BUSINESS
TRUMP, EU LEADERS
PULL BACK FROM
BRINK OF TRADE WAR
»10A
THURSDAY, JULY 26, 2018
L AW E N FO R CEMENT
“Status quo not working”
DENVER &
THE WEST
WOMAN DIES
AFTER RESCUE
FROM FLOOD
A sudden storm hit
Englewood on Tuesday
night, trapping a woman
in a rapidly flooding
basement. Police rescued
her from waters that
reached the ceiling, but
she later died. »2A
NATION
& WORLD
YOSEMITE FIRE
FORCES OUT
TOURISTS
The growing wildfire
closes the scenic heart of
Yosemite National Park
as firefighters continue to
battle the blaze. »13A
POLITICS
WHITE HOUSE
PUSHES BACK
PUTIN MEETING
President Donald
Trump’s planned meeting
with Russian President
Vladmir Putin is now set
for next year after
intensifying criticism of
Trump’s statements on
Russian interference in
U.S. elections. »13A
LIFE &
CULTURE
PARAMORE
WRAPS UP
SUMMER TOUR
The rock band fronted by
Hayley Williams finishes
touring with a great show
at Red Rocks that draws
a sellout crowd. »1C
Food trucks roll in.
Music festival Grandoozy
announces its food and
drink lineup. »1C
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SPORTS
Voice of the Rocky Mountain Empire
AFTERNOON STORMS E80° F60° »16A B
HIDDEN
LAKE
Study: Water buried deep in Mars
12 miles
The width of the saltwater lake
found underground near
Mars’ south pole.
1 mile
The depth of the reservoir through ice.
By Emiliano Rodriguez Mega The Associated Press
A
huge lake of salty water appears
to be buried deep in Mars, raising
the possibility of finding life on
the red planet, scientists reported
Wednesday.
The discovery, based on observations by a
European spacecraft, generated excitement
from experts. Water is essential to life as we
know it, and scientists have long sought to
prove that the liquid is present on Mars.
“If these researchers are right, this is the
first time we’ve found evidence of a large
water body on Mars,” said Cassie Stuurman,
a geophysicist at the University of Texas
who found signs of an enormous Martian ice
deposit in 2016.
Above: An artist’s rendering of the Mars Express spacecraft probing the southern
hemisphere of the planet. USGS Astrogeology Science Center, Arizona State University/ESA/INAF
BRONCOS RUNNING BACK
GOOD TO GO AFTER CRASH »1B
© THE DENVER POST B $2 PRICE MAY VARY OUTSIDE METRO DENVER 6
Shooting death of Douglas
County sheriff’s deputy
sparking effort to change
Colorado laws about gun
ownership by mentally ill
By Noelle Phillips
The Denver Post
The New Year’s Eve shooting
death of a Douglas County sher­
iff’s deputy could influence the
debate over the mentally ill and
gun ownership in Colorado after
two reports that were released last
week laid out a step­by­step ac­
count of his killer’s mental state
and the arsenal he kept in his
apartment.
Douglas County Sheriff Tony
Spurlock and 18th Judicial District
Attorney George Brauchler, who
is the Republican candidate for
state attorney general, said they
want to renew efforts to create a
“red flag” law in Colorado that
would allow guns to be confiscat­
ed from the severely mentally ill.
And they want to use the case of
Deputy Zackari Parrish in a sec­
ond legislative effort to change the
state’s mental health hold laws to
make it easier for law enforce­
ment to take a person having a
mental health crisis into custody.
“The status quo is not working,”
Brauchler said. “Should we
change the status quo to accom­
modate this reality that we have an
increasing number of people who
are in this mental health crisis
who have access to weapons who
can hurt themselves or hurt oth­
ers? The answer is yes, and we
must take the steps.”
Matthew Riehl, the man who
shot and killed Parrish, owned 19
firearms, including semi­automat­
ic rifles, even though he once had
been placed on a mental health
GUNS » 7A
H I STO R I C R U L I N G
3 years Emoluments
The time Italian researchers
analyzed radar signals to case vs. Trump
discover the water.
They spent at least two years
can proceed
examining the data to make
sure they’d detected water, By Ann E. Marimow,
Jonathan O’Connell
not ice or another substance. and David A. Fahrenthold
The Washington Post
WASHINGTON » A federal judge
on Wednesday rejected President
Donald Trump’s latest effort to
stop a lawsuit that alleges Trump
is violating the Constitution by
Scott Hubbard, a professor of astronautics continuing to do business with
at Stanford University who served as foreign governments.
NASA’s first Mars program director in 2000, The ruling, from U.S. District
called it “tremendously exciting.” Judge Peter J. Messitte in Green­
“Our mantra back then was ‘follow the wa­ belt, Md., will allow the plaintiffs
ter.’ That was the one phrase that captured — the attorneys general of Mary­
everything,” Hubbard said. “So this discov­
ery, if it stands, is just thrilling because it’s
land and the District of Columbia
— to proceed with their case,
the culmination of that philosophy.” which says Trump has violated
The study, published in the journal Sci­ little­used anti­corruption claus­
ence, does not determine how deep the es in the Constitution known as
reservoir actually is. This means that scien­ the emoluments clauses.
tists can’t specify whether it’s an under­ This ruling appeared to mark
ground pool, an aquifer­like body or just a the first time a federal judge had
layer of sludge. interpreted those constitutional
provisions and applied their re­
MARS » 8A
strictions to a sitting president.
If the ruling stands, it could
bring unprecedented scrutiny
onto Trump’s businesses —
which have sought to keep their
CASE » 15A