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Denver officers are investigating an early-morning Wednesday shooting in the city’s Montbello neighborhood that left one man dead as a homicide, police said. Related Articles Crime and Public Safety | Fourth man arrested in Jeffco kidnapping, 14-hour torture of housemate Crime and Public Safety | A fake name, a pornographic video and a murder: How a confession in a 1988 Colorado cold case led police to a suspect Crime and Public Safety | Aurora police officers taken to hospital after car crash Crime and Public Safety | El Paso County woman indicted for alleged use of phony credentials to evaluate families in child custody cases Crime and Public Safety | Colorado pedestrian fatalities increased by 161% over the last 10 years Officers responded to reports of a shooting in the 4300 block of North Peoria Street — near Interstate 70 — early Wednesday morning, according to a 12:59 a.m.

Drivers parked illegally on mountain roads trying to glimpse Colorado’s changing leaves, hours of traffic and “nasty” trailhead conditions have frustrated everyone from mountain residents and law enforcement to the leaf-peeping visitors themselves. “[Guanella Pass] is beautiful, it’s gorgeous, stunning. If you park on the side of the road where there is not room to park, I hope you stub your toe really hard,” TikTok user Laura Von Sonnenschein said in a video posted Sunday.

Denver Post sports writer Patrick Saunders with the latest installment of his Rockies Mailbag. Pose a Rockies- or MLB-related question for the Rockies Mailbag. We have several questions regarding the future of Rockies manager Bud Black, who does not have a contract for the 2025 season and has deflected direct questions about whether or not he will return for another year.

It is hard to believe that the iPhone debuted 17 years ago, on June 29, 2007, launching the modern smartphone era that now includes virtually every K-12 student. The Washington Post reported that in 2009-2010, before cellphones became ubiquitous, schools generally barred their use. A national survey that year found that 91% of all schools prohibited nonacademic use of cellphones during school hours. Things sure have changed in the last 14 years. According to a 2023 Common Sense Media study, some 97% of 11- to 17-year-olds now use their phones primarily for personal reasons during the school day. In today’s hyper-connected world, the cellphone has become an essential part of daily life.

By Christina Morales, The New York Times Everything is bigger in Texas, so the saying goes. It’s no wonder then that the toast that bears the state’s name has an outsize following across the United States. Texas toast. Be it garlicky, buttery or just a thick cut of bread, the Lone Star specialty has found a following in kitchens across the nation.

By ERIK VERDUZCO, JEFF AMY and KIMBERLEE KRUESI SWANNANOA, N. C. — Many residents of the Carolinas still lacked running water, cellphone service and electricity Wednesday as rescuers searched for people unaccounted for after Hurricane Helene caused catastrophic damage across the Southeast and killed at least 166 people. President Joe Biden will survey the devastation in the two states as floodwaters receded and revealed more of the death and destruction left in Helene’s path. More than 1.2 million customers still had no power Wednesday in the Carolinas and Georgia, where Helene tore far inland after initial landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast.