James Holmes Got ‘A’s, but Called ‘Second-Rate Student’
RJ Sangosti-Pool/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Newly obtained college records for suspected mass murderer James Holmes highlight a perplexing disconnect between a student who appeared to have remarkable academic ability, and the now 24-year-old accused of …
Did James Holmes Try to Call His Psychiatrist Before Shootings?
RJ Sangosti-Pool/Getty Images(AURORA, Colo.) — A mysterious early-morning phone call is emerging as a potentially significant piece of the puzzle in an ongoing legal showdown involving accused mass murderer James Holmes.The University of Colorado Hosp…
Iowa Graduate School Rejected James Holmes in No Uncertain Terms
RJ Sangosti-Pool/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — There was something that the University of Iowa saw in James Holmes that made educators very wary of accepting the accused Aurora, Colo., movie theater shooter into their neuroscience doctoral program in Janu…
President Obama to Supporters: ‘Don’t Boo’ the RNC, ‘Vote’
BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/GettyImages(FORT COLLINS, Colo.) — As Republicans began their first night of convention speakers, President Obama told supporters his opponents will put on an “entertaining” show in Tampa with lots of glitz, but litt…
Rare Parrots Decapitated in Colorado Backyard
Hemera Technologies/Thinkstock (file photo)(NEW YORK) — Cherie Morales spent her 55th birthday on Sunday roaming the streets of her Colorado neighborhood, looking and listening for signs of her parrot, Matisse.On Wednesday, the retired New York City c…
"We’ve Gone from…’Hope and Change’ to Attack and Blame" — Paul Ryan Comes Out Swinging at Colorado Rally
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(LAKEWOOD, Colo.) — Paul Ryan, on the stump as Mitt Romney‘s running mate Tuesday, aimed his fire directly at President Obama. He said the Democratic campaign has to “distort, demagogue, to divide,” all to distr…
Most Colorado Shooting Documents to Remain Sealed
Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office(AURORA, Colo.) — The judge overseeing the case of alleged mass murderer James Holmes has ruled that most of the documents generated during the investigation into the shooting at an Aurora, Colo., movie theater will rem…
‘Son of Sam’ Killer: Recent Massacres ‘Senseless’
Fred R. Conrad/New York Times Co./Getty Images(NEW YORK) — David Berkowitz, who gunned down 13 people, killing six, 35 years ago, says he hopes society takes the “glamour” out of guns. In the wake of the Aurora, Colo. theater massacre and the mass sho…
Obama Hits Romney on Wind, Water Policy in Colorado
JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/GettyImages(PUEBLO, Colo.) — President Obama today used the issues of wind energy and water purity to draw stark contrasts with Mitt Romney, and attempt to lure some of this state’s environmentally-conscious swing voters to his s…
James Holmes Expected at Hearing over Unsealing Court Documents
RJ Sangosti-Pool/Getty Images(CENTENNIAL, Colo.) — James Holmes, the man accused of the movie theater shooting in Aurora, Colo., last month, is expected to be in court Thursday for a hearing to address the media’s motion to unseal court documents and …
Rob Portman Sees Obama in Passing Motorcade in Colorado
Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call(PUEBLO, Colo.) — It happened at the corner of Frontage Road and Bonforte. As the Romney campaign bus, full of Colorado Republicans and vice presidential short-lister Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, rolled towards its fifth and …
Obama Joins Sandra Fluke, Pitches Health Law in Colorado
JIM WATSON/AFP/GettyImages(DENVER) — Trailing rival Mitt Romney in a new Colorado poll, President Obama Wednesday kicked off a two-day swing through the state by aggressively courting women voters with his signature health care law.The vigorous pitch,…
VP Shortlister Rob Portman Comes Out Swinging in Colorado
Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images(JOHNSTOWN, Colo.) — Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, arrived right on time at Johnson’s Corner this morning for his first event of the day bracketing President Obama in Colorado.With the Romney bus behind him, the Ohio sena…
Obama to Stoke ‘War on Women’ Debate in Colorado
JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images(DENVER) — President Obama kicks off a two-day campaign swing through Colorado on Wednesday by stoking a debate over an alleged Republican war on women.At his first stop in Denver, Obama will thrust the issue of women’…
NYPD to Subpoena Twitter for ‘Just Like in Aurora’ Tweet
Hemera/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The New York Police Department has demanded that Twitter release the name of a user who threatened an attack “just like in Aurora” on the Broadway theater where Mike Tyson’s one-man show is playing. The NYPD plans to su…
Houston’s Shooting-Survival Video a YouTube Success
Houston Office of Public Safety/ABC News(HOUSTON) — Houston’s six-minute PSA video created to show the public what to do in the event of a shooting has had more than 260,000 views on YouTube since it was posted July 23.Completed shortly before t…
Psychiatrist Called Threat Team About James Holmes
RJ Sangosti-Pool/Getty Images(AURORA, Colo.) — Aurora, Colo., shooting suspect James Holmes came to the attention of the threat assessment committee at the University of Colorado but no further action was taken because he left the school more than a …
Colorado Shooting Document Altered Online
University of Colorado Denver/iStockphoto/Thinkstock(DENVER) — A court document filed last week by attorneys for accused mass murder James Holmes – revealing he was a patient of a University of Colorado psychiatrist specializing in schizophrenia…
Aurora Shooting Suspect James Holmes Charged with 24 Counts of Murder
James Holmes appears in court in this artist’s sketch, Mon., July 30, 2012. (ABC News)(AURORA, Colo.) — Accused movie theater shooter James Holmes was charged with 24 counts of first degree murder today, two counts for each of the people he is accused…
Comics React to Dane Cook’s Colorado Shooting Joke
Michael Schwartz/WireImage(LOS ANGELES) — During a performance at Los Angeles’ Laugh Factory, comedian Dane Cook stirred a backlash when he joked about the movie theater shooting in Colorado that left 12 people dead and 58 injured.Cook said, &ld…