Track & Field: Two-event winner Cameron Bell of Eaglecrest leads parade of six Aurora area 5A boys state titles
Eaglecrest senior Cameron Bell won the long jump and 300 meter hurdles at the Class 5A state meet, while Cherokee Trail had a trio of winners and Vista PEAK Prep had its first as the meet ended Saturday at Jefferson County Stadium.
Track & Field: Zenobia Witt, Madison Lange bring home titles from 5A girls state meet
LAKEWOOD | The Eaglecrest girls track team came up just short of landing the biggest prize — the Class 5A team state championship — Saturday, but plenty of medals came home with the Raptors and other Aurora area programs. In a team chase that came all the way down to the final race of the three-day meet […]
US-Mexico border wall construction is desecrating sacred sites, Indigenous leaders say
TECATE, Mexico | White sage burning, Norma Meza Calles gathers guests at a Mexican wellness resort into a semicircle facing Kuuchamaa Mountain and asks everyone to close their eyes and feel its presence. “This is sacred to us like a church for you all. The mountain is our healer, our psychologist,” said Meza Calles, a […]
Corbin Carroll hits 2 homers, drives in 3 as the Diamondbacks beat the Rockies 8-6
DENVER | Corbin Carroll homered twice and drove in three runs and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Colorado Rockies 8-6 on Sunday in the rubber game of the three-game series. Nolan Arenado and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit RBI singles for a 2-0 lead in the third after Carroll and Geraldo Perdomo got things started — […]
Tump SAVE voter verification program flags eligible voters as noncitizens, draws fire
TOPEKA, Kan. | Even as Democratic officials fight the effort in court, the Trump administration has run millions of voter registrations through government databases to determine their eligibility in a process that critics worry could end up purging valid voters from the rolls before the November elections. At least 67 million registrations, primarily from Republican-controlled […]
Taiwan’s president defends US arms purchases that Trump called ‘bargaining chip’
TAIPEI, Taiwan | Taiwan’s president on Sunday stressed that arms purchases from the United States are “the most important deterrent” of regional conflict and instability, after President Donald Trump called into question continued U.S. support of Taiwan following his visit to China. U.S. arms sales to Taiwan and security cooperation between the two sides are […]
Cassidy tried to get along with Trump after his impeachment vote. Retribution came anyway
NEW ORLEANS | When Charles Wandfluh voted in Louisiana’s Republican primary over the weekend, he could only conjure the unflattering image of a panicked rodent when talking about Bill Cassidy’s desperate attemp t to cling to his U.S. Senate seat despite opposition from President Donald Trump. “He’s just a squirrel running around the tree, chasing […]
Drone attack on UAE nuclear facility sparks regional tensions
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates | A drone strike sparked a fire on the edge of the United Arab Emirates’ sole nuclear power plant on Sunday in what authorities called an “unprovoked terrorist attack.” No one was blamed, but it highlighted the risk of renewed war as the United States and Iran signaled they were ready […]
4 crew members eject safely after two Navy jets collide during air show in Idaho
BOISE, Idaho | All four crew members ejected safely after two Navy jets collided Sunday during an air show at the Mountain Home Air Force Base in western Idaho, officials said. The two U.S. Navy EA18-G Growlers from the Electronic Attack Squadron 129 in Whidbey Island, Washington, were performing an aerial demonstration when they collided, […]
Aaron Rai runs away with the PGA Championship, first English-born winner in more than a century
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. | Aaron Rai was just another name among a dozen others who had reason to believe the PGA Championship was theirs for the taking Sunday at tough Aronimink. There was Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm and Xander Schauffele, with 10 majors among them, all ready to seize the moment on a stage that […]