School Lunches Wouldn't Meet Fast-food Safety Standards

One recent night at 10 p.m., Denver public health investigator Justin LaMascus rolled up at a west side dance club and bar, responding to complaints from next-door apartments alleging drunken debauchery, fighting, and gunplay. Violence wasn’t his focus, though he’s been issued a bullet-proof vest for protection. He stood in a halo of pale security light between the apartments and the bar’s back doors holding a beige box with a protruding sensor measuring sound levels.

Brands love when social media stars take to Instagram or TikTok to advertise their soap, probiotic sodas, makeup and more. But many of those same brands are eager to avoid influencers who discuss politics. Making sure the two don’t mix has become a fraught exercise in the growing, and often unpredictable, influencer industry. With the presidential election looming, some marketing agencies have started to pitch advertisers on new tools that grade the so-called brand safety of social media personalities.

A few weeks ago, I joined a small group of reporters for a wide-ranging conversation with Bill Gates about climate change, its causes and potential solutions. When the topic turned to the issue of just how much energy artificial intelligence was using, Gates was surprisingly sanguine. “Let’s not go overboard on this,” he said during a media briefing on the sidelines of an event he was hosting in London. AI data centers represent a relatively small additional load on the grid, Gates said.

LOS ANGELES — For hours, motion capture sensors tacked onto Noshir Dalal’s body tracked his movements as he unleashed aerial strikes, overhead blows and single-handed attacks that would later show up in a video game. He eventually swung the sledgehammer gripped in his hand so many times that he tore a tendon in his forearm.

In Sean Payton’s first season with the Broncos we got all of the arrogance and little of the excellence. He was a coach coming from a TV set. This year, he is a coach coming from the Saints. There is a clear difference. Last season, he was rusty. This year, he is in rhythm. In 2023, he spent a lot of time marking his territory, acting grumpy.

The Broncos have reached the end of training camp, with Sunday’s preseason matchup against the Arizona Cardinals concluding a long and grueling summer. The Broncos defense has had its moments during camp. New additions to the defensive line have fit in smoothly, a few young players have emerged as potential contributors, and there has been heated competition up and down the roster. Still, questions remain as the team prepares to cut the roster down to 53 players on Aug.