U.k. Mulls Tighter Crossbow Laws After Three Women Are Slain In An Attack

By ALBERT STUMM After 13 years of marriage, Bethany Meola acknowledges she and her husband can get mired in the midlife chaos that comes with navigating careers and raising three children. That’s why the six-second kiss felt so good. A daily intimacy exercise pioneered by couples therapists and clinical psychologists John and Julie Gottman, the six-second kiss is what it sounds like — taking a few moments out of each day to connect physically with your partner. “It’s kind of a funny thing to put on the to-do list,” said Meola, who first learned of the Gottmans’ work while studying for a theology master’s degree focused on marriage and family. Even when it felt a little silly, it made a difference. “It’s long enough to kind of ground you and say, ‘Here’s this other person that I love that I’ve committed to,’ and you’re resting in their presence in kind of a renewed way,” said Meola, co-founder of the nonprofit Life-Giving Wounds in Bowie, Maryland, which aims to help adult children of divorced or separated couples. Why does six seconds matter? Six seconds is not an arbitrary number, John Gottman said during a joint video interview with his wife and collaborator.

Several major wildfires continued to burn Wednesday morning across Colorado. Together the fires have killed one person, burned thousands of acres and show no signs of stopping, according to fire officials across the state. RELATED: How to prepare for a wildfire evacuation in Colorado Gov. Jared Polis declared disaster emergencies for multiple fires Tuesday, which activates a state emergency operations plan and directs state officials to “take all necessary and appropriate actions to assist with response, recovery and mitigation efforts” in the fires. Click here to skip to a specific fire: Quarry fire | Stone Canyon fire | Alexander Mountain fire | Currant Creek fire | Wildfire map Quarry fire near Deer Creek Canyon Last updated at 8 a.m. Nearly 600 homes in Jefferson County were evacuated overnight Wednesday after a wildfire broke out near Deer Creek Canyon and more evacuations could be on the way, sheriff’s officials said. “Everything is stacked against us,” Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Mark Techmeyer said in a Wednesday morning briefing.

When chef Lon Symensma opened his fine-dining French restaurant in 2018, “it was initially a great idea,” he said. But six years later, the ongoing reconstruction of the 16th Street Mall has taken the light out of Bistro LeRoux’s chandeliers and champagne service. Symensma and business partner Christopher Davis-Massey permanently closed Bistro LeRoux, 1510 16th St.

Several Denver city leaders are looking to clamp down on the planting of new gas stations as a way to prioritize housing and other forms of development — especially near rail transit stops. A proposed zoning amendment released by three City Council members Tuesday would take chunks of the city off the map for future gas pumps by mandating buffers around existing fill-up stations, Regional Transportation District rail stations, and, potentially, low-density residential neighborhoods. The potential zoning code changes would preserve more space for sorely needed new housing and other types of development that better align with the city’s long-term goals, according to a news release.

When Pete Turner saw a recent thread on Reddit criticizing Illegal Pete’s queso, “it hurt our hearts,” he said. “We were at the Illegal Pete’s downtown this week and got the queso, as always,” the Reddit user wrote on the Denver foodie page. “Only to find out it’s no longer the glorious, gooey flavorful recipe.

The City of Denver and the DEMI Fund were trying to do something innovative — take marijuana sales tax revenues and invest them in early-stage companies owned by minority and women entrepreneurs. But the marriage between public mission and private equity proved a rocky one, resulting in a lawsuit in March and now a legal separation. “Creating something new is not easy, and we appreciate the collaboration and creativity of DEMI Fund, Denver Economic Development & Opportunity, and other partners for their efforts,” the city said in a statement announcing an agreement to end a lawsuit between the two sides. Following the George Floyd protests, the administration of Mayor Michael Hancock created a venture capital fund to assist businesses from disadvantaged communities who historically have had a harder time accessing the financing they need to grow. The funding source for the Herman Malone Fund was unprecedented, a 1% sales tax the city was collecting on marijuana sales.