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• Elementary teacher arrested for child sex assault

  April 9, 2013 5:17 PM

  COLORADO SPRINGS - Detectives with the El Paso County Sheriff's Office have arrested an elementary school teacher on charges of sexual assault on a child. Carmen Centennial, 39, is accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl on multiple occasions between December and March. Deputies do not suspect there are... more »

• Obama makes health care appeal to female voters

  April 27, 2012 8:34 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama told hundreds of female supporters Friday that Republicans seem determined to meddle in women's health decisions in ways that are "appalling, offensive and out of touch." A recent fight in Congress over contraception access, Obama said, was like "being in a time machine." "These... more »

• Female senators are remembering first woman elected

  March 2, 2012 8:04 AM

  DENVER (AP) - Female lawmakers in Colorado are donning antique hats and giving out cupcakes to mark 100 years since the election of Colorado's first female state senator. Helen Ring Robinson was elected in 1912 as a Democrat from Denver. Ring was elected was 19 years after women earned the... more »

• Lady lawmakers celebrating 100 years in Colorado

  March 2, 2012 5:09 AM

  DENVER (AP) - Female lawmakers in Colorado are donning antique hats and giving out cupcakes to mark 100 years since the election of Colorado's first female state senator. Helen Ring Robinson was elected in 1912 as a Democrat from Denver. Ring was elected was 19 years after women earned the... more »

• Bald Eagles to begin second life at Pueblo Zoo

  May 16, 2011 12:49 PM

  A pair of Bald Eagles are coming to the Pueblo Zoo this week after completing their rehabilitation at a wildlife rescue center in Utah. The male and female birds of prey were recently given approval to be moved to the zoo. The male, named Parker, was found with a... more »

• Fatal single vehicle accident in Penrose

  January 2, 2011 3:07 PM

  Colorado State Patrol and emergency crews are on the scene of a fatal single vehicle traffic accident on 4th street in Penrose this afternoon. Flight for life services were called but turned back when the victim died from their injuries at the scene. The details are still coming in as... more »

• Lawsuit over LPGA "female at birth" requirement

  October 13, 2010 4:38 PM

  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A transgender woman is suing the LPGA over a requirement which states that all competitors must be "female at birth." Fifty-seven-year-old Lana Lawless underwent gender reassignment surgery in 2005. She filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in San Francisco on Tuesday claiming that the... more »

• Teen girl sues school over tuxedo ban

  August 17, 2010 2:35 PM

  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Another teenage lesbian is suing a Mississippi school district, this time over a policy banning females from wearing tuxedos in yearbook portraits. Ceara (SEE-ayr-uh) Sturgis' dispute with the Copiah County School District started in 2009, before another lesbian student in another Mississippi school district fought to... more »

• Tranquilized bear tumbles from tree

  August 16, 2010 3:22 PM

  Residents of Albuquerque, New Mexico's Northeast Heights neighborhood came face-to-face with a bear Sunday morning. Jackie Vigeon first spotted the bear in one of the trees in her yard. She called the Department of Game and Fish and they told her to try and keep the bear scared... more »

• Obama to choose Kagan for Supreme Court

  May 10, 2010 8:15 AM

  The woman President Barack Obama is set to nominate to the Supreme Court is known as sharp, politically savvy and someone who has led a blazing legal career. Solicitor General Elena Kagan was the first female dean of Harvard Law School and the first woman to serve as the top... more »

• What grandma ate while pregnant affects cancer rates

  April 20, 2010 4:23 PM

  Whether grandma splurged on a high fat diet during pregnancy may predict her daughter's -- and granddaughter's -- risk for breast cancer. A study of pregnant rats found those fed a high fat diet had offspring with genetic differences that increased their risk for breast cancer by as much... more »

• Guided girls night out grows

  March 31, 2010 4:08 PM

  The Manitou Springs Chick Crawl is expanding to downtown Colorado Springs. It's a guided girls night out, featuring food, wine and in-store events at shopping hot spots. Founder Sara Keller says the downtown Colorado Springs event will happen Wednesday, April 14. It's a a pedestrian-friendly event designed to... more »

• Study reports increased aggression among teen female drivers

  February 2, 2010 2:28 PM

  A new Allstate Foundation shows increased aggression among teenage female drivers. According to The Allstate Foundation's latest study, "Shifting Teen Attitudes: The State of Teen Driving 2009," risky behavior while driving including speeding, aggression and texting is trending upward for teen girls across the nation but appears to be softening... more »

• Poacher kills lynx in Summit County

  January 29, 2010 4:27 PM

  One of the first lynx released in Colorado to restore the cats to the state has been killed by a poacher. The Colorado Division of Wildlife says the 13-year-old female lynx trapped in Canada and released in southwest Colorado in 1999 was killed last weekend in Summit County. ... more »

• Study: Male bass in many U.S. rivers feminized

  September 15, 2009 12:32 PM

  Government scientists figure that one out of five male black bass in American river basins have egg cells growing inside their sexual organs, a sign of how widespread fish feminizing has become. The findings come from the U.S. Geological Survey in its first comprehensive examination of intersex fish in... more »