWAT Officer Michael Dieck shot him outside an apartment complex at 384 S.

A man is dead following a shootout in a Pueblo fast food parking lot Wednesday night. Pueblo officers responded to reports of a man with a weapon around 7:45 p.m. Wednesday, according to a statement from the police department. Officers found what they believed to be the suspect’s vehicle in the parking lot of a Popeyes in the 1500 block of West Highway 50, near the Pueblo County Club, according to the statement. The man in the vehicle ignored police commands to show his hands and began shooting at officers, police said in the statement.

By Dwight Garner, The New York Times In John Guare’s play “Six Degrees of Separation,” there’s a scene in which a father asks a second-grade teacher, at parents night, why the art her students make is so especially brilliant. “Look at the first grade,” he says to her. Blotches of green and black.

The Broncos are bolstering their front office with a long-time college coach. Denver general manager George Paton hired former Stanford head coach David Shaw to a senior position in the team’s personnel department, the team announced Thursday. Shaw and the Broncos finalized the position Wednesday after keeping in touch about a potential position for several months this offseason, a league source said.

Independence Day celebrations are back with a bang this year, so here’s a handy guide to metro Denver fireworks displays happening on or around July 4. Note: Colorado laws prohibit all personal fireworks that explode or leave the ground. Some examples, according to the North Metro Fire District, include bottle rockets, firecrackers, Roman candles, cherry bombs and M-80s.

By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL (Associated Press) HANOI, Vietnam — Russian President Vladimir Putin signed at least a dozen deals with his Vietnamese counterpart on Thursday and offered to supply fossil fuels including natural gas to Vietnam for the long term during a state visit that comes as Moscow is seeking to bolster ties in Asia to offset its growing international isolation over its military actions in Ukraine. Putin and President To Lam agreed to further cooperate in education, science and technology, oil and gas exploration, clean energy and health.