Tag: Elon Musk
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SpaceX soars 25% in Wall Street debut and makes Elon Musk the first trillionaire
NEW YORK (AP) — The world’s richest man just became its first trillionaire. Shares in Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX soared 25% after opening for trading at noon Friday, an auspicious start for history’s biggest initial public offering and enough to push the net worth of its founder and CEO over the trillion dollar mark.…
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Elon Musk’s underground tunnel project announces winners
The Boring Co. announced Denver as one of 16 finalists for the project, but the city didn’t make the ‘Thrilling Three’ Denver won’t be getting a pedestrian tunnel from Elon after all. The city was announced as one of 16 finalists for the “Tunnel Vision Challenge,” a 1-mile tunnel idea designed as a loop, freight,…
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Denver a finalist in Elon Musk’s underground tunnel contest
A proposed underground tunnel from Ball Arena has been named a finalist in a contest run by Elon Musk’s The Boring Company. The Denver project this month was highlighted as one of the 16 finalists selected from 487 entries in the “Tunnel Vision” contest, according to a post on The Boring Company’s official X account.…
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‘All systems go:’ Lockheed Martin says first humans could return to moon this February
It was 53 years ago that Apollo astronauts last flew a lunar mission, but a human return to the moon really is about to happen — maybe just six months from now, NASA and Lockheed Martin executives told a crowd at Denver Museum of Nature & Science Wednesday. NASA’s Artemis II mission, with a crew…
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Second arrest made in string of Loveland Tesla attempted arsons
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Loveland police arrested another person in connection to a series of attempted arsons and vandalisms at a Tesla dealership in the city, even as the city’s police chief expressed exasperation that the first suspect had been released on a bond. Officers arrested 23-year-old Cooper Jo Frederick on Thursday on suspicion of second-degree arson, usage and…
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Trump storms the Capitol: Bold, abrasive, agenda, controversial tactics kick off 2nd term | Cronin and Loevy
President Donald Trump is his own biggest cheerleader. He loves campaigning and he loves being a promoter — a promoter with multiple deals and multiple programs. He gave a lengthy, program-filled, blame-heavy, comeback-kid performance last Tuesday at the “Capitol Theater” in Washington. His address the record for the longest presidential speech to Congress. It was watched…
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Loveland Tesla dealership hit by attempted arson for fifth time
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A Tesla dealership in Loveland has become the target of a fifth attempted arson, Loveland police said. The dealership, at 1606 N. Lincoln Ave., became the target of rocks and an “incendiary device” early Friday morning, according to Loveland police. The incendiary device sparked a fire between two vehicles and endangered people working in the…
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DOGE reports termination of leases for 18 federal offices in Colorado
The federal government has terminated the leases of nearly 750 federal offices across the country, including 18 in Colorado. The word came down from the General Services Administration (GSA) on Feb. 25. In a section called the “Wall of Receipts” on the Department of Government Efficiency website, nearly 10 million square feet of government real estate…
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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis questions DOGE’s strategy, agrees the penny should go
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Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday questioned the Trump administration’s strategy in cutting government spending, saying the White House’s Department of Government Efficiency appears to be just “tearing down the old” but not offering an efficient way to conduct government business. In a POLITICO interview at the Governors Summit, Polis wondered how the government can create the “most…
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Loveland Tesla dealership vandalized; local police taps FBI, ATF for help
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The Loveland Police Department, along with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, is investigating an attempted arson and vandalism at a local Tesla dealership. Officers learned that the attempted arson at 1606 N. Lincoln Ave. took place just after midnight, the police said. After arriving, officers found multiple…