Ben S. Carson: Recovering America’s Exceptionalism

NEW YORK — Harvey Weinstein’s lawyer said Saturday that the onetime movie mogul has been hospitalized for a battery of tests after his return to New York City following an appeals court ruling nullifying his 2020 rape conviction. Attorney Arthur Aidala said Weinstein was moved to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan after his arrival on Friday to city jails. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] “They examined him and sent him to Bellevue.

BAGHDAD — Iraqi authorities on Saturday were investigating the killing of a well-known social media influencer, who was shot by an armed motorcyclist in front of her home in central Baghdad. Ghufran Mahdi Sawadi, known as Um Fahad or “mother of Fahad,” was popular on the social media sites TikTok and Instagram, where she posted videos of herself dancing to music and was followed by tens of thousands of users. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] An Iraqi security official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to speak to the media, said that the assailant opened fire as Sawadi parked her Cadillac in front of her house on Friday, killing her, then took her phone and fled the scene. The killing took place in Zayoona, the same neighborhood where a prominent Iraqi researcher and security expert Hisham al-Hashimi was gunned down in 2020.

Eastbound Interstate 70 was closed in two locations Saturday for crashes near Vail Pass Summit and Loveland Pass, according to Colorado Department of Transportation. The highway closed between exit 190 at Vail Pass Summit and exit 195 at Copper Mountain for a crash around 11:45 a.m., according to CDOT. The Vail Pass Summit closure reopened around 2:15 p.m., CDOT officials said. I-70 remains closed for a crash between exit 216 at Loveland Pass/U.

Police officers are investigating a potential homicide after a body was found near Cherry Creek High School early Saturday. Officers responded to reports of a body near East Union Avenue and South Yosemite Street — adjacent to Cherry Creek High School — at 5:07 a.m. Saturday, according to a news release from the Greenwood Village Police Department. The incident does not appear to be school-related, police said. The initial investigation suggests this was a homicide, according to Saturday’s release. Related Articles Crime and Public Safety | Eastbound Interstate 70 closed near Loveland Pass for crash, Vail Pass Summit closure reopens Crime and Public Safety | Jury deadlocks on murder charge for sheriff’s deputy who killed Christian Glass, convicts on lesser count Crime and Public Safety | Boulder police searching for missing teenager last seen Thursday afternoon Crime and Public Safety | Second paramedic convicted in Elijah McClain’s death sentenced to jail with work-release, probation Crime and Public Safety | Eastbound I-70 lanes reopen after gravel truck crash in Wheat Ridge closed lanes for almost 3 hours No further information about the investigation was available.

The weekend-long series of thunderstorms and snowstorms sweeping across Colorado reached its strongest intensity Saturday morning, according to the National Weather Service. Another one to three feet of snow is projected for Colorado’s mountains and higher elevation foothills Saturday, according to a NWS hazardous weather outlook. Idaho Springs and Juniper Pass near Mount Blue Sky could both see more than 35 inches of fresh snow stack up, according to NWS projected snow totals.

Picture this: It’s the summer of 2027, and two emerging stars are making Coors Field a true baseball draw again. The Rockies are competitive for the first time in a decade, and just wrapped up a critical late-August series win over the Dodgers. Chase Dollander spun a gem to catapult Colorado into first place in the NL West, and first-time all-star Jordan Beck hit the game-winning homer, his 30th of the year. While that may seem like a purple-tinted tableau right now, as the Rockies are tracking toward another 100-loss season, it could be reality.