WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Joe Biden is receiving radiation and hormone therapy as part of a new phase of treating the aggressive form of prostate cancer he was diagnosed with after leaving office, a spokesperson said Saturday.
“As part of a treatment plan for prostate cancer, President Biden is currently undergoing radiation therapy and hormone treatment,” said Biden aide Kelly Scully.
In May, Biden’s postpresidential office announced that he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer and that it had spread to his bone. The discovery came after he reported urinary symptoms.
Prostate cancers are graded for aggressiveness using what is known as a Gleason score. The scores range from 6 to 10, with 8, 9 and 10 prostate cancers behaving more aggressively. Biden’s office said his score was 9, suggesting his cancer is among the most aggressive.
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“We are trying to be aggressive,” Nikola Jokic said Friday at Ball Arena. “We’re trying to be, like, close to a foul — testing the refs to call the fouls. That’s something that we’re gonna try to do. That was the emphasis of the practice.”
The most accurate term for it is probably the one used by coach David Adelman this week: “junking it up” on defense. In two consecutive postseasons, Denver has been vexed by an opponent’s ability to junk it up and unable to return the favor. Minnesota implored Anthony Edwards and Jaden McDaniels to devour Jamal Murray in 2024.
OKC took the principle to another level last season, collapsing into the paint and recovering to the 3-point line as efficiently as any defense in recent memory. Alex Caruso was the ace in the hole, pestering and prodding Jokic to death in Game 7.
The Nuggets are searching for ways to renovate their defense after it ranked 21st in the league. Junking it up more is one way to start.
“Just different ways to shrink on better players. Zone. Working all that kind of stuff, and then when we do zone, who’s on the court, what their responsibilities are at each spot,” Adelman said. “And we’ll continue to work on it. I don’t know if we’ll throw it out there in the preseason, but it’s something we have to continue to improve on, because I feel like in the past, a lot of times you’re trying to get so many things done on the checklist that you kind of tell yourself you’re gonna get to that eventually. And I think if we’re actually gonna do that successfully, we have to work on it daily.”
Adelman has alluded to zone defense a handful of times this offseason, after deploying it regularly during the playoffs as interim coach. He and his players have also described a structure that’ll be more heavily based around Jokic’s IQ and matchup-dependent decisions. Some games might call for Jokic to be “up to touch” against a ball-handler. Others might be more suitable for various levels of drop coverage.
“It’s something new, so we are kind of trying to adjust,” Jokic said. “But I think we see that it’s going to be really good, and it could help us a lot.”
The ideas are complicated, but the overarching theme is that Denver’s scheme will be less rigid than before. Regardless of how it looks in action, peskier ball pressure is a foundational tenet. To put it another way, better effort than last season.
“There’s gonna be mistakes in this, when we’re not all the way up (the floor) like we’ve been, where the rotations are kind of starting from the get-go of every play, which we were really good at for a long time,” Adelman said. “… We just think this group has the capability of doing some different things, giving different looks, which gives us more flexibility on the defensive end, both man and zone.”
The end goal is to close the gap, at least marginally, with Oklahoma City — a heavy favorite to repeat thanks to its ability to overwhelm with defense.
“Hopefully we can be the silent — how do you say it? — the silent knight,” Jokic said. “Silent horse. Dark horse.”
Gordon’s status
Aaron Gordon didn’t play Monday in the Nuggets’ second preseason game, but Adelman has no concern about the power forward’s health. Denver visits the Clippers for another exhibition on Sunday.
“I think Aaron, Jamal, guys that have had those minor lingering injuries (in the past), we have to get ahead of that,” Adelman said. “So it just felt like the right time for him to take a two-day break, and now he’s back at it.”
Gordon spent most of last season dealing with a calf strain, then he also suffered a hamstring strain in the second round of the playoffs.
If you’ve been suffering an unseasonably warm October, wondering when autumn will arrive and all this darn sunshine will go away so you can get into the proper chilly Halloween spirit, then here’s another concern for you: a new study found a correlation between hot weather and workplace injuries.
The data, published in a report at the journal BioMed Central, found that just over 1 percent of all reported workplace injuries in the U.S. in the period studied (2023) were directly attributable to “heat exposure on days exceeding a heat index of 70°F.” Though the researchers admitted that most of the injuries were associated with “high-hazard” industries, not all of the injuries are related to direct exposure to extreme heat, as you may imagine, say, an outdoor-based worker may be under climate change conditions. The report notes that the results were “consistent across nearly all industry sectors, including those that are predominantly indoors,” and that “heat exposure has been associated with subtler impairments in physiological and cognitive performance.”
In other words, heat makes you clumsy and inattentive, and you might be more likely to, say, trip over an office chair you hadn’t noticed and injure yourself in much the same way as an outdoor worker may be more likely to drop a tool from a height onto a coworker when it was hot outside.
