• Tylenol is facing a crisis the likes of which it has not seen since the 1982 deaths of seven people who consumed Tylenol capsules that had been laced with cyanide. This week, President Donald Trump defied decades of scientific research to declare a clear link between acetaminophen – the active ingredient in Tylenol – and autism.
  • Meanwhile, it took President Trump three attempts to correctly pronounce “acetaminophen” during his televised press conference, even with whispered coaching from his subordinates standing behind him.
• Xcel Energy has agreed to pay $640 million to settle claims that its transmission lines were partly responsible for the devastating Marshall Fire in Boulder County that caused an estimated $1.7 billion in damages.
• President Donald Trump urged DOJ prosecutors to target former FBI Director James Comey, and this week he got what he wanted. Experts say the prosecution won’t be easy. Previous career DOJ prosecutors had declined to bring the charges because they considered the case too weak and even Attorney General Pam Bondi expressed concerns about pursuing charges before she capitulated to President Trump.
• Amazon has agreed to pay $2.5 billion “to settle claims that it tricked tens of millions of people into signing up for its Prime membership program, and then made it hard for customers to cancel when they wanted out.”
• Real life events have caused Apple to delay the premiere of its miniseries, “The Savant,” starring Jessica Chastain. The story arc focused on Chastain’s character trying to prevent extremist attacks that include a sniper and the bombing of a government building.
• NJ PBS, New Jersey’s only dedicated public television station, will cease operations next summer. The station blamed federal and state funding cuts for the decision.
• It’s been a schizophrenic week for DoBetterDNVR, the controversial organization that either (depending on your political persuasion) held Denver accountable for its public safety failures or that posted sensational images of people experiencing homelessness and using drugs. The group’s Twitter/X and Instagram accounts were deactivated Monday, with the anonymous leader of the organization saying they “no longer want to be involved in the public, political arena.” Then, Thursday, the accounts were restored, with a message that DoBetterDNVR would “re-engage,” but with a stronger focus on being “accurate and constructive.”
• Do you have an elementary school student whom you’d like attend an Ivy League college? Good news! Over the next 16 years, the number of high school seniors in the U.S. will decline by 13%, a trend caused by lower birth rates. Experts say that will result in even elite universities becoming slightly less selective, but could also put hundreds of small liberal arts schools at risk of closing.
• Cleveland Guardians pinch hitter David Fry was hospitalized after being struck in the face by a 99 mph fastball.
• Virginia Culver, a reporter who spent 44 years at The Denver Post mostly covering religion, passed away died. She was 84.

Who won the week?

• Vail Resorts promoted Sara Olson to VP of Resort Marketing & Global Communications.
• Hogan Lovells promoted Cari Bayens to Senior Marketing & Business Development Manager of Energy & Environment.
• The City of Colorado Springs named Jason Strickland as its Chief Communications Officer. Strickland, a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army, formerly was the Chief Communications Officer for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Rocky Mountain Network.
• Zero Motorcycles, the maker of electric bikes, selected Carbondale-based Backbone as its PR agency of record.
• The Colorado Rockies eked out enough wins this season to barely avoid setting the MLB record for most losses in a season.
• In what had to have been one of the most difficult moments of her life, Erika Kirk, the widow of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, reminded the country what grace and compassion look like when she delivered his eulogy.
• Jimmy Kimmel‘s return to ABC following his suspension attracted 6.26 million viewers, more than four times his usual audience. Another 21 million viewers watched his monologue on his show’s YouTube channel.
• The five-year stock return of such market stars as Nvidia, Palantir, Microsoft and Oracle trail a decidedly less-flashy company – Build-a-Bear Workshop. The stuffed animal company’s stock is up 2,000 percent over the past five years, in part due to adult collectors.