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The official state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter will take place on Jan. 9 in Washington, D. C., following days of services and ceremonies to honor the 39th President. President Joe Biden declared Jan. 9 a National Day of Mourning, and ordered all executive departments and agencies of the federal government to close out of respect for the former President, who died on Dec.

Americans, myself included, have a contradictory relationship with retirement. The whole thing is supposed to be relaxing. It’s a decade or two of well-deserved leisure time at life’s end, devoted to family, friends, and voluntary pursuits. It’s an actual right: one of the few that we have as Americans, and one guaranteed by Social Security, our most popular and well-functioning social program.

Patchy, dense fog is forecast in Denver before 8 a.m. today, followed by a chilly weekend, with up to a few inches of snow possible Saturday night, according to the National Weather Service. Related Articles Weather | Colorado road conditions: U. S. 285, Loveland Pass closed as mountain snow continues Weather | Colorado’s 2025 concert season will bring massive tours, big names in smaller cities and, yes, higher ticket prices Weather | Dangerous avalanche conditions in Colorado mountains prompt holiday warning Weather | Colorado weather: New Year’s Day brings another round of mountain snow, complicating travel Weather | Denver activates overflow cold weather shelters for a week ahead of freezing temps, overnight snow The gloom will give way to partly sunny skies and temperatures near 50 on Friday, falling to 23 overnight. Fog could return Friday night and early Saturday morning, and clouds will gather throughout the day Saturday, with a high of 39 and a low of 17 forecast. A chance of snow was also forecast Sunday and Monday in Denver, with highs in the 30s and lows around 16.

Dozens and dozens of restaurants will open their doors for the first time in 2025 — most of which we don’t even know about yet (although their owners are surely planning away). But we do have details of some of them, and it makes us hungry. Here is a list of eight of the most anticipated openings of 2025 — along with two more without addresses that are in the works. Amorina Chef Max Mackissock of the Culinary Creative Group plans to open Amorina, a cocktail bar and small-plates restaurant in Cherry Creek, on Jan.

The U. S. military’s mountain bunker along Colorado’s Front Range, built during the Cold War to survive a Soviet nuclear attack, now must withstand scrutiny by lawmakers who see it as a costly relic. They question the need for a not-so-secret command post cocooned in 2,000 feet of granite. It sits inside Cheyenne Mountain, where North American Aerospace Defense (NORAD) crews in front of a large map can scan skies and track missile and satellite launches around the planet, along with potentially disruptive space junk. The bunker also houses, behind 23-ton blast doors, a power plant, water supply, food stores, a health clinic, a barber shop, and a chapel. Military crews at the Buckley Space Force Base east of Denver and at Peterson Space Force Base east of Colorado Springs perform the same missions at a lower cost.

Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the privacy-minded company of deploying its virtual assistant Siri to eavesdrop on people using its iPhone and other trendy devices. The proposed settlement filed Tuesday in an Oakland, California, federal court would resolve a 5-year-old lawsuit revolving around allegations that Apple surreptitiously activated Siri to record conversations through iPhones and other devices equipped with the virtual assistant for more than a decade. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The alleged recordings occurred even when people didn’t seek to activate the virtual assistant with the trigger words, “Hey, Siri.” Some of the recorded conversations were then shared with advertisers in an attempt to sell their products to consumers more likely to be interested in the goods and services, the lawsuit asserted. The allegations about a snoopy Siri contradicted Apple’s long-running commitment to protect the privacy of its customers — a crusade that CEO Tim Cook has often framed as a fight to preserve “a fundamental human right.” Apple isn’t acknowledging any wrongdoing in the settlement, which still must be approved by U.