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Denver police are seeking information about a hit-and-run crash that seriously injured a pedestrian in the city’s Harvey Park neighborhood last week. Officers responded to a crash in the 2000 block of South Sheridan Boulevard at around 1:45 a.m. on April 24 after a vehicle driving southbound hit a pedestrian who was in the street. The driver did not stop and fled the scene, according to the Denver Police Department. Police do not have identifying information about the vehicle, but it may have damage to the passenger side and a missing passenger side mirror. Anyone with information about the case…

A fugitive arrested at Centennial’s Southglenn Library last year has pleaded guilty to obstructing a peace officer, according to court records. Sean Hanneman, 56, was wanted for parole violations and escape in August, when deputies spent hours searching for him near a Centennial home. They caught up with him at the library in September — Hanneman tried to flee on foot and was tackled by members of the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office’s Special Response Team. A charge of resisting arrest was dismissed Feb. 4 by Hanneman’s plea. He was sentenced to 90 days’ imprisonment, with 90 days’ credit for time served,…

Fatal motorcycle crashes on Colorado roads are on track to decrease this year after hitting a record high of 165 deaths in 2024, state transportation officials said this week. Motorcycle crash deaths made up a quarter of all traffic deaths last year despite motorcycles accounting for only 3% of all vehicles, the Colorado Department of Transportation said in a news release. The number of people killed in motorcycle crashes has increased nearly 60% in since 2015 and roughly half of all fatal crashes involve someone not wearing a helmet, according to state data. Darrell Lingk, director of CDOT’s Office of…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to clear the way for Elon Musk ’s Department of Government Efficiency to access Social Security systems containing personal data on millions of Americans. The emergency appeal comes after a judge in Maryland restricted the team’s access under federal privacy laws. Social Security holds personal records on nearly everyone in the country, including school records, bank details, salary information and medical and mental health records for disability recipients, according to court documents. The government says the DOGE team needs access to target waste…

Mikko Rantanen made history by wristing home a goal through the five-hole, and was greeted with a chorus of boos from Ball Arena. With that goal in the second period of Game 6 on Thursday, Rantanen and fellow Stars standout Roope Hintz became the first two teammates in NHL history to record four points apiece in a single period in a Stanley Cup Playoffs series. As for the boos from the fans who cheered for Rantanen for a decade in Colorado? “I didn’t really hear them,” Rantanen said. The Finnish forward caught fire in a back-and-forth Game 6, but his…

Today is Friday, May 2, the 122nd day of 2025. There are 243 days left in the year. Today in history: On May 2, 1994, Nelson Mandela claimed victory in the wake of South Africa’s first democratic elections. Also on this date: In 1863, during the Civil War, Confederate Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson was accidentally wounded by his own men at Chancellorsville, Virginia; he died eight days later. In 1927, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Buck v. Bell, upheld 8-1 a Virginia law allowing the forced sterilization of people in order to promote the “health of the patient and the…

Three quick takeaways from Nuggets’ 111-105 loss to Clippers in Game 6. Stomach turning: There is nothing funny about turnovers and Joker fading into the background. The Nuggets spoiled a terrific opening punch with sloppy play to open the second quarter. They committed five turnovers in the first four minutes as the Clippers used a smaller lineup, leaning heavily on Nicolas Batum instead of relying on Ben Simmons, a ghost in a uniform. DeAndre Jordan looked lost, forcing Nikola Jokic back into the game. It made sense to keep the Clippers within reach. But interim coach David Adelman and the…

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — David Adelman needed to make a point before Game 7. But he also knows Nikola Jokic might need to help himself more than he did in Game 6 if that point doesn’t get across. “Nikola gets fouled a lot,” Denver’s interim coach said after a 111-105 loss to the Clippers on Thursday. “I’m not sure what was happening tonight, but for him to shoot two free throws with the amount of contact that was going on out there was absolutely crazy.” The Nuggets are hosting a winner-take-all game Saturday in part because Jokic’s second half of Game…

Instant reaction from the Avalanche’s 7-4 win over the Dallas Stars in Game 6 of their first-round Stanley Cup Playoffs series. 1. Momentum swings galore: After the Avs got run out of the American Airlines Center earlier this week in a 6-2 defeat that put their season on the brink — a game in which the Stars scored their fastest goal in playoff history just nine seconds into the game — Colorado came out on fire on Thursday. The Avs scored twice in a dominant opening period, first when Valeri Nichushkin’s shot deflected off the skate of Stars defender Ilya…

One of the wildest Stanley Cup Playoffs nights in the history of Ball Arena turned on one of the craziest own goals any hockey fan is ever going to see. Nathan MacKinnon was credited with the go-ahead goal at 9:04 of the third period, and the Colorado Avalanche staved off elimination with a chaotic 7-4 victory in Thursday night’s Game 6 of this opening-round series that has more than lived up to the hype. Game 7 will be Saturday in Dallas. “I thought we played an awesome game the whole time,” MacKinnon said. “(Jake) Oettinger was amazing. … We’ve got…