COLLEEN SLEVIN and MATTHEW BROWN.

Flowers are left in remembrance of those wounded in a shooting at Evergreen High School in Evergreen, Colo., Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Colleen Slevin)

Report says school shooting suspect was fascinated with mass shootings and expressed neo-Nazi views

A teenager suspected in a shooting attack at a suburban Denver high school that left two students in critical condition appeared fascinated with previous mass shootings including Columbine and expressed neo-Nazi views online, according to experts. Since December, the Anti-Defamation League says Desmond Holly had been active on an online forum where users watch videos of killings and violence, mixed in with content on white supremacism and antisemitism, the Anti-Defamation League’s Center on Extremism said in a report. It says Holly’s TikTok accounts contained white supremacist symbols and the name of his most recent account included a reference to a popular white supremacist slogan, the ADL said. TikTok said accounts associated with Holly have been banned.

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A cyclist rides past East High School in Denver on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)

US Education Department says Denver school’s all-gender bathrooms violate Title IX

The U.S. Education Department says Denver Public Schools violated Title IX protections against sex-based discrimination in education by creating all-gender bathrooms and allowing students to use bathrooms corresponding with their gender identity. The finding announced Thursday followed an unprecedented probe of Denver’s East High School. It marks a sharp departure from the department’s investigations under former President Joe Biden. The investigation began after the school district converted a girl’s restroom into an all-gender restroom while leaving another bathroom on the same floor exclusive to boys in January. The school district later added a second all-gender restroom on the same floor after concerns of unfairness were raised.

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24 decomposing bodies removed from Colorado funeral home, investigators say

Authorities say they’ve removed two dozen decomposing bodies and other remains from a Colorado funeral home owned by a local coroner. Tuesday’s announcement marked the first time investigators have provided an exact count of decomposing bodies after remains were found behind a hidden door at Davis Mortuary in Pueblo last week. The Colorado Bureau of Investigation says the homes of Pueblo County Coroner Brian Cotter and a brother who is also listed as an owner of the funeral home have been searched. Neither brother has been arrested or charged and the investigation is expected to be lengthy.

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