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Benge and Vientos lead the Mets to a 4-2 victory over the skidding Rockies in early start

DENVER | Carson Benge homered leading off the sixth inning for New York’s first hit against Tomoyuki Sugano, and the Mets beat the skidding Colorado Rockies 4-2 on Monday in a game moved up three hours to avoid potential wet weather. Mark Vientos added a two-run single for the Mets, who are 3-1 on a […]

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Nathan MacKinnon delivers off big hits, scoring as Avalanche seize a 2-0 edge in series with Wild

DENVER | Nathan MacKinnon is known for his speed and his scoring. He can deliver some big hits, too. The Colorado Avalanche forward crunched Minnesota’s Quinn Hughes and Matt Boldy in the third period as part of a big game where he scored a goal and notched two assists. Just Nate being playoff Nate. He […]

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Lindsey Vonn nominated to US ski team for next season as she faces long recovery from Olympic crash

It’s easy to read something into this: Lindsey Vonn was among the 48 athletes nominated Wednesday to the U.S. Alpine ski team for the upcoming season. For the moment, that’s just a formality based on results. The 41-year-old Vonn is still at least a year and a half — along with an ACL surgery — […]

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Semien and Soto homer, leading the surging Mets 10-5 over the Rockies

DENVER | Juan Soto led off with a home run, Marcus Semien homered and finished with four hits, and the surging New York Mets beat the Colorado Rockies 10-5 on Wednesday night after the start time was pushed back six hours due to a snowstorm. Carson Benge continued his hot stretch with two hits for […]

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Colorado’s hidden human trafficking problem: It’s closer than you think

AURORA | Human trafficking in Colorado is not some shadowy crime confined to distant places, and it rarely looks like the dramatic abductions portrayed online. Instead, federal and local investigators say it often unfolds through manipulation, familiarity and unmet needs, frequently going unnoticed by the public, even when it is happening in plain sight. “It’s […]

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Aurora cops say drones give crime-fighting a new advantage. Critics want regulation

AURORA | Last summer, Dr. P.J. Parmar and his friends noticed a drone frequently flying around Mango House in Aurora and the nearby Martin Luther King Library on East Colfax Avenue.  At first, they had no idea who was flying the drone and why, but they felt like they were being watched. One day, Parmar’s […]

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Buckley Space Force Base still flying high in Aurora’s economic orbit

EDITOR’S NOTE: A previous version of this story referred to National Guard personnel incorrectly. AURORA | Buckley Space Force Base officials say the economic impact of the Aurora base is linked to a sizable $2.4 billion in area economic activity, although it’s about $200 million less than last year. The economic impact update and a […]

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Colorado lawmakers ponder 2-year delay for affordable childcare program boost

This story was produced as part of the Colorado Capitol News Alliance. It first appeared at coloradosun.com. DENVER | Thousands of Colorado’s poorest families in desperate need of childcare could get a boost of state funding to help them afford a spot for their kid through a pair of bills still working their way through the […]

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Colorado Dems propose bill to counter mandated road-funding ballot initiative

This story was first published at Colorado Newsline. DENVER | Colorado Democrats want to pass a bill in the final days of the state legislative session to offset a potential constitutional amendment on this year’s ballot that would divert revenue to maintain and repair the state’s roads.  Lawmakers warn that the initiative would reroute money […]

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Italy tells Rubio that Europe needs America and vice versa on Day 2 of US fence-mending visit

ROME | Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said he told U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday that Europe needs the United States, and vice versa, as America’s top diplomat wrapped up two days of fence-mending talks in Italy and the Vatican following weeks of tensions over the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran. Tajani reaffirmed […]