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Denver police officer charged in 2022 LoDo shooting pleads not guilty

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:04 GMT

The Denver police officer who in January was indicted on assault charges in connection to the July 17, 2022, shooting of five bystanders on a busy LoDo street pleaded not guilty Friday morning.A spokesperson for the Denver District Attorney’s Office in an email confirmed Brandon Ramos’ not guilty plea and said his trial is scheduled to begin Feb. 20, 2024.A grand jury indicted Ramos on 14 counts, including two counts of second-degree assault, six counts of third-degree assault, one count of prohibited use of a weapon and five counts of reckless endangerment, after he allegedly fired at a suspect in the direction of a crowd near 20th and Larimer in the nightlife district about 1:30 a.m. as bars started to close.Ramos’ decision to open fire in the direction of a crowd was “reckless, unreasonable and unnecessary,” according to the indictment.“To charge this officer with a felony crime, jeopardizing his career, his liberty for acting as he was trained, in the public interest...

Pac-12 chaos: Washington State, Oregon State take legal action against the conference over control of assets, voting rights

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:04 GMT

The presidents of Washington State and Oregon State are taking the Pac-12 to court in order to gain clarity on voting rights and control of assets as the collapse of a century-old college sports institution veers toward an internecine feud.The only remaining members of the Pac-12 as of next summer, WSU and OSU filed a joint complaint Friday in Whitman County (Washington) Superior Court that seeks to determine the makeup of the Pac-12 board of directors following the announced departures of 10 schools, according to documents obtained by the Hotline.The Pac-12 and commissioner George Kliavkoff are the named defendants.Washington State’s Kirk Schulz and Oregon State’s Jayathi Murthy are not attempting to punish any of the outgoing schools or prevent them from leaving for the ACC, Big 12 and Big Ten.Instead, they want declaratory judgment from the court regarding the makeup of the Pac-12’s board of directors, which has voting authority and control of the conference’s finances.Additional...

Student arrested after bringing “realistic airsoft gun” to Commerce City high school

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:04 GMT

A student at Lester Arnold High School in Commerce City was arrested after he brought a “very realistic looking airsoft gun” to school Friday morning, Commerce City police said in a news release.Real or fake— bring a gun to school and the charges will be VERY real. Details on what happened at Lester Arnold High School this morning are here pic.twitter.com/7QMpYfMuiZ— Commerce City Police Department (@CommerceCityPD) September 8, 2023Police were called just before 10 a.m. Friday with information that a student had a gun in their possession, the news release states.Officers responded and found the student, recovering the gun.“Although the investigation is ongoing, it does not appear the 16-year-old student threatened to use the gun or brandished it at another person,” according to the news release.The student is now facing three misdemeanor accounts, unlawfully concealing a weapon, disturbing lawful – educational institutions, and possession of an i...

NFL Picks: Josh Allen vs. Aaron Rodgers in Week 1, plus a very drop-y opener for Patrick Mahomes’ WRs in Kansas City

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:04 GMT

Around the AFCDrop-fest at Arrowhead. The Chiefs had questions about their young receiving corps and assuredly did not like the early answers Thursday night in a 21-20 home loss to Detroit. Kadarius Toney dropped everything thrown his way. One tipped ball went for a pick-six. The Kansas City defense played well overall but couldn’t get a stop when it needed one most against Dan Campbell’s Lions. So, the defending Super Bowl champs are 0-1. What’s it mean? Only time will tell, but Sean Payton would do well to send a bottle of the expensive stuff to Campbell, his old tight ends coach.Burrow time. Joe Burrow had a scare early in training camp when he strained his calf, but the star Cincinnati quarterback appears to be ready to roll for Week 1. Not only that, but he’ll take the field an extremely wealthy man. Burrow reportedly agreed Thursday to a five-year, $275 million extension that comes with $219 million guaranteed and represents the largest contract ever au...

Some CU Boulder students struggle to find tickets to home football games

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:04 GMT

The excitement surrounding Deion Sanders and the University of Colorado Buffs’ first home football game on Saturday has led to an unpleasant reality for students: Attending games this fall will require more work, more luck or more money.Due to increased ticket demand for home football games, students who purchased a student sports pass must also go through a claim process to acquire tickets. A student sports pass costs $185, an increase of $20 from last year, and allows students to claim a ticket to home football and basketball games for the season.However, every student who has a sports pass is not guaranteed a ticket, and students without a sports pass can’t claim a ticket.“It definitely sucks,” Junior Morgan Klein said. “I’m so excited for this football season, especially for Coach Prime, but it sucks that its not open to everyone who got a sports pass.”Klein has a sports pass and began the claim process when it opened Sunday morning, joining the queue for tickets to the game aga...

