August 2026
Junior Caminero hits 2 homers, Jonathan Aranda gets 4 hits and Rays beat Rockies 13-9
Junior Caminero hit two home runs, Jonathan Aranda had four hits and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Colorado Rockies 13-9 Monday in Denver.
Fire at Aurora apartment complex forces 50 residents out, including numerous pets
AURORA | A two-alarm apartment fire in central Aurora Monday afternoon caused major damage to six apartment units, forcing about 50 residents from their homes and prompted the rescue of several pets, according to Aurora Fire Rescue officials. Numerous people called 911 at about 2:30 p.m. to report that there was a fire at an […]
GOP holdouts say they will back Blanche’s attorney general nomination after striking deal over fund
WASHINGTON | Two Republican senators who threatened to block acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s confirmation to lead the Justice Department said Monday that they will support his nomination, ending an impasse over plans to create a fund to compensate allies of President Donald Trump. The endorsement from GOP Sens. John Cornyn and Thom Tillis paves […]
Ken Martin hunkers down at the Democratic National Committee as a storm gathers around party leader
NEW YORK | Ken Martin is in survival mode. Desperate to save his job as chair of the Democratic National Committee, he is avoiding media appearances, monitoring his critics’ social media posts and refusing — at least so far — to make any substantive changes at his troubled organization. A half dozen state leaders and […]
Republicans want voters to elect Kansas Supreme Court justices and move court to the right
TOPEKA, Kan. | Kansas voters will decide Tuesday whether to elect state Supreme Court justices rather than have the governor appoint them, a push from conservatives who have chafed for years over court decisions they disagreed with on issues such as abortion, school funding and the death penalty. If the constitutional amendment passes, supporters hope […]
Myanmar’s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has rare meeting with International Red Cross
BANGKOK | Myanmar’s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with the International Committee of the Red Cross’ representative in the capital on Monday, the military-backed government said, a rare moment of contact with the outside world for the Nobel laureate who has been held out of public view since the military seized power […]
Iran déjà vu: Trump once again threatens massive escalation against Tehran only to walk back
WASHINGTON | President Donald Trump has played this hand before during the 5-month-old Iran war. It starts with a grim warning to Tehran that the Republican president is on the cusp of ordering U.S. forces to “obliterate” its power plants or seize key parts of its oil industry if its leaders don’t quickly agree to […]
Democrats’ future is on the line as El-Sayed and Stevens make final push in Michigan primary
DETROIT | Abdul El-Sayed sat quietly alongside his wife and Black political leaders in a packed Detroit church Sunday morning, clapping as the congregation sang and the pastor preached. Then he stood before the room and asked for their votes. Less than 10 miles away, U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens was making her own appeal at […]
Water-dropping planes battle Athens wildfire as England records driest-ever July
ATHENS, Greece | A prolonged heat wave and lack of rainfall led to the driest July in England and Wales in nearly two centuries of record-keeping, according to provisional statistics, the U.K.’s weather service said Monday . All of Wales and more than half of England are officially in drought, the Met Office said. The […]
Metro postal workers protest potential threats they say Trump poses to mail delivery, voting
AURORA | The U.S. Postal Service is emerging as a pivotal player in the midterm elections. Postal workers in and near Aurora are making clear they’re energized to move into the public spotlight. “People depend on the Post Office, and they like it,” Denver area postal worker Steve Brown told the Sentinel last week during […]