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Livestock associations sue Colorado, U.S. Fish and Wildlife to delay gray wolf reintroduction

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:15:42 GMT

The Colorado Cattlemen’s Association and Gunnison County Stockgrowers’ Association sued Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service this week to delay the reintroduction of gray wolves into Colorado.Through a lawsuit filed in federal district court Monday, the industry organizations are seeking a court order to delay the release of gray wolves into Colorado by Dec. 31, a deadline required by the state’s Gray Wolf Introduction Initiative narrowly approved by voters in 2020.The complaint alleges the two agencies violated the National Environmental Policy Act by not conducting an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement on the “environmental consequences of reintroducing gray wolves to Colorado.”Previous environmental impact studies released this fall did not address those issues, the lawsuit states.The Colorado Cattlemen’s Association, which represents 6,000 members, has long opposed the ballot measure to reintroduce gray wolves, with officials...

Denver City Council changes rules for future development along East Colfax Avenue

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:15:42 GMT

Hundreds of properties along a 5-mile stretch of East Colfax Avenue will have to include active, ground-floor commercial space in any redevelopment plans after the Denver City Council on Monday approved new design guidelines for buildings clumped along the city’s most famous street.The council unanimously supported applying the pack of new rules, collectively known by the active centers and corridors design overlay, to a stretch of Colfax that by 2027 is slated to be home to Denver’s first bus rapid transit line.That transportation system is designed to use dedicated bus lanes and high-frequency, quick-boarding buses to transform the way people move along East Colfax. The design rules stand to change what the street offers to people walking and rolling along its sidewalks.The rules will apply to all new buildings within two blocks of a planned bus rapid transit, or BRT, station between Sherman and Yosemite streets. Not only will projects in those areas be required to fea...

Jamal Murray shines, Nikola Jokic bounces back, Nuggets limp across finish line to snap losing streak in Atlanta

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:15:42 GMT

ATLANTA — Even MVPs need a little affirmation from their coaches sometimes, maybe. Or maybe the Nuggets’ last two games were just a brief glitch in the cheat code that is Nikola Jokic.After Jokic’s second consecutive poor shooting night Friday in Denver, Michael Malone checked on his star center “to make sure that he is not losing any confidence — which knowing him, I know he won’t,” Malone said. “But I want to make sure he’s not.”That conversation might as well represent the overall state of the defending NBA champs after their third consecutive loss. Jokic, Aaron Gordon and Jamal Murray have all faced setbacks or slumps early this season, but the full trio briefly resembled its 2023 playoff form Monday night during a 129-122 Nuggets win over the Hawks at State Farm Arena.Jokic bounced back from his 18-for-58 shooting stretch with 25 points, eight rebounds, eight assists, three steals and two blocks. Gordon, whose scoring has been down with 12.5 ...

Mother speaks on being targeted in anti-Mexican rant at Disneyland

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:15:42 GMT

A mother who was the target of a woman's anti-Mexican rant at a Disneyland bathroom recalls the startling confrontation as her toddler was with her.The bathroom exchange happened on Dec. 5 when Eva Ramirez filmed the woman’s racist remarks after she reportedly heard the mother and son speaking Spanish in the bathroom.  Ramirez was celebrating her 2-year-old son’s birthday at the park when the altercation allegedly started with a disagreement over a bathroom stall.She and her son were in a Disney parking garage bathroom outside of the park's front entrance when she suddenly became the target of the woman’s racist remarks.“As we were walking into the restrooms, the stalls were empty and so I went ahead and used the big stall with my child and also with my stroller,” Ramirez said.She heard two people outside the stall making rude comments but she was preoccupied with her son and didn't realize they were actually directed towards her. An unidentified woman at Disneyland c...

Oakland: Shooting near Castlemont High triggers lockdown

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:15:42 GMT

OAKLAND – Castlemont High School in Oakland was briefly locked down Monday after shots were fired near the campus, according to school officials and police.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Motorist arrested on suspicion of DUI after Brentwood crash Crime and Public Safety | Pleasant Hill leaders defend police decision to ‘disengage’ with barricaded ex-detective Crime and Public Safety | Security guard slain at Oakland convenience store is remembered; suspect still sought Crime and Public Safety | Driver arrested after a three-county chase across the Bay Bridge Crime and Public Safety | Two shot in North Oakland residence early Saturday morning The shooting happened just before 3 p.m. in the 8600 block of MacArthur Boulevard, said Oakland police Officer Kim Armstead.Multiple vehicles and buildings were hit by the gunfire, and several people were injured by debris, Armstead said. Medic...

