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He did not elaborate on the identities of those now believed to be dead, nor how he had come to learn of their deaths. WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that three hostages held by Hamas in Gaza have died, leaving only 21 believed to be still living. “As of today, it’s 21, three have died,” Trump said of the hostages being held by Hamas, noting until recently it had been 24 people believed to be living. He did not elaborate on the identities of those now believed to be dead, nor how he had come to learn of their…

President Donald Trump has said his tariffs on countries around the world will bring “jobs and factories roaring back” to the U.S. Keith Maskus, professor of economics emeritus at the University of Colorado-Boulder, is among the economists and business representatives who don’t think that will happen. The sweeping tariffs have been slapped on allies and adversaries alike. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce asked the Trump administration for exemptions to help small businesses that import goods and to “stave off a recession.” “The idea that seems to underlie Trump’s basic objective here in bringing back manufacturing really goes back to the…

In the long and contentious divorce proceedings that resulted in the family owners of La Loma splitting ownership of their famed Mexican restaurants in recent months, a judicial arbiter also settled the value of something close to the hearts and stomachs of three generations of Coloradoans: the restaurant’s green chile recipe. Not only is the recipe not a secret, but it wouldn’t be considered intellectual property with a monetary value, the arbiter determined in December in a Douglas County district court. Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostLa Loma Mexican restaurant moved from its original location to 1801 Broadway in November…

Dean Stoecker has a hard time picking his favorite set location for “The Man Who Changed the World,” a $14.5 million movie shot entirely in Colorado that follows his father’s dramatic journey up and down the creative and business ladders. That’s because each location tells its own story, he said, ranging from Spinelli’s Market in Park Hill to The Boulder Theater and Denver’s Grant-Humphreys Mansion. Now that it’s wrapped filming, the forthcoming feature can boast more than a dozen notable Front Range locations including historic urban neighborhoods, colleges, parks and private residences in Westminster, Northglenn and Lafayette. “It was my…

Colorado lawmakers passed much-amended legislation that would provide new antidiscrimination protections to transgender Coloradans on Tuesday, overcoming late roadblocks to send the measure to Gov. Jared Polis. House Bill 1312 passed its last vote in the state Senate on the legislative session’s penultimate day, and late Tuesday it cleared a final procedural hurdle in the House. Should Polis sign it into law, the bill would amend the state’s antidiscrimination laws to prohibit, in certain settings, intentionally referring to people other than by the name they chose to conform with their gender identity or other personal trait. It would also more…

Suraj Aryal is bringing the spice back to a vacant Sunnyside restaurant property. “It’s not easy at the moment,” he said of the current restaurant environment. The 38-year-old restaurateur hopes to open the third location of his Indian and Nepali restaurant Spice Kitchen at 2915 W. 44th Ave. later this summer. Aryal purchased the 5,700-square-foot building, formerly home to the Sunnyside Supper Club, an Italian joint, for $2 million last week, records show. Interest rates, labor costs and food prices have squeezed his margins at Spice Kitchen’s existing Thornton and Parker locations, Aryal said — but he’s not too worried…

VANCOUVER, BC – The premier of Canada’s oil-rich province of Alberta said Monday she will hold a referendum on separation from Canada next year if a citizen-led petition reaches the required number of signatures.Speaking on a livestream address, Danielle Smith said she personally does not support the province leaving Canada and expressed hope of a “path forward” for a strong and sovereign Alberta within a united Canada.“Should Ottawa, for whatever reason, continue to attack our province as they have done over the last decade, ultimately that will be for Albertans to decide,” she said. “I will accept their judgement.”Smith’s announcement…

A former porn star who allegedly shot up one of President Trump’s Florida resorts before claiming to have been Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex slave had signed an NDA with the disgraced rapper, according to a report Wednesday. Jonathan Oddi was arrested in 2018 after he was reportedly caught on camera carrying a US flag and ranting about the president as he stormed into the lobby of the Trump National Doral Golf Club before getting into a shootout with cops. Following his arrest, Oddi made a series of claims to police, including that he had been kept as a “sex slave”…

VATICAN CITY (TNND) — Cardinals have begun the centuries-old ritual to elect a new leader in the Catholic church after the death of beloved Pope Francis.The process started with morning Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica before cardinals are sequestered from the outside world, with their cellphones surrendered and airwaves around the Vatican jammed to prevent all communications from the outside world. Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, Dean of the College of Cardinals, presided over the Mass and called for unity in faith and prayer. “May the Pope elected may be he whom the Church and humanity need at this difficult, complex,…

A federal appeals court made no immediate decisions Tuesday after hearing arguments on the cases of Rümeysa Öztürk, a Tufts University student detained by federal agents since late March, and of Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi, who was recently released from detainment.A judicial panel of three judges from the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, based in New York, heard motions filed by the U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) regarding Öztürk and Mahdawi. The DOJ is appealing decisions made by two federal judges in Vermont. It claims Öztürk should not be brought to Vermont from a Louisiana detention center and that…