• Ice cream maker Baskin-Robbins is playing defense after a Hindu cleric accused the company of using animal byproducts in its Rocky Road flavor. Thought to be vegetarian, the flavor actually includes marshmallows that are made from gelatin that is “derived from hides, connective tissue, and/or bones of cattle and swine.”
• Buyers in Denver need to earn $162,000 annually to afford a median-priced home in the city.
• Fentanyl is being blamed for a 50% increase in deaths of people who are homeless in Denver.
• Three former dancers have sued Grammy-winning singer Lizzo, alleging that they were subjected to a hostile work environment and harassment.
• A new study finds that Denver Public Schools are more segregated today than they were 50 years ago.
• Fox Sports, not to mention fans, can’t be happy that the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team finished a disappointing second in Group E of the FIFA Women’s World Cup. The second-place finish means that all of the U.S.’s remaining games (which take place in Australia and New Zealand) will now start between 1 am – 4 am MT.
• Apparently nowhere in Denver is safe. A golf club bandit has been targeting local golf courses.
• The Broadway adaptation of “Back to the Future” – yes, that is actually a thing – is getting roasted by critics.
• The Gaylord Rockies Resort has paid $87 million in back taxes is previously disputed it owed.
• The Bud Light boycott cost parent company Anheuser-Busch InBev $395 million in lost revenue in Q2.
• Magnus White, a 17-year-old bicyclist and member of the U.S. National Team, was killed when he was hit by a car while training in Boulder County. He was training to compete in the Junior Men’s Mountain Bike Cross-Country World Championships in Scotland next week.
• Texas A&M agreed to a $1 million settlement with a journalism professor it tried to hire away from the University of Texas. Texas A&M initially offered her the position of dean, but the terms of her job offer were subsequently diminished over several follow-up offers following what she alleges was political pushback.
• The PAC-12 Conference appears to be about 48 hours away from collapsing, potentially leaving Washington State, Oregon State, Stanford and the University of California at Berkeley without a home.
• The EPA has blocked a state air permit for the Suncor refinery in Commerce City, citing complaints from local residents and environmental groups that the refinery has had a long history of air and water pollution violations.
• Zachery Ty Bryan, the Aurora, Colo. native who played the oldest son Brad on the TV series “Home Improvement,” was arrested again on domestic violence charges.

So, who won the week?

• Longtime Denver7 anchor Anne Trujillo announced she will retire in November. She first started at the station nearly 40 years ago.
• Amber Ferguson has been named the Deputy Director of Communications at Adams County Government.
• Erica Calhoun, SVP and head of experiential marketing at Public Label Agency, ShuBu Creative CEO Becca Cooper Leebove and 9News Director of Media and Brand Blair Nelson Marlin were named Outstanding Women in Business by the Denver Business Journal.
• Denver food truck The Easy Vegan won the “The Great Food Truck Race“ competition on the Food Network. The Easy Vegan operates in Denver as a pop-up restaurant, but was given a food truck to compete on the television show.
• Tired of security lines at DIA? For $4.1 million, you can have your own – albeit considerably smaller – airport.