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As new “zombie drug” threat spreads, Colorado lawmaker takes lead on a federal response

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:40:52 GMT

U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo will introduce her first bill in Congress on Thursday — a measure that aims to get ahead of the emerging and lethal threat posed by animal tranquilizer xylazine, a drug that health officials say is increasingly popping up on the streets.Just this week, the Drug Enforcement Administration issued a public safety alert about xylazine, known colloquially as “tranq” or “zombie drug,” saying its combination with the powerful opioid fentanyl is making the “deadliest drug threat our country has ever faced, fentanyl, even deadlier.”The bill from Caraveo, a Democrat who was elected as the new 8th Congressional District’s first representative in November, will direct the head of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to focus the agency’s research on illicit drugs that contain xylazine and other emerging substances. NIST has a laboratory in Boulder.One of the first goals of the bill is to expedite the de...

Road to Wrestlemania, classical hip hop, films, dance and more things to do in Denver this week

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:40:52 GMT

The Rocky Mountain “Road to Wrestlemania”Sunday. WWE fandom will be out in force at the Sunday, March 26, “Road to Wrestlemania Super Show” — the last stop before the main Wrestlemania event on April 1 and 2 in California.This year’s version promises appearances from Seth “Freakin” Rollins, Drew McIntyre, Becky Lynch, RAW Women’s Champion Bianca Belair, Sami Zayn, Solo Sikoa and “Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions” The Usos, among other colorful characters.Tickets for the 7 p.m. show at Ball Arena, 1000 Chopper Circle are $20-$115 via ticketmaster.com. Bring elbow pads — and watch out for folding chairs.A different shade of violin, and funkThursday. The upcoming show from acclaimed duo Black Violin on Thursday, March 30, is not its first in Denver, but it is another chance to see why Kev Marcus and Wil Baptiste’s melding of hip hop and classical has garnered a pair of Grammy nominations since 2021. 8 p.m. a...

What Denver’s next mayor can do to help downtown bust its slump

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:40:52 GMT

Weekly Stock Show-style parades. Regular open-air art exhibitions. Outdoor movie screenings. Converting street parking into green space. Tax breaks for artists, poets and other creatives to live and work downtown. More playgrounds, sculptures and parks to entice young families to the city’s urban core.These are a tiny sampling of the big, bold — and in some cases whimsical — ideas that have been floated for revitalizing downtown Denver over the last few months as Denver’s April 4 municipal election enters its final days.It may be a secondary issue on most debate stages but the future of downtown Denver is linked with the preoccupying topics of the election; crime, homelessness and the need for more housing. The Denver Post has examined those issues in detail as part of its coverage of the city’s 2023 election.Office worker foot traffic, a key measure of health of any city’s center, is still roughly half of what it was pre-pandemic, according to the Down...

James Beard-nominated Portland chef opening Filipino restaurant in RiNo

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:40:52 GMT

Denver is about to get one of Portland’s finest. Chef Carlo Lamagna, a 2022 James Beard Award finalist who was also named one of Food & Wine’s Best New Chefs in 2021, plans to open a Filipino restaurant, Magna Kainan, at 1350 40th St. in early 2024.“I’ve always wanted to move to Denver,” Lamagna said. “It was on my list of places to move after Chicago with my wife, but Portland got to me first with the job offer. It’s a central location and a hub of international travel with an intriguing food scene.“I haven’t had a chance to explore everything yet, but when I did visit, I was hard pressed to find a Filipino restaurant, so I think we’re going to have a pretty unique offering,” he added.Filipino food has long been underrepresented in Colorado with only a very few restaurants serving it or specializing in it.Magna Kainan, a more upscale, woodfired approach to Filipino fare, will be a sister restaurant to Lamagna’s original spot, Magna Kusina, which he opened in Portland in 2...

Iran’s Recurring fear: Southern Azerbaijan Protesting Again

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:40:52 GMT

Major cities of so-called Southern Azerbaijan – northern regions of Iran — are seeing a massive surge in discontent and demonstrations again. Tabriz, Ardebil, Zendjan, Qazvin, Julfa became centres of the unrest. Students and teachers are taking to the streets to protest serial mass poisoning of schoolgirls by unknown perpetrators. Poisonings are happening all over Iran, and seemingly deliberately targeting girls and female students. They took place in over 200 educational facilities through the past weeks, but security forces are doing nothing, thus confirming the opinion that it’s a governmental plot to intimidate young women, who took active part in the protests. Northern Iran, populated mostly by ethnic Azerbaijani minority – “Southern Azerbaijanis” — suffers from these poisonings more than central regions, not just because it is a peripheral area, but also because it is utterly underdeveloped in terms of medical services.This is part of consistent oppression and discrimination a...

