Kathleen Foody

Mass shootings overnight in three states stoked concerns that a spike in U.S. gun violence could continue into summer as coronavirus restrictions ease and more people are free to socialize.

Decriminalization led by a slim 51%, according to preliminary figures on Tuesday’s election released by Denver’s Election Division.

The shooting occurred at the middle school at STEM School Highlands Ranch, a public charter with more than 1,850 students.

Voters on Tuesday were deciding whether to make Denver the first U.S. city to decriminalize psilocybin, the psychoactive substance in “magic mushrooms.”

Community members in suburban Denver marked the 20th anniversary of the shooting by volunteering at shelters, doing neighborhood cleanup projects and laying flowers and cards at a memorial to the 13 people killed.

Former President Jimmy Carter announced Thursday that his cancer is on four small spots on his brain and he will immediately begin radiation treatment, saying he is "at ease with whatever comes."

Former President Jimmy Carter, 90, announced Wednesday that recent liver surgery found cancer that has spread to other parts of his body.