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GLENDALE — Glendale, known as RugbyTown USA, serves as the home of the professional rugby team, the American Raptors. The team, however, will not be coming home to Glendale next year. Related Articles Sports | With professional women’s rugby coming to Colorado, state remains at American epicenter of game’s evolution Sports | Grading The Week: Broncos’ “Madden NFL 25” ratings are kind of brutal.

A 56-year-old man was arrested Saturday on suspicion of attempting to kidnap an 8-year-old girl from her bedroom in northeastern Colorado last week, police said. On the morning of Tuesday, Oct. 15, 56-year-old Thomas Gallegos broke into a Sterling home and attempted to kidnap an 8-year-old girl, according to a news release from the police department. The girl woke up and fought with the man, who fled before officers arrived, police said. Gallegos was arrested four days later on suspicion of first-degree burglary, second-degree assault, attempted second-degree kidnapping, third-degree assault and child abuse, police said in the release. Related Articles Crime and Public Safety | Domestic violence deaths plummet in Colorado after pandemic-era surge Crime and Public Safety | Man sentenced to prison in Pueblo West crash that killed child, two adults Crime and Public Safety | Man killed in Aurora police shooting was beating mother, holding her hostage, chief says Crime and Public Safety | Broomfield police arrest three people in connection to shooting on U.

In one regard, the Pac-12 hasn’t splintered: All 12 schools remain tied to the bowls that have been affiliated with the conference in recent years. Exceptions are made for teams that qualify for the College Football Playoff as conference winners or at-large entrants. Otherwise, what’s past is present for the 2024-25 seasons. The Hotline will provide weekly projections for the teams throughout the regular season. Please note: We also unveil our weekly CFP picks each Monday. The stretch run to an unprecedented college football season is fast approaching, with all the accompanying conjecture, debate and tribal messaging.

By JENNIFER PELTZ NEW YORK (AP) — Former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries, his romantic partner and a third man were arrested Tuesday on charges of luring dozens of men into sex parties held around the world, sometimes by dangling the promise of modeling for the clothing retailer. Jeffries, partner Matthew Smith and their employee James Jacobson “operated an international sex trafficking and prostitution business” from 2008 to 2015, using Jeffries’ status, wealth and a web of household staffers to fulfill the couple’s sexual desires and keep it all secret, according to an indictment unsealed in federal court in Brooklyn. The charges follow sexual misconduct allegations, made in lawsuits and the media, from young people who said Jeffries promised modeling work and then pressed them into sex acts. Jeffries’ attorney, Brian Bieber, said by email he would “respond in detail to the allegations after the indictment is unsealed, and when appropriate, but plan to do so in the courthouse — not the media.” Messages seeking comment were sent to attorneys for Smith and Jacobson. Jeffries and Smith were arrested in Florida and were due to make an initial court appearance Tuesday afternoon in West Palm Beach.

DETROIT — Had she wanted to, Michelle Chumley could have afforded a pricey new SUV loaded with options. But when it came time to replace her Chevrolet Blazer SUV, for which she’d paid about $40,000 three years ago, Chumley chose something smaller. And less costly. With her purchase of a Chevrolet Trax compact SUV in June, Chumley joined a rising number of buyers who have made vehicles in the below-average $20,000-to-$30,000 range the fastest-growing segment of the nation’s new-auto market. “I just don’t need that big vehicle and to be paying all of that gas money,” said Chumley, a 56-year-old nurse who lives outside Oxford, Ohio, near Cincinnati. Across the industry, auto analysts say, an “affordability shift” is taking root.

WASHINGTON — For the past year, Project 2025 has endured as a persistent force in the presidential election, its far-right proposals deployed by Democrats as shorthand for what Donald Trump would potentially do with a second term at the White House. Even though the former president’s campaign has vigorously distanced itself from Project 2025 — Trump himself declared he knows “nothing” about it — the sweeping Heritage Foundation’s proposal to gut the federal workforce and dismantle federal agencies aligns closely with his vision.