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New national team coach Emma Hayes ready for sideline debut as US women look ahead to the Olympics

May. 31, 2024 17:56 PM EDT

Emma Hayes said the groundwork has been completed ahead of her debut with the U.S. women's national team. Now it's all about the details. Hayes will be on the sidelines with her team for the first time Saturday when the United States plays a friendly match against South Korea in...

A necklace may have saved a man's life by blocking a bullet

May. 30, 2024 18:06 PM EDT

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (AP) — Police in Colorado say a man's sturdy necklace probably saved his life by blocking a bullet fired at his neck. The bullet lodged in the almost half-inch-wide (10-millimeter), silver-colored, metal chain in the shooting Tuesday night in Commerce City, a...

BLM buys about 3,700 acres of land adjacent to Río Grande del Norte National Monument in New Mexico

May. 30, 2024 17:06 PM EDT

TAOS, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. Bureau of Land Management announced the acquisition Thursday of about 3,700 acres (1,497 hectares) of land adjacent to the Río Grande del Norte National Monument in northern New Mexico near the Colorado border. BLM officials said the agency plans to...

Bassi, Blessing and Kowalczyk each score as the Dynamo won their first home game since March 30

May. 29, 2024 23:49 PM EDT

HOUSTON (AP) — Amine Bassi, Latif Blessing and Sebastian Kowalczyk each scored, and the Houston Dynamo beat the Colorado Rapids 3-1 on Wednesday night without head coach Ben Olsen, who served a one-match suspension for yellow-card accumulation. Houston (6-6-3) snapped a three-game...

Red Robin: Q1 Earnings Snapshot

May. 29, 2024 16:27 PM EDT

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc. (RRGB) on Wednesday reported a loss of $9.5 million in its first quarter. The Englewood, Colorado-based company said it had a loss of 61 cents per share. Losses, adjusted for one-time gains and costs,...

A fifth grader's fundraiser cleared his school of meal debt. It named an award for him

May. 29, 2024 15:11 PM EDT

As the school year drew to a close, Daken Kramer worried about children who owed money for meals at his school. So the enterprising fifth grader decided to do something about it. Daken, 11, posted a video last month challenging friends, family, and even strangers and businesses to...

Former Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis barred from practicing in Colorado for three years

May. 28, 2024 23:34 PM EDT

DENVER (AP) — Colorado legal officials on Tuesday approved an agreement with Jenna Ellis, a onetime attorney for former President Donald Trump, barring her from practicing law in the state for three years after she pleaded guilty to helping Trump try to overturn the 2020 election. ...

New coach Emma Hayes conducts 1st practice with US women's soccer team, preparing for Paris Games

May. 28, 2024 18:31 PM EDT

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — The directions called out by U.S. women's soccer coach Emma Hayes carried throughout the field as her team went through drills Tuesday in their first practice together. It's a new voice. A new way. But same lofty standards. Hayes and the squad...

Lightning strike kills Colorado rancher and 34 head of cattle

May. 26, 2024 21:54 PM EDT

DENVER (AP) — A lightning strike killed a Colorado rancher and 34 head of cattle over the weekend, officials said Sunday. Mike Morgan, 51, was feeding his cattle from a trailer when he was struck and died on the scene despite life-saving efforts, the Jackson County Sheriff's Office...

What to look for in mosquito repellents

May. 25, 2024 12:31 PM EDT

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — There's an old joke that mosquitoes are like family: They are annoying, but they carry your blood. Mosquito season is starting to rev up across much of the United States. And that means bug bites. When a mosquito bites you, it pierces the...