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In mid-November, as election post-mortems focused on inflation worries and the holiday shopping season began to pick up steam, Amazon introduced a new storefront.Known as Amazon Haul, and currently available only on the app and in the United States, it promises “a place to discover even more affordable fashion, home, lifestyle, electronics and other products with ultralow prices.” Everything on the site is $20 or less. One long-sleeved emerald-green stretch velvet minidress is $12.99; opaque purple tights are $3.99; and a cherry-red elastic belt is $1.99.The offerings all come from third-party sellers and take two or so weeks for delivery,…

Colorado Springs police shot and killed a man overnight who they say brandished a handgun when confronted by officers in a parking lot.Police wrote on social media that a man called the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office dispatchers at 9:40 p.m. Friday and told them he was suicidal and armed with a gun.Deputies alerted other local law enforcement agencies after they arrived at the man’s home and were unable to locate him.Colorado Springs police officers began receiving calls about gunshots near the 3800 block of Astrozon Boulevard at 11 p.m. They found a man in a vehicle waving a handgun…

A person was killed Friday night in a shooting near East Colfax Avenue and Cherry Street in Denver, according to police. Denver police wrote in a social media post at 10:36 p.m. that they had located one person suffering from unknown injuries and were working to identify a suspect. At 11:24 p.m., they said the victim had died and the shooting was being investigated as a homicide. A Denver police spokesperson wrote in an email Saturday afternoon that no arrests have been made. Members of the public with information about the shooting are encouraged to contact law enforcement at 720-913-7867.…

There’s only one hard-and-fast rule about rooting interests up in the Grading The Week offices: Cheer for good narratives. Cheer for good stories. Don’t cheer for teams.But when it comes to individual players around the Front Range, full disclosure, the powers that be have been known to make … um, exceptions.Cards on the table? The goofs up in GTW HQ are happy for Garett Bolles after the big Broncos left tackle landed a four-year, $82-million contract extension earlier this week.After a few months of wondering whether the Broncos would fish or cut bat with Big 72, his new deal more…

Colorado environmental regulators may eradicate rules that keep some polluted groundwater from being discharged into the state’s rivers and streams, alarming environmental advocates who fear the change could further harm already polluted urban waterways.The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s Water Quality Control Division has proposed the elimination of a permitting system that regulates how owners of underground structures deal with contaminated groundwater. The change would allow building owners to send groundwater contaminated with PFAS chemicals, arsenic and other contaminants directly into stormwater systems without treatment.Environmental advocates and former Water Quality Control Division staff fear the change could damage…

Today is Saturday, Dec. 14, the 349th day of 2024. There are 17 days left in the year.Today in history:On Dec. 14, 2012, a gunman with a semiautomatic rifle killed 20 first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, then took his own life as police arrived; the 20-year-old had also fatally shot his mother at their home before carrying out the attack on the school.Also on this date:In 1799, the first president of the United States, George Washington, died at his Mount Vernon, Virginia, home at age 67.In 1911, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen (ROH’-ahl AH’-mun-suhn)…

Adam Trautman has been around Sean Payton long enough to understand his meticulous game planning. But whenever Payton gets into the red zone period of practice, Denver’s tight end notices an added level of focus.“That’s probably our most detailed period. We’ll spend the whole period just on routes,” Trautman, who also played under Payton in New Orleans, told The Denver Post. “If you’re not scoring touchdowns in the red zone, you’re probably giving away a lot of points, and that can be the determining factor in a lot of games.”Last year, Payton was animated about Denver’s struggles in the red…

Two people suspected in a robbery near South Peoria Street and East Iliff Avenue were arrested Friday after Aurora police chased them through the city for 30 minutes, according to agency officials.Aurora police responded to a parking lot in the city’s Heather Ridge neighborhood just before 2:30 p.m., the department said in a post on X.Officers chased the suspects through the city, including on Interstate 225, before “immobilizing” the vehicle 5 miles north near Potomac Street and East 13th Avenue at 3 p.m.Police arrested the suspects, a man and a boy, and confiscated their weapons. The vehicle they were driving…

Colorado home buyers are more willing to spend more for transitional-style homes, according to a study by NoTriangle Studio.This design, which blends modern and traditional elements, is not only the most popular style in the state but also commands an average value of $1.7 million, far above November’s median close price of $585,000 for the Denver metro area.NoTriangle Studio, a creative agency specializing in cutting-edge architectural 3d visualization, analyzed real estate data nationally to determine the prices potential buyers spend on different home styles.The transitional style is a clear favorite, topping the charts in eight states, including Colorado.Transitional architecture mixes traditional…

By Gretchen McKay, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (TNS)It’s amazing what you find when you (finally) channel your inner Marie Kondo and start clearing your house of junk.I’ve been in the same Federal-style colonial for 30-plus years, and having raised five kids there, things have piled up over the years.Our vacation next week will include filling a dumpster with things we no longer need and, in most cases, forgot we even have: all of my college notebooks from Penn State, kids’ toys, dog crates, a moldy tent and a couple of old doors left over from a kitchen renovation.Then again, I’ve found a few treasures…