Over 50 Albertsons stores in Colorado will be sold as part of $1.9 billion deal

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:04 GMT

Kroger and Albertsons confirmed on Friday this week’s reports that 413 stores will be sold to C&S Wholesale Grocers as part of a $1.9 billion deal.The sale is meant to move the proposed $25 billion merger between Kroger and Albertsons, respective parent companies of King Soopers and Safeway, forward.The deal with C&S includes 52 Albertsons stores in Colorado.Before the deal with C&S closes, Kroger may, in connection with securing Federal Trade Commission and other governmental clearance for its merger with Albertsons, require C&S to buy up to an additional 237 stores in certain regions. If more stores are added to the agreement, C&S will pay Kroger an additional as-yet-to-be-determined financial amount.No stores will shutter, all frontline employees will keep their jobs, existing collective bargaining agreements will be honored and associates will keep their health care, wages and pension benefits, according to Friday’s news release about the deal. Th...

Cyber Security Group: Operations Targeting Iranian Government Sites Were Internally Executed Within Iran

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:04 GMT

A prominent cyber security group has investigated operations against government websites in Iran and concluded that due to the structure of Iran's Internet and its separation from the global Internet, operations against government websites, including those belonging to state Radio and Television on January 27, 2022, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on May 7, 2023, and the office of the president on May 29, 2023 were conducted by infiltration and could not have been the result of penetration from outside Iran.In recent years, the Treadstone71 cyber security group has published several reports on the Iranian government and its cyber-attacks and has evolved as an authority in this field.The Treadstone71 report underscores that major attacks on the Iranian government sites were most likely carried out by penetrations from inside Iran, in particular by insiders who had access to these systems.Scores of the Iranian government’s most important websites, as well as online systems of the Tehr...

Winners of the DesignEuropa Awards announced

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:04 GMT

Two exceptional designs have been honored in the fourth edition of the DesignEuropa Awards held at the Axica Convention Center in Berlin. RemigoOne, the electric outboard motor created by Slovenian designer Ajda Bertok and engineered in line with marine innovation and sustainability principles, has won the Small and Emerging Companies Award, writes Federico Grandesso.The Industry Award went to the Full Automatic Espresso Coffee Machine, designed by Vittorio Bertazzoni, Matteo Bazzicalupo and Raffaella Mangiarotti for Smeg. This compact machine allows for the professional preparation of coffee in a simple and intuitive way. During the Awards ceremony, the Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Swedish designer Maria Benktzon. A pioneer of inclusive and ergonomic design and the first woman to receive this award, Benktzon has dedicated her career to helping others through design, in collaboration with Sven-Eric Juhlin. Many will remember her best for the non-drip coffee pot she cr...

Hurricane Jova expected to bring big waves to Southern California

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:04 GMT

Hurricane Jova, a weakening storm centered off the Pacific coast of the Baja Peninsula, is not expected to bring rain to Southern California as did Tropical Storm Hilary. But it will still make an impact along the coast, forecasters say.As of Friday morning, Jova had maximum sustained winds of 100 miles per hour and was moving north and west into cooler waters, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.“By Sunday, the storm really starts to die out,” said KTLA weather anchor Mark Kriski. “But the waves along the SoCal coast are going to be picking up, which is good news for surfers.”A satellite view of Hurricane Jova on Sept. 8, 2023. (NOAA)Some Southern California beaches, including Huntington Beach, can expect swells of up to 8 feet over the weekend, according to Surfline. Many other surf spots will see waves in the 4 to 6-foot range.Weekend high temperatures across the Southland will climb into the low-90s and low-100s on Saturday and Sunday, which is expec...

Magnitude 5.0 earthquake shakes Northern California

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:04 GMT

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake was recorded in Northern California Friday morning.The quake was recorded at 10:24 a.m. about 7.5 miles west-southwest of the community of Fall River Mills in Shasta County, at a depth of over nine miles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The area is about 50 miles northeast of Redding, and about 290 miles north of Sacramento. According to the USGS Felt Report, close to two hundred people had reported feeling shaking in the first half hour after the quake, with the majority of the reports coming from Shasta County, and a few reports from as far away as Chico and some communities in Southern Oregon.