September 2026
Aurora prep sports schedule, 9.21.26
The Aurora prep sports schedule for Monday, Sept. 21, 2026, includes competition for Aurora area teams in softball, boys soccer, girls volleyball, girls flag football, boys tennis, field hockey and boys golf.
Boys Basketball: Archie Weatherspoon V announces commitment to Cal-Poly
Archie Weatherspoon V has goals left to accomplish on the basketball court at Rangeview High School, but his future plan is in place as he announced his commitment to Division I Cal Poly on Sunday.
Ukraine fires over 1,000 drones at Russia, including hundreds launched at Moscow
Ukrainian forces fired more than 1,000 drones at Russia overnight, including hundreds that were launched toward Moscow, officials said Sunday as the Kremlin was wrapping up the third and last day of its parliamentary elections. Moscow’s mayor described the wave of drones as the “largest ever” drone attack on the Russian capital and said there […]
A truck driver built a model of NYC with over 800,000 structures for fun. Now it’s a museum exhibit
NEW YORK | For more than two decades, truck driver Joe Macken spent his free time building a massive scale model of his native New York City out of balsa wood and foam board. When he finished, his daughter convinced him to show off the sprawling basement creation — encompassing over 800,000 structures — on […]
Fall movie season has arrived. Here are 5 early Oscar predictions
NEW YORK | Fall movie season also means Oscar season. It might be only just September, but the jockeying for next March’s Academy Awards is well underway. Movies first started revving up their Oscar campaigns at the Cannes Film Festival in May. But now that the fall festivals, in Venice, Telluride and soon Toronto, are […]
REEL NEWS IN A RUSH: Top headlines in Monday’s NewsMinute video
Read more America’s long history of falling for hucksters and their outlandish promises Read more Converse apologizes and pulls sneaker ad that critics said included racist imagery Read more CNN, MS NOW, Politico say they’ve notified Trump they’re suing over denied White House access
America’s long history of falling for hucksters and their outlandish promises
NEW YORK | America: land of possibility. And also: land of suckers. Our enduring belief that anything is possible — whether based in reality or not — has helped the nation become the world’s largest economy. It has also led us to fall head over heels for hucksters and charlatans, again and again. If so […]
Converse apologizes and pulls sneaker ad that critics said included racist imagery
The sneaker company Converse has removed a social media ad that sparked outrage among critics who viewed it as evoking the Ku Klux Klan and lynching. The Instagram ad photo showed K-pop singer Karina wearing a skirt and holding a pair of Chuck 70 X sneakers. Critics lashed out online, saying that a white triangular […]
CNN, MS NOW, Politico say they’ve notified Trump they’re suing over denied White House access
NEW YORK | CNN, MS NOW and Politico said Monday they’ve notified President Donald Trump’s administration that they’re filing a lawsuit over being denied White House access. The three outlets made the announcement in a joint statement posted on X, two days after their reporters were blocked from the White House and prevented from doing […]
The main Kremlin party keeps control of Russian parliament after a carefully orchestrated vote
The main Kremlin party retained its majority in Russia’s parliament, election officials said Monday, after three days of carefully orchestrated balloting that excluded most opposition candidates and helped President Vladimir Putin maintain his tight grip on power. Preliminary results indicated that United Russia would get 355 out of 450 seats in the State Duma, the […]