Who Had the Worst Week?

• Embattled Denver Police Chief Paul Pazen will step down next month in a move that did not feel like his choice. Crime in the city continues to increase and the recent LoDo shooting by officers that hurt six bystanders may have been the final straw.
• In what may be related news, a Denver police detective failed to visit the scene of a fatal bike crash for five weeks, greatly compromising any investigation. The detective lost two days of pay as punishment.
• Denver drivers can expect to pay 20-30 cents more per gallon for gas starting in 2024. That is when the EPA will require gas stations to sell reformulated fuel intended to help improve air quality that is not meeting federal standards.
• So many Fox31 reporters have left the station since last year that Westword has started formally documenting them. If you are keeping track, investigative reporter Lori Jane Gliha is the latest.
• Remote learning and other pandemic-related educational disruptions caused student test scores to plummet to levels not seen in decades.
• It took eight months for staff at an Ottawa hotel to notice that a photo of Winston Churchill valued at $100,000 had been stolen and replaced with a cheap copy.
• Poe, the mascot for the Baltimore Ravens, nearly delayed the start of the second half of a Ravens’ preseason game when he injured his leg and had to be carted off the field.
• Softball-size hail in northern Spain killed a toddler and injured 50 others.
• U.S. Open announcers Mary Carillo and Chanda Rubin confidently misidentified the legendary Dionne Warwick as Gladys Knight when she appeared on-camera at Serena Williams’ second-round match.
• Ravil Maganov, a senior Russian oil executive, became the latest critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin to die after falling out of a window.
• A Southwest Airlines pilot threatened to deplane passengers when someone started airdropping nude photos to dozens of fellow passengers.

So, who won the week?

• New Denver Broncos QB Russell Wilson signed a five-year, $245 million contract extension. Not bad for a guy who hasn’t played a single game for the team yet.
• Twitter announced it will finally introduce an “edit” button.
• Netty, a 15-year-old dog that was dumped at an animal shelter by her longtime family to die is now living her best life.