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A judge last week ordered former Denver school board vice president Auon’tai Anderson to pay $61,060 to cover the legal fees of Black Lives Matter 5280 and Amy Brown, two former defendants in a defamation suit he filed in 2021 after being accused of sexual assault. An investigation initiated by Denver Public Schools found the sexual assault allegations against Anderson to be unsubstantiated. A Denver District Court judge dismissed most of Anderson’s lawsuit in 2022, except for a defamation claim against a Parker activist who made allegations against him on her Facebook page. Last year, the Colorado Court of Appeals…

If NBA referees are actually making a concerted effort to call fewer fouls, Nuggets coach Michael Malone hasn’t noticed. “I don’t see it,” he said Tuesday night, “because we never get foul calls. I don’t really see it. I haven’t noticed a difference.” Data shows that foul calls and free-throw attempts are down league-wide in recent weeks. The more lenient officiating has been widely interpreted as a direct response to the trajectory of offense vs. defense throughout the sport this season. Public scrutiny of the gradual erosion of defensive liberties reached a fever pitch at the end of January, after…

The Wednesday, March 6, performance of Broadway’s “Hairspray” has been scuttled at Denver’s Buell Theatre following its opening-night cancellation due to a sprinkler-system mishap. Ticketholders for the March 5 and 6 performances can exchange for alternate dates or receive a refund, according to the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. But the 2-hour and 35-minute production is scheduled to play only through Sunday, March 10, at the Buell. “Yesterday, we shared that there was an errant activation of the sprinkler system in the Buell Theatre causing a cancellation,” said Heidi Bosk of DCPA. “While we were optimistic that performances could…

By JOSEPH KRAUSS (Associated Press) Over the last five months, Israel has killed thousands of Hamas fighters, destroyed dozens of their tunnels and wreaked unprecedented destruction on the Gaza Strip. But it still faces a dilemma that was clear from the start of the war and will ultimately determine its outcome: It can either try to annihilate Hamas, which would mean almost certain death for the estimated 100 hostages still held in Gaza, or it can cut a deal that would allow the militants to claim a historic victory. Either outcome would be excruciating for Israelis. Either would likely seal…

A 29-year-old man was arrested in a fatal hit-and-run crash Saturday night after he was caught by witnesses while trying to flee the scene, according to the Lakewood Police Department. Juan Terriquez Rendon was arrested on suspicion of vehicular homicide while driving under the influence after he allegedly crashed into another vehicle near West Jewell Avenue and South Harlan Street, according to Lakewood police. The driver of the other vehicle died after the crash and has not yet been identified. Officers who responded to the crash were flagged down by “good Samaritans” who caught Rendon as he tried to run…

The Suns ship antennas. The Nuggets ship blame. “The (Kroenkes) should definitely look to maximize the fan base,” Adam Fox told me as he entered Ball Arena on Tuesday night. “Which means they need to make every opportunity available to customers who don’t have easy access to it via their cable providers.” Sound like anybody you know? Fox, who left his home in Tucson, Ariz., for some Colorado grass, drove down to Ball for Nuggets-Suns from Fort Collins. He’s a speck of Valley Purple in an sea of Championship Denver Gold. Still, he said his buddies with the Nikola Jokic…

By CHRIS MEGERIAN (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden was sweeping every Democratic contest on Super Tuesday — except for American Samoa. He fell short there to a previously unknown candidate named Jason Palmer. Out of 91 ballots cast in the territory’s caucus, Palmer won 51 and Biden won 40, according to the local party. “I found out that I had won because my phone started blowing up with friends and campaign staffers texting me,” Palmer said in an interview late Tuesday. Palmer, 52, said he never visited the territory before the caucus. “I have been campaigning remotely,…

We are not surprised that three of the justices on the Supreme Court who favor an evolving view of the Constitution would refuse to enforce a little-known provision of the 14th Amendment that has never before been employed during a presidential election. While we disagree with their conclusion, the justices are right that there is no precedent and that allowing a state to banish a bad actor from the ballot just before the 2024 primary is an extreme action that could violate competing portions of the Constitution requiring that federal officers are responsive to all the people of America through…

After two years with the Broncos, Russell Wilson is leaving the Mile High City. The 35-year-old quarterback was told by the team that he will be released when the 2024 league year begins next week. So which places are the most likely to be his next destination? Here’s what one sportsbook has to say. The Steelers have the best odds at -200 — meaning a $200 bet would win $100 — to have Wilson take his first snap of the 2024 season in a Pittsburgh uniform, according to DraftKings Sportsbook on Tuesday morning. The Raiders have the next best odds…

Users of Meta’s Facebook, Instagram, Threads and Messenger platforms are experiencing login issues in what appears to be a widespread outage. London-based internet monitoring firm Netblocks said on X that four Meta platforms — Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and Threads — are “currently experiencing outages related to login sessions in multiple countries.” But the firm, which advocates for internet freedom, said there was no sign of “country-level internet disruptions or filtering,” which are typically imposed by governments. Andy Stone, Meta’s head communications, acknowledged the issues on X, formerly known as Twitter, and said the company is “working on this now.” Some…