July 2026
Trump demands Sen. Thune delay Senate August break over SAVE citizenship voting bill
WASHINGTON | President Donald Trump on Monday demanded that Senate Majority Leader John Thune cancel the chamber’s upcoming August break until senators pass a strict proof-of-citizenship voting bill, even as Republicans lack the votes to advance it. Trump has repeatedly urged Thune to scrap the legislative filibuster, which effectively sets a 60-vote threshold for most […]
What to Stream: ‘Devil Wears Prada 2,’ Ariana Grande, ‘Super Mario Galaxy’ and ‘Diarra from Detroit’
The “Devil Wears Prada 2” and Ariana Grande’s new album are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you. Also among the streaming offerings worth your time this week, as selected by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists: “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie,” “Diarra from Detroit” and Lollapalooza, from […]
Girls Wrestling: Aurora area flavor mixed in Colorado’s first Junior Greco Dual national championship
Some of the Aurora area’s best girls wrestlers and coaches came together with the rest of the best in Colorado this summer to help win the USA Wrestling Junior Greco dual national championship.
Movie Review: In ’72 Hours,’ the bachelor party has an unlikely plus-one
As a movie about getting older and still having to cater to younger demographics, the Kevin Hart comedy “72 Hours” has a meta synergy to it. Hart plays a successful New York ad executive named Joe whose campaign ideas have turned dated. His bosses no longer think he can connect with Gen Z. To reacquaint […]
Music Review: Charli xcx remains one of pop’s great contrarians on ‘Music, Fashion, Film’
NEW YORK | When Charli xcx released the barely two-minute, glitched-out “Rock Music,” the first single from “Music, Fashion, Film,” she was almost immediately labeled a provocateur. The song, with its hyperpop affectations and cheeky, lyrical dedication to craft — “I think the dance floor is dead/So now we’re making rock music” — confused and […]
The suspect in the deadly Berlin Pride attack is killed in a confrontation with police
BERLIN | The suspect in the deadly Berlin Pride attack that left one person dead and 29 injured was shot and killed by police during a confrontation on Sunday in a suburb of the city, authorities said. Abdul Ballout, a German citizen with Lebanese roots, was killed following a search that lasted nearly 24 hours […]
Toon in Monday
Read more Road deaths have declined globally since 1990 except in poorer countries, study finds Read more MONDAY NEWS IN A RUSH: Top headlines in today’s NewsMinute video Read more Mediators see progress in diplomatic efforts to halt Iran war, 2 regional officials say
Road deaths have declined globally since 1990 except in poorer countries, study finds
NEW YORK | Road deaths are declining in the U.S. and worldwide, but lower-income countries aren’t experiencing much of the improvement, according to a study published Monday. Global rates of road injuries and deaths each fell more than 30% between 1990 and 2023, according to the study published in Lancet Public Health, which noted the […]
MONDAY NEWS IN A RUSH: Top headlines in today’s NewsMinute video
Read more Mediators see progress in diplomatic efforts to halt Iran war, 2 regional officials say Read more Immigration lawyer argues improper arrest for Aurora detainee Read more Two residents displaced by major house fire in central Aurora Sunday
Mediators see progress in diplomatic efforts to halt Iran war, 2 regional officials say
CAIRO | Mediators have achieved progress in efforts to get the United States and Iran back to negotiations and avert an all-out war in the Middle East, two regional officials said Monday, with a pause in attacks coming after a period of rapidly escalating tensions. The comments came after neither the U.S. nor Iran reported […]