Liangelo Ball Says He Was Instructed By Ucla To Thank Trump After Release From China

The Denver Auditor’s Office collected more than $2 million in wages illegally withheld from workers during the office’s 2024 fiscal year, officials said this week. The record final tally of dollars recovered for workers whose employers did not pay wages they were owed was $2.07 million, according to a news release put out Wednesday by the independent wing of city government.

More than 1 million travelers are expected to pass through a new configuration of security screening checkpoints at Denver International Airport from Dec. 19 through Jan. 1, Transportation Security Administration officials said Thursday. TSA supervisors also are anticipating a surge of items in baggage that agents will have to confiscate. They displayed a cache of seized items including a cane containing a two-foot sword from last weekend, fireworks, pepper spray, activated stun guns and carefully wrapped holiday gifts, which often contain material requiring secondary inspection.

Denver Post Broncos beat reporters Parker Gabriel and Ryan McFadden are joined by columnist Troy Renck to set up a critical stretch run for Sean Payton’s team. The group is coming off its bye week and begins the final four games with a matchup Sunday against Indianapolis that will swing the team’s playoff odds substantially in either direction.

Gretchen McKay | (TNS) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette PITTSBURGH — Many Americans consider social media a scourge, but for a home cook, it can be a fun and informative place to get help deciding what to eat. Sure, some of the recipes would-be influencers recommend are in fact pretty abominable — check out @chefreactions on TikTok, Instagram or X for many, many examples — but I have stumbled across some pretty good recipes on many occasions, too. Related Articles Restaurants, Food and Drink | In season: The universal joy of carrots Restaurants, Food and Drink | 3 quick and easy recipes for the best-ever holiday spread Restaurants, Food and Drink | Tangy buttermilk and whole-wheat flour bring nuance to pull-apart monkey bread Restaurants, Food and Drink | Simple fixes give after-dinner cocktails some holiday flair.

Hal B. Klein | (TNS) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette PITTSBURGH — There’s a universality to the charm of carrots. Daucus carota come long and slender, short and squat and everywhere between. Nowadays, carrots are typically orange — the product of careful cultivation by Dutch farmers in the 16th and 17th centuries — but you can find a rainbow of purple, red, white and yellow carrots at the markets, too. Related Articles Restaurants, Food and Drink | Everyone will love this Marry Me chicken budget meal Restaurants, Food and Drink | 3 quick and easy recipes for the best-ever holiday spread Restaurants, Food and Drink | Tangy buttermilk and whole-wheat flour bring nuance to pull-apart monkey bread Restaurants, Food and Drink | Simple fixes give after-dinner cocktails some holiday flair.

A woman reported missing in July was found dead in Boulder County and her boyfriend is the prime suspect, sheriff’s officials said. Andres Eloy Martinez Perez, 31, was arrested Friday on suspicion of first-degree murder and domestic violence in the death of his girlfriend, 37-year-old Gaudy Garcia Pina, according to Boulder sheriff’s officials. Pina’s body was discovered in a field northwest of Lyons in September, but investigators struggled to identify her.