Venerable Craft, Modern Practitioner

Here’s a look at what you need to know about the NBA’s Christmas games: San Antonio Spurs (15-14) at New York Knicks (19-10) Time: 10 a.m. MT | TV: ABC, ESPN Line: Knicks -7.5 (via BetMGM) Spurs team leaders: Scoring — Victor Wembanyama (24.8 ppg). Rebounding — Wembanyama (9.9 rpg). Assists — Chris Paul (8.4 apg).

Four people were hospitalized Wednesday following a shooting and subsequent car crash in Aurora. Just before 8:30 a.m., police responded to a shooting in the 18000 block of East Kepner Place in southeast Aurora, authorities said on X. A vehicle then fled the scene and crashed into an RTD light rail train near East Ellsworth Avenue and Sable Boulevard. Three men and one woman were transferred to the hospital with unknown injuries, police said. The RTD train will be out of service for an extended period of time, authorities said.

Which convection oven is best? Convection ovens may look very similar to regular ovens; however, they utilize a fan to blow hot air over and around your food, resulting in food cooking quicker and more evenly. They’re great for roasting meats and vegetables, as the dry air helps with the browning and caramelization process.

It could be a white Christmas after all in Colorado’s high country. A wide swath of the state from Telluride to Winter Park could receive between 1 and 4 inches of snow Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service in Boulder. Vail, Aspen and Steamboat Spring could see between 1 and 2 inches, forecasters said. The metro area likely won’t see much accumulation, and travel should be okay outside the San Juan mountains, NWS said.

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John Dahlman is thankful for many things going into 2025. But at the top of his list is that the crash that destroyed his truck — which was also his home — did not leave him without his best friend, a 5-year-old white shepherd and husky mix, Skye. Loveland resident John Dahlman hugs his dog, Skye, in North Lake Park on Saturday, 11 days after Skye was seriously injred in a head-on vehicle crash.