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Robert Pumphrey pulled his RTD bus into the Westminster public transit station earlier this month, got out and faced a belligerent man who head-butted Pumphrey and punched him in the face. An ambulance took Pumphrey, 68, to a hospital for treatment. His eye and the side of his face swollen, he was driving again three days later but wondered whether the attacker might return — “the first thing on my mind,” Pumphrey said during a break, ruling out retirement. “I’m a senior citizen. But in this day and age, you’ve got to keep working to make a living.” In January,…

The University of Denver Pioneers hockey team beat the Boston College Eagle 2-0 in the 2024 NCAA Frozen Four championship game at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota on Saturday, April 13, 2024. The win makes DU the only NCAA D1 hockey program in history to win ten championships. source

JERUSALEM (AP) — An incoming attack by more than 300 Iranian drones and ballistic missiles was the latest challenge to Israel’s air defense system, which already has been working overtime to cope with incoming rocket, drone and missile attacks throughout the six-month war against Hamas. Israel’s defense system with assistance from the U.S. and Britain is credited with preventing serious damage or casualties. Here’s a closer look at Israel’s multilayered air-defense system: The Arrow: This system developed with the U.S. is designed to intercept long-range missiles, including the types of ballistic missiles Iran said it launched on Saturday. The Arrow,…

By JOHN MARSHALL (AP Sports Writer) TEMPE. Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Coyotes will likely be sold to Utah Jazz owner Ryan Smith shortly after the team’s final game and will include a provision guaranteeing current owner Alex Meruelo an expansion team if a new arena is built within five years, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Saturday. The $1 billion sale is expected to happen between the Coyotes’ final game of the 2023-24 season on Wednesday and the start of the playoffs on Saturday, barring unforeseen circumstances, the person said on condition of…

Alexander Georgiev wore disheveled hair and a distant stare into nowhere. His helmetless head told a sobering story even before coach Jared Bednar opened his mouth Saturday afternoon. The Avs are in trouble. Their goalie has blown more saves than the cast of “Baywatch,” and was benched during one of the worst first periods in recent memory. Or any memory. The final score: Winnipeg 7, Avs 0. The Jets got tacos and the Avs settled for a Denver omelet on their face. “We didn’t show up,” defenseman Devon Toews said in an eerily-silent locker room. “It was just really bad.”…

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The University of Denver Pioneers are officially the kings of college hockey. The Pioneers came to Minnesota to claim their NCAA-record 10th national championship, and they went through all of Massachusetts to do it. Matt Davis made 35 saves on Saturday at Xcel Energy Center to finish off a legend-making postseason run, as the Pios shut down the No. 1-ranked Boston College Eagles in the 2024 NCAA championship game for a 2-0 victory. Jared Wright and Rieger Lorenz each scored in the second period to put the Pios on course for their 10th title, one more…

A 16-year-old suspect has been arrested on investigation of manslaughter Saturday after another teenager died in a late night Denver shooting Friday. At 10:31 p.m., Denver officers responded to reports of a shooting in the 3800 block of North Walnut Street, according to a Saturday news release from the police department. When they arrived at the scene, officers found a 17-year-old boy suffering from a gunshot wound, the release stated. Paramedics transported the teenager to a local hospital, where he later died from his injuries. Nearly 12 hours after the shooting — around 10 a.m. — officers arrested a 16-year-old…

With five minutes left in a game the Colorado Rapids trailed 2-1 last week at Inter Miami, the decision to sub out forward Rafael Navarro for defensive midfielder Lamine Diack raised a few eyebrows, to say the least. Three minutes later, it looked like a stroke of genius from Chris Armas. Colorado needed some sort of defensive presence to break Miami’s run of play, and the Rapids head coach called on his Senegalese six to deliver it in Diack’s debut with the Burgundy Boys. “Watching the game, we didn’t have a great grasp of it. … We’re pushing the game,…

RTD directors expressed skepticism this week over a proposed overhaul of their board, arguing it moves the board too far away from the taxpayers who fund the system. “This is a hostile takeover by the Colorado Department of Transportation and the State of Colorado. They’re doing this so they can control our agency, our assets, our buses and trains, and our revenue sources,” RTD board member Paul Rosenthal said. The legislation rolled out this week would reduce the Regional Transportation District‘s current 15-member elected board to seven voting directors, two of them appointed and five elected. The Colorado Department of…

By NASSER NASSER and JACK JEFFERY (Associated Press) Al-MUGHAYYIR, West Bank (AP) — Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank went on the largest rampage against Palestinians there since the war in Gaza began, as Israel’s army said Saturday the body of a missing Israeli teen was found after he was killed in a “terrorist attack.” Witnesses said settlers assaulted a number of communities. The Israeli military said dozens of people were injured in confrontations in several locations, with shots fired and rocks thrown. It did not specify how many Palestinians and Israelis were hurt. Several companies with the defense…