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BLUFFTON, South Carolina — On the first day of his American National Government class, Prof. Kevin Dopf asks how many of his students are United States citizens. Every hand shoots up.“So, how did all you people become citizens?” he asks. “Did you pass a test?”“No,” one young woman says tentatively. “We were born here.”It’s a good thing. Based on his years of making his students at the University of South Carolina Beaufort take the test given to immigrants seeking U.S. citizenship, most would be rejected.“Thirty, 35% of the students will pass it,” says Dopf, a retired Army lieutenant colonel and…

OFFENSE — F Early on the Broncos didn’t move the ball. When they finally did, rookie quarterback Bo Nix threw a brutal interception in the end zone looking for Courtland Sutton in the third quarter. The Broncos ran the ball on their first two plays but netted zero yards. Denver mustered just 62 yards and three first downs on 20 first-half snaps as Pittsburgh took a shutout into the fourth quarter. Denver didn’t have a completion longer than 8 yards in the first half and Nix’s seven completions resulted in just 39 yards over that span. Denver went 1-of-5 on…

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICONFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is safe following what the FBI says “appears to be an attempted assassination” while playing golf two months after another attempt on his life at a rally in Pennsylvania.Local authorities said the U.S. Secret Service agents protecting Trump fired at a man pointing an AK-style rifle with a scope as Trump was playing on one of his Florida golf courses in West Palm Beach.Here are five things to know about what happened Sunday to the Republican presidential nominee.Who is the suspect?Law enforcement officials said the man who pointed…

Stat line: 19-of-33 passing, 231 yards, two interceptionsHighlight: Bo Nix may have silenced a few doubts about his arm strength. With 8:02 to go in the third quarter, Nix completed a 26-yard pass over the middle to wideout Courtland Sutton. On the following play, Denver pulled out some trickery out of the Wildcat, as Sutton pitched the ball to Nix, who launched it down the field to wideout Josh Reynolds for a 49-yard completion.Lowlight: As soon as Nix created momentum for the Broncos, he sucked it all away. On second-and-goal, Nix threw an interception in the end zone to Steelers…

It’s going to take more than another 0-2 start for Courtland Sutton to throw in the towel on the 2024 season.The wide receiver expressed frustration after the Broncos’ 13-6 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers at Empower Field at Mile High on Sunday. But he remains optimistic even if Denver is 0-2 for the second year in a row.“I’ve been on both ends of the spectrum,” Sutton said. “I was telling guys (about) the year we started (3-0) with (former Broncos quarterback) Teddy (Bridgewater), and we lost (four in a row). Last year we started off 1-5, and found a way…

Taylor Evans, center, his girlfriend Erica Lundstrom and her mother Cheri Bartolo, left, react to the Denver Broncos losing to the Pittsburgh Steelers during the second half of the Denver Broncos game at Empower Field at Mile High in Denver, Co on Sept. 15, 2024. The Broncos took on the Pittsburgh Steelers for game two of the season. The Broncos lost to the Steelers 13-6. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)Denver Broncos head coach Sean Payton leaves the field after the fourth quarter of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 13-6 win at Empower Field at Mile High in Denver on Sunday,…

If eyes are windows to the soul, then the eyes in William Stoehr’s paintings convey the isolation and despair that come with addiction and depression. They are lonely and haunting, especially in one of the pieces he painted of his late sister.Her eyes are dark and sunken. Perhaps she has been crying. In the bottom left corner, Stoehr etched the words: DAD CALLED EMMA OD’d HER SOUL IS AT REST.Stoehr and his wife, Mary Kay, used to help people find their way with topographical maps. They are the couple who built Trails Illustrated — a company revered by serious hikers,…

Today is Sunday, Sept. 15, the 259th day of 2024. There are 107 days left in the year.Today in history:On Sept. 15, 1963, four Black girls were killed when a bomb went off during Sunday services at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. (Three Ku Klux Klansmen were eventually convicted for their roles in the blast.)Also on this date:In 1835, Charles Darwin reached the Galápagos Islands aboard the HMS Beagle.In 1935, the Nuremberg Laws were enacted in Nazi Germany, depriving German Jews of their citizenship.In 1940, the tide turned in the Battle of Britain in World War II,…

Training camps open this week, so it’s time to take stock of where everyone in the NHL is with the offseason behind us.We will revisit these rankings a few times throughout the season once more data is available. For now, it looks like a lot of familiar names at the top … and at the bottom.No-doubt contenders1. Edmonton Oilers (104 points, lost Stanley Cup Final)Big adds: Jeff Skinner, Viktor ArvidssonBig losses: Ryan McLeod, Philip BrobergMaybe not a 2022 Avalanche-level Terminator, but the deserved preseason favorites even after losing two young depth guys to St. Louis.2. Dallas Stars (113 points, lost…

Colorado school districts dramatically increased their use of out-of-school suspensions as pandemic-era staffing shortages made it harder to fill positions that play a crucial role in keeping children in classrooms, an analysis of state data by The Denver Post shows.Statewide, districts removed children from their buildings more frequently after in-person learning resumed as overall suspensions reached their highest point in at least 11 years during the 2023-24 academic year.The increase was primarily driven by schools’ growing use of out-of-school suspensions, which have jumped 25% since the 2018-19 academic year, according to The Post’s analysis.In those same six years, staffing shortages…