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A popular LoDo bar that’s often a destination ahead of Colorado Rockies games won’t be serving beers in time for home opening weekend.The Tavern on Blake Street, a new concept taking over the building formerly known as Blake Street Tavern, had hoped to open this weekend, coinciding with the launch of baseball season. That timeline has been delayed, however, due to “mechanical issues,” the business posted on Instagram.Five of the 26 HVAC units on the roof need to be replaced, so there is no air conditioning in the main dining room, basement or kitchen currently, the post says. Additionally, the…

SPOKANE, Wash. — If there’s one thing UCLA’s Elite Eight victory showed, it’s that the Bruins are about more than just Lauren Betts.The 6-foot-7 All America center is the centerpiece of UCLA’s offense and a menace for their opponents. But she’s not the only asset for the overall top-seeded Bruins, who will face UConn and Paige Bueckers on Friday as the women’s NCAA Tournament heads to Tampa, Florida, for the Final Four.Against LSU in the regional final, Betts picked up two early fouls. She went to the bench with less than a minute left in the opening quarter, then sat…

By BEN FINLEYIn the 22 days since Maryland resident Kilmar Abrego Garcia was mistakenly deported to a notoriously violent prison in El Salvador, his young autistic son has sought comfort in the scent of his missing father’s clothes.“Although he cannot speak, he shows me how much he missed Kilmar,” Abrego Garcia’s wife, Jennifer Vasquez Sura, said in court documents. “He has been finding Kilmar’s work shirts and smelling them, to smell Kilmar’s familiar scent. He has been crying and acting out more than usual.”Abrego Garcia, 29, who worked as a sheet metal apprentice and was pursuing his license to become…

NEW YORK (AP) — Grandview High School’s Sienna Betts scored 16 points as the UCLA commit led the West to a 104-82 win over the East on Tuesday night in the McDonald’s All-American girls game at Barclays Center. Betts, the younger sister of UCLA All-American Lauren Betts, finished with MVP honors, grabbing seven rebounds and handing out two assists. Breanna Stewart, whose WNBA’s New York Liberty also play at the Barclays Center, presented Betts with an award after the win. Other WNBA stars on hand included Rickea Jackson of the Los Angeles Sparks, DiJonai Carrington of Connecticut and Courtney Williams…

By BRIAN WITTEANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A federal judge who had ordered the Trump administration to reinstate fired federal probationary employees across the country at more than a dozen agencies has narrowed the scope of his ruling so it now applies to workers in the 19 states and the District of Columbia that challenged the mass dismissals.U.S. District Judge James Bredar in Baltimore issued a preliminary injunction Tuesday night that protects those workers while the lawsuit continues.“Only states have sued here, and only to vindicate their interests as states,” Bredar wrote. “They are not proxies for the workers.”The order requires…

It’s a pricey snack for the elite, while others are food insecure Re: “$148 caviar-stuffed crepe,” March 28 feature story I think this is the first time a story in the Life & Culture pages has made me want to write to the opinion pages. As I work at the local food pantry, trying to help food-insecure people supplement their weekly grocery purchases, it is good to know the A-lister, 1% is enjoying a $148 caviar-infused morsel. The 1% can all thank President Donald Trump and his huge tax cuts for rich people for making this possible. I guess the…

The Nuggets didn’t let an apron keep Christian Braun from cooking. But when you ask Dennis Scott about Denver and the playoffs, the kitchen gets uncomfortably … quiet.When you wonder about the ceiling for the Nuggets’ schizophrenic season, Scott admits he can’t stop thinking about the shoes Braun left behind when the former Kansas star shifted to the starting lineup.“That is the question,” the NBA TV analyst told me before the Nuggets hosted the suspension-addled Timberwolves on Tuesday night at Ball Arena. “How does this bench respond?“We know (Nikola Jokic) and Jamal (Murray) are going to do what they do.…

Investigators are looking for a 35-year-old woman suspected in a fatal north Denver shooting in March, police officials said Tuesday.Related Articles Man pleads guilty to second-degree murder in 2022 homicide in Aurora Woman dies in Bruce Randolph Street shooting in north Denver Nebraska man arrested on suspicion of Frederick mom’s cold-case murder Denver gang leader pleads guilty to murder, DA says 2 suspects arrested on suspicion of murder in Greenwood Village RTD station shooting Nyeesha Jackson, 31, died at the hospital after she was shot in the 2200 block of East Bruce Randolph Avenue the night of March 20, according…

Denver will spend $15 million to study how Peña Boulevard could be widened in hopes of accommodating more traffic to the airport after the City Council on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a five-year contract.The contract, with Lakewood-based Peak Consulting, will consider ways to widen the road west of E-470 as well as potential environmental impacts. The study, a requirement under the federal National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA, is a precursor to an eventual construction project on the corridor.The proposal highlighted differences among council members, some of whom see the widening as an intuitive step to ease congestion while others say…

Law enforcement officials arrested five suspects last week in the burglaries of 21 homes in Aurora, police announced Tuesday.The suspects, all identified as Colombian nationals, were part of a “highly sophisticated crew” that over the last year surveilled potential victims and used WiFi jammers to bypass home alarm systems, the Aurora Police Department said in a social media post.The suspects targeted their victims by following and watching them, putting trackers on their vehicles and placing cameras around their homes to see when they would leave, said Joe Moylan, Aurora police spokesman.“The suspects went to the great lengths… to ensure they…