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What Colorado laws go into effect in August?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:42 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- It's always good to know about new laws, and on Aug. 7, hundreds of laws passed in the spring are going into effect.Most of them are procedural and won't directly affect many Coloradans, but there are a few that will. FOX31 wrote about some of the most important in detail, but in case you missed it, we compiled a list.What laws are going into effect?A small summary of some of the new laws is listed below. For more details, you can follow the links.New uses for paid sick leaveThe law adds two new ways that Coloradans can use their state-required paid sick leave.Updates to the "move over, slow down" lawWith this new law, Coloradans will need to move over or slow down for vehicles with hazard lights on the side of the road.Online marijuana salesThe new law allows dispensaries to sell products online for pickup in-store.New protections for rentersTwo new laws. One deals with new protections, especially for prospective tenants, including a new cap on income requirements ...

Police investigate 'suspicious package' at Larimer County Justice Center

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:42 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Police in Larimer County were investigating a suspicious package Monday morning.Around 8:20 a.m., the Larimer County Sheriff's Office tweeted that they were investigating a suspicious package at the justice center. The center is located at 201 Laporte Ave. near Civic Center Park in Fort Collins.Deputies asked everyone to avoid the area while they investigated. A shelter-in-place was issued for the area of Willow to the north, Oak to the south, Remington to the east, and Sherwood to the west.The sheriff's office said around noon that the package had been removed. The investigation was continuing.The justice center was to reopen for normal business at 12:30 p.m. with an increased police presence through the rest of the day.

Former UM linebacker who suffered head injury at 9 years old looks for spot on Dolphins during training camp

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:42 GMT

Any rookie in any NFL training would tell you that their dream has always been to play on the next level. For one player who is hoping to make the cut with the Miami Dolphins, joining the team holds a deeper meaning. Linebacker Mitchell Agude is grateful to have a shot of playing in the NFL. For Agude, it’s more of miracle that he has this opportunity. “It’s a blessing to be alive in the first place, you know, because previously, as you know, I was in coma when I was nine,” Agude said. Due to a skateboarding accident, Agude suffered from a head injury, which left him in a coma for three days. When he woke up from his coma, he was left with no memory of what had happened. Thankfully, doctors found no signs of a brain injury. “Remember going to the park and then coming back from the hospital,” Agude said. “It was kind of like that, but obviously, my parents had a different vision, different viewpoint of it, and now I see the ramifications lik...

FBoy Island Premieres on the CW this Thursday, August 3rd

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:42 GMT

Idaho mom Lori Vallow Daybell sentenced in deaths of 2 children and her romantic rival

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:42 GMT

By REBECCA BOONE (Associated Press)BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho mother Lori Vallow Daybell has been sentenced to life in prison without parole Monday in the murders of her two youngest children and a romantic rival in a case that included bizarre claims that her son and daughter were zombies and that she was a goddess sent to usher in the Biblical apocalypse.Vallow Daybell was found guilty in May of killing her two youngest children, 7-year-old Joshua “JJ” Vallow and 16-year-old Tylee Ryan, as well as conspiring to kill Tammy Daybell, her fifth husband’s previous wife. Vallow Daybell will serve three life sentences one after the other, the judge said.The husband, Chad Daybell, is awaiting trial on the same murder charges. Vallow Daybell also faces two other cases in Arizona — one on a charge of conspiring with her brother to kill her fourth husband, Charles Vallow, and one of conspiring to kill her niece’s ex-husband. Charles Vallow was shot and kill...