Speaking to NPR, the lead author of the study, Barrak Alamahad, a research scientist in environmental health at Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health, underlined this fact. He noted that when heat rises, even in the “safe” environment of an office, there are indeed notable “cognitive effects — hand-eye coordination, your attention, your memory, and even judgment or risk-taking or irritation.”
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Interestingly, the team found that there was a link to government anti-heat efforts in the data. When it was hotter than 105°F, the odds of injury compared to the odds on a typical 80°F day increased by 16 percent in states without heat-related safety rules. Rates rose just 8 percent in states with regulations designed to protect workers from heat issues. When the temperature hit 110°F and higher, the odds of an injury increased 22 percent — that’s a significant amount — in states without occupational heat rules, compared to just 9 percent in states with rules. This suggests a “protective effect,” the report notes, while pointing out the data isn’t 100 percent accurate for this prediction.
The study also noted that some 28,000 injuries in 2023 were related to heat, according to OSHA data correlated with historic, geolocated weather data near the site of each injury. Overall the report suggests that there may be mechanisms for preventing heat-related issues, which could reduce the figures for injuries per year. That’s significant, because injuries do more than harm a worker’s health—they may take them out of commission for a while, directly impacting company productivity, or they may result in expensive medical bills, insurance fees or litigation against their employer.
What can you take away from this investigation for your own workforce’s safety?
Heat may be a much bigger problem for your workers than you realize. The report notes that even “moderate daily heat can subtly increase the risk of workplace injuries that are not thought of nor classified as ‘heat-related’.”
To prevent your workers from being injured, you can try technical solutions, like air conditioning for indoor facilities. But the researchers also note that you should carry out “occupational safety training” and that your company’s safety education process should “explicitly warn about the role of heat” in potential injuries. You can also plan for allowing workers rest, water and shade, and given them written heat plans—all of which could be “critical for safeguarding worker health, and reducing the ‘hidden’ economic costs of heat-related injuries.”
The other thing to note is that extreme heat events are on the rise, and climate change isn’t going away — so these sorts of injuries will likely be a growing factor in future workplace risks.
The family of a 32-year-old man who died of blunt force injuries on a theme park roller coaster is accusing Universal Orlando Resort of endangering lives by reopening the ride this weekend.
Attorneys for the family said the Epic Universe park reopened the Stardust Racers ride even though they were in “active communication” with the company seeking to have it inspected first by their legal team’s experts.
“Whoever is making the decision to put profits over people and their safety, may God have mercy on your soul,” Ana Zavala, the mother of Kevin Rodriguez Zavala, said in Spanish during a Monday news conference with their attorneys.
“They reopened the ride as if his life didn’t matter and his death wasn’t worth answering for,” reads a statement written by the victim’s father, Carlos Rodriguez Ortiz. “We’re not here to tear Universal down. We’re here to lift safety standards up.”
Attorney Ben Crump condemned the reopening, saying “Universal has a responsibility not just to Kevin’s family, but to every family who visits the park to ensure its rides are safe for all guests.”
A representative for Universal did not immediately respond to an inquiry on Monday.
Previously, Karen Irwin, president and chief operating officer at Universal Orlando Resort, said the ride at the company’s newest theme park had undergone an extensive operational and technical review that confirmed the ride systems had functioned properly and Universal workers had followed proper procedures. The ride system’s manufacturer and an independent roller coaster engineering expert also conducted on-site testing which supported Universal’s findings, Irwin said.
Zavala had a spinal disability from birth and used a wheelchair, but his family’s attorneys said his disability didn’t cause his death.
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Universal Orlando Resort plans to reopen its Stardust Racers ride at Epic Universe more than two weeks after a 32-year-old man died of blunt force injuries after going on the high-speed roller coaster.
Signs will be updated to reinforce existing warnings and eligibility requirements to help visitors decide if they should go on the dual-launch coaster, which reaches speeds up to 62 mph (100 kph), Karen Irwin, president and chief operating officer at Universal Orlando Resort, said Friday in a memo to workers. The ride will reopen on Saturday.
The family of Kevin Rodriguez Zavala publicly had urged Universal not to reopen the ride until all investigations were finished and they had a better understanding of how he died. The medical examiner for the Orlando area ruled the cause of death as multiple blunt impact injuries and said the manner of death was an accident. The full autopsy report hasn’t been made public.
Zavala had a spinal disability from birth and used a wheelchair, but his family’s attorneys said his disability didn’t cause his death on Sept. 17.
Irwin said the ride at Universal’s newest theme park had undergone an extensive operational and technical review that confirmed the ride systems had functioned properly and Universal workers had followed proper procedures. The ride system’s manufacturer and an independent roller coaster engineering expert also conducted on-site testing which supported Universal’s findings, she said.
Separately, a woman sued Universal Orlando Resort last week, claiming she was injured on the ride which she claimed shook her violently and slammed her head into her seat’s headrest. The attorneys for Zavala’s family said this week that others have reached out to them with similar stories about the ride which officially opened in May with the debut of the new theme park.
