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What a night. After zigzagging in most every possible direction across Day 2 of the NFL draft, from trading down in the second round to adding fourth-rounders to jettisoning fourth-rounders to move up into the third, the Broncos hit on three key positional needs Friday night: running back, wide receiver and edge rusher. Two picks remain on Day 3 — at No. 134 and No. 191 — and there’s always the possibility George Paton and Sean Payton get antsy and flip some more. Here’s some of the best remaining fits for the Broncos to look at on Saturday. Offense TE…

One day after taking a too-good-to-pass-up defensive player, the Broncos set about doing what they were widely expected to in this year’s NFL Draft: Outfitting quarterback Bo Nix with new offensive playmakers. What wasn’t expected, perhaps: The exact manner in which Denver went about adding a running back and a receiver to their roster. The Broncos considered trying to trade back from No. 20 to take a running back during Thursday night’s first round, general manager George Paton said that night. Sources told The Denver Post that player was Ohio State running back TreVeyon Henderson. When Denver instead took Texas…

Jordan Beck has suddenly morphed into Mickey Mantle. The 24-year-old slugging left fielder hit two home runs — he has five dingers in his last three games — and brought the Rockies to the brink of victory on a raw, drizzly Friday night at Coors Field. Beck’s 437-foot solo shot off Tony Santillan in the eighth inning pulled Colorado to within a run. But it wasn’t enough as the Reds held on for an 8-7 win. On a night when the Rockies’ offense finally heated up, pitching let them down, sending them to a fourth consecutive loss that left them…

Friends, family, community members and police are searching for a Denver hair stylist who went missing after leaving her University Hills apartment nearly two weeks ago. Jax Gratton, 34, was last seen around 10 p.m. April 15 in the 4200 block of East Iliff Avenue, according to the Denver Police Department. Her friends realized something was wrong when she didn’t show up for appointments with multiple clients, said Brandy Carey, a manager at Solera Salon Suites. Gratton rents a studio at the company’s North Broadway location. Gratton’s parents reached out to her fellow stylists after not hearing from her, and…

Man, it Shoughed to be Shedeur Sanders Friday night. Wait. You haven’t heard of Tyler Shough? Welcome to the party. The last name is pronounced “Shuck,” by the way. He’s 25 years old, a strapping 6-foot-4 dude from Chandler, Ariz. Shough played college ball for seven seasons and three schools, a road that weaved through Oregon, Texas Tech and Louisville. He only appeared in more than seven games in a season once, though — last fall, when he threw for 3,195 yards, 23 touchdowns and six interceptions. Dude was the only quarterback taken early in the second round of the…

By JOSH BOAK WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump can’t stop contradicting himself on his own tariff plans. He says he’s on a path to cut several new trade deals in a few weeks — but has also suggested it’s “physically impossible” to hold all the needed meetings. Trump has said he will simply set new tariff rates negotiated internally within the U.S. government over the next few weeks — although he already did that on his April 2 “Liberation Day,” which caused the world economy to shudder. The Republican president says he’s actively negotiating with the Chinese government on tariffs — while the Chinese and…

Dozens of subscribers to the Vinyl Me, Please record club say they’re confused and angry about unfilled orders, a lack of refunds, and weeks of silence from the Denver company. “I’ve been a VMP member since 2014, so it’s been especially disheartening to see what they’ve become after supporting them for so long,” said Nashville-based Stewart Eastham, who is seeking refunds from Vinyl Me, Please (VMP) of more than $1,000 in unfilled pre-orders and annual membership fees. “It seems VMP has stopped shipping records entirely and they’re still charging for memberships that promise new releases,” he continued, echoing more than…

A Colorado bill aimed at fighting winter traffic jams and preventing crashes on Interstate 70 and other highways by letting private companies set up roadside tire chain stations is advancing in the state legislature. Senate Bill 69, backed by Sens. Dylan Roberts, a Frisco Democrat, and Marc Catlin, a Montrose Republican, passed the House Finance Committee Thursday after clearing the full Senate earlier. It’s headed next to the House Appropriations Committee. The bill would allow the Colorado Department of Transportation to issue permits to service providers that could sell, install and remove tire chains for drivers of commercial trucks and passenger…

A year-long investigation by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights into what it characterizes as rising antisemitism at American colleges may look at Denver’s Auraria campus, site of a nearly month-long encampment by pro-Palestinian demonstrators last year. The commission’s Colorado Advisory Committee is hosting two public meetings online next month “to plan virtual briefings on the topic of examining campus antisemitism at three Colorado universities,” according to a notice in the Federal Register this week. Ana Victoria Fortes, a civil rights analyst with the federal commission, said in an email Friday that the advisory committee will vote at the first of…

The world will bid a final farewell this weekend to Pope Francis, who leaves behind a legacy shaped by his efforts to revitalize the Church—from addressing clerical abuse to expanding dialogue around climate change, migration, and inclusion. The Argentine pontiff died at the age of 88 on Monday from a stroke that resulted in a coma and irreversible heart failure, according to the Vatican’s top doctors. It came after Francis —who suffered from chronic lung disease and had part of one lung removed when he was younger — was admitted to Gemelli hospital on February 14, for a respiratory crisis…