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Michael Malone could have just shown the Nuggets a video of Steve Kerr’s recent postgame news conference in lieu of giving a pep talk.It was nine days since Malone’s Nuggets had stormed into Golden State without Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray and held a wire-to-wire lead, prompting Kerr to declare that “we got what we deserved.” The Warriors had simply overlooked a team because its star duo was out.Playing the opposite role in the same sort of scenario Wednesday, the Nuggets might have briefly fallen into some of the same traps before ultimately earning a 127-117 win over the Bucks,…

By JOSH BOAK, Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday he was placing 25% tariffs on auto imports, a move the White House claims would foster domestic manufacturing but could also put a financial squeeze on automakers that depend on global supply chains.“This will continue to spur growth,” Trump told reporters. “We’ll effectively be charging a 25% tariff.”The tariffs, which the White House expects to raise $100 billion in revenue annually, could be complicated as even U.S. automakers source their components from around the world. The tax hike starting in April means automakers could face higher costs and lower sales, though Trump argues…

The Broncos are returning a regular piece of their offense and special teams group for 2025.The club agreed to a one-year contract with veteran fullback Michael Burton, sources told The Post on Wednesday morning. The club announced the signing later in the afternoon.Burton, 33, will now enter his third year with Denver and his 11th NFL season overall. The 2025 season with Denver will mark the longest he’s spent with one franchise in the NFL. The veteran bounced between the Detroit Lions, Chicago Bears, Washington Commanders, New Orleans Saints and Kansas City Chiefs before settling with the Broncos.He’s another favorite…

For the second time in a year, the Colorado House passed a bill Wednesday that would prohibit the use of algorithms that, critics and investigators allege, have been used to hike up apartment rents in Denver and across the country.House Bill 1004 would ban the use of algorithmic devices that are used to set or recommend rental prices or occupancy levels in rental housing. It effectively targets RealPage, a Richardson, Texas-based software company being sued by the U.S. Department of Justice and the state for allegedly facilitating price-fixing via its algorithm. The software takes rent and occupancy data from property…

Colorado’s health agencies will lose more than $230 million in federal grants, some of which already had been committed to programs that include crisis response teams and peer support for people recovering from addiction.The Trump administration is pulling back four grants to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment that fund COVID-19 disease tracking, childhood vaccinations and studies of health disparities, totaling about $200 million, said state Sen. Judy Amabile, a Boulder Democrat and member of the Joint Budget Committee.“We are concerned that this sudden loss of federal funding threatens Colorado’s ability to track COVID-19 trends and other emerging…

By WILL WEISSERT, Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The attempts by President Donald Trump and top leaders of his administration to downplay a security breach that revealed military strike plans in a Signal group chat including a journalist stand in stark contrast to their reaction to Hillary Clinton’s use of a home server as secretary of state.This time, they’ve largely focused their ire not on sweeping potential security lapses, or punishments as a result, but on the journalist who was errantly added to the group text and reported on it: editor-in-chief for The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg. Some of the text’s participants…

SUN VALLEY, Idaho — Mikaela Shiffrin was attending a celebration party at the World Cup finals when the band began playing the Paul Simon song “You Can Call Me Al.”The tears suddenly began to form. That was her dad’s favorite tune.These days, the American ski racing standout has been thinking a lot about her father, Jeff Shiffrin. He died five years ago in a home accident.Her father helped nurture her love of skiing. He offered tips and suggestions, usually taking in her races off to the side and with a camera dangling from a strap around his neck.Mikaela Shiffrin can’t…

More than almost anything in the world, Denver Botanic Gardens chief executive Brian Vogt loved people.It came out in big ways, like his tireless efforts to make the gardens welcoming for all, and in small ways, like the way he stopped to talk with every volunteer planting flowers and wrote birthday cards for his employees.“Brian was the most generous person on the planet,” said Deborah Jordy, executive director of the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District. “He touched my life in the most meaningful way. He was always there for me, his staff and board, our cultural community and business community.”Vogt…

Colorado defensive line coach Domata Peko during a spring football practice at the Indoor Practice Facility in Boulder, Colo., on March 15, 2025. (CU Athletics) Following retirement from a 15-year NFL career, Domata Peko was content with enjoying time off in 2021. “I took like a year off, where I didn’t do much football,” the former Cincinnati Bengals and Denver Broncos defensive lineman said. “I thought that once I was done playing for 15 years, I was just going to sit at home, enjoy the family and all that.” Instead, Peko has found a new passion, which has led him…

Well, the Colorado Avalanche is certainly better than the mushy middle of the Eastern Conference.The Avs kept rolling Tuesday night, breezing past the Detroit Red Wings in a 5-2 win at Ball Arena. The Red Wings are fighting for their playoff lives, and the Avalanche had relatively little trouble winning for the 11th time in 13 games (11-1-1).That’s three straight games against East teams in the hunt for the two wild card spots, and three victories for the Avs. They didn’t dominate for long stretches like in Ottawa and Montreal, but there also wasn’t a comeback-inducing lull like at Bell…