Colorado legislators to again weigh a supervised drug-use sites bill
Colorado lawmakers are set again to debate whether to allow supervised drug-use sites to open in willing Colorado cities as part of a broader legislative effort to respond to the spiraling overdose crisis. The state legislature’s Opioid and Other Substance…
Read MorePrison chaos with 57 guards and police taken hostage freed as car bombs blast
Prison guards and prison officers have been rescued by the military after inmates at six different jails took 57 of them hostage. The shocking 24-hour stand-off took place after prisoners in Ecuador were angry at new raids organised by government…
Read MoreThe Forgotten Man
Ray Knight scored one of the most famous runs in baseball history, jumping onto home plate and into a sea of gleeful Mets teammates to end Game 6 of the 1986 World Series. It was a wild outpouring of joy…
Read MorePacking technique is ‘a lifesaver’ to ‘truly maximise space’
Packing for a holiday is usually the worst part of any trip away. A travel expert shared the best way to minimise stress with his “lifesaver” technique. Nick Kembel, travel blogger at FunWorldFacts.com , shared his best packing tips to solve the…
Read MoreChild forced to ‘thank’ Putin as he opens school in destroyed Ukrainian city
A Ukrainian child in the destroyed and occupied city of Mariupol was forced to thank Russian President Vladimir Putin during an awkward ceremony for the opening of a new school. Despite levelling most of the city early on into his…
Read MoreThe heat continues in Denver, scattered storms in the mountains
Skies will be partly sunny over Denver as the heat continues. The high temperature in the city on Saturday will top out near 95 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are possible Saturday afternoon in…
Read MoreTaxes, Drugs and … TikTok?
On a recent summer day, Austin Knudsen, Montana’s attorney general, drove his red Buick from Helena, the state’s capital, to Boulder, a tiny town about a half-hour away whose main claim to fame is that it’s home to the state’s…
Read MoreHow New York’s Public Hospitals Cut Carbon Emissions: More Vegetables
On the menu at New York City’s 11 public hospitals is pasta with Bolognese sauce, without the meat. Or Sancocho, a Latin American beef stew, minus the beef. Or maybe a black-eyed peas casserole with cornbread made without butter or…
Read MoreThe Disruptive Power of Weight Loss Drugs Is Being Felt Beyond Pharma
As they do every summer, publicly traded companies posted their second-quarter results while Americans were baring their bodies on the beach. But this year, the timing was apt. On several earnings calls in August, chief executives reassured investors that the…
Read MoreCaroline Wozniacki Is Getting Very Good at Comebacks
America likes to fancy itself the land of second chances. Show some humility. Work hard. A new you, or perhaps a better version of the old you, is just around the corner. So perhaps it’s fitting that comebacks have featured…
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