Medical facility in DC’s Ward 8 gets $22.5M in federal funding

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:15:42 GMT

Months after a ribbon-cutting at the new Whitman-Walker Max Robinson Center in D.C.’s Ward 8, the medical facility — and the community it serves — got more good news: the approval of $22.5 million in federal funding.The money, which comes from the U.S. Treasury Department’s Capital Projects Fund, will fund 40 exam and consultation rooms, eight dental suites, and 23 group and psychotherapy rooms that will provide expanded telemedicine services.D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced the funding Monday at the facility, which provides health care services to the Ward 8 community with a long-running focus on LGBTQ+ health and HIV care and prevention. Bowser said the investment would spur more investment and “create over 100 new jobs, provide training opportunities for our residents and create a pipeline of health care talent — which we know we need.”Bowser thanked her team and the District’s federal partners as well as President Joe Biden, saying he has “s...

Gilgeous-Alexander scores 30 in 3 quarters as Thunder top Jazz 134-120

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:15:42 GMT

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 30 points in three quarters, and the Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Utah Jazz 134-120 on Monday night.Ousmane Dieng had a season-high 18 points on 6-for-7 shooting off the bench. He has played in 13 games this season and moved back and forth between the Thunder and the team’s G-League affiliate, the Oklahoma City Blue.Josh Giddey added 12 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists in just 24 minutes, and Chet Holmgren had 16 points and eight rebounds for the Thunder, who have won four of five to strengthen their hold on second place in the Western Conference standings. Keyonte George, a rookie from Baylor, scored a season-best 30 points for the Jazz. Collin Sexton had 20 and Simone Fontecchio added a season-high 19. Jordan Clarkson, Utah’s No. 2 scorer this season, had just eight points on 3-for-13 shooting.Jazz scoring leader Lauri Markkanen sat out for the eighth straight game with a strained left hamstring. Utah fell ...

Highest Baseball Salaries

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:15:42 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball contracts with average annual values of $35 million or more. Figures were obtained by The Associated Press from player and management sources and include all guaranteed income but not income from potential incentive bonuses. There is no distinction for deferred money:Player, ClubYearsAvg.SalaryShohei Ohtani, LAD2024-33$70,000,000Max Scherzer, NYM-Tex2022-24$43,333,333Justin Verlander, NYM-Hou2023-24$43,333,333Aaron Judge, NYY2023-31$40,000,000Jacob deGrom, Tex2023-27$37,000,000Gerrit Cole, NYY2020-28$36,000,000Mike Trout, LAA2019-30$35,514,667Stephen Strasburg, Was2020-26$35,000,000Anthony Rendon, LAA2020-26$35,000,000Marcus Semien, Tex2022-27$35,000,000Source

Murray scores 29, Jokic adds 25 as Nuggets end 3-game skid, beat Bogdanovic, Hawks 129-122

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:15:42 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — Jamal Murray scored 29 points, Nikola Jokic rediscovered his shooting touch to score 25 and the Denver Nuggets ended their three-game skid, holding off the Atlanta Hawks 129-122 on Monday night.Bogdan Bogdanovic set career highs with 40 points and 10 3-pointers in the Hawks’ fourth consecutive loss.Bogdanovic sank three 3s in the final two minutes but the defending NBA champion Nuggets, who had a 20-point lead early in the fourth quarter, held off Atlanta’s comeback.Rookie Julian Strawther scored a career-high 22 points while making six 3-pointers for Denver. Aaron Gordon had 18 points and 12 rebounds.Murray rolled his left ankle and left the court midway through the opening quarter. Already dealing with a sore right ankle, Murray returned and finished with nine rebounds for Denver.The Hawks’ Trae Young scored 19 points before he was ejected when he picked up two technical fouls with 25 seconds remaining in the third quarter. Young was upset no foul ...

Mathurin and Haliburton star as Pacers hand Pistons their 20th straight loss with 131-123 victory

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:15:42 GMT

DETROIT (AP) — Bennedict Mathurin scored 30 points and the Indiana Pacers handed the Detroit Pistons their 20th straight loss, winning 131-123 on Monday night.Tyrese Haliburton had 14 points and 16 assists for Indiana in its first game since Saturday’s 123-109 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA In-Season Tournament final.“This is one of the most difficult games you can have, coming off the emotions of last week, the game on Saturday, the travel and everything else,” Pacers coach Rick Carlisle said. “I just thought our guys did a great job of staying together, keeping their composure and their aggression.“Detroit is in an all-out attack mode because of their situation.”Detroit’s losing streak is the longest single-season slide in franchise history and matches the NBA’s longest since the Houston Rockets lost 20 straight in 2020-21. Detroit lost 21 straight between the end of the 1979-80 season and the start of 1980-81.“As much as this losing hurts us, and it h...