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By DAVE COLLINS Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear his appeal of the $1.4 billion judgment a Connecticut jury and judge issued against him for calling the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting a hoax staged by crisis actors. The Infowars host is arguing that the judge was wrong to find him liable for defamation and infliction of emotional distress without holding a trial on the merits of allegations lodged by relatives of victims of the shooting, which killed 20 first graders and six educators in Newtown, Connecticut. Judge Barbara Bellis, frustrated at what…

The Rockies have lost a franchise-record 104 games, but who’s counting? Not the players or the manager. At least that’s what they say. They also say that the club’s brush with baseball infamy has not been discussed, at least not as a group. “Zero,” interim manager Warren Schaeffer said on Sunday when asked how many times he talked to his players about the mountain of losses. Added veteran left-hander Kyle Freeland: “This MLB record for losses? Sniffing it and being on pace for it and all of that? For us, it’s out of sight, out of mind.” The Rockies entered…

An Eagle County woman charged with killing a bicyclist in a hit-and-run crash was sentenced to 16 years in prison as part of a plea deal, according to court records. Sidney Rayne Whitmarsh, 25, pleaded guilty Wednesday to leaving the scene of an accident involving death and vehicular homicide while driving under the influence. Prosecutors dismissed charges of tampering with evidence, careless driving resulting in death, failing to report an accident, concealing death and conspiracy as part of the plea agreement, court records show. The body of Mario Vildozola Romero, 43, was found down an embankment off the north side…

Are the Denver School Board elections transparent and democratic? Not really. Sadly, the Denver School board campaigns are far less democratic than any other Denver elections with two “dark money” groups providing more than 70% of the funding. We are talking more than $1 million from these two groups in 2023, and expect the number to be even higher this fall. There is no other Denver or even Colorado election with so much soft or “dark” money pouring into an election. Not only is the funding coming from just two 501(c)(4) organizations — the teacher union (Denver Classroom Teacher Associations…

A bear scratched a man walking his dogs Saturday night in central Boulder, according to a Colorado Parks and Wildlife news release. The man was walking his two dogs on High Street, about four blocks north of Pearl Street near Casey Middle School and the Sacred Heart of Jesus School, around 11 p.m., when he encountered a female bear and her nearby cub. The bear charged at the man, and, as he tried to run away, he tripped over the dogs’ leashes, CPW officials said. The bear then scratched the man across his back. The resident, who was not publicly…

The Broncos have identified the location they hope to call home for generations to come. Burnham Yard, the former railyard nestled east of Interstate 25 and north of Sixth Avenue, is the franchise’s preferred site for a new stadium, the club announced Tuesday morning while outlining an unprecedented, privately financed vision for a stadium and adjoining mixed-use entertainment district. “We couldn’t be more excited,” Broncos CEO and owner Greg Penner said in an exclusive interview with The Denver Post on Tuesday. “We had communication with the whole ownership group yesterday and everybody’s been thinking about this and had it on…

Ryan Staub may have gone from No. 3 to No. 1 on the depth chart, but Colorado head coach Deion Sanders isn’t ready to make that official. ESPN’s Pete Thamel reported Tuesday morning that Staub is expected to make his second career start at quarterback when Colorado visits Houston for its Big 12 Conference opener on Friday night (5:30 p.m., ESPN) at TDECU Stadium. At his press conference on Tuesday, however, Sanders said a decision hasn’t been made. “I’m not confirming nothing. You all know that,” Sanders said. “We have capable guys. I haven’t made that assessment or decision yet.”…

A former vice president at Colorado-based Arrow Electronics and the CEO of a contractor have been sentenced to federal prison for defrauding Arrow, a global provider of technology services and components, of nearly $2 million. Michael Vergato, 52, who worked for Arrow, was sentenced to 46 months in prison. Mark Perlstein, 60, was sentenced to 25 months and fined $15,000. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado said Monday that Vergato was convicted on six counts of wire fraud after a six-day trial in May. Perlstein pleaded guilty to wire fraud in June. The men were jointly ordered…

By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and JOSHUA GOODMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard detects and detains scores of drug-running vessels in the Caribbean every year in its role as the world’s drug police on the high seas. Now, that anti-narcotics mission may look vastly different after a U.S. military strike on a vessel off Venezuela. Trump administration officials asserted last week that gang members were smuggling drugs bound for America. The Trump administration has indicated more military strikes on drug targets could be coming, saying it is seeking to “wage war” on Latin American cartels it accuses of flooding the…

By DÁNICA COTO SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrived in Puerto Rico on Monday as the U.S. steps up its military operations against drug cartels in the Caribbean. Their arrival in the U.S. territory comes more than a week after ships carrying hundreds of U.S. marines deployed to Puerto Rico for a training exercise, a move that some on the island have criticized. Puerto Rico’s Gov. Jenniffer González said Hegseth and Caine visited on behalf of President Donald Trump’s administration to…