Former Raiders tight end Foster Moreau to step away from football after blood cancer diagnosis

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:40:52 GMT

By Jacob Lev and George Ramsay | CNNFoster Moreau, an NFL free agent and former Las Vegas Raiders tight end, has announced he will step away from football having been diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma.The 25-year-old Moreau said the diagnosis came during a routine physical with the New Orleans Saints.“Through somewhat of a miraculous process, this free agency period has been life changing for me,” he wrote on Twitter.“During a routine physical conducted by the Saints’ medical team down in New Orleans, I’ve come to learn that I have Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, and will be stepping away from football at this time to fight a new opponent: Cancer.“I’m grateful for the support and thankful for people who have stood firm with me. There hasn’t been a single step I’ve taken without hundreds of people lighting the path before me, and I will continue to seek their guidance.”Related ArticlesRaiders | ‘Legit babe’ Ji...

Body of teen suspected in Denver high school shooting identified

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:40:52 GMT

The body of suspected Denver East High School shooter Austin Lyle has been identified after it was found west of Denver in Park County, authorities said.The Park County Coroner’s Office confirmed in an agency Facebook posting that a dead body found Wednesday night on Park County Road 68 is 17-year-old Austin Lyle. Lyle’s next of kin have been notified, officials said in their posted statement. An autopsy and death investigation is planned, they said.No further details were released.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Biden issues order to strengthen gun background checks Crime and Public Safety | Mexican cartel apology is cold comfort to U.S. victims’ families Crime and Public Safety | Several dead in shooting at Jehovah’s Witness hall in Germany Crime and Public Safety | Judge rules Michigan school employees shielded from lawsuit alleging negligence ahead of deadly mass shooting Crime and Public Safet...

WBC just had Ohtani vs. Trout. Why hasn’t hockey had McDavid vs. Matthews on world stage?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:40:52 GMT

San Jose Sharks coach David Quinn, a huge baseball fan, watched Team USA play Japan in the riveting final of the World Baseball Classic in Miami.Like millions of others, Quinn, whose family for years had Boston Red Sox season tickets, was glued to the television Tuesday night as pitcher Shohei Ohtani faced slugger Mike Trout in a matchup between baseball’s two best players. With two out in the ninth inning, Ohtani struck out his Los Angeles Angels teammate, giving Japan a stirring 3-2 victory.“Oh yeah, I sure did,” watch, Quinn said. “It was exciting.”It was also a reminder that hockey hasn’t had a similar best-on-best tournament in seven years — and won’t for at least another two or three.The 2016 World Cup of Hockey in Toronto, won by a Canadian team that featured current Sharks Logan Couture and Marc-Edouard Vlasic, and former Sharks Joe Thornton and Brent Burns, marked the last time all of the sport’s best players were in one setting.Since then, no Olympic games that have ...

Kurtenbach: Jonathan Kuminga has arrived, and perhaps the Warriors have, too

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:40:52 GMT

The Warriors have been begging for anyone to step up for these the last few weeks of the season.The Dubs’ big three — Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, and Draymond Green — needed reinforcement. The team, as a whole, needed a push.And just in time, someone has come through.Jonathan Kuminga has flashed his prodigious talent before this past week — it’s impossible to hide that athleticism. But to the Warriors, he was a work in progress. The game was still too fast for him. His instincts were not quite honed.I don’t think that’s the case any longer.Kuminga’s game is still in its infancy — he’s 20 years old and in his second NBA season — but he has leveled up in March. He’s no longer a project; he’s an asset, finding a role as the team’s roll man.The wing’s last three games were big-time performances, and driving forces in the Warriors’ first back-to-back road wins since last season’s NBA Finals.The Warriors have been sho...

Editorial: Governor’s effort to lower insulin prices is a smart investment

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:40:52 GMT

Gavin Newsom is taking aim at the three greedy insulin drugmakers who have made billions in profits at the expense of Californians with Type 1 diabetes who must take the medication every day to survive.The governor announced Saturday a new $100 million, 10-year contract with the nonprofit drugmaker Civica RX to make insulin available at a cost of no more than $30 per vial. Half of the money will go toward developing the insulin product, and the remaining $50 million will be invested in a manufacturing facility.Insulin costs about $10 per dose to produce. In 1995, the price stood at $24 per vial. Today, the drug can cost more than $200. Consequently, one in six insulin users say they are forced to ration their doses because they can’t afford the cost.Newsom believes the state can help patients who now pay out of pocket thousands of dollars a year. While it won’t be easy, he deserves credit for trying to break the oligopoly that’s making basic prescription drugs unaf...