Boulder shooting: Gunman kills 10, including police officer, at King Soopers  —  Boulder police say Officer Eric Talley was first on the scene when killed; investigation will take several days  — More-  —  jrubino@denverpost.com, NOELLE PHILLIPS |  nphillips@denverpost.com, ELIZABETH HERNANDEZ |

NIAID Statement on AstraZeneca Vaccine  —  Late Monday, the Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) notified NIAID, BARDA, and AstraZeneca that it was concerned by information released by AstraZeneca on initial data from its COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial.  The DSMB expressed concern …

There is no immigration crisis  —  If you've been reading or watching mainstream media over the past week or so, you've undoubtedly heard a lot about a supposed screaming emergency on the U.S.-Mexico border.  More migrants are trying to cross the border, which all three network Sunday shows …

USPS chief DeJoy said to cut post office hours, lengthen delivery times in 10-year-plan  —  The postmaster general is expected to announce his long-awaited strategic initiative, one that is expected to raise prices and diminish delivery standards.  —  Postmaster General Louis DeJoy will unveil …

Sidney Powell moves to dismiss Dominion lawsuit  —  Sidney Powell, the pro-Trump lawyer who spread baseless claims of election fraud, moved Monday to dismiss Dominion Voting Systems' defamation lawsuit against her.  —  What she's saying: Powell argues in her motion that “no reasonable person” …

Killing the filibuster becomes new ‘litmus test’ for Democratic candidates  —  But that framing of the issue also hands Republicans a potent weapon next fall.  —  Pennsylvania state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta is one of the 2022 U.S. Senate candidates who is in favor of eliminating the filibuster.

11 National Guard Soldiers transporting vaccines held at gunpoint in West Texas, suspect arrested  —  Idalou Police responded to the scene  —  LUBBOCK COUNTY, Texas (KCBD) - An Arizona man has been arrested after he cut off and held at gunpoint a caravan of National Guardsmen transporting COVID-19 vaccines …

Mayor Ends Remote Work for 80,000 in Signal to Rest of New York City  —  Office workers will return starting May 3 in a move that is intended to broadcast a message that New York is reopening for business.  —  For the last year, New York City has been running in the shadow of a deadly pandemic …

A Trump-appointed prosecutor blindsided the Biden DOJ with a ‘60 Minutes’ interview on the Capitol riot cases  — A Trump-appointed federal prosecutor surprised DOJ officials with a ‘60 Minutes’ interview about the Capitol riots.  — Justice Department officials were infuriated …

Trump officials hindered at least nine key oversight probes, watchdogs said.  Some may finally be released in coming months.  —  Almost as soon as she opened a politically charged investigation in 2019 into whether the Trump White House blocked hurricane relief to a devastated Puerto Rico …

There's no migrant ‘surge’ at the U.S. southern border.  Here's the data.  —  Evidence reveals the usual seasonal bump — plus some of the people who waited during the pandemic  —  Last week, at the U.S. border with Mexico, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) …

Thanks to Trump-era covid relief bill, a UFO report may soon be public — and it'll be big, ex-official says  —  Last year's gargantuan $2.3 trillion appropriations bill did a couple very obvious things: it provided millions of Americans badly needed coronavirus relief aid and it averted an impending government shutdown.

Evanston, Ill., leads the country with first reparations program for Black residents  —  CHICAGO — The nation's first government reparations program for African Americans was approved Monday night in the Chicago suburb of Evanston, action that advocates say represents a critical step …

Biden first president in decades to have first-pick Cabinet secretaries confirmed  —  (CNN)President Joe Biden is the first president in more than 30 years to have all of his original Cabinet secretary nominees confirmed to their posts.  —  The Senate confirmed the final nominee …

Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger backs Michael Wood for Congress, brings anti-Trump crusade to Texas  —  The Illinois Republican hopes Wood can convince North Texas Republicans to move away from former President Donald Trump.  —  Armed with the backing of Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger …

The ‘shadow docket’: How the U.S. Supreme Court quietly dispatches key rulings  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In the months before former President Donald Trump left office in January, the U.S. Supreme Court briskly paved the way for the lethal injection of 13 federal inmates, the first federal executions in 17 years.

U.S. Satisfaction Continues to Improve in March  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans' satisfaction with the way things are going in the U.S. continued to improve in March, as 32% say they are satisfied with the direction of the country.  This is the second monthly increase Gallup has recorded …

Eric Greitens wants a comeback in Missouri.  It could scramble the GOP's Senate map  —  WASHINGTON — Donald Trump paid little to no political price for the sex scandals, investigations and legal jeopardy that always surrounded him — at least until the end, when his party lost the White House and control of the U.S. Senate.

White House eyes tax increases on companies and the wealthy to fund infrastructure, setting up clash with GOP  —  White House officials are exploring tax increases on businesses, investors and rich Americans to fund the president's multitrillion-dollar infrastructure and jobs package …