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Duck, duck, no: Commerce City voters draw line on backyard animals at chickens and bees

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:15:46 GMT

Bees buzzed through at the ballot box. Chickens got the check-off.But ducks got dumped.By fewer than 100 votes out of more than 10,000 cast, voters in Commerce City decided ducks shouldn’t be part of the city’s backyard animal mix. Each animal got its own question on the ballot for Tuesday’s election.The unofficial results, as of Friday, show many voters made discerning choices. Don Johnson was among those who singled out ducks for denial.“Ducks are not like chickens,” said Johnson, a resident of Buffalo Run, as he walked into the Bison Ridge Recreation Center with his wife. “When they go to the bathroom, they leave large piles.”In Commerce City’s results, bees did the best with a 64% approval rate. Chickens got through with 58% support. The ducks’ result: 49.6% yes, 50.4% no.The bees’ and chickens’ bases of support are well established.“Bees have become a hot topic, as their importance to the ecosystem is bette...

Vermont utility plans to end outages by giving customers batteries

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:15:46 GMT

Many electric utilities are putting up lots of new power lines as they rely more on renewable energy and try to make grids more resilient in bad weather. But a Vermont utility is proposing a different approach: It wants to install batteries at most homes to make sure its customers never go without electricity.The company, Green Mountain Power, proposed buying batteries, burying power lines and strengthening overhead cables in a filing with state regulators on Monday. It said its plan would be cheaper than building a lot of new lines and power plants.The plan is a big departure from how U.S. utilities normally do business. Most of them make money by building and operating power lines that deliver electricity from natural gas power plants or wind and solar farms to homes and businesses. Green Mountain — a relatively small utility serving 270,000 homes and businesses — would still use that infrastructure but build less of it by investing in television-size batteries that homeowne...

How Broncos, assistant Ben Kotwica use three-dimensional Army recruiting tool to help revamp Denver’s special teams

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:15:46 GMT

P.J. Locke sees the opposing punt return unit break its huddle and come toward the line of scrimmage.He’s looking at the front, identifying his man, calling it out and hearing his fellow punt unit teammates doing the same.He’s alert for any pre-snap motion that might be in the repertoire of Buffalo. Or Kansas City. Or Minnesota.The ball gets snapped and… nothing happens.Well, something does. The three-dimensional projection in front of him reloads and the group moves on to the next look.This is part of the way the Broncos learned their playbook this summer and it’s part of the way they stay sharp, halfway between the practice field and the meeting room, out in The Shed.It’s an area adjacent to Denver’s weight room, in a separate building from the actual Centura Health Training Center.Sometimes just seeing the film of a potential pressure or a unique alignment during a special teams meeting isn’t enough. In The Shed, they can split the difference using a program called GoArmy Edge.Th...

One hundred years of Folsom Field: How the CU Buffs’ home became an iconic college football stadium

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:15:46 GMT

In January 1924, the University of Colorado construction crew began laying the foundation for a new stadium.Using a steam shovel to move dirt in a ravine on the northeast side of campus, CU embarked on a project that would eventually cost the university $65,000 all told — or just $2.60 per seat.A century later, the Buffs began a frenzied 2023 season in Boulder marked by the arrival of coach Deion Sanders and an entire slate of sellouts. The home opener against Nebraska brought Big Noon Kickoff and a slew of celebrities. The next week against CSU saw both of college football’s major pregame shows come to town while a rapping Lil Wayne led the Buffs onto the field.With those humble roots and a team that’s had to fight for national relevance at every turn, Folsom Field’s emerged as an iconic venue on the college football landscape, possessing a unique combination of striking scenery, a live mascot and an electricity that’s re-emerged this fall amid the cultural ...

Grading The Week: Deion Sanders, CU Buffs might want to chill on bragging about fights at practice. Lawyers keep receipts, too.

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:15:46 GMT

The only thing the kids in the Grading The Week offices love more than barkin’ up trees is barkin’ up the trees we “ain’t gonna get up,” as Deion Sanders said this past Tuesday in his most contentious exchange with Denver media yet.But some of those same kids, Coach Prime, ya know, they’ve been hanging with college coaches since you were shagging flyballs for the Reds.So when we heard your comments on the CU football coach’s show earlier in the week about not just encouraging intrasquad fights among the Buffs, but “keeping records” as to who won or lost, we had to ask some longtime college coaches we know and trust:Is this … normal talk?Is this normal “coach” behavior?Is this just Deion Sanders saying the “quiet parts” out loud again, and we’re just late to the party?Their responses were unanimous.Nope. Nope. And heck, nope.Sanders’ “fights are good” take — D-“No, itR...

