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Religion and politics: How the power of the Christian vote influenced the 2024 election
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Political pollsters and pundits determined that the power of the Christian vote helped boost President-elect Donald Trump’s first victory to the White House in 2016. Analysts also concluded that Trump’s defeat in 2020 was due in part to Christian voters either not turning out for…
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Man accused in UCCS double homicide pleads not guilty
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The man accused of killing two people in a dorm room at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs earlier this year pleaded not guilty in court on Friday morning despite his attorneys requesting to delay the hearing until next year. Nicholas Jordan, 25, is accused…
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Suspect named, and now sought, in connection with death of UCCS professor
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs police announced a suspect Monday in the stabbing death of a University of Colorado Colorado Springs professor three months ago. Police found the body of 54-year-old Haleh Abghari on the morning of Aug. 7 at a residence in the 6400 block of Caddy Point,…
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UCCS bracing for budget cuts to close spending gap
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save With early indications of a nearly $4 million spending gap for the fiscal year that begins July 1, leaders at the Colorado Springs campus of the University of Colorado are figuring out how to cut expenses to balance the budget, which will be presented to…
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Accused UCCS shooter makes first court appearance in jail assault case
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The man accused of killing two people at a University of Colorado Colorado Springs dorm room made his first appearance in court on Wednesday for a new case where he faces charges for allegedly assaulting an El Paso County deputy. According to an arrest affidavit obtained Tuesday…
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Accused UCCS shooter claims to be mentally incompetent
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The man accused of killing two people at a University of Colorado Colorado Springs dorm room last month will undergo a competency evaluation, an El Paso County judge ordered on Monday. Nicholas Jordan, 25, is facing two charges of first-degree murder for allegedly shooting and…
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Resiliency coaches respond in aftermath of UCCS shooting, conference rolls out networking app
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When a student and his guest were fatally shot in a dorm on the University of Colorado’s campus in Colorado Springs less than a month ago, Chancellor Jennifer Sobanet’s next call after alerting the system’s president was to her own Lyda Hill Institute for Human…
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Leap Year’s ties to religious history live on; ‘science is never at odds with faith,’ says historian
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Thursday — the extra day tacked onto the month of February this year — isn’t a holiday, but its historical significance lives on due to its quirky ties between space science and religion. While most…
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UCCS shooting suspect’s affidavit paints killing as stemming from roommate dispute
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The man accused in the University of Colorado Colorado Springs double homicide made a death threat against one of the victims over roommate disagreements, according to his arrest affidavit. Nicholas Jordan, 25, is accused of killing his roommate and fellow UCCS student Samuel Knopp, 24,…
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Suspect in UCCS campus deaths in court Friday morning
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The suspect in the shooting death of two people in a University of Colorado Colorado Springs dorm room has a court appearance Friday, scheduled to start at 8:30 a.m. Nicholas Jordan appeared in 4th Judicial Court on Tuesday, when his bail was increased from $1…