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Traffic was flowing on major Colorado roadways Saturday morning despite the snow and ice that settled across the Front Range late Friday, putting many emergency services agencies on accident alert. The Colorado Department of Transportation’s statewide map showed all interstate and major state highways open as of 10:30 a.m., with dozens of plows busy scraping roadways. RELATED: Everything you need to know about the polar vortex bringing extreme cold to Colorado A Winter Weather Advisory published by the National Weather Service remains in effect around Fort Collins, Boulder, Denver, Castle Rock and Greeley through 5 p.m., reflecting slick driving conditions. Colorado State Patrol advises drivers to check their vehicle batteries, fluids and tire pressure, all of which can be affected by extreme cold, before temperatures are expected to fall below zero degrees Saturday night. Get more Colorado news by signing up for our daily Your Morning Dozen email newsletter.

When Congress passed a bill in April 2024 ordering ByteDance to either sell TikTok or face a ban, many speculated that ByteDance would opt to sell, because the American market was too valuable to relinquish freely. But TikTok actually faced an even bigger exodus of users in 2020, when India banned the app.

Quitter’s Day was last Friday, apparently, when many New Year’s resolutions get chucked into the recycling bin. Not up in the Grading The Week cubicles. No way, no how. We make a promise for 2025, we keep it. And one of those vows: Full disclosure. Which means we’ve got to be 100% honest on two fronts: 1.

Denver is soldiering through a blast of freezing cold and snow Saturday morning, as winter weather generated by a polar vortex continues to hit the Front Range. National Weather Service meteorologist Bruno Rodriguez said the Denver metro area and communities along Interstate 25 received some of the heaviest snow among Colorado cities overnight. More snow fell near the foothills, with 6 to 7 inches falling near Golden, compared to just a few inches on the east side of the metro area, while up to 8 inches fell in Boulder. Rodriguez said the snow is expected to taper off around Denver by the early afternoon, but temperatures will remain below freezing through Monday night. RELATED: Everything you need to know about the polar vortex bringing extreme cold to Colorado A high of 14 was forecast Saturday in Denver, falling to 6 degrees below zero overnight, according to the NWS.

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By LINDSAY WHITEHURST, ASHRAF KHALIL and CHRISTINE FERNANDO, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of people from around the United States were rallying in the nation’s capital Saturday for women’s reproductive rights and other causes they believe are under threat from the incoming Trump administration, reprising the original Women’s March days before President-elect Donald Trump’s second inauguration. Eight years after the first historic Women’s March at the start of Trump’s first term, marchers said they were caught off guard by Trump’s victory and are determined now to show that support remains strong for women’s access to abortion, for transgender people, for combating climate change and other issues. The march is just one of several protests, rallies and vigils focused on abortion, rights, immigration rights and the Israel-Hamas war planned in advance of inauguration Monday.