Deon J Hampton

Hundreds of residents bonded by a deadly wildfire that swept through their seaside town gathered at a concert on Sunday in a rare moment of respite.

The 23-year-old massage therapist was walking home from a store when he was stopped by officers four years ago in Aurora, Colorado.

The trial of two police officers charged in the death of Elijah McClain, a Black man placed in a chokehold and injected with ketamine is set to begin this week.

As firefighters raced to hold back wind-whipped flames, they faced near-death escapes, blinding smoke, car-melting heat — and a battle they couldn’t win.

In opening statements in the joint trial of a current and a former police officer in Aurora, Colorado, defense attorneys said the two followed department protocol.

A third firefighter charged in the July 15 alleged incident retired during an investigation by the Albuquerque Police Department.

Kaiser Permanente is a non-profit company that serves nearly 13 million people in its 39 hospitals and more than 600 medical facilities nationwide, according to its website.

Protesters said they were against the killing of civilians but wanted a Palestinian homeland to be established.

Randy Roedema and Jason Rosenblatt detained McClain in August 2019 before paramedics injected him with ketamine. Roedema was convicted on two charges and Rosenblatt was acquitted.

A mother protecting her son, a recent transplant to Salt Lake City and a 66-year-old former 'California hippie' are among the 27 dead.