ORLANDO, Fla. — Multiple people have reached out with related stories to the family of a 32-year-old man who died of blunt force injuries two weeks ago while riding the new Stardust Racers roller coaster at Universal’s Epic Universe theme park, the attorney for the man’s family said Tuesday.
People who’ve contacted the family and Ben Crump’s law office since Kevin Rodriguez Zavala died Sept. 17 while riding the roller coaster include a woman who says she lost consciousness and suffered neck and spine injuries soon after the ride opened in May, Crump said during a news conference in Orlando.
The woman reached out to Zavala’s family on a GoFundMe page and told them about the experience she had on the roller coaster.
“All we want is answers regarding my son’s death,” Zavala’s mother, Ana Zavala, said through an interpreter at Tuesday’s news conference. “We want these answers so we can be able to honor him. We want these answers so we can have some peace. It is extremely difficult losing a son and we do not wish this pain on anyone.”
The dual-launch coaster reaches speeds up to 62 mph (100 kph) and debuted officially in May when Universal Orlando Resort’s newest theme park opened to the public.
A spokeswoman for Universal didn’t immediately respond to an inquiry on Tuesday.
Separately, a central Florida woman sued Universal last week saying she had suffered injuries while on the roller coaster. Sandi Streets said her head shook violently and slammed into her seat’s headrest when she was on the ride in April, before the park’s official opening, giving her permanent injuries, according to the lawsuit.
Crump questioned what Universal did after receiving reports from the woman and others who said they were injured on the ride.
“She told them that you all need to do something about this because someone is going to be seriously injured, or worse, they’re going to be killed,” Crump said. “She gave them notice, and she believed that the employees already know that there were problems with this roller coaster. And it begs the question, what did Universal do about it?”
In Zavala’s case, the medical examiner for the Orlando area ruled the cause of death as multiple blunt impact injuries and said the manner of death was an accident.
Karen Irwin, Universal Orlando Resort’s president, told workers in a note shortly after Zavala’s death that internal findings showed ride systems functioned normally, equipment was intact and Universal workers followed the proper procedures. Investigators with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services also said that their initial findings align with that of the theme park.
Crump said his team will be calling for greater government oversight for large corporations such as Universal and Disney. Florida’s largest theme parks are exempt from state safety inspections, unlike smaller venues and fairs. Instead, the largest theme parks like Walt Disney World and Universal conduct their own inspections and have their own protocols, but they must report to the state any injury or death.
Since Epic Universe opened in May, there have been three reports made about rides at the theme park. In May, a 63-year-old man with a preexisting condition experienced dizziness and “an altered state of consciousness” and a 47-year-old woman with a preexisting condition had a “visual disturbance” and numbness after going on the Stardust Racers coaster, on separate days. A 32-year-old man experienced chest pains after going on the Hiccup’s Wing Gliders ride, according to the Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services.
“We believe there were warning signs that there was something wrong with the design of this ride and that they tried to blame the victims,” Crump said.
Zavala’s family has said he had a spinal disability from birth and used a wheelchair, but that didn’t cause his death.
“If they believed that disabled people should not be on this roller coaster, then why would you assist him in getting on the roller coaster?” Crump said. “Now you can’t justify this by trying to blame the victim.”
Crump is asking anyone who has been injured on the roller coaster to contact his office, as well anyone who witnessed what happened that day.
A stampede at a rally for a popular Indian actor and politician in the southern state of Tamil Nadu killed at least 36 people and injured 40 others, the state’s health minister said late Saturday.Related video above: US tariffs on Indian imports doubled in August, impacting businesses and consumersMa Subramanian told The Associated Press that the victims were dead by the time they were taken to a hospital and that the injured were stable. The dead included eight children, Subramanian said.The rally, which officials say was attended by tens of thousands of people, was being addressed by Vijay, one of Tamil Nadu’s most successful actors-turned-politicians in the district of Karur.Indian media reports, quoting local officials, said that as Vijay spoke to the surging crowd, a group of his supporters and fans fell while trying to get close to his bus, causing the stampede. Supporters had gathered at the political rally amid intensely hot temperatures and Vijay arrived hours late, officials said.”There was indiscipline” at the rally, Subramanian said, adding that an investigation had been ordered.Quoting officials, the Press Trust of India news agency reported that at least 30 people fainted while Vijay was addressing the rally from atop his campaign vehicle and were rushed in ambulances to area hospitals. He halted his speech mid-way when workers raised alarm after noticing that people were fainting and falling, it said, adding that as they were removed to hospitals, Vijay continued his speech.However, he ended his speech shortly after sensing an abnormal situation in a section of the huge gathering, the news agency said.Hours after the accident, Vijay offered his condolences.”My heart is shattered,” he posted on X. “I am writhing in unbearable, indescribable pain and sorrow that words cannot express.”Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the “unfortunate incident” was “deeply saddening.””My thoughts are with the families who have lost their loved ones. Wishing strength to them in this difficult time. Praying for a swift recovery to all those injured,” he said on social media.In southern Indian states, particularly Tamil Nadu, some film stars have larger-than-life status, rooted in the ancient Tamil culture of hero worship and image worship. Many have become politicians, and some have even been given divine status.In 2024, Vijay retired from acting and launched his own political party. It was unclear whether he plans to run for office in Tamil Nadu state.Stampedes are relatively common in India when large crowds gather. In January, at least 30 people were killed as tens of thousands of Hindus rushed to bathe in a sacred river during the Maha Kumbh festival, the world’s largest religious gathering.
