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The poster child for the volatility in food prices in Colorado has been eggs. Once reliably under $3 for a dozen, the price has spiked in many supermarkets to over $8, though in the Denver area there has been wide variance in what customers are paying at checkout.At one store in Denver on Monday, eggs were $3.49. At another, $8.49. The national average for a dozen large eggs in December was $4.15, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.The latest consumer price index shows that the price of eggs is up 36.8% from where it was a…

Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift will be among the familiar faces at the Super Bowl when the Kansas City Chiefs go for an unprecedented three-peat against the Philadelphia Eagles on Feb. 9 in New Orleans.Mahomes and the Chiefs are back in the NFL title game after beating the Buffalo Bills 32-29 in a thrilling AFC Championship on Sunday. They’ll face Philadelphia and star running back Saquon Barkley, who ran for three touchdowns as the Eagles beat the Washington Commanders 55-23 in the NFC title game.This year’s Super Bowl is a rematch of two years ago, when the Chiefs…

A former LaSalle police officer pleaded guilty Monday in connection with the fatal on-duty shooting of a man outside a Family Dollar store in 2023.Erik Hernandez pleaded guilty to manslaughter, a class 4 felony, the Weld County District Attorney’s Office said in a news release.A grand jury in June 2023 indicted Hernandez on one count of second-degree murder after he shot and killed 38-year-old Juston Reffel on May 3, 2023. A Weld County jury in November 2024 could not reach a unanimous verdict after deliberating for nearly two days.Prosecutors say the shooting occurred after Hernandez and another officer encountered a…

Denver will pay $980,000 to settle a lawsuit filed on behalf of eight people who were seriously injured by police during the George Floyd protests in 2020 under several settlements approved Monday by the City Council.The joint lawsuit, filed in 2021, was one of two filed on the same day. Both alleged that police officers used excessive force against the plaintiffs as they peacefully protested in the wake of the murder of Floyd by Minneapolis police.“Each of the plaintiffs was injured in some way after being targeted, shot at, gassed and/or fired upon,” according to the complaint. The police officers’…

By ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHERWASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department said Monday that it had fired more than a dozen employees who worked on criminal prosecutions of President Donald Trump, moving rapidly to pursue retribution against lawyers involved in the investigations and signaling an early willingness to take action favorable to the president’s personal interests.The abrupt termination targeting career prosecutors who worked on special counsel Jack Smith’s team is the latest sign of upheaval inside the Justice Department and is consistent with the administration’s determination to purge the government of workers it perceives as disloyal to the president.The norm-shattering…

Denver police have launched an investigation into a swastika symbol displayed since last week on Denver’s historic Austin Boulding along East Colfax Avenue, and leaders of the Anti-Defamation League are urging metro residents to take a stand against it.The swastika is visible above a window near the top of the building about 10 blocks east of the state capitol and across the street from a city recreation center.The Denver Police Department first learned of the swastika on Jan. 23, and the investigation by the Bias-Motivated Crimes Unit is in progress, Sgt. Jay Casillas said.A young woman protested on Sunday afternoon, standing…

Dear Eric: My husband and I have a close relationship with another couple. Their daughter, two years out of college and gainfully employed, lives with them. When we are invited to have dinner or drinks at this couple’s house, the daughter often joins.We are not generally informed ahead of time that she will join; instead, the couple says something at the last minute like “We hope you don’t mind, but our daughter will be joining us.”Actually, we do mind. The daughter is unfriendly and uncommunicative. She barely greets us, or acknowledges our presence, and speaks only to her parents on…

Moon Alert: There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today. The Moon is in Capricorn.Happy Birthday for Monday, Jan. 27, 2025:You are courageous, purposeful and want to succeed. Sometimes you’re recklessly daring! You like the good things in life. This year is the beginning of a nine-year cycle, with new beginnings, adventures and major changes. Be ready to define your goals and take action. Prepare for leadership.ARIES(March 21-April 19) ★★★Today people notice you, and some even know personal details about your private life. Meanwhile, for the next few weeks, you might be involved with younger people more than…

Today is Monday, Jan. 27, the 27th day of 2025. There are 338 days left in the year.Today in history:On Jan. 27, 1945, during World War II, Soviet troops liberated the Nazi concentration camps Auschwitz and Birkenau in Poland.Also on this date:In 1756, composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria.In 1880, Thomas Edison received a patent for his electric incandescent lamp.In 1967, astronauts Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom, Edward H. White and Roger B. Chaffee died in a flash fire during a test aboard their Apollo spacecraft at Cape Canaveral, Florida.In 1973, the Vietnam peace accords were signed in…

A man was killed Sunday morning during a high school track and field meet at a fieldhouse on the University of Colorado’s Colorado Springs campus, school officials said.UCCS spokesperson Chris Valentine said in a news release the man, who was watching in the audience at the Mountain Lion Fieldhouse, died when a hammer weight thrown by a participant cleared “certified barriers” and struck him.The hammer throw involves hurling a metal weight — attached to a chain and grip — as far as possible after generating momentum by spinning in a circle.The Colorado Springs Fire Department responded to the accident after…