Toon in Wednesday
Read more WEDNESDAY NEWS IN A RUSH: Top headlines in today’s NewsMinute video Read more Tuesday’s takeaways: Platner’s big night, Clyburn carries on and Trump’s support gets mixed results Read more US strikes Iran and Tehran fires back. Trump says Iran will ‘pay the price’ for stalled talks
WEDNESDAY NEWS IN A RUSH: Top headlines in today’s NewsMinute video
Read more Tuesday’s takeaways: Platner’s big night, Clyburn carries on and Trump’s support gets mixed results Read more US strikes Iran and Tehran fires back. Trump says Iran will ‘pay the price’ for stalled talks Read more UK leaders call for calm as protests break out after Belfast street stabbing
Tuesday’s takeaways: Platner’s big night, Clyburn carries on and Trump’s support gets mixed results
WASHINGTON | Nevada, South Carolina and North Dakota hosted primary elections Tuesday, but much of the political world was focused on Maine’s high-stakes U.S. Senate contest. The results were never in question. Neither Republican incumbent Sen. Susan Collins nor Democratic challenger Graham Platner faced serious opposition for their party’s nomination. And yet Tuesday marked an […]
US strikes Iran and Tehran fires back. Trump says Iran will ‘pay the price’ for stalled talks
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates | The United States launched airstrikes early Wednesday against Iran, and Tehran fired back at countries in the region. The escalating attacks threatened to derail efforts to end the war, as U.S. President Donald Trump warned that Tehran would “pay the price” for stalled peace negotiations. Trump’s warning came hours after […]
UK leaders call for calm as protests break out after Belfast street stabbing
LONDON | U.K. leaders called for calm Tuesday after the arrest of a Sudanese man accused of trying to kill a man in a vicious stabbing on a Belfast street sparked fiery anti-immigration protests because the suspect is an asylum seeker. The victim, a man in his 40s, was taken to the hospital with serious […]
EDITORIAL: Call Trump’s Cherry Creek racism claims what they are — corrupt
The Trump administration’s latest “civil rights” investigation into the Cherry Creek School District should be greeted with all the credibility and skepticism as the president’s previous forays into white supremacy and xenophobia couched as “ending racism.” The U.S. Department of Education announced this week that it is investigating the Aurora school district over allegations that […]
Texas teen who fatally stabbed track athlete at school meet found guilty and sentenced to prison
MCKINNEY, Texas | A Texas teenager who fatally stabbed a 17-year-old track athlete from a rival team during a high school meet was convicted of murder and sentenced to 35 years in prison on Tuesday in a case that drew wide attention beyond the booming Dallas suburb where they were students. A jury rejected Karmelo […]
Inflation likely reached 3-year high last month as Iran war spikes gas prices
WASHINGTON | Consumer prices probably jumped in May for the third straight month, heightening concerns for the inflation fighters at the Federal Reserve and underscoring the threat that rising costs pose for the Trump administration as midterm elections near. Inflation is expected to reach 4.2% in May from a year earlier when the Labor Department […]
GO GLOBAL — Vacation across the planet for free on one Saturday afternoon in Aurora
AURORA | Aurora’s signature multicultural celebration will return June 13, bringing expanded offerings of international food, music, dance and cultural traditions to the city’s Municipal Center Great Lawn. Now in its 13th year, Aurora Fest is a free, family-friendly event that highlights the diversity of one of Colorado’s most multicultural communities. Organizers say the festival […]
Rob Reiner’s son Nick seeks money from trust parents left him for his defense in their killings
LOS ANGELES | Rob Reiner’s son Nick Reiner is seeking unpaid money from a trust his parents established for him, saying he needs it to help in his defense against charges that he killed them. A petition filed by the 32-year-old Nick Reiner’s civil attorneys in a Los Angeles County court on Monday says that […]