WILMINGTON, N.C. — This North Carolina voter is nervous.
Will Rikard, a 49-year-old father of two, was among several hundred Democrats who stood and cheered for Joe Biden as the first-term president delivered a fiery speech recently about the billions of dollars he has delivered to protect the state’s drinking water.
The Colorado legislature is returning Sunday during the final weekend of work in its 2024 session, set to end Wednesday. Among major pieces of legislation still pending are gun regulations, housing, land-use policy, transportation, property tax reform and other priorities.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
The education of Ryan Feltner continued Sunday with another painful lesson.
The Rockies’ hard-throwing right-hander handled the Pirates with aplomb for five innings, but Feltner’s command deserted him in a four-run sixth inning.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Not long ago, a big name, a football legend, was hired to make flowers bloom in a coaching graveyard. “He’s a Hail Mary,” they said. “So crazy, it just might work,” they said.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
SAN LUIS — The fence stands 8 feet tall and slices across miles of the sagebrush sea of the San Luis Valley, dividing hillsides from creeks, creeks from wildlife.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareAmber Wilson is rethinking how her classroom at Denver’s Thomas Jefferson High School will operate next year, in large part because of the artificial intelligence program ChatGPT.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareThe basketball robot programmed to troubleshoot and negate any problem with relative ease encountered a worthy brain-teaser Saturday night.
How does one center adjust to a team that’s able to throw three capable and well-rested bigs at him throughout the course of a game?More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
When it rains, it pours. And in the case of the 2024 Rockies, it floods.
Pinch-hitter Jack Suwinski hit a walk-off single to score Connor Joe and lift the Pirates to a 1-0 victory over Colorado on Saturday at dank and dreary PNC Park.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Foul trouble is rarely a blessing in disguise.
It might’ve helped the Timberwolves steal a road game in the first chapter of what’s sure to be a bitterly competitive series.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
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Russia has put Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on its wanted list, Russian state media reported Saturday, citing the interior ministry’s database.
As of Saturday afternoon, both Zelenskyy and his predecessor, Petro Poroshenko, featured on the ministry’s list of people wanted on unspecified criminal charges.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Officials are rescuing a teenage boy who fell 30 feet into an abandoned missile silo near Deer Trail, according to the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Department.
The teenager fell into the silo, which is a concrete cylinder sunk into the ground, around 3:30 a.m.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
A Fort Collins man who was sentenced to 60 days in jail for animal cruelty after his dog died of heat exhaustion in his car filed an appeal that was dismissed with prejudice on Thursday, according to court documents.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareUnion Station has been a transit hub since 1881. It thrived for 70 years with intercity travelers who transferred from heavy rail to street cars to get home.
Then, land-use patterns and transportation habits changed.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
The Avalanche just overpowered the Winnipeg Jets in a Stanley Cup Playoffs series with a tenacious forecheck, a terrifying combination of skill and will in front of the net and … statistical analysis?More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Less than a year into the process of removing Coloradans from Medicaid after the COVID-19 public health emergency, community health centers across the state are struggling to serve an increasing uninsured population, with one resorting to layoffs to offset the drop in revenue.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareFor the second year in a row, the sounds of Cinco de Mayo echoed into the Capitol as lawmakers toiled on a Saturday to find common ground on proposed reforms to state land use and property tax policy.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Moon Alert: There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today. The Moon is in Aries.
Happy Birthday for Sunday, May 5, 2024:
You’re talkative, opinionated and highly energized.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Mystik Dan won the 150th Kentucky Derby in a photo finish, edging out Forever Young and Sierra Leone for the upset victory.
Sent off at 18-1 odds, Mystik Dan and jockey Brian Hernandez Jr.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Anthony Edwards is the future, and the evolution was televised Saturday night.
The Nuggets lost for only the second time in their past 15 home playoff games, dropping the opener 106-99 in the Western Conference semifinals.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
The Colorado legislature convened Saturday for a final weekend of work in its 2024 session, which is set to end Wednesday. Major pieces of legislation are still pending, with lawmakers expected to debate gun regulations, housing, land-use policy, transportation, property tax reform and other priorities in the final days.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
A man was killed after a Saturday night shooting in Denver, according to the Denver Police Department.
The shooting occurred in the 4800 block of East Hale Parkway, according to a Denver police post on X at 6:39 p.m.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
By Emily Weinstein, The New York Times
Eric Kim wrote a luminous essay about Japanese breakfast, with its constellation of small savory dishes (rice, miso soup, fish, pickles), and the daily practice of preparing it.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
A man has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping a person at gunpoint on Friday evening in Highlands Ranch, according to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office.
Thomas Pratt, 42, was arrested Sunday for charges of first-degree kidnapping, felony menacing, first-degree criminal trespass and parole violation, officials said.
Not too long ago, Curtis Blaydes feared the consequences of winning.
Blaydes, the UFC’s fourth-ranked heavyweight contender, has been a rising mixed martial arts star for some time. But with the post-victory interviews came apprehension.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
The time has arrived to build your summer schedule around the jazz festivals returning to the mountains. How fortunate are we to have so much natural beauty intersecting with so many people obsessed with bringing you excellent music at altitude?
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareAurora police officers shot and killed a man who officials say was suspected of shooting a victim in the leg on Saturday night, according to a briefing by Aurora Police Chief Heather R.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Prior to the start of their series, Anthony Edwards declared that the Nuggets are not good without Jamal Murray.
During the opening seconds of Saturday night’s matchup, the Minnesota star guard was determined to prove his point.
Initial thoughts from the Nuggets’ loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals on Saturday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareThe Denver Nuggets lost the first game of the second-round NBA playoff series to the Minnesota Timberwolves 106-99 at Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado on Saturday night, May 4, 2024.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareA high school athletic director in Maryland has been accused of using artificial intelligence to impersonate a principal on an audio recording that included racist and antisemitic comments, authorities said last month.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share