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The Broncos will miss running back Audric Estime for a while, but the rookie appears to have avoided serious injury after dropping out of practice a week ago. Estime, the fifth-round draft pick, hurt his knee during May 23’s open practice and was not in attendance this week. Head coach Sean Payton, though, said the hope is he’ll be ready about two months from now when training camp opens. “We went ahead and did a (platelet-rich plasma injection) and a small scope procedure just to make sure everything is clean.

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI (Associated Press) DENVER (AP) — Donald Trump may be convicted of a felony and reside in Florida, a state notorious for restricting the voting rights of people with felony convictions. But he can still vote as long as he stays out of prison in New York state. That’s because Florida defers to other states’ disenfranchisement rules for residents convicted of out-of-state felonies.

Colorado lawmakers continue to add protections for vehicle owners who have their cars towed. HB24-1051, signed into law by Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday, prohibits towers from patrolling private lots, looking for infractions. The law also forbids property owners from using third-party companies to authorize their tows — a direct shot at Wyatts Towing, the state’s largest towing operator. In fact, much of the bill — and previous legislation — is directed at Wyatts, which conducts a commanding share of the state’s towing business.

NEW YORK — Donald Trump became the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes Thursday as a New York jury found him guilty of falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through hush money payments to a porn actor who said the two had sex. Jurors convicted Trump on all 34 counts after deliberating for 9.5 hours.

Colorado’s food and drink scene seems to be a magnet for praise recently. The latest comes from writers at Esquire magazine, which heralded two local bars among the best in the nation. On Thursday, the publication debuted its annual list of the best bars in America, including 42 watering holes from New York to San Francisco.

The “pilot” timed-entry reservation system for Rocky Mountain National Park, first imposed in 2020 during the pandemic and continued in subsequent years as a means to restrict visitor numbers during peak periods, has been adopted as permanent by the National Park Service. The NPS “finalized” the Day Use Visitor Access Plan, according to an NPS news release posted on Thursday, following a mandatory environmental assessment and an official finding that adopting the plan “will not constitute impairment of the resources of the park.” The process of formulating a management strategy to flatten the explosive growth of park visitation began in 2016 under then-superintendent Darla Sidles.