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Denver’s weather is heating up and there’s a chance for afternoon showers and thunderstorms through the holiday weekend. Skies in the metro area will be mostly sunny on Saturday, there is a 40% chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms, according to the National Weather Service forecast. The high temperature will top out near 88 degrees. There is an Ozone Action Day Alert in the metro area on Saturday and it is posted until 4 p.m., according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. Hot, sunny weather is expected to result in concentrations of ozone in the Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups category. People should limit driving gas and diesel powered vehicles if possible. The sensitive group, which includes people with respiratory concerns including asthma, should avoid prolonged outdoor activities. Sunday’s weather in Denver will be partly sunny, with a high temp of about 89 degrees and a second-consecutive day with a 40% chance of afternoon and evening … [Read more...] about Denver weather: There’s a 40% chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 6 The 2023 NBA playoffs are more than nine months away, and one thing is already clear. There will be chaos. The Minnesota Timberwolves grabbed a megaphone and announced that to the world when they traded multiple players and several first-round picks — one of them in 2029, which means that youngster is currently 12 and probably can’t dunk yet — to the Utah Jazz for Rudy Gobert. And with that, Minnesota is officially added to a list of legit Western Conference title contenders. There are solid arguments that can be made for no fewer than seven teams right now when debating who’ll represent the West in this coming season’s NBA Finals: defending champion Golden State, along with Phoenix, Dallas, the Los Angeles Clippers, Memphis, Denver and Minnesota are all on that list. Remember, at least three of those teams won’t get past the first round next spring. At least … [Read more...] about Analysis: NBA teams going all-in, and that’s what it takes

By JOHN DALEY DENVER (AP) — Life expectancy dropped in Colorado for the second straight year in 2021. It’s the kind of decline, driven by the pandemic, not seen in decades, data from the state health department show. The average life expectancy for Colorado residents fell to 78 years in 2021. That’s slightly lower than 2020, the first year of the pandemic when it was 78.4 years, but the slide represents a persistent and significant drop of nearly three years compared to 2019. “The last time life expectancy dropped like this was in 1943, which was the most fatal year of World War II, for the nation,” said Dr. Eric France, the state’s chief medical officer. “It is tragic that we see life expectancy drop. Death rates increased by 20 percent.” Key drivers for the decline were COVID-19 and overdose deaths. The data vary by demographic group. COVID-19 was the leading cause of death among Hispanics, as well as non-Hispanic Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islanders and American … [Read more...] about Colorado’s drop in life expectancy blamed on COVID, drugs