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Denver weather: Slick morning commute possible from rain, snow

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 19:05:57 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Another round of rain and snow showers will move into Denver's weather forecast Thursday night into early Friday. This will lead to a slick commute Friday morning in some areas ahead of a nice weekend. Because of this, a Pinpoint Weather Alert Day has been issued for Friday, with a focus on the early morning.Weather tonight: Rain and snow showers, breezyWinter weather advisories are in effect from Thursday evening until Friday morning, mostly for elevations above 6,500 feet. Because of accumulating snowfall and strong wind gusts, travel could be very difficult at times. As a cold front moves through the area we will see increasing clouds and wind gusts reaching over 30 mph in the Denver metro. Clouds will be followed by rain showers this evening that will transition to snowfall overnight. Weather tomorrow: Clearing in the morning for DenverThere will be a few morning showers and a couple of inches of snowfall, mostly for elevations above 6,500 feet. The chanc...

How investigators used cell phone towers to track the rock-throwing suspects

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 19:05:57 GMT

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) -- FOX31 learned new details about what led to the arrest of three high school seniors suspected of a rock-throwing crime spree that killed a 20-year-old woman.Arrest documents released Thursday show investigators used cell phone towers to track down the suspects and match their location to where the crimes occurred.  Rock-throwing suspect said they were ‘blood brothers’ after spree, documents show According to the affidavit, detectives requested a "tower dump," which shows all the data recorded by a single cell phone tower during a specific time frame.Eleven phone numbers bounced off the four cell phone towers in question, according to the affidavit. "One in particular showed a path that travelled the same time frames of the incidences reported using the four towers, and that phone passed the area of the death of the victim at the same time that the victim, Alexa, stopped talking," the document reads. That phone reportedly belonged to one of the sus...

Marchand: Postal ‘reform’ fails taxpayers, consumers

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 19:05:57 GMT

Last year, President Biden signed the Postal Service Reform Act (PSRA) into law and heralded a new era of fiscal accountability for America’s mail carrier. Clearly, the law has failed to get the U.S. Postal Service back on firmer footing.Despite forgiving nearly $60 billion in postal debt, the agency continues to spend more than it takes in. According to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, the service will lose an additional $60 billion to $70 billion by 2030. Taxpayers are paying the price through historic and above-inflation increases in stamp prices. Policymakers must halt the sorry slide in postal finances. PSRA-style bailouts will only result in higher costs and declining service standards for taxpayers and consumers.Abysmal postal finances are nothing new. In the 15 years before PSRA, the service lost $100 billion despite taxpayer subsidies and preferential treatment from the Treasury. Before “postal reform,” pundits and lawmakers claimed that the service was losing money due to a...

Girls track All-Scholastics and league All-Stars

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 19:05:57 GMT

GIRLS TRACK ALL-SCHOLASTICSObi Akubude (Concord-Carlisle) 55 hurdles/300Kylee Bernard (Cambridge) 600Sarah Claflin (Pembroke) 55Ava Criniti (Lexington) 2-mileSarah Dumas (Franklin) pentathlonAmelia Everett (Newton South) 1000Brianna Ewansiha (Peabody) high jumpGrace Hanafin (Burlington) long jumpRonnie Jones (Lowell) shot putCamille Jordan (Brookline) mileNyrah Joseph (Billerica) pentathlonBrooke Serak (Bishop Feehan) shot put4×200 (Lowell): Ronnie Jones, Quinn Petzold, Bridget Geary, Britney Ogiegor4×400 (Woburn): Nicole Gangi, Sydney Metivier, Leah Finn, Riley Power, Kayla Buback4×800 (Brookline): Audrey Seeger, Camille Jordan, Dasha LeFaivre, Zara Chaudry, Jordan Liss-RiordanOBI AKUBUDECONCORD-CARLISLEAkubude chalked up victories in the 55 hurdles and 300 at All-States. The team MVP holds school records in both events and defended her Dual County League title in both. The varsity swimmer is an honor roll student and earned the Oberlin Book Award. She will study phy...

McGhee: Tobacco ban hurts law enforcement, tax collection

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 19:05:57 GMT

In June 2020, Massachusetts became the first state to implement a ban on menthol cigarettes and flavored tobacco products.  Although supporters of this proposal believed that the ban would curb usage of these products, that’s not what has happened.  Massachusetts has not realized any public health benefits as sales simply dispersed across borders, leaving the state with less revenue and a significant growing illicit market.As a former Massachusetts State Trooper who served 24 years protecting citizens in the Commonwealth, I can tell you that prohibition doesn’t work.  The Massachusetts flavor ban on tobacco products is yet another illustration that policies aimed at banning products do more harm than good. The 2020 flavor ban only increased illicit markets and related criminal activities and now the state’s cigarette smuggling rate ranks in the top 10.Instead of relying on punitive measures that target consumers and underserved communities, the state should focus on harm reduction p...

