BODY FOUND IN HOME, POLICE TREATING CASE AS HOMICIDE

Aurora police have opened a homicide investigation after a man’s body was found in an Aurora home Monday morning.

According to a news release, at about 7:29 a.m., officers responded to a report of a suspicious occurrence at 12041 E. Harvard Ave. When they arrived, they found an unresponsive male inside the home. He was declared dead at the scene.

The Aurora Major Crimes/Homicide Unit is investigating the incident as a homicide.

The identity of the victim will be released by the Arapahoe County Coroner’s Office pending positive identification and the notification of next of kin.

Springs police suspect child abuse after monthold child hospitalized with broken leg.

Colorado Springs police are investigating a possible child abuse case involving a 31dayold infant who was taken to Memorial Central with a fractured femur, police report.

Hospital medical workers called police at around 11 p.m. Sunday, according to a police report.

Authorities also called the El Paso County Department of Human Services, which is now doing its own investigation.

Detectives from the department’s Crimes Against Children are in vestigating the injury.

Teachers union endorses Polis for governor after snub in primary.

The Colorado Education Association endorsed U.S. Rep. Jared Polis in the governor’s race on Monday.

Support from the 35,000member teachers union came after it endorsed Cary Kennedy, a former state treasurer, during the Democratic primary. In addition, an independent group calling itself Teachers for Kennedy ran ads criticizing both Polis and another Democratic candidate, Mike Johnston.

But Polis won the nomination and is now running against Republican State Treasurer Walker Stapleton to succeed Gov. John Hickenlooper.