Comment on Initiative to repeal gas tax hike sparks debate over how transportation funds are spent in California

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony-winning “Hamilton” is returning to Denver this fall, but you’ll have to wait until next month to buy tickets. At least, that is, if you aren’t a subscriber to Denver Center for the Performing Arts. If you are, a members-only sale will run June 11-17, based on availability. After that, public tickets go on at 10 a.m.

A Denver judge handed down what’s believed to be the longest sentence for a human trafficking conviction in United States history Thursday: 448 years. Robert Hawkins, a 44-year-old Denver man, was sentenced to a historic 448 years in prison Thursday on a series of charges including human trafficking, pimping, sexual assault and sexual exploitation, according to court records. The sentence isn’t just the longest recorded in Colorado, but in the United States, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Colorado’s previous sentencing record was 401 years after a sentence adjustment in Arapahoe County, Denver Chief Deputy District Attorney Lara Mullin said in a Thursday press conference. Encompassed in Hawkins’ 448-year sentence is another 200 years for other charges that he will serve concurrently, Mullin said. Between 2018 and 2021, Hawkins exploited four adult women and two children in Denver, using physical violence and threats to keep the victims under his control and profiting from the sale of their bodies, according to a news release from the Denver District Attorney’s Office.

A small plane crashed on the front lawn of an Arvada home Friday morning, police said. Arvada police said four people — two adults and two children — were taken to the hospital after the plane crashed in a neighborhood near Oberon Road and Carr Street. A photo posted by the Arvada Police Department shows wreckage from the plane strewn across the front lawn of a home on Oberon Road, next to a red pickup truck the plane collided with during the crash. Arvada Fire Protection District crews responded to an aircraft emergency around 9:30 a.m.

Mike Tyson’s fight with Jake Paul is now set for Nov. 15 after the former world heavyweight champion fell ill on a flight last month. The fight was originally set for July 20 in Arlington, Texas, home to the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys, and will be aired on Netflix. Tyson became nauseous and dizzy during the final hour of a flight from Miami to Los Angeles.

When Denver resident Jana Angelo rides the Regional Transportation District’s buses and trains, she feels trapped and says she sometimes hugs herself for fortitude. She’s smelled fumes from passengers smoking fentanyl. She’s heard unhinged riders’ rants. Two “really high” men once fought right in front of her, said Angelo, 29. “I was like, ‘Stop the bus!’ ” she said.

8212; Prosecutors rest their case against Hunter Biden in his federal firearms trial in Delaware.