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Issued on August 29, 2024 Lakewood, Colorado (August 29, 2024) – Lakewood’s annual Family Health & Fitness Day will be held Saturday, Sept. 14, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at O’Kane Park, 7101 W. First Ave. This free, fun event will highlight the important role of parks and recreation in building strong, healthy and resilient communities, and the day will showcase activities to keep your family healthy and active. Fun Running Face Paint Family Fitness Class Demo Local Vendors Nutritional Tips Studies show that living near parks and recreational…

SAN ANGELO, Texas – As Texans prepare for Labor Day weekend, gas prices are dropping, providing some relief for travelers. The average price of regular unleaded fuel in Texas is $2.95 a gallon, down 4 cents from last week and a whopping 46 cents lower than the same time last year, according to the latest data from AAA Texas. The national average price is up slightly at $3.36 per gallon, but it’s still down 3 cents from the previous week and 46 cents from last year. El Paso has the highest gasoline prices of any Texas city, at $3.39 per…

If you’ve talked to any fellow engineering nerds or techies lately, you’ve probably heard the phrase “fail fast and fail often.” The idea is simple: value learning from your mistakes rather than going slow and striving for perfection. I teach this idea in my classes, especially my engineering classes, but also in more traditional science classes. I want kids to feel free to try and fail in order to grow.As a teacher, when I hear the word “fail,” I think of the number 60 percent. For students, a failing grade is deeply associated with the stress of not reaching the…

Their partisan activism is only part of the problem: The Trump-linked elections board has already passed a series of controversial changes to the state’s election rules, drawing public praise from Trump and his ally, Cleta Mitchell. I was grateful. They praise them for “fighting so hard for us!!!” For example, the Commission illegally reopened an investigation into Fulton County’s 2020 election, following the advice of partisan private lawyers and against the advice of the Attorney General, to pursue conspiracy theories that had long ago been debunked. In another particularly egregious example, the Commission passed a rule allowing local election officials…

In the virtual world, few things are as challenging as dealing with the fallout from Elon Musk’s controversial tweets.In May, Musk tweeted that encrypted messaging app Signal had a “known vulnerability.” Signal president Meredith Whittaker told Wired that she spent “two sleepless nights just dealing with the Twitter stuff.”Musk initially endorsed the app in 2021 with a two-word tweet: “Use Signal.””He’s a big fan of Musk. So I don’t know what’s changed,” Whittaker said. “All I know is, to the best of our knowledge, the claims are completely baseless.” He added that there was no “serious reporting” to support Musk’s…

Barcelona have finished their business in the summer transfer market and there will be no more signings or departures unless there is an unexpected last-minute change in the market, according to various reports in the Catalan media. The deadline is Friday night, but the club will not make any signings due to Financial Fair Play issues and are also unsure of receiving offers for their current players before the deadline, so sporting director Deco will not be as busy as usual in the final hours of the transfer window. Barça tried to strike a deal with Liverpool for midfielder Stefan…

New Fox News polls in Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and North Carolina reveal that there is no clear leader in any of these key battleground states. In Arizona, VP Kamala Harris has a 50% approval rating compared to former President Donald Trump’s 49% in a survey of registered voters. In Georgia and Nevada, Harris has a 50% approval rating compared to Trump’s 48%, and in North Carolina, Trump has a 50% approval rating compared to Harris’ 49%. The margin of error for each state poll is plus or minus 3 percentage points, meaning there is no clear leader in any election.…

NORTHERN KENTUCKY (WXIX) — It’s Labor Day weekend, which means travelers may want to be patient as lines and wait times will be longer. Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport said it expects about 160,000 passengers over the seven-day period, an 8 percent increase from last year. Mindy Kirschner of CVG said early morning flights tend to draw the most volume. “When demand for travel is high, there’s capacity, there’s cheaper airfares, so whether you’re traveling by air or by road or whatever, you have to be prepared for busier travel,” Kirchner explained. The most popular destinations for the holiday weekend include…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man convicted of killing a college freshman and raping the student’s sister while the brother and sister were camping in a national forest 30 years ago is scheduled to be executed Thursday.Laurent Cole Cole is scheduled to be sentenced to death just after 6 p.m. in a Florida prison for a 1994 murder. He is also serving two life sentences for rape. The U.S. Supreme Court rejected Cole’s final appeal early Thursday.According to court records, Cole and a friend, William Paul, befriended the two college students in Ocala National Forest. After talking around a…

CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz repeatedly used the word “resilience” on Wednesday to describe his cybersecurity company’s financial outlook, just weeks after a faulty software update crippled businesses around the world. His comments came after CrowdStrike reported its latest quarterly earnings and warned that its annual revenue would be lower than expected. However, the estimate was only slightly lower than analysts had anticipated, giving hope that most customers will stick around despite major tech disruptions. “These results demonstrate the resilience of our business and our team,” Kurtz said on a call with investors. CrowdStrike reported revenue of $969.3 million for its…