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The Great American Beer Festival plans to reduce the number of attendee sessions in 2024 and permit breweries to serve additional beverages, including ready-to-drink cocktails. Boulder-based organizer the Brewers Association recently noted changes to the craft beer industry’s biggest event, coming to the Colorado Convention Center in Denver Oct. 10-12, in registration guidelines for prospective brewery participants. Instead of the usual four, individually-ticketed festival sessions, GABF will host three sessions: One on Thursday night (5:30 to 9:30 p.m.), one on Friday night (5:30 to 9:30 p.m.), and one Saturday afternoon (noon to 4:30 p.m.).

By MARK SHERMAN (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Samuel Alito is rejecting calls to step aside from Supreme Court cases involving former President Donald Trump and Jan. 6 defendants because of the controversy over flags that flew over his homes. In letters to members of Congress on Wednesday, Alito said his wife, Martha-Ann, was responsible for flying an upside-down flag over his home in 2021 and an “Appeal to Heaven” flag at his New Jersey beach house last year.

By DYLAN LOVAN (Associated Press) LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Criminal charges against Scottie Scheffler have been dismissed, ending a legal saga that began with images of the world’s top male golfer being arrested and handcuffed in Louisville during the PGA Championship. Jefferson County Attorney Mike O’Connell asked a judge Wednesday afternoon to drop the four charges against Scheffler, who was not required to be in the courtroom.

Fans will get one more training camp on the grass berm at the newly named Broncos Park Powered by CommonSpirit. Construction work on the team’s new headquarters and training facility is now set to begin after the preseason wraps up, Broncos president Damani Leech told The Denver Post. As a result, fans can expect a familiar training camp experience one last time later this summer, a change from the expectation when this project was first announced in November. “It’s really, really exciting,” Leech said.

Yasu Kizaki knows most sushi fanatics are looking for the freshest cuts of fish. That’s why his youngest brother Koichi visits the Nagahama fish market in Japan every day at 2 a.m. to box up tuna, mackerel and scallops in dry ice and ship them to Sushi Denver in less than 24 hours. But fresher isn’t always better. “You all think that the freshest fish has to be eaten on the spot right away,” Yasu said.

Roads remain closed in Greeley on Wednesday morning after a severe storm plummeted the city with hail and rain overnight, causing flooding and dangerous driving conditions. City officials advised residents to avoid downtown and opened a temporary shelter for those in need at the Greeley Family FunPlex, located at 1501 65th Ave., because of the flooding. The shelter is expected to stay open “at least the rest of the day,” city spokeswoman Becca Vaclavik wrote in an email, adding that four people and two dogs are staying at the shelter. “During and after the storm, city staff worked tirelessly overnight to clean and clear city streets,” she said.