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Singer, actor, and entrepreneur Selena Gomez has reached billionaire status, according to Bloomberg, which added the celebrity to its billionaire index on Sept. 6. Gomez, 32, rose to fame as a Disney Channel star, acting in popular shows such as Wizards of Waverly Place and movies including Princess Protection Program. She built her music career with hit songs throughout the 2010s, leading to her U.

This article is part of The D. C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. Two months before he pleaded guilty this week to nine federal tax charges, Hunter Biden was in a conference room in Los Angeles meeting a man inextricably linked to all his legal troubles.

Remember how insane Shedeur Sanders’ 2024 debut performance was against North Dakota State? Well, what if I told you that 445 passing yards and four scores was only the second-most impressive opening-week performance by a collegiate quarterback in the state of Colorado? The statniks up in the Grading The Week cubicles didn’t believe it, either, frankly.

PARIS — Thousands of protesters took to the streets across France on Saturday, responding to a call from a far-left party leader who criticized as a “power grab” the president’s appointment of a conservative new prime minister, Michel Barnier. The protests directly challenged President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to bypass a prime minister from the far-left bloc following a deeply dividing —and divided — legislative election result in July.

The westbound Interstate 70 off-ramp to Colfax Avenue in Aurora will close for about two weeks starting Monday because of the city’s I-70 Picadilly Interchange Project. The project will close the off-ramp Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. until Sept. 20. The ramp will be open Saturdays and Sundays, according to the news release. To access Colfax Avenue during the closures, drivers can continue west on I-70 and exit to Tower Road, the release said. The ramp is closing so crews can perform direct work in the I-70 median to build the project’s diverging diamond interchange, which will have advanced signaling systems and better lighting for drivers, pedestrians and bicyclists, according to the release. Related Articles Transportation | CDOT workers killed in crash near Palisade followed safety guidelines, preliminary investigation shows Transportation | CDOT workers, passenger killed in U.

Coloradans can expect a sunny and warm weekend, although “a stray storm” could pop up in the mountains during the afternoon on both Saturday and Sunday, according to the National Weather Service in Boulder. There is also a chance of thunderstorms occurring in the northeast plains this evening. But overall the weather is expected to stay dry and warm from Sunday through Tuesday, according to the forecast. In the Denver metro, it’s expected to be sunny with a high temperature around 88 degrees before dropping to the mid-50s Saturday evening.