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By Emily Weinstein, The New York Times Company We are hitting peak corn, and my love of this singular summer ingredient means I want to use it in all my cooking, going far beyond eating it straight off the cob. So, without further ado, here’s my almost-annual Five Weeknight Dishes: Corn Edition. As always, I’ve got five simple dinner recipes for you below, all of which incorporate corn. But also think about arepas, which are easy to pan-fry and are so excellent for dinner with an avocado salad. Corn salad is a recipe to memorize. Do not forget corn risotto!…

By MARK KENNEDY NEW YORK (AP) — Two-time Grammy Award-winning musician Chuck Mangione, who achieved international success in 1977 with his jazz-flavored single “Feels So Good” and later became a voice actor on the animated TV comedy “King of the Hill,” has died. He was 84. Mangione died at his home in Rochester, New York, on Tuesday in his sleep, said his attorney, Peter S. Matorin of Beldock Levine & Hoffman LLP. The musician had been retired since 2015. Perhaps his biggest hit — “Feels So Good” — is a staple on most smooth-jazz radio stations and has been called…

By CURT ANDERSON and ED WHITE, Associated Press CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — Hulk Hogan, the mustachioed, headscarf-wearing, bicep-busting icon of professional wrestling who turned the sport into a massive business and stretched his cultural influence far beyond the ring, died Thursday in Florida at age 71. Hogan was pronounced dead at a hospital after authorities in Clearwater responded to a morning call about a cardiac arrest, police said. “There were no signs of foul play or suspicious activity,” Maj. Nate Burnside told reporters. Hogan, whose real name was Terry Bollea, was perhaps the biggest star in WWE’s long history. He was…

By ALEX VEIGA The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage eased this week, offering little relief for prospective homebuyers facing record-high home prices. The long-term rate slipped to 6.74% from 6.75% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. A year ago, the rate averaged 6.78%. Borrowing costs on 15-year fixed-rate mortgages, popular with homeowners refinancing their home loans, also eased. The average rate dropped to 5.87% from 5.92% last week. A year ago, it was 6.07%, Freddie Mac said. Elevated mortgage rates have been weighing on the U.S. housing market, which has been in a sales slump going…

A former southern Colorado jail commander is charged with more than 100 counts of invasion of privacy after investigators say he repeatedly watched videos of female inmates’ strip searches. Edward Aber, 62, is charged with 117 counts of invasion of privacy for sexual gratification and one count of official misconduct, all misdemeanors, for actions during his employment at the La Plata County Jail between February 2019 and January 2024, according to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. The CBI began investigating Aber in January after the agency was contacted by the La Plata County Sheriff’s Office, officials said in a news…

Communities across metro Denver, the Front Range and Eastern Plains may see flooding on Wednesday afternoon and into the evening as heavy rains hammer parts of Colorado. There is a high flood threat for the Front Range; moderate threat for the urban corridor, northeast plains and Palmer Ridge; and low threat for the southeast and central mountains along with the San Jauns and Raton Ridge, state officials said in an alert Wednesday. Ground delay at DIA affects nearly 500 flights Wednesday The high flood threat includes north Teller and El Paso counties; western Douglas County; Jefferson County; eastern Park, Clear…

Benji Troutman doesn’t care if Ryan McMahon is C-level at sea level. He loves the big lug. Always has. Always will. “It’s hard,” the Rockies fan from Colorado Springs said Wednesday while Colorado was blanking Nolan Arenado and St. Louis, 6-0, at an overcast Coors Field. “It (stinks). It’s a hard thing, as a Rockies fan, to see someone who’s been here for so long go. “But I understand, at this point in our franchise’s existence, he’s more valuable to us as a trade piece than on the field… I think it’s his time to move on and hopefully go…

Sean Payton is Mike Shanahan with cooler sneakers. He is abrasive and volcanic. He is also obsessive and brilliant. On Wednesday, the Broncos head coach addressed reporters on the first day of training camp and admitted that talking about the Super Bowl with his players “has to be a comfortable topic.” Finally, a coach who gets it. This franchise is defined by playoff appearances and its three Lombardi trophies. After ending an eight-year postseason drought, the Broncos are back. And Payton knows it. It was Broncos vs. Everybody last summer, the team an afterthought with many experts pinning them at…

Five-and-a-half years later, Brenda Godfrey is making good on her vision. “It’s been a long time coming,” said the co-owner of Frank & Roze. The former Starbucks executive opened the coffee shop’s first location at Ninth Avenue and Colorado Boulevard in 2019 and never intended for it to be a one-off. Earlier this year, she finally signed a 10-year lease for a second location in Uptown, aiming to open by the holidays. Frank & Roze will fill 4,100 square feet at the corner of Pennsylvania Street and 19th Avenue that was formerly home to D-Bar, a dessert cafe that closed nearly a…

As spring practices were coming to a close in April, Colorado offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur was asked about the progress of the offensive line. “It’s new again. It’s a new journey,” he said, before adding, “I’m really pleased with the direction we’re going. First steps of our journey, but the arrow’s up.” Leading up to preseason camp, which opens Monday, BuffZone.com will preview each position group for the CU football team and in this installment, we look at the offensive line. Every year for the past few years has looked quite different up front for the Buffs, and this year…