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Quency Wiggins came to Colorado a year ago with high hopes. After all, he was a former four-star recruit who spent his first two seasons of college football with one of the best programs in the country, LSU. The 2024 season didn’t pan out like he hoped, but Wiggins has come into this year a different man. “I woke up the first day of camp, I walked in and I just completely felt like a different player,” the 6-foot-5, 255-pound junior defensive end said. “Energy, my attention to detail, just showing up every day, just ready to work. Just everything.”…

By ANNIE MA WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is ordering a wide-ranging review of the Smithsonian museums and exhibitions ahead of the country’s 250th birthday with a goal of aligning the institution’s content with President Donald Trump’s interpretation of American history. In a letter sent Tuesday to Smithsonian Institution Secretary Lonnie Bunch III, the White House laid out in detail the steps it expects the organization to take as part of the announced review. The examination will look at all public-facing content, such as social media, exhibition text and educational materials, to “assess tone, historical framing, and alignment with…

The eyes, Kris Abrams-Draine says, are the keys to a receiver’s soul. He is 23 years old and has started exactly one NFL game. He walks with a cheeky grin, the kind undisturbed by wrinkles. But he moves in the secondary with wisdom beyond his years, because there’s been a lot packed into that 23. Abrams-Draine had his first son at 17 years old, and switched from quarterback to receiver to cornerback in his time at Mizzou. He’s shifted abruptly from mostly press coverage in college to off-man in Denver, in a different scheme. Yet he keeps showing up when called…

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Attendance Did not practice: Injured reserve — OLB Johnny Walker Jr., DE Matt Henningsen. Out — ILB Drew Sanders (foot), OLB Nik Bonitto (foot), CB Reese Taylor (unknown), TE Nate Adkins (unknown). Bonitto was in sweats Tuesday and didn’t participate after coming up a bit gimpy early in the Broncos’ preseason game in Santa Clara on Saturday. Head coach Sean Payton clarified the star pass-rusher is dealing with “something in his foot,” but said Denver’s expecting Bonitto back in pads Wednesday. Taylor and Adkins, meanwhile, weren’t seen at all after missing Saturday’s game. Receiver A.T. Perry, meanwhile, was activated off the…

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — National Guard troops repeatedly rehearsed their role in an operation at a Los Angeles park intended as a show of force against undocumented people and those protesting the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, a deputy commanding general testified Tuesday. Maj. Gen. Scott Sherman, who commanded Guard troops in Los Angeles, was testifying at a trial to determine whether the Trump administration violated the Posse Comitatus Act when it deployed the soldiers and U.S. Marines to Southern California this summer. The 1878 law generally prohibits a president from using the military to police domestic affairs. Sherman said the…

By Jonathan Shorman, Stateline.org Alabama resident Roald Hazelhoff treasures his newly won right to vote. When election officials flagged the naturalized U.S. citizen’s voter registration for possible removal last August, the Dutch native fought back. Hazelhoff, then a 67-year-old college instructor, sued to stop Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen, a Republican, from seeking to kick him and more than 3,200 other registered voters off the rolls. The lawsuit was part of a multifront legal challenge led by him and three other voters, along with voting rights groups and the Biden-era U.S. Department of Justice. A federal judge halted Alabama’s…

A new wildfire burning on Colorado’s Western Slope added to the handful of blazes that consumed thousands more acres on Tuesday, forcing evacuations in communities across the region. The Crosho fire is burning on 300 acres in northeast Rio Blanco County near its border with Routt County and prompted campground evacuations and pre-evacuation orders for nearby homes Tuesday. In southern Colorado, the 6,618-acre Stoner Mesa fire burning on U.S. Forest Service land near Rico in Dolores County nearly doubled in size overnight, growing more than 3,000 acres since Monday. And the largest wildfire burning in Colorado, the 116,859-acre Lee fire…

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS, AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Just five months after emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, Spirit Airlines is warning about its future ability to stay in business. Spirit Aviation Holdings, the budget carrier’s parent company, says it has “substantial doubt” about its ability to continue as a going concern over the next year — which is accounting-speak for running out of money. In a quarterly report issued Monday, Spirit pointed to “adverse market conditions” that it’s continued to face after a recent restructuring and other efforts to revive its business. That includes weak demand for domestic leisure…

This Caprese Grilled Chicken dish pairs boneless, skinless bird with torn wedges of fresh mozzarella cheese and basil oil. It’s a summery concoction that adds a delicious touch of acidity and sweetness by adding a quick pickle topping of cherry tomatoes. The halved tomatoes take about 25 minutes to prepare, most of that time unsupervised with tomato halves resting in a pleasing brine that stars white balsamic vinegar. White balsamic vinegar is made from the same Trebbiano grape as dark balsamic vinegar. The white vinegar has a milder, less sweet taste than its darker counterpart. Grilled Chicken Caprese with Basil…