Chris Perkins: Top 20 players available for the Dolphins in the NFL Draft

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 19:05:57 GMT

The Dolphins will make their first picks of the draft – selection No. 51 in the second round, and selection No. 84 in the third round – Friday night. Numerous quality players are available at a number of positions. Here are the top 20 players, some in the second round, some in the third round, the Dolphins could choose among based on talent, projected availability, and need.Steve Avila, G-C, TCUAvila (6-3, 332), who would be a second-round pick, could challenge Liam Eichenberg, Robert Jones and perhaps Dan Feeney to start at left guard. Avila is skilled, physical and feisty.Dawand Jones, OT, Ohio StateJones, a right tackle who’d be a second-round pick, would challenge starting right tackle Austin Jackson. Jones (6-8, 374) is fairly athletic but it’s not known if he’s versatile enough to serve as a backup to left tackle Terron Armstead.Sam LaPorta, TE, IowaLaPorta (6-3, 245), who figures to go in the second round, offers receiving and in-line blocking, a...

Here’s what Dolphins could do on Day 2 of draft, what they missed in Thursday’s first round

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 19:05:57 GMT

The NFL draft’s first round came and went Thursday night, and the Miami Dolphins decided to stand pat.They didn’t make a move back up into the first round and watched 31 selections go by without a first-round pick of their own.Essentially, the Dolphins’ draft outlook entering Friday’s second and third rounds stands largely as it was ahead of Thursday. Miami has pick No. 51 in the second round and No. 84 in the third round before sixth- and seventh-round selections Saturday.They still could lean toward any one of a number of talented tight ends or offensive linemen remaining if they emphasize positions of need the way the roster is currently constructed.At tight end, only one was taken in the first round, Utah’s Dalton Kincaid. That means Notre Dame’s Michael Mayer, Georgia’s Darnell Washington, Iowa’s Sam LaPorta and Oregon State’s Luke Musgrave are among the top prospects available at the position.The Dolphins have already deeme...

Mike Preston: Zay Flowers is a catch, but Ravens can’t let a cornerback slip through their fingers | COMMENTARY

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 19:05:57 GMT

I will feel better about the Ravens’ selection of Boston College wide receiver Zay Flowers if Baltimore can find a potential starting cornerback.It’s clear the Ravens have figured out that their ground-and-pound offense won’t work, especially in the postseason. Unfortunately, it took them years to move in another direction.I like Flowers’ speed, something that has been lacking in the Ravens’ offense. He ran the 40-yard dash in 4.42 seconds and tied for fifth in the Football Bowl Subdivision with 12 touchdown catches in 12 starts last season. The team needed someone who could stretch defenses and allow wide receivers Rashod Bateman and Odell Beckham Jr. and tight end Mark Andrews to work underneath.I have more faith in new offensive coordinator Todd Monken being able to work Flowers into the offense than former coordinator Greg Roman. The 5-foot-9, 182-pound wideout’s size is a concern, though. The Ravens had a similar receiver that size in Marquis...

Chicago White Sox fall to 7-19 — their worst start since 1950 — after the Tampa Bay Rays rough up Dylan Cease in a 14-5 rout

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 19:05:57 GMT

The Chicago White Sox’s free-fall has reached 1950.The Sox suffered their eighth consecutive loss Thursday, getting crushed by the Tampa Bay Rays 14-5 in front of 11,060 at Guaranteed Rate Field.The Sox are 7-19, their worst start since 1950 (6-20). It’s the team’s longest losing streak since dropping eight in a row Sept. 20-28 last season.“Obviously you don’t want to get punched in the face three games in a row like we have,” third baseman Jake Burger said, referring to the 7-0 loss Tuesday and the 8-0 defeat Wednesday in Toronto. “Even getting walked off twice in Tampa Bay (Friday and Saturday). It is what it is.“Every team goes through stints like this, and I think there’s a lot of love in this clubhouse. There’s an emphasis on everybody taking care of their business every single day and that’s what we are doing. I think the morale is still good. Obviously it sucks getting punched in the face, but we’ll start...

‘Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret’ a long-awaited delight

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 19:05:57 GMT

MOVIE REVIEW“Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret”Rated PG-13. At suburban theatersGrade: AThere’s no reason why Judy Blume’s game-changing 1970 Young Adult debut novel “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” has taken this long to be adapted on the big screen.But it’s finally here, and they did it right.Faithfully adapted and directed by Kelly Fremon Craig, with Blume herself and James L. Brooks among the producers, “Margaret” continues to resonate because of its honestly realistic approach to its characters, both kids and adults, and its concerns which while set in the early 1970s remain timeless.Margaret Simon (a winning Abby Ryder Fortson) is 11, a sixth grader suddenly transplanted from growing up in Queens, NY, to facing adolescence in the suburbs of New Jersey where she must make new friends, converse directly with God, get crushes and, most importantly, experience puberty.Blume was a trailblazer in her realistic depiction of a middle school kid’s obsessions, whether it’...