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A Jefferson County contractor was convicted of multiple felonies this week after hiring unlicensed workers who exposed an Arvada neighborhood to asbestos. Lance Slayton was paid more than $70,000 to fix up a fire-damaged unit and abate asbestos at an 82-year-old’s fourplex rental property in 2022, according to a news release from the state attorney general’s office. Related Articles Crime and Public Safety | Colorado funeral home owners who let nearly 190 bodies decay plead guilty to corpse abuse Crime and Public Safety | Phone scammers are impersonating Denver sheriff deputies, officials say Crime and Public Safety | Denver-area man sentenced to five years for $300M telemarketing scheme Crime and Public Safety | Denver couple sentenced to prison, $20 million in fines for wire fraud Crime and Public Safety | UCHealth to pay $23 million to settle federal lawsuit over billing fraud allegations State investigators later found that Slayton’s companies improperly removed and dumped the cancer-causing insulator, endangering workers and residents.

Pat Surtain II embodies Deion Sanders’ philosophy of “If you look good, you feel good. If you feel good, you play good.” The cornerback has worn stylish pregame fits that draw praise from teammates. And he brings that same swagger onto the field. During Denver’s previous matchup against the Raiders last month, Surtain broke out a pair of blue and white Nike Air Diamond Turf 96 TD — the Buffs coach’s signature cleat.

A man was killed Saturday morning and another was taken into custody after a multi-vehicle crash that has closed northbound Tower Road in Aurora, police said. Aurora police spokesperson Joe Moylan wrote in an email that the driver of a Jeep, who had an outstanding warrant, was speeding and struck the driver of a Chevy Cobalt at the intersection of Tower and 40th Avenue. Officers responded to the crash at about 7:15 a.m.

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NASA spotted a very young planet. It could become a super-Earth. MashableAstronomers Discover a ‘Newborn’ World, the Youngest Known Transiting Exoplanet Smithsonian MagazineYoungest planet ever discovered has misaligned orbit, puzzles scientists Yahoo! VoicesFast-forming alien planet has astronomers intrigued ReutersPlanet 10 times the size of Earth is one of the youngest ever found New Scientist

California child becomes first minor reported with case of bird flu The GuardianCalifornia case is the first confirmed bird flu infection in a US child The Associated PressCDC confirms H5N1 Bird Flu Infection in a Child in California CDCFirst bird flu case in a child in the U. S. confirmed in California The Washington PostCDC confirms H5N1 in California child as Hawaii details testing results University of Minnesota Twin Cities