Sports

Broncos GM George Paton on Courtland Sutton’s absence from voluntary workouts: “He’s in a good place”

Courtland Sutton’s absence from voluntary workouts this month might raise some eyebrows. For Sean Payton and George Paton, though, the veteran wide receiver skipping April work isn’t anything to get worked up about. “It’s 100% voluntary. It’s the first week of the offseason program,” Paton said Thursday. “Sean’s talked to Courtland. I’ve talked to Courtland. […]

Culture

Trump loses bid to halt Jan. 6 lawsuits while he fights criminal charges in the 2020 election case

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump lost a bid Thursday to pause a string of lawsuits accusing him of inciting the U.S. Capitol attack, while the former president fights his 2020 election interference criminal case in Washington. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta in Washington denied defense lawyers’ request to put […]

Culture

Backers say they have enough signatures to qualify Prop 47 rollback initiative

Critics who blame California’s 2014 Proposition 47 for runaway drug addiction, retail theft and urban squalor said Thursday they have collected enough signatures to qualify a November ballot measure that would restore penalties for serial thieves and treatment requirements for addicts. Backers including owners of small businesses, social justice leaders and drug victim families gathered […]