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A one-month-old baby allegedly abandoned by its parents in a car seat on a Pecos Street median on Christmas morning was exposed to cocaine, according to an Adams County Sheriff’s Office arrest affidavit. Jarvis Sims, 42, and Christina Thurman, 33, are charged with misdemeanor child abuse and reckless endangerment after they allegedly abandoned their baby near their Sherrelwood apartment. The baby’s name and gender were redacted from the arrest affidavit. A woman who found the baby told police she saw a couple arguing around 8 a.m.

The Environmental Protection Agency is ordering Colorado to rethink a Suncor Energy air pollution permit for the third time in two years, leading environmentalists to question whether state regulators are serious about enforcing federal air quality laws at the Commerce City refinery. This time, the EPA’s order concerns the refinery’s Title V permit for its Plants 1 & 3, which refine crude oil into gasoline and other fuels and asphalt.

The Colorado Avalanche School for Wayward Hockey Players has enrolled a new student. Colorado traded a third-round pick in 2027 and Ondrej Pavel to the Nashville Predators on Saturday for Juuso Parssinen and a seventh-round pick in 2026. Parssinen, 23, had two goals and five points for the Predators this season. “He’s had a tough year,” Avs coach Jared Bednar said.

Marjorie Taylor Greene is already making threats to outgoing DC US Attorney Matthew Graves, who prosecuted most of the January 6th insurrectionist traitors. This Monday, Graves announced his plans to retire on January 16th, ahead of Trump's inauguration, and as ABC News reported, Graves was a frequent target of Republicans over the crime rate in DC due to post-pandemic conditions he inherited, and during his term he "oversaw initiatives that significantly reduced crime in the District." Don't expect that to ever make the headlines over at Fox or other right wing media.

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CNN MAGA contributor Scott Jennings lowered the bar of decency after the passing of President Jimmy Carter. Jennings did the job CNN pays him to do, when he claimed the former president dabbled in anti-Semitism and sidled up to dictators. Donald Trump sends love letters to dictators and has meddled in US foreign policy throughout Russia's immoral attack against Ukraine.