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Investigators are searching for a teenage girl who was last seen Tuesday night in southwest Thornton, police said. Serinity Lowery, 15, was last seen at about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the 8800 block of Huron Street, near where the street intersects 88th Avenue, according to the Thornton Police Department. Serinity is a 5-foot-6-inch, 120-pound girl with red hair and hazel eyes, police said. She was last seen wearing light pants and a dark sweatshirt with black sandals. Investigators are concerned for the teenager’s safety, police said. Anyone with information on Serinity or her whereabouts is asked to call 911 or…

A single-engine plane carrying three people crash-landed early Wednesday morning in Colorado Springs, according to law enforcement. The pilot made an emergency landing on Powers Boulevard near Barnes Road, where the plane is now leaking fuel, according to a 4:38 a.m. post from the Colorado Springs Fire Department. It’s unknown what forced the pilot to land. None of the three people on board the plane was injured, according to fire officials. Photos posted by the fire department show damage to the plane’s wings and tail. Two lanes of southbound Powers Boulevard were closed Wednesday morning for the crash cleanup and investigation,…

Today is Wednesday, Oct. 1, the 274th day of 2025. There are 91 days left in the year. Today in history: On Oct. 1, 1910, the offices of the Los Angeles Times were destroyed by a dynamite explosion and fire, killing 21 employees; union activist J.B. McNamara eventually pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life in prison for the bombing. Also on this date: In 1890, Yosemite National Park was established by the U.S. Congress. In 1903, the first modern baseball World Series began, with the National League’s Pittsburgh Pirates defeating the American League’s Boston Americans in Game 1; Boston…

Dear Eric: My bestie is a modern-day pen pal. That is to say I know him on only social media. But we’ve had so many fine chats over the last decade, until recently. He lives in another country, where personal freedom is strongly protected. I recently told him how bad things are here in the US — not how bad they could be, but how bad they are. Troops in the street, politically motivated firings, racism and more. He replied that he’s not interested in any news whatsoever. My friend’s country was decimated during WWII, and my parents’ generation did…

The most encouraging thing, to Courtland Sutton, was that Bo Nix didn’t change one bit when he pulled into Dove Valley this past week. The world hadn’t burned just yet. And Nix didn’t act like it had. He prepared how he always prepares, Sutton said Monday, after a couple of heartbreaking losses and a confounding start to 2025. “There was no frustration,” Sutton told reporters Monday night. “There was no lack of focus. It was just — he was Bo Nix.” The Bo Nix of Monday night’s 28-3 win over the Bengals, though, played quite a bit differently than the…

By LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK and STEPHEN GROVES WASHINGTON (AP) — Plunged into a government shutdown, the U.S. is confronting a fresh cycle of uncertainty after President Donald Trump and Congress failed to strike an agreement to keep government programs and services running by Wednesday’s deadline. Roughly 750,000 federal workers are expected to be furloughed, some potentially fired by the Trump administration. Many offices will be shuttered, perhaps permanently, as Trump vows to “do things that are irreversible, that are bad” as retribution. His deportation agenda is expected to run full speed ahead, while education, environmental and other services…

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation announced Tuesday it will review the investigation into the 2005 death of renowned journalist and author Hunter S. Thompson at his Woody Creek home, 20 years after local authorities ruled the case a suicide. State investigators are reviewing the case “to provide an independent perspective” on the investigation after hearing from Pitkin County sheriff’s officials who were contacted by Thompson’s widow, Anita. There is no new evidence that suggests foul play in Thompson’s death, Sheriff Michael Buglione said in a news release Tuesday. “We understand the profound impact Hunter S. Thompson had on this community…

SAN DIEGO — Nikola Jokic lets other people worry about his stats for him. Like his brother Nemanja, who delivered him the news of a particularly novel NBA rule change this offseason. The “heave rule,” colloquially. “My brother is very happy about it,” Jokic said, grinning. It will impact him more than any other player in the league on paper, and less than any other in spirit. Unsuccessful end-of-quarter heaves will no longer be counted as a missed field goal attempt for the player, the NBA announced in September, hoping to incentivize players to shoot them more often without worrying…

Denver Post sports writer Patrick Saunders with the latest installment of his Rockies Mailbag. Pose a Rockies- or MLB-related question for the Rockies Mailbag. How much offseason housecleaning needs to be done to the Rockies’ organization? — Ed Helinski, Auburn, N.Y. Ed, the short answer is a lot, but there is more to it than that. The Rockies should absolutely review every part of their baseball operations. If they haven’t begun that task already, they’d better get busy. I’m convinced that the Rockies will hire a new president of baseball operations and/or a general manager. Very soon. I’m hoping that…

The Denver Pavilions open-air mall would be purchased by a special city taxing district charged with helping revive downtown under a $37 million deal announced Tuesday by city leaders. The property, which opened in 1998 on two blocks along the 16th Street mall and was valued at $140 million a decade ago, had a major loan set to come due in July as downtown’s retail market has struggled. The proposed acquisition of the property, which is owned by Gart Properties, was announced at an afternoon news conference at 16th and Glenarm Place attended by Mayor Mike Johnston, Downtown Development Authority…