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A Colorado State Patrol trooper is recovering after he was shot in the arm during a shootout near Denver that left the gunman dead. The Denver Post reports Cpl. Tye Simcox was in his parked pickup in the center median of U.S. 36 on Saturday afternoon when a passing driver fired at him multiple times with a semi-automatic pistol.

President Joe Biden is dropping out of the 2024 race following a disastrous debate with Republican Donald Trump, throwing the Democratic Party into chaos just months before the election. And Biden has thrown his support behind Vice President Kamala Harris, the party's instant favorite for the nomination at its August convention in Chicago.

Donald Trump's campaign says he is "fine" after being whisked off the stage at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania after apparent gunshots rang through the crowd.

The nearly complete fossilized remains of a 161-million-year-old stegosaurus discovered in Colorado in 2022 will be auctioned by Sotheby's in New York next week. Sotheby's officials have named the dinosaur Apex. They say it stands 11 feet tall and measures 27 feet nose to tail. Apex was discovered in May 2022 on private land near the town of Dinosaur, Colorado.

A twin-engine Cessna airplane has crashed in a residential area in north-central Colorado, killing two people aboard and starting a fire that burned two mobile homes. Police in Steamboat Springs said the pilot and a lone passenger were killed in the crash Monday afternoon near the Steamboat Springs Airport.

Four people have been taken to a hospital after a small plane crashed in the front yard of a suburban Denver home. Authorities have not said whether the injured people were passengers on the plane or bystanders. Arvada Fire operations chief Matt Osier says he has no details on their conditions. He says the plane was on fire when firefighters responded to the crash at about 9:30 a.m. Friday in Arvada, about 12 miles northwest of Denver. He says he has no information on whether the pilot indicated any problems before the crash.

Many Americans are unprepared for what can be an emotional, costly and guilt-inducing process of finding long-term care for a loved one. Advance planning can help. But an AP-NORC poll in 2021 found most Americans don't discuss the possibility of long-term care, let alone prepare for it.

Nearly half of Americans over 65 will pay for some version of long-term health care, the landscape of which is quickly transitioning away from nursing homes and toward community living situations. An analysis by The Associated Press with the help of CNHI °µºÚ±¬ÁÏ finds Black Americans are less likely to use residential care communities and more likely to live in nursing homes.

Metalsmiths in Loveland are remaking Jackie Robinson in bronze after the theft of a beloved Kansas statue of the civil rights baseball icon set off a national outpouring of donations.

Despite growing demand for long-term care, the industry struggles with labor shortages, and experts worry about whether there will be enough workers in the future to care for America’s aging population. The direct care workforce is predominantly made up of women and people of color, and they face low pay, the risk of injury and other issues.