Colorado

• Colorado college student put $500 hit out on football teammate after he kicked his TV, cops say - The 19-year-old tried to get a mutual acquaintance to “put a hat” on his former friend after their relationship soured, an arrest affidavit reveals, and then turned to a trio of alleged assassins from Colorado Springs
• Trump Wants to Halt Almost All Coal Plant Shutdowns. It Could Get Messy. - Even as administration officials vowed this week to head off scheduled retirements, some aging plants are now breaking, and costs could run to the billions.
• Co. Mom and Son, 6, Were Reported Missing — The Next Day, Their Bodies Were Found in a Utah National Park - Authorities in Utah are investigating a suspected murder-suicide
• Factbox-Who was Renee Nicole Good, the woman killed by US Immigration agent in Minneapolis? - By Helen Coster Jan 8 (Reuters) - Renee Nicole Good, a mother of three living in Minnesota, was shot dead in her car by a federal agent in Minneapolis on Wednesday, setting off protests and a sharp
• Health Dept. to Freeze $10 Billion in Funding to 5 Democratic States - The funding pause could jeopardize child care and other programs that serve hundreds of thousands of households in California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York.
• In Trump’s Second Year, Congress Weighs How to Reassert Its Power - Lawmakers head into President Trump’s second year facing questions about whether they can reclaim congressional clout in the face of his power grab.
• Man fought off a mountain lion weeks before a suspected fatal Colorado attack - A solo hiker who authorities believe was killed by a mountain lion on a remote Colorado trail on New Year's Day was not the first person to encounter one of the predators in the area in recent weeks. Gary Messina said he was running along
• Trump Vetoes 2 Bills, Drawing Accusations of Retaliation - The president said he blocked the bills to save taxpayers’ money. But he has grievances against a tribe in Florida and officials in Colorado.
• Tina Peters asks Colorado appeals court to recognize Trump's pardon, release her from prison - Former Colorado elections clerk Tina Peters is asking the state appeals court to recognize President Donald Trump's pardon of her state convictions as valid. In a motion Tuesday, Peters' lawyers said the Colorado appeals court no longer ha
• 19 States Sue to Block White House Plan to End Gender-Related Care for Minors - The coalition of states seeks to stop a Trump administration effort to cut off federal funding to hospitals that provide such care.