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A stampede at a rally for a popular Indian actor and politician in the southern state of Tamil Nadu killed at least 36 people and injured 40 others, the state’s health minister said late Saturday.
Related video above: US tariffs on Indian imports doubled in August, impacting businesses and consumers
Ma Subramanian told The Associated Press that the victims were dead by the time they were taken to a hospital and that the injured were stable. The dead included eight children, Subramanian said.
The rally, which officials say was attended by tens of thousands of people, was being addressed by Vijay, one of Tamil Nadu’s most successful actors-turned-politicians in the district of Karur.
Indian media reports, quoting local officials, said that as Vijay spoke to the surging crowd, a group of his supporters and fans fell while trying to get close to his bus, causing the stampede. Supporters had gathered at the political rally amid intensely hot temperatures and Vijay arrived hours late, officials said.
“There was indiscipline” at the rally, Subramanian said, adding that an investigation had been ordered.
Quoting officials, the Press Trust of India news agency reported that at least 30 people fainted while Vijay was addressing the rally from atop his campaign vehicle and were rushed in ambulances to area hospitals. He halted his speech mid-way when workers raised alarm after noticing that people were fainting and falling, it said, adding that as they were removed to hospitals, Vijay continued his speech.
However, he ended his speech shortly after sensing an abnormal situation in a section of the huge gathering, the news agency said.
Hours after the accident, Vijay offered his condolences.
“My heart is shattered,” he posted on X. “I am writhing in unbearable, indescribable pain and sorrow that words cannot express.”
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the “unfortunate incident” was “deeply saddening.”
“My thoughts are with the families who have lost their loved ones. Wishing strength to them in this difficult time. Praying for a swift recovery to all those injured,” he said on social media.
In southern Indian states, particularly Tamil Nadu, some film stars have larger-than-life status, rooted in the ancient Tamil culture of hero worship and image worship. Many have become politicians, and some have even been given divine status.
In 2024, Vijay retired from acting and launched his own political party. It was unclear whether he plans to run for office in Tamil Nadu state.
Stampedes are relatively common in India when large crowds gather. In January, at least 30 people were killed as tens of thousands of Hindus rushed to bathe in a sacred river during the Maha Kumbh festival, the world’s largest religious gathering.
In a lot of ways, kids in America are safer than ever. But apparently, golf carts didn’t get the memo. New research this week finds that pediatric golf cart injuries are on the rise.
Researchers at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia conducted the study, which analyzed golf cart injuries that sent children and young adults to the emergency room. They found that these injuries had increased in recent years, with almost half involving children under the age of 12. More needs to be done to beat back the golf cart menace, the researchers say.
“The growing trend of golf cart use in residential areas, alongside the increased frequency of children driving and riding these vehicles, correlates with a concerning rise in both the number and variety of childhood golf cart injuries,” said study author Theodore Ganley, director of the Sports Medicine and Performance Center at CHOP, in a statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics. The findings are being presented over the weekend at AAP’s national conference.
Why and how kids are getting hurt by golf carts
The researchers pored through the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS), a database of injuries treated at hospital emergency departments across the country. The data is intended to be nationally representative, so scientists often use it to gauge how many Americans are hurt by specific products or specific causes of injury.
They examined NEISS data between 2010 and 2023, focusing on golf cart-related injuries among children and young adults (aged 22 and younger). They counted 1,419 cases during that period—amounting to an estimated 53,855 such injuries nationwide during that period. On average, they estimated that around 3,800 golf cart injuries occurred annually, but they also found that these injuries had increased consistently during the past three years.
The average age of a golf cart victim was 11, and 90% of those hurt were boys. Roughly half of the injuries were caused by someone falling from the cart, while 36% involved a collision or cart overturning. Kids were most often hurt along the head, face, or neck, while half of all injuries were deemed superficial.
Notably, other research has suggested that the trend of rising golf cart injuries in general dates back to the early 2000s.
What to do
The authors say their findings highlight the “inadequacy of robust safety features and the deficits in standard regulations.” But, leaving aside the possibility of waging a massive public campaign to dissuade kids from golf, that should also mean there’s plenty that can be done to reduce these injuries.
Golf carts could be better designed to handle sharp corners, for instance, or to be less prone to tumbling over in general. Policy and lawmakers could also pass laws and regulations to encourage better safety.
