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By GARY FIELDS, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The players in this year’s Army-Navy football game kept up a long tradition, with each side honoring the other’s school song when the contest ended. It was an acknowledgment that the future …

Lots of youthful talent and energy will be displayed as I Can Do That! Performing Arts Center brings “9 to 5: The Musical” to Walnut Creek’s Del Valle Theatre in January. With book by Patricia Resnick and music by the …

SANTA CLARA – For the second straight season, the 49ers are closing out their Levi’s Stadium schedule against the Detroit Lions. Monday night’s stakes, however, aren’t as great as last January’s, at least not for the 49ers. Related Articles San …

Zack is the Berkeley-East Bay Humane Society’s pet of the week. (photo courtesy of Berkeley Humane) Kutie is the pet of the week at the East Bay SPCA, Oakland. (photo courtesy of the East Bay SPCA, Oakland) Eggnog is Friends …

DEAR TRAVEL TROUBLESHOOTER: I recently tried to use my Chase points to book an airline ticket on Aeromexico. After seeing and confirming the availability of an award flight on its partner airline, Virgin Atlantic, I made two transfers of 37,000 …

Mexico has begun outlining a plan of action should President-elect Donald Trump make good on threats of carrying out the “largest deportation program in American history” when he moves into the White House for a second time. Related Articles California …

Some of Denver’s most important cultural milestones of 2024 came as a surprise. Others were the long-awaited results of good ideas hatched years ago — and the hard work and sacrifices of people who dedicate their lives to making the …

For Damon Carson, the inspiration to start his six industrial thrift stores came from a conversation in 2010. An airbrush artist suggested that old vinyl from billboard advertising “like you see on the sides of the interstates, Budweiser, Chevrolet, Coca-Cola,” …

Editor’s note: This is part of The Know’s series, Staff Favorites. Each week, we offer our opinions on the best that Colorado has to offer for dining, shopping, entertainment, outdoor activities and more. (We’ll also let you in on some hidden …

While union ski patrollers walk a picket line at Utah’s Park City Mountain Resort, on strike for better pay and working conditions, officials at Arapahoe Basin are awaiting the results of an upcoming election that could result in the formation …

New rules on real estate commissions, including limiting the disclosure of how much sellers were willing to pay buyer agents, were expected to send shockwaves throughout the homebuying process when they rolled out on Aug. 17. Although some national surveys …

It’s a lonely, stressful feeling to be the last one at baggage claim waiting for your oversized item. Will it be damaged? Did it get left behind? How will it get from the airport to the hotel or resort? To …

UTE MOUNTAIN UTE RESERVATION, Colorado — The wind whipped dust around Latoya Laner’s face, her hand-beaded earrings swaying as she greeted a semi-truck driver on a sunny autumn afternoon. Late November meant harvest season on the reservation, and the driver …

The day before Thanksgiving, Michael Diaz-Rivera was delivering goods to customers in the snow and cold, more focused on “Green Wednesday” than Black Friday. Diaz-Rivera, who contracts with Denver cannabis stores, figured he and his drivers could end up making …

With a pen, a softball mitt, a gavel. Through generosity, sacrifice. With a smile, a kind word. Chicago was made better by so many people who sadly left us in 2024 but who each left their unique mark on the …

Defensive players in the NFL are often judged by flashy stats like sacks, tackles or interceptions, and they can find themselves unfairly lionized by the media or public perception. But stats and acclaim don’t always align with consistent, high-level production …

DEAR ABBY: I was recently informed that my teenage granddaughter is identifying as a boy. She has a male name she prefers and wants people to refer to her using he/him pronouns. Her parents are supportive, to a point. Her …

Lil Durk’s gritty raps about Chicago’s street violence turned him into a chart-topping superstar — but the feds are now trying to use some of those lyrics to prove he orchestrated a deadly plot to kill a rival in Los …

An argument sparked a shooting that left one man dead and two others wounded early Monday on the Lower West Side. Around 1:30 a.m., a 25-year-old man and two 32-year-old men were arguing on the sidewalk in the 2000 block …

When it’s just the two of them, modern blues greats Mike Zito and Albert Castiglia are known as the award-winning duo Blood Brothers. But when they add in a third — Bill Murray, no less — their live shows become …

He held the record for over a decade, but RGIII wasn’t sad to see Jayden Daniels set a new mark for most rushing yards by a quarterback in NFL history. In fact, Robert Griffin III was rooting for the Washington …

TODAY’S WORD — QUINATE QUINATE: KWY-nate: Arranged in groups of five. Average mark 13 words Time limit 20 minutes Can you find 18 or more words in QUINATE? The list will be published tomorrow. SATURDAY’S WORD — TREFOIL: tier tile …

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Eliza Dushku, 44; Tyrese Gibson, 46; Laila Ali, 47; Meredith Vieira, 71. Happy Birthday: Plan, and you won’t be disappointed. Map out your course, choose your objectives and head in a direction that will satisfy …

Dear Eric: My brother and I have been estranged for decades, due to consecutive “family incidents” that accumulated, unresolved, over years. A little over a year ago, I learned through a mutual friend that my brother has an incurable cancer …

In health care today, there’s a good deal of talk about health equity — the fair opportunity for every person to attain their best possible health. Many people think the key to equity is access, and that is part of …

I scanned through tens of trick-or-treaters traversing through a southwest suburban block on a chilly Halloween afternoon as I tried to spot 7-year-old Zayden Garrett. Zayden and his uncle had been shot weeks earlier during a family night at the …

Libraries aim to be book sanctuaries and protectors of free speech, but two area institutions’ policies of added security and insurance fees ahead of a controversial documentary on Israel allowed a “heckler’s veto” — when an individual or group is …

This was a sad but not surprising statistic to read in the Sun-Times: Black men born from 1951 to 1970 have been at the highest risk of dying from opioid overdose in every decade of their adult lives across the …

DEAR HARRIETTE: I had a hot-and-heavy romance with a man earlier this year, and then it just went cold. Related Articles Advice | Asking Eric: I’m upset that my brother kept our cancer risk a secret Advice | Miss Manners: …

Dear Eric: My brother and I have been estranged for decades, due to consecutive “family incidents” that accumulated, unresolved, over years. Related Articles Advice | Asking Eric: That letter was about me, the beastly wife Advice | Asking Eric: I’m …