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THIS CORRECTS THAT KIVLENIEKS DIED OF CHEST TRAUMA FROM AN ERRANT FIREWORKS MORTAR BLAST AND NOT A SUBSEQUENT FALL AS AUTHORITIES PREVIOUSLY REPORTED - FILE - Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Matiss Kivlenieks (80) has the puck in his hand as he makes a save during the third period of an NHL hockey game against the New York Rangers in New York, in this Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020, file photo. The Columbus Blue Jackets and Latvian Hockey Federation said Monday, July 5, 2021, that 24-year-old goaltender Matiss Kivlenieks has died. A medical examiner in Michigan says an autopsy has determined that Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Matiss Kivlenieks died of chest trauma from an errant fireworks mortar blast, and not a fall as authorities previously reported. Police in Novi, Michigan, said the mortar-style firework tilted slightly and started to fire toward people nearby Sunday night, July 4. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

Blue Jackets goalie dies after fireworks accident

by Stephen Whyno Associated Press, and Kathleen Foody Associated PressJuly 5, 2021July 5, 2021

Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Matiss Kivlenieks died of chest trauma from an errant fireworks mortar blast in what authorities described Monday as a tragic accident on the Fourth of July.Police in Novi, Michigan, said the firework tilted slightly…

Parents gather in a circle to pray at a recreation center where students were reunited with their parents after a shooting at a suburban Denver middle school Tuesday, May 7, 2019, in Highlands Ranch, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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Slain teen charged Colo. school attacker

by Kathleen Foody Associated Press, P. Solomon Banda Associated Press, and Nicholas Riccardi Associated PressMay 8, 2019

Officials guide students off a bus and into a recreation center where they were reunited with their parents after a shooting at a suburban Denver middle school, Tuesday, in Highlands Ranch, Colo.

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One dead in Colo. school shooting; 2 in custody

by Kathleen Foody Associated PressMay 7, 2019

Chris Olson gives drivers a thumbs-up near a busy intersection in downtown Denver on Monday, May 6, 2019, as he urges voters to decriminalize the use of psilocybin, the psychedelic substance in "magic mushrooms." Voters will decide Tuesday whether Denver will become the first U.S. city to decriminalize the drug. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)

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Denver holds ‘magic mushroom’ decriminalization vote

by Kathleen Foody Associated PressMay 7, 2019

This combination of undated photos released by the Jefferson County, Colo., Sheriff's Office on Tuesday, April 16, 2019 shows Sol Pais. On Tuesday authorities said they are looking pais, suspected of making threats on Columbine High School, just days before the 20th anniversary of a mass shooting that killed 13 people. (Jefferson County Sheriff's Office via AP)

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Florida teen obsessed with Columbine takes her own life

by Kathleen Foody Associated Press, and Colleen Slevin Associated PressApril 17, 2019

In this March 27, 2019, photo, Kacey Ruegsegger Johnson poses for a portrait at her home in Cary, N.C. Ruegsegger Johnson, now a mother of four, survived a shotgun blast during the 1999 shootings at Colorado's Columbine High School that left 12 students, one teacher, and both gunmen dead. The emotional toll of the shooting, joined by fears about their own kids’ safety, spikes each time yet another shooter enters another school. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)

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Columbine survivors send kids to schools altered by attack

by Kathleen Foody Associated Press, Allen G. Breed Associated Press, and P. Solomon Banda Associated PressApril 16, 2019

Christopher Watts is escorted into the courtroom before his bond hearing at the Weld County Courthouse on Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018, in Greeley, Colo. Watts, of Colorado, whose wife and daughters disappeared this week was arrested on suspicion of killing them. (Joshua Polson/The Greeley Tribune via AP, Pool)

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Man who lamented missing family arrested in their deaths

by Kathleen Foody Associated Press, and Jonathan Drew Associated PressAugust 16, 2018

File - In this March 24, 2008, file photo, McGregor Scott, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of California, gestures during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif. The decision on whether to pursue criminal marijuana cases in states that have legalized pot will now rest with top federal prosecutors in those states, some of whom are deeply rooted in their communities and may be reluctant to crack down on cannabis businesses. Scott grew up in Humboldt County, deep in California's famed "Emerald Triangle" marijuana-growing regionScott's spokeswoman, Lauren Horwood, said he declined to comment on the most recent federal move. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

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It’s up to fed prosecutors in legal pot states

by Kathleen Foody Associated Press, and Don Thompson Associated PressJanuary 5, 2018

Employees head in to a Walmart store Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017, in Thornton, Colo. A man suspected of fatally shooting several inside the suburban Denver Walmart on Wednesday, was arrested 14 hours later following a brief car chase Thursday that ended at a congested intersection, police said. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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Suspect in Walmart killings called hostile loner

by P. Solomon Banda Associated Press, and Kathleen Foody Associated PressNovember 2, 2017

Democratic candidate for Georgia's Sixth Congressional seat Jon Ossoff greets supporters at a campaign field office Tuesday, April 18, 2017, in Marietta. Voters began casting ballots on Tuesday in the special election to fill the House seat vacated by Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

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Democrat leads early returns in Georgia House race

by Bill Barrow Associated Press, and Kathleen Foody Associated PressApril 18, 2017