Some places have already started to do the latter. Just this year, South Carolina implemented a law requiring children under 12 to wear a seat belt when inside these vehicles on public roads. In 2023, Florida also began to require that teens have a permit or license to drive a cart (previously, kids as young as 14 could drive without any license at all).
The researchers also say that people should be made more aware of the potential dangers of golf carts.
“Our findings highlight the urgent need for increased awareness and attention to these injuries among children and demonstrate the crucial role of education on safe golf cart operation,” Ganley said.
ORLANDO, Fla. — A woman has sued Universal Orlando Resort, claiming she was injured on a roller coaster at its newest theme park. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday, comes a week after a man died from blunt impact injuries after going on the same ride.
Sandi Streets filed the negligence lawsuit in state court in Orlando, days after the death of 32-year-old Kevin Rodriguez Zavala in a separate incident.
Streets said she was invited to Universal’s Epic Universe theme park just a few weeks before it officially opened to the public in May and went on the dual-launch coaster, which reaches speeds up to 62 mph (100 kph). On the ride, her head shook violently and slammed into her seat’s headrest, giving her permanent injuries, according to the lawsuit.
The lawsuit says Streets has suffered disability, medical care expenses, loss of the ability to work and an exacerbation of a preexisting condition since going on the ride. Her attorney, Nicholas Spetsas, didn’t immediately respond Thursday to an email seeking further details on her injuries.
The ride failed to properly restrain her head, and the theme park failed to adequately warn her of “the unsafe and unreasonably dangerous condition” of the roller coaster, the lawsuit says.
Universal didn’t respond Thursday to an email seeking comment about the lawsuit.
In Zavala’s case, the medical examiner for the Orlando area ruled the cause of death as multiple blunt impact injuries and said the manner of death was an accident.
Karen Irwin, Universal Orlando Resort’s president, said in a note to workers last weekend, after Zavala’s death, that internal findings showed ride systems functioned normally, equipment was intact and Universal workers followed the proper procedures. Investigators with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services said last Friday that their initial findings align with that of the theme park.
Lawyers for Zavala’s family took issue with that conclusion at a news conference Wednesday. Zavala had a spinal disability from birth and used a wheelchair, but they said his disability didn’t cause his death. His family hasn’t filed a lawsuit, as of yet, and said they want to understand how he died.
ORLANDO, Fla. — A man who was unresponsive after riding a roller coaster at Universal Orlando Resort’s newest park died from blunt impact injuries, a medical examiner said Thursday.
Joshua Stephany, the medical examiner for the Orlando area, ruled the death an accident after performing an autopsy. The statement from Stephany did not mention any details about the injuries, including where on the body they were found.
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The Cincinnati Bengals could be facing a major setback with star quarterback Joe Burrow.
Burrow left Sunday’s win over the Jacksonville Jaguars with a toe injury, and NFL Network reported he is feared to have Grade 3 turf toe. That type of injury usually requires surgery and comes with a lengthy recovery.
The Bengals reportedly sent images of Burrow’s injury to Dr. Robert Anderson, a foot specialist, to determine whether surgery is necessary. If so, recovery could sideline Burrow for up to three months — essentially the entire regular season.
Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow (9) is injured on a play in the second quarter of the NFL Week 2 game between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Jacksonville Jaguars at Paycor Stadium in downtown Cincinnati on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025. (IMAGN)
The team confirmed Burrow is dealing with a toe injury, though no decision has been made on whether he will need surgery. The injury occurred in the second quarter when Arik Armstead sacked Burrow. He stayed on the turf and slammed his helmet in frustration.
On the next series, after the Bengals intercepted Trevor Lawrence, backup Jake Browning entered the game while Burrow was helped to the locker room for evaluation.
Browning went on to lead the Bengals to a comeback win, diving into the end zone with just seconds left in the fourth quarter to seal a 31-27 victory.
Joe Burrow of the Cincinnati Bengals looks to pass during the game against the Jacksonville Jaguars at Paycor Stadium on Sept. 14, 2025 in Cincinnati, Ohio.(Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
Cincinnati improved to 2-0 to start the 2025 season, but the franchise is holding its breath that Burrow could return sooner rather than later. The Bengals missed the playoffs last year despite Burrow’s strong season, when he led the NFL with 4,918 passing yards and 43 touchdowns on his way to being named Comeback Player of the Year.
Injuries, however, have been a recurring challenge for the 28-year-old quarterback. He tore multiple ligaments in his left knee in 2020 and suffered a torn wrist ligament in 2023, with both injuries ending his season prematurely.
Joe Burrow #9 of the Cincinnati Bengals plays against the Cleveland Browns at Huntington Bank Field on Sept. 7, 2025 in Cleveland, Ohio.(Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
An announcement from the Bengals could come as early as Monday, but it is expected that Burrow will be ruled out at least for next week’s matchup against the Minnesota Vikings.
A woman died and an infant was injured when a Mercedes SUV driven by the woman collided head-on with an RTD bus Thursday evening in Aurora.
