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By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and LISA MASCARO, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon confirmed Friday that it has accepted an anonymous $130 million gift to help pay members of the military during the government shutdown, raising ethical questions after President Donald Trump had announced that a friend had offered the gift to defray any shortfalls. While large and unusual, the gift amounts to a small contribution toward the billions needed to cover service member paychecks. The Trump administration told Congress last week that it used $6.5 billion to make payroll. The next payday is coming within the week, and it is unclear if the administration…

Colorado (3-4, 1-3 Big 12) at Utah (5-2, 2-2 Big 12) When/where: 8:15 p.m. Saturday/Rice–Eccles Stadium TV/Radio: ESPN/850 KOA BetMGM Line: CU +13.5, 49.5 over/under Weather: 57 degrees, partly cloudy, chance of showers Series History: CU trails 33-35-3; Utah’s won 11 of last 13, but CU won 49-24 last year in Boulder Three storylines Targets for Salter: Buffs QB Kaidon Salter’s weapons in the pass game have grown. Omarion Miller leads the team in receiving yards, Sincere Brown is a deep threat and Dre’lon Miller has also improved as a pass-catcher. But Joseph Williams has also stepped up lately. Williams…

A Denver Public Schools board member under investigation by his colleagues for racial discrimination alleged Friday that the district has repeatedly retaliated against him because of previous attempts to raise alarm about school safety concerns. John Youngquist in an interview alleged the retaliation first began two years ago when the district sent him a cease-and-desist letter regarding the use of the “lamp of knowledge” from the DPS logo in his campaign signs and culminated in Superintendent Alex Marrero accusing the director of wanting his job and asking the school board to censure the former East High principal. Marrero’s allegations, which…

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The stunning indictment that led to the arrest of more than 30 people, including Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and other NBA figures, on charges of illegal sports betting has drawn new scrutiny of the booming business of professional sports gambling across the U.S. Since widespread legalization, the multibillion-dollar industry has made it easy to place wagers on everything from the outcome of games to that of a single play with just a few taps of a cellphone. It’s just about impossible to go to a basketball, football, baseball or other…

Denver is revamping its elevator inspection process to address a “growing public safety crisis” caused by prolonged elevator failures and inspection delays, months after a Denver Post investigation found the city’s fire department was routinely rescuing people from malfunctioning lifts operating without valid permits. The Denver Fire Department oversees the city’s more than 7,500 conveyances, but property owners pay third-party contractors to conduct inspections, which they then send to the fire department in order to receive certificates of operation. Many of the worst elevators in the city, however, operated for years without valid licenses, The Post found in its investigation,…

Legend quarterback Madi Smolen looked left. Nothing doing. She looked right. Nada. She scrambled and finally threw an alley-oop into the end zone, where Lucy Thompson leaped and snared the ball for a 15-yard, first-quarter touchdown. A desperation Hail Mary? Hardly. “It’s 100% trust,” Smolen said. “If I have nowhere else to throw, I know I can put the ball up and Lucy will go catch it.” That trust between the two seniors/best buddies propelled the Titans (17-1) past Chaparral, 26-14, in Wednesday night’s Class 5A flag football semifinals at Trailblazer Stadium. The victory earned Legend a spot in Saturday…

Woke to a family group chat. Had to close my jaw and rub my eyes after what I read next. Chauncey Billups, the greatest basketball player our state has ever known, was charged Thursday morning with participating in a series of rigged poker games organized by Mafia families that cheated victims out of at least $7.15 million. Read that last sentence again. Billups arrested, gambling, cheating — almost a year to the day he was enshrined into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. There are few surprises anymore. This news left me stunned. Billups was always a great player, dating…

A Thornton teacher was injured after someone stabbed him outside Meadow Community School on Thursday afternoon, police officials said. Thornton police responded to the attack in the 9100 block of Monroe Street just after 3 p.m. The teacher was taken to the hospital with injuries that were not life threatening and police arrested 31-year-old Damien Brooks at the scene. There is no apparent connection between the teacher and Brooks, and it appears to be an unprovoked attack, the Thornton Police Department said in a news release. Victim advocates were called to the school to help students and staff who witnessed…

SAN FRANCISCO — In his first pregame news conference of the season, and his tenure as a full-time NBA head coach, David Adelman didn’t hear as many basketball questions as he probably would’ve liked. That’s because a somber cloud hung over the league on Thursday, after the arrests and federal indictments of an active player, Miami’s Terry Rozier, and a sitting head coach, Portland’s Chauncey Billups, in a wide-ranging FBI gambling investigation. “It’s tough,” Nuggets guard Bruce Brown said Thursday morning before the team’s season opener. “I know Chauncey’s a great guy. I’ve hung around him a little bit. It’s…

Broncos defensive coordinator Vance Joseph has been preaching clean play and a reduction in penalties for weeks. Joseph, though, said he couldn’t find any fault in how cornerback Riley Moss played the late-fourth-quarter deep ball against the New York Giants on which Moss drew a 38-yard defensive pass interference penalty. The play set up the Giants near the goal line, and preceded a go-ahead touchdown with 37 seconds remaining. “I wouldn’t coach it any differently,” Joseph said Thursday. “I think this: The officials, they have a tough job. It’s a tough job. To make those calls in a split second,…