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Former Adams County Sheriff and senior staff charged with fraud

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 20:51:36 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- On Wednesday, the former Adams County sheriff and members of the staff at his department were charged with fraud.Former Adams County Sheriff Richard Reigenborn, former Undersheriff Thomas McLallen and former Division Chief Michael Bethel are accused of falsifying records claiming they completed mandatory annual training hours in 2021.According to an arrest affidavit, investigators also claim that Bethel took some of McLallen's training courses on his behalf. Troopers find 290 pounds of cocaine during traffic stop “A foundation of effective policing is reliable and sound training. Well-trained officers build community trust and confidence in law enforcement. We’ll continue to take seriously any allegation of efforts to disregard state-mandated training or submit fraudulent training records to POST,” Attorney General Phil Weiser said in a press release.Officers are required to complete a minimum of 24 hours of annual in-service training, such as training in arr...

These celebs are rumored to be attending CU vs. USC game

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 20:51:36 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — It has been 16 years since the University of Colorado Buffaloes beat an AP Top 10 team, and CU is looking to end that streak this weekend when they face No. 8 University of Southern California. The Buffs might be doing it in front of a star-studded audience. Deion Sanders and his Buffaloes will be back in the spotlight at Folsom Field this Saturday for a nationally televised game on FOX. Coach Prime asks Buffs fans to ‘keep the peace’ FOX's Big Noon Kickoff pregame will be in Boulder for the third time this year. On Friday, FS1's "Undisputed" and "Speak" will be airing live from Farrand Field on CU's campus. Aside from all the cameras, the rumored guest list for the CU vs. USC game is jam-packed with celebrities.Possible celebrity sightings for CU vs. USC gameMany A-list celebrities are set to travel to Boulder for Saturday's matchup.According to Sports Illustrated, notable names like LeBron James, Jay Z and Matthew McConaughey are rumored to be watching the game u...

USC vs. Colorado: TV channel, time, what to know

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 20:51:36 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The University of Colorado Buffaloes suffered their first loss of the season last week against the Oregon Ducks, but coach Deion Sanders and the team hope to rebound at home against the USC Trojans on Saturday.The loss dropped the Buffs out of AP's Top 25, but a win over the No. 8 Trojans could reverse that fortune. 98-year-old CU Buffs fan reflects on historic start to football season How to watch USC vs. Colorado on TVThe Buffs are back at Folsom Field after a road game last week.Big Noon Kickoff: 8 a.m.USC vs. CU: 10 a.m.Channel: FOX31Kickoff between the Trojans and Buffaloes takes place Saturday at 10 a.m. and the game will be broadcast live on FOX31.FOX's "Big Noon Kickoff" pregame show will be back at Farand Field again, after having been there in Week 2 when Nebraska came to Folsom Field and again in Week 3 for the Colorado State University game. Where to watch CU Buffs games in Boulder: Bars, breweries and pubs Other sports shows, including FS1's "Undisp...

Italy pulls the brake on 11th-hour migration compromise

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 20:51:36 GMT

BRUSSELS — Italy is now dragging its feet on the final plank of the EU’s flagship migration reform — after Germany agreed to a long-awaited compromise. During a meeting of EU interior ministers, Rome in an unexpected last-minute move placed a decision over the so-called crisis regulation on hold, crushing hopes of reaching a deal by the end of the day. Yet the EU home affairs chief Ylva Johansson guaranteed that EU ambassadors will sign off the agreement in the days to come. “We are very close to find the final decision in a few days,” Johansson said in a Brussels press conference after the meeting alongside Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska Gómez.The minister from Spain, which currently holds the rotating presidency for the Council of the EU, said that “points of details can be fine tuned,” echoing that, “We hope to finalize general approach over the coming days.” A breakthrough on this issue would pave the way for an agreement on reform ...

Red Sox say Tim Wakefield is in treatment, asks for privacy after illness outed by Schilling

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 20:51:36 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Red Sox say announcer and former knuckleballer Tim Wakefield is undergoing treatment for a disease they did not specify and asked for fans to respect his privacy after his illness was outed without his consent by ex-teammate Curt Schilling.The team issued a statement on Thursday after Schilling said on a podcast that Wakefield had brain cancer, leading to an outpouring of support for Wakefield — and criticism of Schilling.“We are aware of the statements and inquiries about the health of Tim and Stacy Wakefield,” the Red Sox said. “Unfortunately, this information has been shared publicly without their permission. Their health is a deeply personal matter they intended to keep private as they navigate treatment and work to tackle this disease. Tim and Stacy are appreciative of the support and love that has always been extended to them and respectfully ask for privacy at this time.”Wakefield, 57, retired in 2012 with a 200-192 record and 4.41 ERA in more than 3,...

