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Everything you need to know about Election Day 2023 in Colorado

Published Thu, 06 Mar 2025 03:24:03 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Tuesday is Election Day for the 2023 coordinated election, and a lot of big issues are on the ballot.These issues include two state ballot questions, Proposition HH to reduce property taxes and voter-approved revenue change, and Proposition II, a Proposition EE funding retention rate reduction. There is also a city council-referred ballot measure, Referred Question 2P, which could extend preschool tax. Where to drop off ballots in Denver City of Denver voters are also deciding the races for Denver Public Schools Board of Education Director At-Large, Director District 1 and Director District 5.“These are important questions that are going to be on the ballot and also if you're in Denver, the school board election. It's important, the future of our education for our children, public education, these are important matters. Students face a lot as students nowadays,” said Paul López, the clerk and recorder of Denver.According to the Colorado Secretary of States Office, ...

Kenny Chesney returning to Denver for 2024 tour

Published Thu, 06 Mar 2025 03:24:03 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Chart-topping country singer Kenny Chesney is touring the country and will return to a Denver stadium.Empower Field at Mile High will host Chesney's "Sun Goes Down 2024 Tour." Chesney announced the new tour Tuesday on X. "There’s nothing like 60,000 members of @noshoesnation singing these songs... It’s gonna be awesome," Chesney said. Hootie & the Blowfish coming to Denver in 2024 The eight-time Entertainer of the Year winner will be at Empower Field on July 27, 2024. Chesney will be joined by Zac Brown Band, Megan Maroney and Uncle Kracker.“I wanted a name that suggested—obviously—when all the good stuff starts to happen. The one thing I’ve learned about No Shoes Nation and these stadium shows is they start the good times early and they just keep it going,” Chesney said of his 2024 tour name. “But we all know, when the sun goes down, that’s when people really get loose and enjoy themselves.”No Shoes Nation is Chesney's official fan club. Fans can jo...

Can Deion Sanders lead the Buffs to 2 more wins for bowl eligibility?

Published Thu, 06 Mar 2025 03:24:03 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — There are only three games left in the regular season, and the University of Colorado Buffaloes are still two wins away from bowl eligibility. The Buffs were handed their third loss in a row on Saturday when the Oregon State Beavers held on for a 26-19 win. With their fifth loss in six games, the Buffs (4-5, 1-5 Pac-12) fell under .500 for the first time all season.After a painful loss at UCLA last week in which Deion Sanders' quarterback son was under constant duress, the Buffs coach switched up play-calling duties, promoting Pat Shurmur from consultant to co-offensive coordinator. He called plays from the booth down to the field where original coordinator Sean Lewis relayed them. Colorado stuns LSU in defending national champion’s season opener Sanders and his Buffs are now looking forward as they face The University of Arizona on Saturday at noon. The Buffs face another ranked team, as Arizona is currently 23rd.With only three games left, Sanders has to prove th...

Police: 73-year-old man arrested in Hollywood double homicide

Published Thu, 06 Mar 2025 03:24:03 GMT

A 73-year-old man was arrested after, police said, he shot and killed two people in Hollywood.According to Hollywood Police, officers responded to a shooting incident in the 1200 block of N. 57th Avenue on Monday, just before 5:00 p.m. Upon arrival, officers said they discovered two victims with gunshot-related injuries. Officials said the suspected shooter, identified as 73-year-old Miguel Fiallo, was apprehended at the scene.While Hollywood Detectives are still investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident, Fiallo has been arrested on two counts of murder.Authorities are urging anyone with information related to this case to contact the Hollywood Police Department at 954-764-HELP (4357) or 954-967-4567. Tips can also be shared via email or text at [email protected]. Information can also be given to Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477(TIPS) or www.browardcrimestoppers.org.

Turkey’s parliament cans Coca-Cola over Israel ‘support’

Published Thu, 06 Mar 2025 03:24:03 GMT

Turkey’s parliament will no longer be serving Coca-Cola products as part of a boycott of companies that “support Israel,” according to a statement from the legislature. “It was decided that the products of companies that support Israel will not be sold in restaurants, cafeterias and tea houses in the parliament campus,” read the statement, as seen by Reuters. The decision was taken by the speaker of the parliament, Numan Kurtulmuş, but the statement did not specify which companies were banned, according to Reuters. Turkish parliamentarians realized Monday morning that Coca-Cola and Nestle products were no longer on the menu. When they asked why, they were told that “the presidency of the Parliament has decided to remove the products of brands that support Israel from the menu,” Turkish news reported.The ban comes a month after Hamas, a Palestinian militant group and political party, attacked Israel on October 7, killing some 1,400 Israelis a...

