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Capitol Hill’s newest development proposal calls for fewer pews and more bedrooms. Montana-based BlueLine Development sent plans to Denver last month calling for a 58-unit income-restricted apartment complex that would replace a sizable chunk of Our Savior’s Lutheran Church at Ninth Avenue and Emerson Street. BlueLine did not respond to a request for comment. The church, which has built housing in the past, declined to comment. Local firm Shopworks Architecture drew up the plans. Our Savior’s Lutheran has been around since 1881, and at 915 E. Ninth Ave. for about a century. It built an addition in the early 1960s…

Today is Monday, July 21, the 202nd day of 2025. There are 163 days left in the year. Today in history: On July 21, 1925, the so-called ‘Monkey Trial’ ended in Dayton, Tennessee, with John T. Scopes found guilty of violating state law for teaching Darwin’s Theory of Evolution. (The conviction was later overturned.) Also on this date: In 1861, during the Civil War, the first Battle of Bull Run was fought at Manassas, Virginia, resulting in a Confederate victory. In 1944, American forces landed on Guam during World War II, capturing it from the Japanese some three weeks later.…

A Denver man was sentenced Friday to 48 years in prison for the murder of a 14-year-old boy in 2022, according to court records. Denver District Court Judge Karen Brody sentenced Diego Lopez, 19, on Friday to 48 years in prison, with a credit of two years and 293 days for time served, court records show. Lopez was 16 years old when he shot Josiaz “JoJo” Aragon in the back and then pistol-whipped, beat and stabbed the 14-year-old. Aragon was days away from celebrating his 15th birthday. Lopez was also ordered to pay $10,000 to Aragon’s family during Friday’s sentencing…

PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Wyndham Clark said Sunday he feels “terrible” about damaging a locker at century-old Oakmont during the U.S. Open and that he wants to make good with the Pittsburgh-area country club and longtime U.S. Open site. Club president John Lynch sent Oakmont members a letter last week saying Clark would not be allowed back on the property until he paid for repairs and got counseling for his anger. Media were not allowed in the locker room, but a photo was leaked. “I feel terrible with what happened. I’m doing anything I can to try to remedy the…

Gradually, this has become Nik Bonitto’s home. Just like Fort Lauderdale, where he sprouted enough potential in high school to once tell off Hall of Famer Jason Taylor. Just like Norman, where he bulked a thin frame enough to dominate the edge at Oklahoma. He has gotten better at football every single year of his career since he was a teenager. He’s matured along with it, now entering Year 4 with the Broncos. And this offseason, seeing the examples set by lifer Garett Bolles and others, Bonitto decided to host his first youth football camp in Denver. Why not, he…

In June, Sean Payton delivered an emphatic message to reporters regarding a sardine-packed running back room: Don’t count. “Don’t try to figure out the club right now,” the Broncos head coach said. “It’s way too early.” He was right. The fates of J.K. Dobbins, RJ Harvey, Jaleel McLaughlin, Audric Estime and many others still had months to play out. This is the same head coach who touts the 2007 story of his New Orleans Saints drafting running back Antonio Pittman in the fourth round — and then cutting him for the undrafted Pierre Thomas, who eventually became a Saint staple.…

By JOE REEDY and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON CLEVELAND — President Donald Trump is threatening to hold up a new stadium deal for Washington’s NFL team if it does not restore its old name of the Redskins, which was considered offensive to Native Americans. Trump also said Sunday that he wants Cleveland’s baseball team to revert to its former name, the Indians, saying there was a “big clamoring for this” as well. The Washington Commanders and Cleveland Guardians have had their current names since the 2022 seasons and both have said they have no plans to change them back. Trump said…

A 43-year-old woman died Saturday afternoon in a boating accident at Lake Pueblo State Park, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife. The accident involved “a powered watercraft and contact with the engine propeller” near Denver Cove at about 4 p.m. Saturday, according to a news release from the state agency. The cove is mid-lake near the north shore, agency officials said. Pueblo State Park rangers and Pueblo West Fire Department crews responded to the boating accident, according to the release. A park ranger patrol boat escorted the boat with the victim to the North Shore Marina, where the other first…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER NEW YORK (AP) — A Justice Department request to unseal grand jury transcripts in the prosecution of chronic sexual abuser Jeffrey Epstein and his former girlfriend is unlikely to produce much, if anything, to satisfy the public’s appetite for new revelations about the financier’s crimes, former federal prosecutors say. Attorney Sarah Krissoff, an assistant U.S. attorney in Manhattan from from 2008 to 2021, called the request in the prosecutions of Epstein and imprisoned British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell “a distraction.” “ The president is trying to present himself as if he’s doing something here and it really is…

A woman and a teenage girl were killed early Sunday morning in an Aurora crash after a driver ran a red light, police said. Aurora officers responded to a multi-vehicle crash at the intersection of East Alameda Parkway and South Airport Boulevard at about 2:50 a.m. Sunday, near Buckley Space Force Base, according to a news release from the police department. The crash included three cars: an Audi sedan, a Hyundai sedan and a Toyota sedan, police said. The 18-year-old Audi driver ran a red light and collided with the Hyundai, which had a green light and was crossing the…