A jury in Colorado has found that a couple who burned a cross to generate sympathy for a Black mayoral candidate is guilty of ...

Derrick Bernard and Ashley Blackcloud were found guilty of multiple charges Friday. Bernard is already sentenced to life in ...

DENVER • Closing arguments wrapped up Friday morning in U.S. District Court and the case regarding the hate-crime “hoax” that ...

After multiple hours of deliberations and a week-long trial, a federal jury found two suspects guilty of planning and staging a ...

The man accused of staging a hate crime to garner support for Yemi Mobolade during his 2023 mayoral campaign shared shocking ...

A Gazette news report last week contrasting the starkly different approaches to illegal immigration by Colorado’s two largest ...

One of the three suspects in the hate crime “hoax” that made headlines during the 2023 Colorado Springs mayoral runoff election claimed she was "only following instructions" during her testimony ...

The jury has reached a verdict in the trial for two people accused of staging what authorities call a “hate crime hoax.” ...

Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade told jurors Tuesday he could not recall the exact details of a phone call between ...

Ashley Blackcloud and Derrick Bernard are accused of staging a fake hate crime that threatened now-Mayor Yemi Mobolade, leading up to the 2023 mayoral runoff election.

A husband and wife are set to go on trial in federal court in Denver over what federal prosecutors have said was a stunt to ...

Images and video of the episode were emailed to local news outlets to boost the campaign of Yemi Mobolade, who is now the city's first Black mayor. Blackcloud’s attorney did not deny in the ...