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10 things you need to know today: November 7, 2017

The touchstone wore diamonds and spun gold. Shedeur Sanders, the greatest pure passer to ever run behind Ralphie, takes a CU snap for the last time Saturday night. Flex your watches accordingly. “I don’t see how you don’t consider him the best QB that ever played at CU outside of Darian Hagan, because (Hagan) got the national championship,” former Buffs QB Steven Montez, no slouch himself, told me recently when the conversation shifted to Shedeur.

By DAVID A. LIEB Artificial intelligence. Abortion. Guns. Marijuana. Minimum wages. Name a hot topic, and chances are good there’s a new law about it taking effect in 2025 in one state or another. Many of the laws launching in January are a result of legislation passed this year. Others stem from ballot measures approved by voters.

SAN FRANCISCO — The parents of a former OpenAI researcher known for recently blowing the whistle on the company’s business practices are questioning the circumstances of their son’s death last month. In an interview this week, Suchir Balaji’s mother and father expressed confusion and shock over his sudden passing, expressing doubt their son could have died by suicide, as determined by the county medical examiner. The family hired an expert to perform an independent autopsy but has yet to release the report’s findings. “We’re demanding a thorough investigation — that’s our call,” said Balaji’s mother, Poornima Ramarao. San Francisco police found Balaji dead in his Lower Haight apartment on Nov.

Fresh snow will make roads slick and fuel dangerous avalanche conditions across the mountains this weekend, forecasters say. The National Weather Service wrote that northern Colorado mountains can expect light to moderate snow, with between 8 and 12 inches falling through Friday night near Rabbit Ears Pass and Cameron Pass, and 3 to 7 inches expected elsewhere. Travel could become “difficult to impossible” at Rabbit Ears Pass, where U.

A Denver-based social media influencer and notorious stuntman is scheduled for a jury trial in Summit County next month on assault charges related to a dispute that occurred in March 2023. David Lesh, 39, has pleaded not guilty to charges of second degree assault by strangulation, a Class 4 felony, and third degree assault, a Class 1 misdemeanor, according to the 5th Judicial District Attorney’s Office. Related Articles Crime and Public Safety | David Lesh, influencer behind social media stunt at Keystone, calls case “outlandish” after appeals court throws out part of conviction Crime and Public Safety | Details emerge in Summit County snowmobiler assault case involving social media influencer David Lesh Crime and Public Safety | David Lesh found guilty of illegal snowmobiling at Keystone Resort Crime and Public Safety | Instagrammer David Lesh may be temporarily banned from forests Lesh is the owner of the outerwear company Virtika.

A suspected fuel thief crashed into Moffat County Sheriff’s Office deputies during a vehicle chase Thursday morning, leaving three with minor injuries. Geomar Gomez-Hernandez, 35, was arrested on suspicion of two counts of first-degree assault on a peace officer, vehicular eluding causing injury and criminal mischief, all felonies, as well as resisting arrest, reckless endangerment, theft and reckless driving, according to deputies. Craig police tried to pull Gomez-Hernandez while responding to a report of fuel theft at a gas station at about 11 a.m.