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Religious freedom arguments underpin wave of challenges to abortion bans

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:09:12 GMT

By Pam Belluck, The New York Times CompanyFor years, conservative Christians have used the principle of religious freedom to prevail in legal battles on issues like contraceptive insurance mandates and pandemic restrictions. Now abortion rights supporters are employing that argument to challenge one of the right’s most prized accomplishments: state bans on abortion.In the year since Roe v. Wade was overturned, clergy and members of various religions, including Christian and Jewish denominations, have filed about 15 lawsuits in eight states, saying abortion bans and restrictions infringe on their faiths.Many of those suing say that according to their religious beliefs, abortion should be allowed in at least some circumstances that the bans prohibit and that the bans violate religious liberty guarantees and the separation of church and state. The suits — some seeking exemptions and others seeking to overturn the bans — often invoke state religious freedom restoration acts enacte...

Here’s where you can go mountain biking at Colorado ski resorts

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:09:12 GMT

With Colorado ski areas shifting into summer operations, resorts are opening trails to mountain biking — or will do so any day.Many utilize their chairlifts for “bike hauls,” requiring the purchase of trail passes for access. Copper Mountain allows free mountain biking but charges for bike hauls. Trail access is free at Arapahoe Basin, where there is no lift-assisted biking. Most of the resorts with mountain biking operations also offer rentals, lessons and clinics.Purgatory will host a major competitive and spectator event this weekend when the Big Mountain Enduro national race series visits July 8-9. Purgatory is the only Colorado resort hosting that tour this year.Here’s a rundown of Colorado ski resort mountain-biking operations this summer:Arapahoe Basin: Officials say they hope to open The Legend for mountain biking next weekend. A-Basin will offer riding from the base area at 10,780 feet to the summit at 12,456 feet, utilizing five trails. There are no...

Denver Book Club: “Old Babes,” “Go As a River” and more short reviews

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:09:12 GMT

Go As A River (‎Spiegel & Grau)Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose to pile onto our bedside tables. Sure, you could read advertising blurbs on Amazon, but wouldn’t you be more likely to believe a neighbor with no skin in the game over a corporation being fed words by publishers? So in this new series, we are sharing these mini-reviews with you. Have any to offer? Email [email protected].“Old Babes in the Woods: Stories by Margaret Atwood,” (Doubleday)I admit it, I would read a telephone book if it were written by Margaret Atwood.  She’s just that good, that smart, that witty.  The characters in these stories deal with aging, family relationships, enduring love and loss.  There were some laugh-out-loud passages, and some poignant, recognizable situations.  I was sorry to see it come to an end. — 4 stars (out of 4); Kathleen Lance, Denver“...

Slackline hero who rescued skier hanging from Arapahoe Basin chairlift honored with Carnegie Medal

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:09:12 GMT

When Mickey Wilson, the slackline hero who rescued an Arapahoe Basin skier more than two stories above the ground in 2017, answered the phone one day late last month, he was shocked into silence when he learned he’d be receiving the Carnegie Medal.Andrew Carnegie established the Carnegie Hero Fund in 1904 to recognize outstanding acts of selfless heroism performed in the United States and Canada. Today, the commission awards the Carnegie Medal to those who risk death or serious physical injury while attempting to save the lives of others.“When the incident first occurred, I told people not to use the ‘H’ word,” Wilson said. “I’m not a hero, I’m just a slackliner. I guess I don’t get to say that anymore.”On Jan. 4, 2017, Wilson climbed a lift tower, slid 30 feet across the lift’s cable and cut free a skier whose backpack got caught on an Arapahoe Basin chairlift, leaving him dangling.Wilson, of Golden, said the man was...

Boy, 8, disappears in Ventura; was last seen riding bike

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:09:12 GMT

Police are asking the public for help in their search for a missing 8-year-old boy who disappeared in Ventura Sunday afternoon. Investigators say Angel Chacon was last seen around 3:30 p.m. riding a bicycle near his apartment complex in the 200 block of Ramona Street.Angel had been left at the apartment with his 17-year-old brother. The boy was reported missing around 8:30 p.m. when his mother called 911, the Ventura Police Department stated in a news release. Angel Chacon is seen in an image provided by the Ventura Police Department.An extensive search, which included the use of a drone, continued through the night in the area where Angel disappeared.Officers went door to door searching for the missing boy and a VC alert was sent to residents and social media platforms in the surrounding area, the Police Department stated. Angel was described as a Hispanic male standing 4 feet, 6 inches tall, and weighing about 80 pounds. He was last seen wearing a tan shirt with black stripes and ...

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