COLORADO — Governor Jared Polis directed flags be flown half staff Saturday in honor of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.
It will mark 83 years since Japanese forces attacked a U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, launching the United States into World War II. The attack killed more than 2,400 Americans and injured nearly 1,200 others.
Every year on December 7, people come together on the shores of Pearl Harbor to remember what happened on that day back in 1941. President Franklin Roosevelt famously called the date of the attack "a date which will live in infamy.
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Nine people shot in Denver, at least one dead
The Denver Police Department reported the shooting happened near East Hampden Avenue and South Dayton Street. The area is on the southeast side of the city. Police posted information about the incident to social media just before 1 a.m. Monday. An update was provided just after 5 a.m., adding that at least one person had died.
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