Police responded to the crash at 5:18 p.m. at East 30th Avenue and East Parklane Drive. The woman and the infant, who wasn’t restrained, were thrown from the vehicle. Both were taken to the hospital.
Police said the woman died shortly after arriving at the hospital. The infant remains hospitalized with serious injuries.
Their names weren’t released.
Several passengers on the RTD bus were checked for injuries. One passenger and the bus driver were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Police are looking at speed and possible intoxication as possible factors involved in the crash.
AURORA, Colo. — Several people were injured — two critically — in a crash involving an SUV and an RTD bus in Aurora Thursday evening.
The Aurora Police Department said it is responding to the incident, which occurred at E. 30th Avenue and E. Parklane Drive.
#APDTrafficAlert: Officers are on scene of a crash involving an SUV and @RideRTD bus at E. 30th Ave and E. Parklane Drive.
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According to Aurora PD, two occupants from the SUV — a woman and a small child — were both ejected from the vehicle. They were taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.
At least five people from the RTD bus have also been transported to the hospital, according to police. The extent of their injuries is not known at this time.
E. 30th Avenue is closed between Scranton and Ursula for an investigation.
Denver7 has a crew at the scene and is working to learn more information. This is a developing story and will be updated.
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In sports, injuries happen. They are a part of the game. In no sport is that adage more true than professional football. Injuries are so embedded in this gladiator endeavor that teams have to put out a report each week on injuries, along with the likelihood of the injured combatants playing in that weekend’s game.
In Houston over the last couple of years, whatever the “normal” injury rate is in football has been amplified by a significant multiplier. Two seasons ago, no team had more games missed due to injury than the Houston Texans, and last season wasn’t far behind. This season, we are already off to a rip roaring start after Sunday’s loss to the Rams.
The most significant of the injuries suffered on Sunday was tight end Cade Stover suffering a broken foot at some point late in the game. With 2:27 remaining in regulation, Stover was in the game, got called for an illegal shift, and then never saw the field again. Given the lack of medical personnel attending to Stover for any reason, the best guess is he suffered the injury moments before this snap, and played through it for a few plays.
According to head coach DeMeco Ryans on Tuesday, Stover will miss some time with the broken foot, but it’s unclear if that means a trip to injured reserve, where Stover would miss at least four games, likely more. This injury is a problem, and here are a few reasons why:
Cade Stover was rapidly improving Throughout training camp, it was quite evident that Stover came back for his second season ready to make an impact. He was making plays at practice in the passing game, and his blocking in the run game was noticeable. This was translating into the regular season, on Sunday, as well, as Stover graded out very well on Pro Football Focus, where they grade each snap:
Texans Top 5 Graded Players on Offense & Defense vs the Rams (@PFF):
On Sunday, Stover played more snaps than starting tight end Dalton Schultz. In other words, the Texans aren’t just losing a depth piece here. They are losing their best tight end.
Tight end was a position they came into the season already light Injuries can be dealt with, if there is a reasonable replacement or solution waiting in the wings. The Texans do not have one. Schultz and Stover were the only tight ends on the initial 53 man roster. They do have Harrison Bryant (acquired for WR John Metchie from the Eagles) and 7th round rookie Luke Lachey on the practice squad. If the Texans are trying to keep the tight end room close to being a plus room, and not a distinct minus, they might need to look for a trade, if Stover will be out for an extended period of time.
Stover is not alone amongst the walking (or non walking) wounded AS you saw in the embedded post above, the best player on the Texans’ offense, according to PFF, was quarterback C.J. Stroud, and he is going to need to be for the foreseeable future, as the injury bug has smashed the Texans’ offense just a week into the season:
We are heading into week 2 with all of these offensive injuries:
In a season that is a war of attrition, the Houston Texans’ offense has already suffered a bad month’s worth of injuries in the last several days. Tampa Bay is up next.
Colorado’s Division of Youth Services last month removed all youth from its Lookout Mountain detention center amid what advocates say were deteriorating safety conditions.
All 36 young people at Lookout Mountain Youth Services Center in Golden were temporarily transferred to other state-run facilities, DYS interim director Dave Lee told juvenile justice stakeholders in an Aug. 28 memo reviewed by The Denver Post. Many of the staff members there have also been temporarily relocated to support youth at their new centers.
Lee did not discuss the reasoning for the sudden move, only saying that this “will allow DYS to use available statewide resources to support youth currently assigned” to Lookout Mountain.
“The division takes action like this from time to time and comes as part of our ongoing commitment to ensuring the highest quality of care for the youth we serve,” he wrote.
A DYS spokesperson, when contacted by The Post last week, was similarly vague about why the state had emptied the long-troubled campus.
“The temporary transfer of youth and staff from the Lookout Mountain Youth Services Center to other DYS facilities is a result of our commitment to providing a supportive environment that enables youth to achieve success,” spokesperson Alex Urbach said in an email. “After careful consideration and an assessment of staffing capacity, the division transferred youth to other facilities to provide them with increased supports to meet the dynamic needs of (Lookout Mountain’s) complex youth population.”
