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Broncos coach Sean Payton couldn’t hold back his frustration. Last week, the Chargers ran the same play again and again, and his team couldn’t do anything to stop it. It started with wide receiver Josh Palmer running a crossing route, slipping behind linebackers Justin Strnad and Cody Barton before catching a pass from quarterback Justin Herbert, resulting in a 24-yard gain in the first quarter of Week 16’s divisional matchup.

AURORA — The Aurora Police Department has cleared the King Soopers off S. Peoria Street after a bomb threat was made Monday afternoon. During a press conference, Lieutenant Carrigan Bennett said a store employee called 911 around 3:15 p.m. after the customer service desk received a bomb threat. The threat was not specific, but the caller mentioned there were “approximately five bombs potentially placed outside the store,” according to Bennett. Authorities evacuated the grocery store and its parking lot out of an abundance of caution.

By RONALD BLUM NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball and its umpires reached a tentative agreement on a five-year collective bargaining agreement, extending labor peace to a quarter-century in what used to be a contentious relationship. The deal, announced Monday by the Major League Umpires Association, marked the fifth straight five-year contract without a labor dispute.

Drelon Miller is finishing his freshman year of college in the same stadium where he wrapped up his senior year of high school. On Saturday, the 20th-ranked Colorado Buffaloes will face No. 17 BYU in the Valero Alamo Bowl at the Alamodome in San Antonio (5:30 p.m. MT, ABC). For Miller and a lot of his teammates, it will be somewhat of a homecoming, as 16 Buffs either grew up in Texas or went to high school in the Lone Star State.

Colorado state officials and the Union Pacific Railroad reached a tentative agreement on the future of the 100-year-old Moffat Tunnel — and, in the process, set the stage to expand passenger rail service in the mountains between Denver and Craig, officials announced Monday. Barring any major hiccups between now and the formal signing in May, the state will extend the 99-year lease allowing Union Pacific to use the tunnel for another 25 years.

Former President Bill Clinton was admitted Monday to Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington after developing a fever. Related Articles House rejects Trump-backed plan on government shutdown, leaving next steps uncertain Unidentified drones spotted flying at locations across NYC, including LaGuardia Airport About 2.6 million Stanley cups recalled after malfunctions caused burns. Is your mug included? Gold is suddenly not so glittery after Trump’s White House victory The Leonid meteor shower peaks as the supermoon wanes The 78-year-old was hospitalized in the “afternoon for testing and observation,” Angel Urena, Clinton’s deputy chief of staff, said in a statement. “He remains in good spirits and deeply appreciates the excellent care he is receiving,” Urena said. Clinton, a Democrat who served two terms as president from January 1993 until January 2001, addressed the Democratic National Convention in Chicago this summer, and campaigned ahead of November’s election for the unsuccessful White House bid of Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris. In the years since Clinton left the White House, he’s faced some health scares. In 2004, he underwent quadruple bypass surgery after experiencing prolonged chest pains and shortness of breath.