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Saints QB Derek Carr under increasing scrutiny as the Lions invade the Superdome

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:20 GMT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Saints’ sizeable investment in Derek Carr is looking more like a liability lately. New Orleans has struggled to finish promising drives in the end zone — something that likely needs to change if the Saints (5-6) are to keep up with the NFC North-leading Detroit Lions (8-3) in the Superdome on Sunday.“It’s something that we’re working on,” Carr said this week. “Everyone wants an answer, or has an answer for us, but we’re going to keep working on it here.”“It hasn’t been what we want it to be up to this point,” Carr added, “but we still have time.”Even with their losing record, the Saints are tied for first place in the anemic NFC South with Atlanta (5-6).Reeling in Carr in free agency was New Orleans’ top priority last offseason. Saints coach Dennis Allen was the Raiders’ coach when that franchise drafted Carr, only to get fired during the QB’s rookie season.The Saints were hoping Carr — whom the Saints signed to a four-year contract wor...

Baylor hires Jake Spavital as offensive coordinator as he returns to Texas after a year at Cal

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:20 GMT

WACO, Texas (AP) — Jake Spavital is leaving California after one season to become offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Baylor, where head coach and defensive specialist Dave Aranda was retained after a 3-9 season. Aranda, who is 23-25 in his four seasons, announced Spavital’s hiring Thursday. That came four days after offensive coordinator Jeff Grimes was fired by the Bears after three seasons in that role.Spavital is coming off his second one-year stint as offensive coordinator at Cal, where he also was in 2016. He began his coaching career as West Virginia’s quarterbacks coach from 2011-12, then went to Texas A&M as offensive coordinator/QBs coach for three seasons. His first departure from Cal came to return to West Virginia at OC from 2017-18 before four seasons as head coach at FBS team Texas State. “I am excited to get back to Texas and thankful for the opportunity to work with Dave and his staff,” Spavital said. “I’ve admired Dave from afar for quit...

Polis calls for local property tax relief

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:20 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — A little more than a week after state lawmakers adjourned from a special session on property taxes, Gov. Jared Polis is asking local governments to take up the call.Polis said state lawmakers did what they could to deliver immediate relief this year. He wants local governments to pass their own form of relief in a short amount of time."It's time for them to look at what the state did and say, 'Look, what can we do? Because we also live in our community. We also want our community to be affordable.' They also pay property taxes," Polis said of local government leaders.Polis is asking local governments to continue the work the state did on property taxes. Boulder women plead guilty in fentanyl death linked to Mexico pharmacy In a letter, the governor called on local governments to reduce their mill levies and work on property tax relief at the local level. The letter comes a little a week after the governor signed a law to slightly reduce residential property taxes t...

Shooting, archery and ax-throwing at this Colorado state park

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:20 GMT

AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) — A Colorado state park is a great place to enjoy many outdoor activities. But there is only one state park in Colorado that allows you to hone your shooting skills.Visit any of Colorado's 43 state parks and the rules are all the same: no pistol shooting, no rifle shooting and no clay pigeon shooting. Not at Cherry Creek State Park. Cattle drive a yearly highlight for new Littleton community Park Manager Michelle Seubert is in charge of all 4,227 acres here. That includes the 164 acres designated for shooting sports."Cherry Creek State Park is in Aurora, so we are in the middle of the city. But you know we have a lot of different amenities, and the shooting center is one of them," Seubert said.Shooting practice at Cherry Creek State Park (KDVR)Guns, archery — even ax throwingThe shooting range, called Family Shooting Center, has been part of the park for over 20 years. Enthusiasts come here to plink, practice and site-in their rifles for big game season.But it...

How Denver's autumn snowfall measures up to last year

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:20 GMT

 DENVER (KDVR) — The snow season is just getting going in Colorado. While the mountains are already capped with snow, the Denver area is falling a little behind normal for the season. So far, out at DIA, Denver has reported 10.4 inches of snowfall, when normally through November, 10.5 inches is measured by this point in the season. In September, Denver recorded 0.67 inches of moisture, but no snowfall. October, however, was a different story. During October 28-29, Denver recorded 7.5 inches of snowfall, which surpassed the monthly average of 4.1 inches. November only brought 2.9 inches of snowfall between Nov. 24-25, well below November's monthly snowfall total of 7.4 inches. Denver's snowiest months are still ahead. Normally, December brings 8 inches of snow to Denver, followed by the highest snowfall totals in March and April. Looking ahead, Denver is forecast to have an equal chance of wetter or drier than normal conditions in December 2023. Temperature-wise, Denver and most ...

