The latest poll released by RBI Strategies and Research on Sunday suggested that 53 percent of likely voters in Colorado intended to vote for Hickenlooper on November 3, or were leaning toward backing him at the ballot box. Nearly four in ten Coloradans (39 percent) said they would vote for Gardner to have another term in the upper chamber, while just 4 percent said they were undecided—giving him little room for a comeback....

In a post shared on Tuesday, the mother, who goes by the username TheGreatBobinsky, explained that her in-laws keep insisting that get her 3-year-old daughter assessed for autism, saying “they won’t drop it” despite her many reasons against it. The in-laws insist that the girl is too shy, has a limited diet, and is obsessed with her hands, which her mother says is not even true. Among their concerns is also the fact that she doesn’t like some members of the family and refuses to speak to them....

The sudden rise of Tiger Woods–at 21, perhaps the second most popular athlete in the world–has illuminated some of the fault lines in the ways we think about race: old wounds we’d like to forget, new truths we’ve been too busy to recognize. Last week, as Tiger talked with Oprah Winfrey about being a child of mixed race, he was also graciously accepting the apology of golfer Fuzzy Zoeller, who’d admonished the “boy” not to order fried chicken and collard greens at next year’s Masters dinner....

As states expand mail-in voting for the general election to keep people from having to gather at the polls and risk fostering the spread of the new coronavirus, a study of Wisconsin’s primary election showed the risk to the general public is low. More than 400,000 people voted in-person during primary elections, and at least 71 people who voted at or worked the polls tested positive for the new coronavirus, according to the Department of Health Services....

The popular online booking platform has revolutionised vacations by offering access to some of the most interesting private places to stay in the U.S. And Airbnb Luxe also allows users to search for some of the most extravagant Airbnbs available anywhere in the world. So if you are feeling frivolous and price is no problem, take a look at these most exquisite of Airbnb listings. Villa Machiavelli: Florence, Italy This full-renovated 16th-century villa is situated only a short drive from Florence – but with its own private helipad, perhaps you should arrive by helicopter instead....

But Friday morning, Walker found himself in a situation he had never encountered during his seven years with the Hornets. The All-Star point guard has become available on the trade market with Charlotte looking at a potential teardown ahead of the Feb. 8 deadline, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. “I’ve seen [the rumors],” Walker said to a tight circle of media members after Friday’s practice. “This is the first time I’ve really been in this kind of situation....

But when he looks back at 2014, he puts more of his blame for not having a shot to win the Chase for the Sprint Cup in the season finale on his pit-road mistake at Martinsville than his crash with Brad Keselowski at Texas. MORE: Open season on Keselowski | For Harvick, dreams do come true | Most popular Junior times 12 Gordon, a four-time Cup champion, missed advancing to the one-race title round by one point and without a win in the three-race semifinal round....

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5:01 Check movie times. 8:00 Get to cineplex. Movie begins. 8:29 Check watch. 8:34 Briefly drift off. 9:30 Film ends. Theater fills with eerie sound of an adolescent boy shouting, “That was a boring-a– movie.” The legend grows. Day Two: “Blair Witch” jones nowhere near sated. Catch plane, rent car, drive through Maryland countryside. Arrive at Union Cemetery in Burkittsville, site of one of the film’s opening scenes, at 3:00 p....

That would be the shadow of the Cavs’ most prominent No. 1 pick, LeBron James, the one that still looms over the franchise as a whole. Who knows, maybe if things work out just right, Wiggins will be joined in Cleveland by James, who informed the Heat this week that he intends to become a free agent. Wiggins certainly would welcome the prospect. “I want to win,” Wiggins said. “If he wants to win, we’d be good together....

*Bill Ardolino of The Long War Journal takes his readers along on a night patrol with U.S. soldiers and members of a Baghdad neighborhood watch called Sons of Iraq: According to Ardolino, with a decrease in the number of U.S. troops, the Sons of Iraq have been successful in shouldering the burden of peacekeeping in their own section of Baghdad. While the final goal is integration with the Iraqi police, many in the Sons of Iraq are weary of high infiltration rates within the police by members of the Mahdi Army....

You know, the five years that began with trading to get Robert Griffin III and also grabbing that fourth-round steal in Kirk Cousins, then instigating a civil war over who should be the top dog at the position, then starting a separate war over who decides who stays, then yet another war over who decides how much to pay the survivor. Those five years? How does an NFL team draft two productive yet polarizing quarterbacks in the same draft in 2012, win two division titles and claim three winning records, go through three management teams and two head coaches, move heaven and earth to either make one of them happy or drive one of them off, and reach 2017 right back where you started?...

It was easy to miss the impact live because one’s eyes were on Sterling’s pursuit of the ball, but the stadium replay board at Arena Corinthians gave everyone an opportunity to relive the few seconds that had just passed. There were gasps at the sight of Sterling’s knee boring into Pereira’s temple. These incidents can have life-altering effects, as ESPN soccer analyst Taylor Twellman can tell you. Or, the impact can be tragic, which is why it was so alarming to see what occurred after Pereira, and motionless on the turf for an uncomfortably long period during Thursday afternoon’s World Cup game, as teammates Diego Godin and Fernando Muslera stood over him, finally was able to climb to his feet....

This remarkable first book gains much of its power from the gentle narrative voice. Lahiri’s language is uncluttered; she’s sparing with metaphor, and the riches accumulate unobtrusively. In the title story, the tour guide is transfixed by a woman “stroking her hair with a small plastic brush that resembled an oval bed of nails.” Everything about this relationship is ominous, and the hairbrush says it all.

The postponement comes as India reaches nearly 20 million positive cases since the onset of the pandemic and a 12th day of more than 300,000 new cases, according to the Ministry of Health. Some experts say the numbers are likely wildly underreported given India’s developing infrastructure. India’s medical interns will be deployed for COVID management duties, and final-year undergraduates will provide tele-consultation and monitoring for mild cases, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said....

The All India Football Federation (AIFF) announced the final 21-member squad for the FIFA Under-17 World Cup to be held in India next month on Thursday evening. However, three players have continued to stay with the team as coach Luis Norton de Matos wants to use them in his practice sessions. Wing-back Joysana Singh, Centre-back Sumit Rathi and goalkeeper Mohammed Nawaz are the said trio training with the India Under-17 team....

Times of India states that the boy was identified as 13-year-old Adira Gagaranga of the Pandraguda village. India TV News reports that Adira was attending a missionary school in the city of Cuttack, but was studying from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to multiple reports, Adira’s village didn’t have cell service, so he regularly climbed a nearby hilltop in search of a network so that he could attend his classes....

Starting with the Pride from the national capital region, Delhi Dynamos, midfielder Marcos Tebar has moved back to Spain with CF Reus Deportiu, who participate in the second tier of Spanish football, La Liga 2. Richard Gadze, the team’s striker has moved to Azerbaijan’s Premyer Liqa, with Baku-based side FK Zira. Qartallar currently sit 5th in the table. Memo has headed back to Brazil to sign for América Futebol Clube, coached by Carlos Moura, and currently competing in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, where their reside in 20th position....

The former Manchester City boss is now expected to put pen to paper later this week in India as the deadline to sign managers has been set to July 15. The 62-year-old led Kerala Blasters to the ISL final where they only missed out on the title in penalties. Talks between him and the Sachin Tendulkar co-owned franchise went sour due to a lack of communication before the two opted to not renew the deal....