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QUIDNUNC: Douglas County MAGAloids charge to punish free remaining GOP incurables

Quidnunc, whose name comes from the Latin “what now,” is out and about as often as possible to bring you news overheard in elevators, restrooms and spied in various e-mail boxes. QUID HAS HEARD that while most of the state freely understands why Colorado Republicans don’t have a prayer in getting their statewide candidates elected […]

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Rural area in Northern California jolted by its biggest quake since 1940

SAN FRANCISCO | A rural area of Northern California experienced its strongest earthquake since 1940 on Wednesday morning, causing some injuries but no immediate reports of major damage, officials said. The epicenter of the quake, with a preliminary magnitude of 5.6, was about 7 miles (12 kilometers) northwest of the agricultural town of Willits, according […]

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Aurora City Council OKs bond measures for November ballot amid last-minute criticisms

AURORA | Despite last-minute community pushback, the Aurora city council will ask voters to raise taxes for public safety investments, including millions for improving police stations, as well as for transportation and city facility improvements. On Monday, the council finalized three bond measure questions for the November ballot, asking voters for a sales tax increase […]

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Spring Sports All-Aurora 2026: Full Aurora Sentinel All-Aurora Girls Lacrosse Teams

The full 2026 Aurora Sentinel All-Aurora Girls Lacrosse teams and honorable mention selections.

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8 convicted in Texas immigration center shooting and protest are sentenced to decades in prison

FORT WORTH, Texas | A former U.S. Marine reservist and seven others were sentenced Tuesday to decades in prison over a shooting last year that wounded a police officer during a demonstration at a Texas immigration detention center. Prosecutors called the crime an act of terrorism and said the eight were linked to the leftist […]

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NATO’s Trump whisperer heads to the White House to soothe the president ahead of next month’s summit

WASHINGTON | NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte will check in face-to-face with President Donald Trump on Wednesday, visiting the volatile U.S. leader two weeks before the annual summit of the military alliance at a time when the Pentagon is reviewing the size of the U.S. military footprint in Europe. Trump has long been critical of NATO, […]

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Trump turns America 250 kickoff into a campaign-style rally on the National Mall

WASHINGTON | President Donald Trump sees America’s 250th anniversary as a chance to get the country excited again — about Donald Trump. The president is hosting a rally Wednesday on the National Mall in Washington. He has said it will be replete with a military flyover by stealth bombers, military bands, singer Lee Greenwood of […]

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All the world’s a robot-staging ground for tech entrepreneurs building ‘physical AI’

PROVIDENCE, R.I. | Computer scientist Louis Castricato was in his eighth year studying large language models — the artificial intelligence technology behind chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude — when he started to feel like he was hitting a dead end. “We basically have passed the point of doing real fundamental LLM research,” Castricato said. “Now […]

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US says chemical maker Chemours to pay $450M to settle ‘forever chemicals’ case

WASHINGTON | The Trump administration has reached a multi-state settlement with chemical giant Chemours Co. over years-long, illegal discharges of synthetic “forever chemicals” used to make products resistant to water, grease and stains. The settlement is the first by the federal government to resolve enforcement claims against a manufacturer of harmful chemicals known as PFAS. […]

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Dispute over nuclear inspections shows how US and Iran are negotiating in public

TOKYO | The head of the U.N.’s nuclear agency signaled Wednesday that Iranian nuclear enrichment sites would be visited by his inspectors, a key component in the interim U.S.-Iran deal to reach an end to the war. An Iranian diplomat instead insisted any such visit would only come after a final deal. The U.S. and […]