Lee, through the DYS spokesperson, declined an interview request for this story.
Urbach said the division anticipates returning to normal operations “at some point this calendar year.”
Dana Walters Flores, Colorado campaign coordinator at the National Center for Youth Law, said her organization in early August received a critical mass of calls from parents and advocates saying Lookout Mountain “was in real trouble.”
“The conditions of confinement deteriorated rapidly in ways that felt unmanageable to staff and kids living there,” she said.
Staff had done everything they could and used all the tools at their disposal, Flores said. But reports kept coming about brutality, discrimination and the improper use of physical restraint by Lookout Mountain’s administration, she said.
At that point, she said, a number of organizations that go onto the campus to provide services got wind that “something potentially very dangerous was going to happen there.”
A second person, who spoke to The Post on condition of anonymity because they continue to work with youth inside DYS, said they grew so alarmed by a dangerous rumor circulating inside Lookout Mountain that they urged one of their teens to report it to the state child abuse hotline.
Flores said she reported the urgent concerns to DYS leadership as well as the Office of the Colorado Child Protection Ombudsman, which investigates youth safety issues, in mid-August. The ombudsman, Stephanie Villafuerte, declined to comment on the report.
Soon after, Lee announced the changes at Lookout Mountain. DYS officials did not respond to questions from The Post about safety concerns at the facility.
“I want to commend leadership at the division for recognizing this was a circumstance where they needed to proactively do something that I don’t know if there’s precedent for,” Flores said. “Moving all the youth from a facility in order to prevent injury or the loss of life to kids or staff is exactly how we hope that any youth correctional leader will behave. It took a lot of courage and creativity on their part to do what they did.”
Lookout Mountain has a history of riots, violence and escapes.
Five staff members in February were injured at the campus while responding to a series of violent incidents, police previously said. A “small number” of youth also sustained minor injuries, according to DYS.
The following year, the state split up Lookout Mountain into four distinct facilities, following evidence from other states that shows better outcomes at smaller centers. The state recently unified the complex back into one facility, which can house up to 96 young people.
An investigation by The Post published in March found DYS facilities around the state have seen rampant allegations of excessive force by staff members, serious injuries sustained by teens while being physically restrained and a litany of illicit drugs entering secure facilities, as well as several allegations of staff members engaging in sexual relationships with youth in their care.
A Colorado jury on Friday awarded $21 million to a woman who was paralyzed when she fell from a ski lift at Crested Butte Mountain Resort three years ago.
The jury verdict comes just over a year after the Colorado Supreme Court considered the woman’s case and ruled that liability waivers do not protect ski resorts when resorts violate state laws or regulations. That ruling allowed the lawsuit to go forward and likely ended a push by ski resorts to use such waivers to shield themselves from almost all lawsuits.
The case and its $21 million verdict may open up new avenues for skiers to sue ski operators, particularly over incidents involving chairlifts, said Brian Aleinikoff, an attorney for Annie Miller, the woman who fell in 2022.
“For the longest time, ski areas have been so insulated from lawsuits,” he said. “…At the end of the day the ‘inherent dangers’ and risks of skiing aren’t going to change. If you are skiing and you hit a rock or a bare patch or some ice or you go over a cliff, that is on you. But I think how some of the ski lifts operate — that is really where this will have the biggest impact moving forward.”
Jurors on Friday awarded the family $5.3 million in non-economic damages, $10.5 million in economic damages and $5.3 million in damages for physical impairment and disfigurement, according to an order from 17th Judicial District Court Judge Jeffrey Smith.
The jury assigned 25% of the fault for the incident to Miller and 75% of the fault to Vail Resorts, which owns Crested Butte Mountain Resort. Vail Resorts expects to pay a total of $12.4 million in damages both because of the jury’s assignment of fault and a statutory cap on non-economic damages.
“We disagree with the decision and believe that it was inconsistent with Colorado law,” Katie Lyons, communications manager for Vail Resorts, said in an email. “Still, we recognize the personal toll this accident has taken on Ms. Miller and her family, and we wish her continued strength in her recovery. We remain committed to the highest safety standards in our operations.”
Miller, now 20, was 16 when she fell 30 feet from a four-seat, high-speed chairlift at Crested Butte on March 16, 2022. Miller boarded the Paradise Express lift with her father, but couldn’t get properly seated, and grabbed the chairlift to keep from falling.
Her father and others began to yell for the lift to be stopped as she was dragged forward, but the lift continued with Miller hanging from the chair and her father trying to pull her back to safety.
Eventually, Miller fell and landed on her back. Even then, the lift did not stop, and her father, Michael Miller, was forced to ride to the top and ski down to his daughter, who suffered severe injuries and was paralyzed after the fall.
Michael Miller brought a negligence lawsuit against Crested Butte, arguing that the resort employees should have stopped the lift before his daughter fell.