Tim Wakefield, wife, both battling cancer after Schilling leaks sad news

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 20:51:36 GMT

Former Red Sox knuckleballer Tim Wakefield has been diagnosed with brain cancer while his wife Stacy is fighting pancreatic cancer — developments shared publicly without their permission, the organization said in a Thursday release.The statement from the Red Sox comes after Wakefield’s ex-teammate Curt Schilling brought the illnesses to light on his podcast Wednesday night.“We are aware of the statements and inquiries about the health of Tim and Stacy Wakefield. Unfortunately, this information has been shared publicly without their permission,” the statement reads. “Their health is a deeply personal matter they intended to keep private as they navigate treatment and work to tackle this disease. Tim and Stacy are appreciative of the support and love that has always been extended to them and respectfully ask for privacy at this time.”Schilling, on his podcast, acknowledged he never received approval from Wakefield to share the news before proceeding to do so, anyway.“This is not...

America has always believed conspiracy theories, says ‘Under the Eye of Power’ author

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 20:51:36 GMT

In his new book, “Under the Eye of Power: How Fear of Secret Societies Shapes American Democracy,” Colin Dickey wastes no time getting to the point. “The United States was born in paranoia,” he writes in the book’s introduction. “It has been with this country from the very beginning, shadowing it ever since.”It’s a sobering reminder that conspiracy theories didn’t start with Pizzagate, QAnon or any of the other dangerous belief systems that have recently taken hold in American society — this has been going on since the 18th century. Related: Sign up for our free Book Pages newsletter about bestsellers, authors and moreDickey’s book takes a look at some of the more notable conspiracy theories that have, at one time or another, captured the nation’s imagination, including the Illuminati, Henry Ford’s infamous, anti-Semitic lies and the “Satanic panic” of the 1980s. Underscoring the book is a series of questions: Where do these theories come from, and why do people believe them?“Under ...

This little Las Vegas claims a large presence in New Mexico’s history, landscape — and skies

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 20:51:36 GMT

Mary Ann Anderson | Tribune News Service (TNS)In the first chapter of Genesis, it is written, “And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.” Eons later, the Las Vegas City Council wrote, “Let there be dark: and there was dark.”In this remote corner of New Mexico, dark sky ordinances are in place to ensure stargazers, even if they’re standing in the middle of this small town with its population of 13,000, have little light pollution to better enjoy the exquisiteness of clear nights and constellations and galaxies sparkling in the night sky like silvered flakes of glitter.New Mexico is all about its storied light, whether from a starry night, violet sunrise or magnificent sunset. Las Vegas, perched at almost 7,000 feet in elevation, is wedged where the Great Plains and the Sangre de Cristo Mountains collide, so the luminescent landscape, a fusion of flatland and mountaintop, is light-washed and glimmering.The light isn’t the only reason to visit Las Vegas. The dot of a town,...

Tedeschi Trucks brings home the gold to TD Garden

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 20:51:36 GMT

Tedeschi Trucks Band played its best set ever on Wednesday at the TD Garden.Don’t come at me with Orpheum 2022, or 2021, or 2016. Don’t tell me the band has a ten-way tie for best set (even if you are right). Wednesday was it. And here are a few dashes of why:The band vamped on Joe Cocker’s “Woman to Woman” for five minutes letting Susan Tedeschi saunter out, full rock star entrance to open the homecoming show. Later the Boston-born Tedeschi took the ecstatic crowd to Chicago in 1966 (and the Fillmore East in 1971) with “Just Won’t Burn” — her blazing blues leads shot from her mint green telecaster signed by BB King. The whole band somehow turned the Nola stroll of “Fall In” into a Radiohead-does-Southern-rock-on–acid crescendo.Oh, and Warren Haynes joined the band, and his fellow Allman Brothers alum Derek Trucks, for “Dreams” and “Blue Sky.”Wednesday’s show had so much more, but a little history might be helpful to contextualize TTB’s grandest B...

Column: The Hollywood writers’ strike is over. What happens now?

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 20:51:36 GMT

By Nina Metz, Chicago TribuneNow that the strike by the Writers Guild of America, which began in May, appears to be over, what happens now?The WGA’s nearly 12,000 members have until Oct. 9 to ratify the contract. Here are some of the details, as outlined on the WGA website:Baseline minimum wages will go up 5% once the contract is ratified. They will go up an additional 4% in the spring of 2024 and 3.5% the following year.Artificial intelligence was a major sticking point and here’s what both sides agreed to: “AI can’t write or rewrite literary material, and AI-generated material will not be considered source material under the (contract), meaning that AI-generated material can’t be used to undermine a writer’s credit or separated rights.”There will be a new viewership-based streaming pay bonus applied to TV shows and movies “that are viewed by 20% or more of the service’s domestic subscribers in the first 90 days of release.”That also means streamers have agreed to provide to the WG...