Supreme Court revisits the scope of the right to bear arms in the wake of latest mass shooting

Published Thu, 06 Mar 2025 03:24:03 GMT

(CNN) — It was only a year ago that the Supreme Court issued a landmark Second Amendment opinion that expanded gun rights nationwide and established that firearms rules must be consistent with the nation’s “historical tradition.”Majority opinion author Justice Clarence Thomas infuriated supporters of gun control and elated advocates of gun rights but also generated confusion among lower court judges who found themselves reconsidering thousands of firearms rules.Now, on Tuesday, the justices are hearing oral arguments in the wake of the yet another mass shooting, in a case asking it to consider the scope of its 2022 decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, this time in the context of domestic violence.The Supreme Court is considering a section of federal law that bars an individual subject to a domestic violence restraining order from possessing a firearm.The Supreme Court’s ultimate decision could impact almost every type of g...

Patriots add wide receiver depth with positional group struggling

Published Thu, 06 Mar 2025 03:24:03 GMT

The Patriots are signing wide receiver T.J. Luther back to their practice squad, according to a source.This is Luther’s second stint on the Patriots’ practice squad this season. He initially signed on Sept. 1 and was released Oct. 18.He entered the NFL out of Gardner-Webb as an undrafted free agent with the Jets.Related ArticlesNew England Patriots | Patriots-Commanders film review: The Patriots are risking becoming the NFL’s worst team New England Patriots | Patriots work out two free agents after Week 9 loss to Commanders New England Patriots | What Mac Jones told JuJu Smith-Schuster after drop in Patriots loss New England Patriots | Bill Belichick wants better ‘consistency’ from Patriots cornerbacks after apparent benchings New England Patriots | Patriots’ Bill Belichick answers whether he believes he’s coaching for his job Patriots wide receiver Kendrick Bourne was place...

Orioles GM Mike Elias named MLB Executive of the Year after unprecedented 101-win season

Published Thu, 06 Mar 2025 03:24:03 GMT

At his end-of-the-season news conference last month, Mike Elias made sure to recognize the “historic achievement” that was the Orioles’ turnaround.“I hope that the city of Baltimore remembers this group for kind of reminding the world that this is Baltimore and we do baseball here,” Elias said.Among those the Orioles reminded of that officially include Elias’ peers, who voted the Orioles general manager as MLB Executive of the Year, as announced Tuesday morning.In 2021, the Orioles won just 52 games. Two years later, they were the American League’s best team and won 101 games, hitting the century mark in more than four decades. That 49-win difference over a two-year span is the greatest such turnaround in MLB history.When Elias was hired in November 2018, he was taking over an organization that just lost a franchise-worst 115 games. While also having baseball’s worst big league club, the Orioles didn’t sport a healthy farm system...

A month into war, Israel envisions an ‘overall security’ role in Gaza indefinitely

Published Thu, 06 Mar 2025 03:24:03 GMT

By NAJIB JOBAIN and SAMY MAGDY (Associated Press)KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel will take “overall security responsibility” in Gaza indefinitely after its war with Hamas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, the clearest indication yet that Israel plans to maintain control there one month into a conflict that has claimed thousands of lives and leveled swaths of the territory.In an interview with ABC News that aired late Monday, Netanyahu expressed openness to “little pauses” in the fighting to facilitate delivery of aid to Gaza or the release of some of the more than 240 hostages seized by Hamas in its Oct. 7 attack into Israel that triggered the war. Hamas has been designated as a terrorist organization by the United States, Canada and the European Union.But he ruled out any general cease-fire without the release of all the hostages. The White House said there was no agreement on U.S. President Joe Biden’s call for a broader humanitarian pause after a phone call between t...

Column: USC quarterback Caleb Williams can cry if he wants to — and we should be OK with it

Published Thu, 06 Mar 2025 03:24:03 GMT

In Saturday’s Top 25 college football matchup between Washington and USC, quarterback Caleb Williams — a past Heisman Trophy winner and projected 2024 NFL draft first-round pick — passed for 312 yards and three touchdowns for the Trojans (7-3, 5-2 Pac-12) in the 52-42 loss.He was strip-sacked late in the second quarter and three plays later, the Huskies went up 35-28 before the half. It was the fifth time in the last six games the Trojans defense gave up at least 40 points.After the game, Williams, 21, was shown sitting on a railing in the stands and embracing his mother with his face covered by a poster. He was visibly overcome by emotion, likely from the frustration of seeing his conference championship hopes dissipate despite his own best efforts. As he cried in his mother’s arms, the national broadcast cameras stayed there for a minute as ABC announcers Chris Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit, in tones suitable for the situation, provided context to what William...