The text arrived last Thursday morning as Archbishop Mitty baseball coach Brian Yocke was teaching a summer class. “Boise State dropped its baseball program.” Former Mitty standout Joe Yorke — the older brother of recent Boston Red Sox first-round pick Nick Yorke — was on the other end of the correspondence. Joe Yorke was a […]
Ghislaine Maxwell moved to New York for Jeffrey Epstein-related sex abuse charges
NEW YORK — Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime confidante Ghislaine Maxwell was transferred Monday to a New York City jail plagued by coronavirus concerns and other problems as she faces charges that she recruited girls, one as young as 14, for him to sexually abuse. Maxwell, 58, was moved to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, where […]
Details out on the biggest Paycheck Protection Program borrowers in Colorado
The U.S. Small Business Administration provided more details about the Paycheck Protection Program on Monday, including the names, addresses and industries of borrowers who took out loans of more than $150,000. Nearly 103,000 Colorado businesses and nonprofits borrowed $10.3 billion under the Paycheck Protection Program as of June 27, including 13,385 who borrowed more than […]
The WHO says the coronavirus isn’t airborne, but 239 scientists disagree. Either way, your precautions should remain the same.
Nearly 240 scientists signed an open letter asking the World Health Organization to acknowledge that the coronavirus can be transmitted through the air. A growing body of research suggests that coronavirus aerosols can travel more than 6 feet from an infected person — meaning social distancing isn’t enough to stop transmission. But people who avoid […]
Palantir has confidentially filed for an IPO
Secretive data company Palantir has confidentially filed a draft version of the paperwork for an initial public offering, the company announced in a press release Monday. Join the conversation about this story » NOW WATCH: What makes ‘Parasite’ so shocking is the twist that happens in a 10-minute sequence …read more Source:: Business Insider
ICE says international students taking online courses have to transfer or leave the US, as dozens of schools shift to remote learning in response to COVID-19
International college students taking online classes due to the coronavirus pandemic will no longer be allowed to stay in the US on a student visa, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced on Monday. According to ICE, foreigners on student visas were temporarily allowed to take online courses during the spring and summer semesters […]
$1.2 million bail for driver that hit 2 Seattle protesters
SEATTLE — A judge on Monday set a $1.2 million bail for the man accused of driving a Jaguar on to a closed Seattle freeway and hitting two protesters, killing one and seriously injuring the other. Dawit Kelete, who is black, drove the car around vehicles that were parked on Interstate 5 to protect a […]
Trump goes on a Twitter tear defending the Confederate flag and racist sports team names while claiming victory over the ‘China virus’
President Donald Trump spent his Monday on Twitter making racist attacks and claiming victory in his pandemic response. Trump started off the week fueling racial divisions by attacking NASCAR for banning Confederate flags from its events and lashing out at the Washington Redskins and the Cleveland Indians for considering name changes. The president celebrated the […]
It’s now a crime for Colorado doctors to impregnate patients with their own sperm, eggs
Doctors who artificially inseminate patients with their own sperm or eggs or that of other donors without a patient’s permission will soon be subject to felony charges and civil lawsuits. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed House Bill 1014, which had bipartisan support, into law on Monday. The bill was introduced after Grand Junction gynecologist Dr. […]
Affordable apartments on Mission Boulevard get Union City Planning Commission OK
UNION CITY — Plans to build 80 below-market rate apartments and more than 6,000 square feet of office space on a vacant city-owned lot along Mission Boulevard are moving ahead after the city planning commission gave the project the green-light. The Planning Commission unanimously approved the plans for the Lazuli Landing project from nonprofit developer […]
Foreign students face ousting from US under new rules
By Collin Binkley | Associated Press International students will be forced to leave the U.S. or transfer to another college if their schools offer classes entirely online this fall, under new guidelines issued Monday by federal immigration authorities. The guidelines, issued by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, provide additional pressure for universities to reopen even […]
Colorado Rapids head for Orlando amid growing COVID-19 concerns
A day after being grounded, the Colorado Rapids took off for Orlando and the MLS is Back Tournament on Monday. The Rapids will be the final MLS team to reach Florida after two presumptive positive COVID-19 tests kept them in Colorado on Sunday. Each of those tests were cleared as negative following another round of […]