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Editor’s note: This is part of The Know’s series, Staff Favorites. Each week, we offer our opinions on the best that Colorado has to offer for dining, shopping, entertainment, outdoor activities and more. (We’ll also let you in on some hidden gems.)OK, I realize that it’s kind of pathetic to wax poetic over a kitchen utensil and mourn its “passing.”But I’m gonna do it anyway. (It’s the holidays; be charitable.)I once had a soft, bendy plastic fork (with just two tines) that was my favorite kitchen tool. Boy, that thing was great for stirring hot or cold ingredients and stabbing food…

Initial thoughts from the Broncos’ 31-13 victory over the Indianapolis Colts in Week 15 at Empower Field at Mile High:Defensive false start: Riley Moss can’t be that important can he? The results over the first five quarters of the second-year cornerback’s absence — 35 first downs and 674 yards for 42 points from the start of the Browns game to the first seven seconds of Sunday’s second quarter — weren’t very encouraging. Neither was seeing running back Jonathan Taylor rip off first-down runs on third-and-10 and third-and-9 on the Colts’ first two drives. Or quarterback Anthony Richardson gashing the secondary…

By BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS and DAVE COLLINSBOSTON — After weeks of fear and bewilderment about the drones buzzing over parts of New York and New Jersey, elected officials are urging action to identify and stop the mysterious flights.“There’s a lot of us who are pretty frustrated right now,” Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said on “Fox News Sunday.”“’We don’t know’ is not a good enough answer,” he said.National security officials have said the drones don’t appear to be a sign of foreign interference or a public safety threat. But because they can’t say…

OFFENSE — D The Broncos’ offensive plan was off-kilter from the start. Bo Nix didn’t just throw three interceptions. He threw a trio of stinkers. Almost no quarterback goes an entire season without a true dud, let alone a rookie, so there’s no reason to fully panic for the Broncos. But the outing combined with Denver’s complete lack of a run game against a leaky Indianapolis run defense is cause enough for concern. Nix did throw a pair of touchdowns to tight ends — a rarity in its own right — and another to Courtland Sutton, but this was far from…

WASHINGTON — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, who had polio as a child, says any of President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees seeking Senate confirmation should “steer clear” of efforts to discredit the polio vaccine.“Efforts to undermine public confidence in proven cures are not just uninformed — they’re dangerous,” McConnell said in a statement Friday. “Anyone seeking the Senate’s consent to serve in the incoming Administration would do well to steer clear of even the appearance of association with such efforts.”The 82-year-old lawmaker’s statement appeared to be directed at Trump’s pick for health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., after a report that…

Today is Sunday, Dec. 15, the 350th day of 2024. There are 16 days left in the year.Today in history:On Dec. 15, 2016, a federal jury in Charleston, South Carolina, convicted Dylann Roof of killing nine Black church members who had welcomed him into their Bible study gathering.Also on this date:In 1791, the Bill of Rights, the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, went into effect following ratification by Virginia.In 1890, Hunkpapa Lakota Chief Sitting Bull and 11 other tribe members were killed in Grand River, South Dakota, during a confrontation with Indian agency police.In 1939, the Civil War…

Moon Alert: Avoid shopping or important decisions from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. EST today (6 a.m. to 12 noon PST). After that, the Moon moves from Gemini into Cancer. The Full Moon in Gemini peaks at 4:02 a.m. EST (1:02 a.m. PST).Happy Birthday for Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024:You are easygoing and witty. You’re also curious and impulsive. You can be competitive, certainly proactive. This year you can seize opportunities and attain power and leadership. You can get recognition for your past efforts. Expect a promotion, a raise, kudos, awards or some acknowledgement. Bravo!ARIES(March 21-April 19)★★★Pay attention to everything you…

A 19-year-old man fatally shot himself and two other people, including a toddler, during what Aurora police described as an “unknown family incident” Saturday morning.Police spokesman Joe Moylan said the 19-year-old was found dead at the scene, while the 1-year-old girl and a 20-year-old woman were hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. Later that day, police announced that the woman and girl had died.All three will be identified by the Arapahoe County coroner’s office. A 44-year-old woman  walked away with minor injuries.The incident took place in the 10300 block of East Evans Avenue and was reported just before 10:30 a.m., police wrote…

Coloradans living along rural Interstate 76 have a new way to catch flights at Denver International Airport with the launch of a Bustang Outrider route connecting Denver and Sterling. The bus runs weekdays, departing from the Logan County Combined Courts building in Sterling at 7 a.m. and leaving the airport shortly after 3 p.m., according to a news release from Colorado’s Department of Transportation, which operates Bustang. The route also includes stops in Brush, Fort Morgan and Keenesburg as well as Denver’s Union Station. “This is an exciting service for the residents of Sterling,” city manager Kevin Blankenship said in…

WASHINGTON — Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had hip replacement surgery Saturday at a U.S. military hospital in Germany after falling while at an event in Luxembourg with other members of Congress.Pelosi, 84, “is well on the mend,” said Ian Krager, a spokesman for the California Democrat, in a statement.Pelosi thanked the staff at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center and the hospital in Luxembourg, where she was also treated, for “their excellent care and kindness.”She was in Europe with a bipartisan congressional delegation to mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge in World War II.Pelosi tripped and fell…