IS claims responsibility for deadly suicide bombing at rally that killed 54 in northwest Pakistan

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:42 GMT

By ANWARULLAH KHAN and RIAZ KHAN (Associated Press)KHAR, Pakistan (AP) — The Islamic State group on Monday claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in Pakistan that killed at least 54 people including five children at a pro-Taliban cleric’s rally in one of the worst attacks in the country in recent years.IS, known as the Islamic State in Khorasan Province, made the claim in a statement posted on its Amaq website. The statement said the attack was part of the group’s continuing war against forms of democracy it deems to be against Islam. Hours earlier, hundreds of mourners in the northwestern town of Bajur carried caskets draped in colorful cloths to burial sites following the previous day’s attack at an election rally for a pro-Taliban cleric.Officials said Sunday’s bombing killed 54 people, including at least five children, and wounded nearly 200.The attack appeared to reflect divisions between Islamist groups, which have a strong presence in the d...

McCaughey: Democrats becoming the censorship party

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:42 GMT

A Pew Research poll released July 20 found that 70% of Democrats think the government should restrict what appears on social media, a dramatic change from five years ago when a majority of Democrats supported a free marketplace of ideas.It’s no wonder, considering the drumbeat of warnings from leftist politicians and their liberal media allies about “disinformation” and “misinformation.”But be warned: Democracy cannot survive for long if one of the nation’s two major political parties wants to put blinders on the public, limiting their access to information and canceling political opponents.A House hearing on July 20 held by the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government showed that the Biden administration is already censoring social media on a massive scale.Hearing witness D. John Sauer, special assistant attorney general for Louisiana, described preliminary findings by a federal judge that Biden staff in the White House,...

Niger will face sanctions as democracy falls apart, adding to woes for more than 25 million people

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:42 GMT

By SAM MEDNICK (Associated Press)NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Economic sanctions could severely hurt one of the world’s poorest nations after a coup unseated one of the West’s last democratic partners against Islamic extremists in West Africa’s Sahel region. Niger’s neighbors are also threatening armed intervention against the junta run by the head of the presidential guard, although analysts say there is only a slim chance of the regional body successfully sending troops.Both the United States and France have sent forces and hundreds of millions of military and humanitarian aid in recent years to Niger, which was a French colony until 1960. The French and the US train Nigerien forces, and the French military carries out joint operations in the north.Since the coup that ousted President Mohamed Bazoum, people have been toting Russian flags and praising that country in pro-junta demonstrations.U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Niger in March to stre...

Passenger escorted off Boston flight to Newark ‘posed no threat,’ police investigating the ‘hoax call’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:42 GMT

The passenger who was escorted off a Delta flight from Boston to Newark over the weekend, after someone reported the traveler, actually “posed no threat to the safety of the flight or the public,” according to Massachusetts State Police.Delta Airlines Flight 5770 on Sunday afternoon returned to Logan International Airport after police received a report that a passenger had made threats about the flight.The unidentified male passenger ended up being escorted by troopers off the flight.Afterwards, police did not find any weapons in the passenger’s bags.“An investigation last night by State Police Detectives assigned to Troop F determined that the male who was the subject of the anonymous caller’s allegation posed no threat to the safety of the flight or the public,” a State Police spokesperson said in an update on Monday.Related ArticlesCrime & Public Safety | New Jersey-bound Delta flight returns to Boston after passenger threat repo...

Patriots have a secret offensive weapon on defensive side of the ball

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:42 GMT

FOXBORO — The Patriots don’t currently roster a fullback, but when they lined up near the goal line at the end of practice, there was a lead blocker wearing No. 48 positioned in front of the running back.Defenders lit up after Monday’s fully padded practice when asked about linebacker Jahlani Tavai moonlighting as an offensive skill player at fullback.“It’s good seeing him on the offensive ball because we get to hit him,” defensive tackle Davon Godchaux said. “He’s a defensive guy but playing offense, so when I see him over there, I get a chance to hit him. I don’t think he’s got a fullback play yet, but I’m pretty sure he’s going to get one.“When I first saw him go there, the offensive coaches called him to go to fullback, I was like, ‘OK, OK, we’re going to sting your (expletive) now.’ It’s always good to see him over there getting some more reps at somewhere else too.”Related ArticlesNew England Patriots | Patriots still counting on young running backs as depth i...