Elias: California towns’ battle for local control still very much in play

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:15:46 GMT

Increasingly, city governments are becoming the last resort for resisting policies adopted by elected state officials and appointed functionaries who assume authority normally reserved for votes of the people.Related ArticlesLocal News | Elias: California should try same test on homelessness as addiction Local News | Elias: California’s denser housing ‘solutions’ are failing badly Local News | Elias: Butler does California Democrats a big favor in U.S. Senate race The latest prominent example is no-cash bail, a system in which people arrested for nonviolent or minor crimes (though they do include some assaults) can be released quickly with a mere citation telling them to appear in court at a later date.It’s a policy first adopted in 2020 by state legislators and signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom. Voters in 2022 canceled that law, though, in a referendum that passed by a resounding 2 million votes, a margin of 56 to...

Opinion: American Muslims and Jews must stand together

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:15:46 GMT

Two years ago, the two of us, a Muslim-American woman, and a Jewish-American man, wrote a book together, arguing that American Muslims and Jews cannot afford to allow the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to divide our faith communities here at home.We believe in that principle today as much as we did then. But as we watch with horror the ever-escalating war in Gaza and Israel, we are also acutely aware that the conflict poses a growing peril that could tear our faith communities here in America irreparably apart.Indeed, the lines are being drawn. Members of the Jewish community feel that Muslims leaders have not gone far enough to denounce Hamas for its brutal, life-destroying rampage against 1,400 Israeli civilians, the deadliest one-day spasm of anti-Jewish violence since the Holocaust. They also feel threatened by the dramatic rise in antisemitic incidents across the United States, including at pro-Palestinian rallies on college campuses.At the same time, American Muslims feel dread ...

Prince George’s Co. man pleads guilty to charges tied to fentanyl distribution ring

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:15:46 GMT

A man from Largo, Maryland, pleaded guilty to charges stemming with his involvement in a fentanyl distribution ring.Collin Edwards, 29, also known as “Chills,” pleaded guilty to a felony charge of “conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 400 or more grams of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl and a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine,” according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.The guilty plea was entered during a federal court appearance on Thursday, where Edwards “admitted that he was accountable for producing at least 1.2 kilograms of a mixture containing a detectable amount of fentanyl,” prosecutors said.Edwards pleaded guilty on an additional charge of “identity theft in a scheme involving false unemployment insurance claims that illegally netted more than $250,000,” according to a news release. He’s agreed to f...

Insólito: así fue el increíble primer trasplante de ojo, y la inusual razón por la que niño llamó al 911

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:15:46 GMT

Si crees que lo has visto todo, estás equivocado. Estas son las noticias más insólitas de la semana. EL PRIMER TRASPLANTE DE OJO EN TODO EL MUNDOUn cirujano hispano lideró una histórica cirugía que cobró relevancia en los titulares de todo el mundo: el primer trasplante de un ojo humano completo en el mundo.Aaron James sufrió un accidente con líneas eléctricas de alto voltaje que destruyó la mayor parte de la cara y su ojo izquierdo en 2021. Su ojo derecho todavía funciona.“Me siento muy bien, es lo mejor que me he sentido en los últimos dos años”, dijo en entrevista con Telemundo 47. Los cirujanos de NYU Langone Health anunciaron que James se está recuperando bien del doble trasplante de mayo pasado y el ojo donado luce notablemente saludable.NIÑO LLAMA AL 911 A PEDIR UN ABRAZOUna llamada de un niño al 911 terminó en un incidente inusual para un oficial de la policía en el condado Hillsborough, en Florida. Cuando el oficial llegó a la vivienda del menor que había llamado,...

Why a march against antisemitism has become a headache for Macron

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:15:46 GMT

PARIS — The march against antisemitism planned for Sunday in the French capital was meant to mark unity in the face of a surge of antisemitic offenses in France. But instead it has spotlighted political divisions and is fast turning into a quandary for President Emmanuel Macron.At the center of the media storm over the march is whether the French leader himself will join the event, with reports swirling that the president is considering attending.But for Macron, that would mean walking in the same crowd as far-right leader Marine Le Pen and National Rally President Jordan Bardella, both of whom have confirmed they would attend Sunday’s march.The cross-party demonstration was initiated by the speakers of the two chambers of the French parliament, Yaël Braun-Pivet and Gérald Larcher, as a way to show support for the French Republic and to condemn antisemitism. France is home to the largest Jewish community and one of the largest Muslim communities in Europe and French authoritie...