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LONDON — A London judge on Friday rejected a U. S. mother’s challenge to be extradited to Colorado to face murder charges in the deaths of two of her young children. Judge John Zani said in Westminster Magistrates’ Court that it would now be up to the British Home Secretary to order Kimberlee Singler returned to the U.

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON, Associated Press President Donald Trump is poised to sign the first bill of his new administration, and it is named after a slain Georgia nursing student whose name became a rallying cry during his White House campaign. If signed into law, the Laken Riley Act would require the detention of unauthorized immigrants accused of theft and violent crimes.

A Longmont Police Department officer is facing a federal civil rights lawsuit over allegations he falsified information in a financial crimes case, leading to a man’s arrest on suspicion of stealing from his mother. Robert Lewandowski of Austin, Texas, is suing Officer Stephen Desmond, claiming Desmond violated his Fourth Amendment rights by maliciously prosecuting him. Lewandowski alleges he was arrested, charged and prosecuted over false allegations that he stole stock from his mother, changed his mother’s will to make himself the sole beneficiary, made himself power of attorney and stole cash and other funds from her bank account, according to an amended complaint filed in federal district court in September.

A parents group suing Denver Public Schools over its planned closure and restructuring of 10 schools is asking a judge to overturn the school board’s vote and halt the process while the lawsuit against Colorado’s largest district moves forward. Mamás de DPS LLC filed a motion in Denver District Court on Wednesday seeking a preliminary injunction that, if approved by the judge overseeing the lawsuit, would allow students to keep attending the schools that DPS plans to shutter or reduce the number of grades at following the end of the current academic year. The parents group asked for the injunction “because DPS has moved so quickly to close these schools (that) students and their families and their communities are facing harm that cannot be fixed at the end of the case,” said attorney Lisi Owen, who is representing the group. Mamás de DPS asked the court to allow students to continue attending the schools slated for consolidation even when the next academic year begins in late summer, and that DPS be required to offer all educational programs currently available at the schools. “Mamás seeks an order directing (Superintendent Alex) Marrero and the Board to comply with their own policies before closing any schools and reversing the November 21 school closure vote,” the group’s request for an injunction states.

Metro Denver’s apartment market experienced its biggest quarterly rent decline on record as a massive wave of new supply swamped demand, causing vacancy rates to rise in every market, according to an update Thursday from the Apartment Association of Metro Denver. The region added nearly 20,000 new apartments last year, about double the typical pace seen in recent years.  And while demand rose to the occasion, with 14,082 additional units leased, that absorption turned negative in the final three months of the year, causing worried landlords to cut rents to remain competitive. “So we’ve been talking about winter is coming, like the TV series (“Game of Thrones”) for a while.

In Denver’s second season with coach Sean Payton as the play caller, the offense made strides but there’s still more work to be done. Here’s a look back at the Broncos’ offensive production during the 2024 season: Five key offensive numbers 25: Points per game (No. 10 in the NFL) 324.6: Total yards per game (No.