Annie Miller is now a junior at the University of Tulsa, where she is studying music and psychology, Aleinikoff said.
“We are trying to hold ski areas accountable to ensure they are following the safety rules and violations they have agreed to follow, in order to protect folks like Annie Miller who come out and want to ski,” he said. “To me it is not asking that much of them.”
Arapahoe sheriff deputies, South Metro firefighters and Colorado State Patrol investigate an injury accident on South Parker Road north of South Chambers Road on Sept. 1, 2025. (Provided by Arapahoe Sheriff Department)
A motorist driving a BMW at speeds in excess of 100 mph lost control of the vehicle Monday on South Parker Road just and ended up wheels pointed skyward between two horse trailers, the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office said.
Authorities said the driver and a passenger were seriously injured in the crash, which occurred shortly before 2 p.m. just southeast of the Cherry Creek Reservoir.
Witnesses told authorities that the driver of the BMW was speeding southbound on South Parker Road just north of South Chambers Road when the sedan left the roadway, crashed through a fence and landed upside down between the trailers. The driver and passenger were taken to a hospital.
Rudy Giuliani is recovering from a fractured vertebrae and other injuries following a car crash in New Hampshire, a spokesperson for the former New York City mayor said Sunday.
Giuliani’s vehicle was struck from behind while traveling on a highway Saturday evening, according to a statement posted on X by Michael Ragusa, Giuliani’s head of security.
“He sustained injuries but is in good spirits and recovering tremendously,” Ragusa said, adding: “This was not a targeted attack.”
Giuliani, 81, was taken to a nearby trauma center and was being treated for injuries including “a fractured thoracic vertebrae, multiple lacerations and contusions, as well as injuries to his left arm and lower leg,” according to Ragusa.
Prior to the accident, Giuliani had been “flagged down by a woman who was the victim of a domestic violence incident” and contacted police assistance on her behalf, Ragusa said. He said in the statement that the subsequent crash was “random and unrelated” to the domestic violence incident.
Giuliani was in a rental car and “no one knew it was him,” Ragusa also said in the post on X.
Another Giuliani spokesperson, Ted Goodman, and New Hampshire State Police did not immediately respond to requests for comment and more details about the crash.
“Thank you to all the people that have reached out since learning the news about my Father,” Andrew Giuliani, Rudy Giuliani’s son, wrote in post on X. “Your prayers mean the world.”
An injured hiker was rescued Sunday from Daniels Park in Douglas County after falling 20 feet from an overlook rock, South Metro Fire Rescue officials said.
South Metro officials said crews had to create a “technical rescue plan” to extract the hiker by rope. The hiker, an unidentified adult, was taken to the hospital with unknown injuries.
A video posted by South Metro Fire Rescue shows crews hoisting the injured hiker up through a 150-foot pulley system and carrying the hiker out of the park on a stretcher.
No additional information about the rescue was available Sunday evening.
Update: Crews have made contact with one party and working on a technical rescue plan to extract the party via rope. pic.twitter.com/R68zLO60t8
Atlanta Falcons starting right tackle Kaleb McGary was carted off the field during practice Wednesday with what appeared to be a lower leg injury.
The team huddled around McGary and the music was turned off as he was helped onto the cart and taken into the building, according to Falcons reporter Joe Patrick.
“Kaleb McGary was carted off, is receiving an MRI and we’ll have an update at the appropriate time,” a team spokesperson said, per the Falcons’ website.
Atlanta Falcons offensive tackle Kaleb McGary (76) walks off the field after an NFL football game against the Minnesota Vikings, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.(AP Photo/Abbie Parr, file)
McGary signed a two-year, $30 million contract extension earlier this month. He has spent his entire six-year career with the Falcons after being selected in the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft out of Washington.
McGary has been exceptionally durable throughout his career, playing in 93 of a possible 98 regular-season games since his debut.
Atlanta Falcons offensive tackle Kaleb McGary (76) on the field during training camp at IBM Performance Field on July 24, 2025 in Flowery Branch, Georgia. (Dale Zanine/Imagn Images)
With Michael Penix Jr. now the Falcons’ starting quarterback — a left-handed passer — McGary was expected to serve as his blindside blocker.
Elijah Wilkinson stepped in at right tackle after McGary left practice. In the Falcons’ second preseason game against the Tennessee Titans, Wilkinson played left tackle after lining up at left guard in the opener against the Detroit Lions.
Atlanta Falcons offensive tackle Kaleb McGary (76) leaves the field with an injury against the Kansas City Chiefs in the second quarter at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Sep. 22, 2024, in Atlanta, Georgia. (Brett Davis/Imagn Images)
The Falcons’ offensive tackle depth will be tested if McGary misses an extended period of time. Backup swing tackle Storm Norton underwent ankle surgery and is expected to be out six to eight weeks, per ESPN’s report. Norton had not been practicing with the team for most of training camp.
The Falcons hope McGary will be healthy in time for their Week 1 matchup against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