Romantic sci-fi thriller ‘The Shift’ gives diabolical twist to the multiverse

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:20 GMT

Get ready for a thrilling journey into the unknown. In the upcoming sci-fi film “The Shift,” a love story takes an unexpected turn — to the multiverse. Deco’s Alex Miranda is here on Earth, we think, with more.This movie has it all. It is a dystopian drama and sci-fi thriller in which one man is faced with infinite worlds and impossible choices. Sounds like a Tuesday at Deco Drive.Elizabeth Rabish (as Molly): “Six dates, and we are really a part of each other’s lives. It’s a real thing now. Now there’s the bad thing that happens.”Kristoffer Polaha (as Kevin Garner): “Wait, hold on, hold on. What bad thing?”Tragedy is lurking just around the corner in the new sci-fi thriller “The Shift.” The film follows Kevin, played by actor Kristoffer Polaha, as he embarks on a new love journey.Elizabeth Rabish (as Molly): “So the idea is what? We have some fun and maybe we kiss?”But things will soon take a t...

Some Massachusetts fresh-cut Christmas tree farms already selling out of trees this year

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:20 GMT

If you were thinking of waiting to decorate for the holidays, you might want to reconsider. Many local farms across the state say they are selling out of fresh cut Christmas trees. At White Gate Farm in West Newbury, owner Pat Kelly told 7NEWS all of the 18-acre farm’s 600 trees were gone in just the first two days of operation this season.Elsewhere, the Massachusetts Christmas Tree Association on Tuesday said more than a dozen farms in the state had also already sold out of trees.“It’s just another normal year,” said Dave Morin of the Massachusetts Christmas Tree Association.“We can’t grow them as fast as people want them,” Morin said. “Also, the word is finally getting out that no tree is fresher than the one you watch being cut right in front of you.”Back at White Gate Farm, Kelly said the past three years “have been really kind of difficult” due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “You couldn’t handle the place the way it used to be and we just sold so many more trees than we no...

Blazing I-93 commute

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:20 GMT

A car fire on the northbound side of Interstate 93 in Stoneham Thursday before noon tied up traffic as firefighters tackled the blazing vehicle. The occupants of the minivan escape unharmed. Smoke from the blaze could be seen for hours.I-93 traffic was snarled in Stoneham for a car fire. (Glenn Preston photo)

Nikki Haley targets Trump in Iowa, NH ad blitz [+video]

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:20 GMT

Ahead of a fourth debate appearance and with her numbers climbing in early primary states, former U.N Ambassador Nikki Haley is launching her first advertising campaign of the primary and it seems to be aimed directly at her former boss.Titled Moral Clarity, the 30 second video will be broadcast on cable and across digital services in Iowa and New Hampshire, where the first caucus and first primary will occur, and where Haley has been making ground against former President Donald Trump.“A president must have moral clarity and know the difference between good and evil. Today, China, Russia, and Iran are advancing. There’s chaos in our streets and college campuses. Our security is threatened at home and abroad. It’s time for a new generation of conservative leadership. We have to leave behind the chaos and drama of the past and strengthen our country, our pride, and our purpose,” Haley says in the ad.If that’s not a shot at Trump, who no longer causes as much turmoil with his tweets b...

Ticker: Some OPEC+ members will cut the oil that they send to the world to try to boost prices; Drivers would pay $15 to enter busiest part of NYC under plan to raise funds for mass transit

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:36:20 GMT

The OPEC oil cartel led by Saudi Arabia and allied producers including Russia made another big swipe at propping up lagging crude prices Thursday, expanding some output cuts into next year and bringing up-and-coming oil supplier Brazil into the fold.Lower oil prices have been a good thing for U.S. drivers, who have been able to fill their gas tanks for less money in recent months. But it’s bad news for OPEC+ countries whose oil income bolsters their economies and who have faced setbacks in pushing prices higher despite initial fears that the Israel-Hamas war could affect oil flows.The OPEC+ oil ministers came out of an online meeting with more than 2 million barrels per day in voluntary cuts through the first three months of next year and declared that Brazil would join the bloc in January, bringing one of the world’s fastest-growing oil producers into an alliance that is trying to rein in global supply.Drivers would pay $15 to enter busiest part of NYCMost drivers would pay $15 to ...