Ohio, Parts Of Midwest Brace For More Flooding

The University of Denver women’s lacrosse team ran into a familiar roadblock Sunday afternoon. The Northwestern Wildcats eliminated the Pioneers from the NCAA Tournament for the second year in a row, rolling to a 17-4 victory on their home turf in Evanston, Ill. The No. 1 overall seed netted 13 goals in the first half to take a commanding 10-goal lead into the break, then cruised from there to halt the Pios’ tournament run two wins shy of a return trip to the Final Four. The Wildcats (16-2) scored the game’s first five goals before Julia Gilbert got DU on the board with a goal with 6:54 left in the first period.

Friday’s Northern Lights may be visible again tonight in Colorado and rain is expected throughout the week in the Denver Metro area, according to the National Weather Service. The Northern Lights may be visible again throughout Colorado on Sunday night if another coronal mass ejection—a burst of plasma and magnetic field from the Sun—occurs as expected this evening, according to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration official Shawn Dahl. The NOAA issued a severe G4 geomagnetic storm watch for the first time since 2005 on Thursday.

BOSTON — The first recipient of a genetically modified pig kidney transplant has died nearly two months after he underwent the procedure, his family and the hospital that performed the surgery said Saturday. Richard “Rick” Slayman had the transplant at Massachusetts General Hospital in March at the age of 62. Surgeons said they believed the pig kidney would last for at least two years. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The transplant team at Massachusetts General Hospital said in a statement it was deeply saddened by Slayman’s passing and offered condolences to his family.

Northbound Colorado 83 reopened after closing because of a crash in Aurora, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation. The road was closed at the East Chenango Avenue intersection at 10:38 a.m., according to a Sunday morning X post from CDOT. The crash was cleared and the roadway reopened by 12 p.m. Related Articles Transportation | Colorado 93 reopens in Golden after crash Transportation | Westbound I-70 reopens in Aurora after fatal crash Thursday morning Transportation | Where are Denver’s worst parking lots?

By JOSH BOAK (Associated Press) REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday delivered some of the Biden administration’s strongest public criticism yet of Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza, saying Israeli tactics have meant “a horrible loss of life of innocent civilians” but failed to neutralize Hamas leaders and fighters and could drive a lasting insurgency. In a pair of TV interviews, Blinken underscored that the United States believes Israeli forces should “get out of Gaza,” but also is waiting to see credible plans from Israel for security and governance in the territory after the war. Hamas has reemerged in parts of Gaza, Blinken said, and that “heavy action” by Israeli forces in the southern city of Rafah risks leaving America’s closest Mideast ally “holding the bag on an enduring insurgency.” He said the United States has worked with Arab countries and others for weeks on developing “credible plans for security, for governance, for rebuilding” in Gaza, but ”we haven’t seen that come from Israel.

A man died in a Sunday morning shooting on East Colfax Avenue, according to the Denver Police Department. The shooting happened in the 8800 block of East Colfax Avenue, Denver police reported at 5:41 a.m. Sunday on X. One victim, an adult male, was later pronounced dead on scene, according to a 6:49 a.m.