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The coronavirus omicron variant has reportedly spread coast to coast to at least five states in total.

New York City is moving to fully reopen on July 1, Mayor Bill de Blasio said, though Governor Andrew Cuomo said he wants it to happen sooner. Chicago is broadly easing restrictions to allow for higher capacity at restaurants, bars and large indoor venues. Michigan will tie reopening to hitting vaccination benchmarks. A surge in Oregon is sweeping through a partially vaccinated population, with steep rises in case rates among the young – an indication that the US may struggle with distinct outbreaks for months to come. Meanwhile, the country’s focus on increasing vaccine supply for other n...

Loading the player... Gregory Kellam Scott, the only Black justice to serve on the Colorado Supreme Court, died unexpectedly at his home in Indiana. He was 72. Scott died Wednesday, the He was sworn onto the court in 1993 after being appointed by Gov. Roy Romer. He served seven years before stepping down to become vice president and general counsel of Kaiser-Hill LLC, a private company contracted to clean up a former nuclear weapons facility in the Denver suburbs. Gregory Kellam Scott (credit: Rutgers University) When announcing his retirement from the court, Scott said it had been an “ex...

5280 It’s Been One Year Since Students Started Widespread Distance Learning As the COVID-19 pandemic raged across Colorado, hundreds of thousands of the state’s schoolchildren were stuck at home, learning in basements and at kitchen tables. What does this past year mean for their futures—and for the future of education in the Centennial State?Robert Sanchez •   One day this past winter, a Denver Public Schools (DPS) fifth grader phoned a therapist who was helping her cope with her anxiety. She missed her friends and needed to talk. A single mom a few miles south in Littleton called...

Elijah McClain Protesters Speak Out on Attempted Cop Kidnapping Charges Alaina Demopoulos © Provided by The Daily Beast Michael Ciaglo/Getty At six feet tall, with long brown hair and impressively direct eye contact, Lillian House is a commanding presence—even on a Zoom call. She recently spoke to The Daily Beast from the home she shares in Denver with her partner, Ryan. Her rescue dog, Hermie, lay on a small bed right behind her. House is one of a group of socialist organizers in Colorado, gearing up for a lengthy and—as one of her co-accused puts it—“traumatic” ...