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The Rockies’ attempted two-man heist of the Phillies’ home opener needed more ballplayers for the job.German Marquez dazzled, throwing six shutout innings in his 2025 debut after missing most of the last two seasons due to injury. And catcher Hunter Goodman blasted a 405-foot homer to put the Rockies up 1-0 in the sixth.But the Marquez-Goodman battery couldn’t do it all, and got no help from nearly anyone else. Philadelphia roared back with a four-run seventh en route to a 6-1 victory on Monday at Citizens Bank Park to drop Colorado to 1-3 on the young season.In the decisive frame,…

There are plenty of photography shows taking place along the Front Range right now. It is, after all, the biennial Month of Photography in Colorado, and more than 70 exhibition spaces have joined the effort this time around, from museums and galleries to coffeehouses, bookstores and frame shops. There is a photo display for every taste out there — and all at once.And it is fair to say that most of them are more deluxe than “Colorado Perspectives: Visions in Photography,” the exhibition organized by the city’s Department of Arts & Venues. The show has limited signage to help visitors…

Today is Monday, March 31, the 90th day of 2025. There are 275 days left in the year.Today in history:On March 31, 1993, actor Brandon Lee, 28, was accidentally shot to death during the filming of a movie in Wilmington, North Carolina, when he was hit by a bullet fragment that had become lodged inside a prop gun.Also on this date:In 1492, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain issued the Alhambra Decree, an edict expelling Jews from Spanish soil, except those willing to convert to Christianity.In 1854, Japan and the United States signed the Treaty of Kanagawa, which opened…

Dear Eric: I founded a nonprofit organization that is about to close (for multiple reasons, one being that others are now doing this work). I’m no longer on the board of directors, just a volunteer. A few years ago, we got a very prestigious award for something that was my idea. Can I keep the actual award, or if not, what should we do with it? It’s a big heavy glass thing.— Trophy CaseDear Trophy Case: Get yourself some packing peanuts and a cute little box and take that award home with you. This is presuming it’s not already in…

A Colorado Springs lawmaker has been repeatedly accused of retaliating against and mistreating her legislative aides, including documented allegations that she ignored an aide’s complaint of sexual harassment by a relative of the lawmaker last year, The Denver Post has confirmed.At the direction of a bipartisan legislative committee, Rep. Regina English was quietly investigated by a third party last year after a former aide accused English, a Democrat, of ignoring the harassment and of pushing her in a Capitol bathroom during an argument on the last day of the session in May. The Post spoke with four people interviewed by investigators;…

The blossoming Tennyson Street corridor in Denver will serve as the second location for Bao Brewhouse, an Asian fusion restaurant with a design that will emulate the neon and graffiti-tagged streets of the continent’s food stalls and markets, its owner says.Already occupying a two-story structure off of downtown’s Larimer Square, the second Bao Brewhouse, on 3973 Tennyson St., is expected to open this summer, owner Michael Swift said. Carpenters were at work replacing the entire main floor of the black, stately building on Tuesday.“I want you to feel like you’re transported from Denver to a major city in Asia,” Swift…

By JUNZHE JIANG, Associated PressHONG KONG (AP) — Global shares slumped on Monday, with benchmarks in Tokyo and Taiwan falling more than 4%, while the price of gold hit a record high, trading at $3,154 an ounce.Investors have pulled back and sought traditional safe havens like gold as worries build over a potentially toxic mix of worsening inflation and a slowing U.S. economy because households are afraid to spend due to the deepening trade war that has escalated under U.S. President Donald Trump.The future for the S&P 500 sank 1%, while that for the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.7%.European…

PUEBLO — When paramedics showed up at Bernie Esquibel-Tennant’s door the day after Thanksgiving in 2020, it was the second time in roughly 12 hours that an ambulance had visited her stretch of the neighborhood. The night before, Esquibel-Tennant had watched as paramedics came for Adolph Gallardo, a man her children called Grandpa who lived across the street. Now they were here for her sister Melissa.Melissa Esquibel’s oxygen level had dropped dangerously low to 70% overnight, which is why Esquibel-Tennant called 911 and paramedics were at her door even before the sun rose that Friday morning in Pueblo.But the paramedics wouldn’t come…

Rain will continue to douse the metro area and Eastern Plains on Sunday as snow wraps up in Colorado’s mountains, but spring storms will return across the state on Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.The strongest chance for rain in the Denver area after Sunday will be Tuesday between noon and 9 p.m. and Friday into the weekend, NWS forecasters said. Scattered showers could start as early as Monday night after a warm, dry day with temperatures near 61 degrees.The Eastern Plains will see similar rainy weather accompanied by winds, forecasters said.Temperature highs in Denver and on the Eastern…

The Rockies‘ defense: pure gold one day, iron pyrite the next.And so they finished the season’s first series with a 1-2 record and thoughts about what might have been.The Rockies, done in by an ugly sixth inning, lost 6-4 to the Rays on Sunday afternoon at George M. Steinbrenner Field. Tampa Bay scored four runs in the frame, sending 10 men to the plate. The Rockies were charged with one error, but it could have been two.It contrasted sharply with Saturday’s game, when the Rockies played nine innings of outstanding defense to win 2-1.Sunday, Ryan Feltner survived a bumpy first…