Dozens of passengers left hantavirus-stricken cruise ship after 1st fatality
MADRID | More than two dozen passengers from at least 12 different countries left a cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak without contact tracing nearly two weeks after the first passenger died on board, the ship operator and Dutch officials said Thursday. Health authorities on at least four continents are now tracking down […]
Man who firebombed a demonstration in Boulder, killing 1, is sentenced to life in prison
BOULDER | A man was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after pleading guilty Thursday to killing one person and injuring a dozen others in a 2025 firebombing attack on a demonstration in Boulder in support of Israeli hostages in Gaza. Mohamed Sabry Soliman looked down at a desk throughout the […]
Clarence Thomas becomes the second longest-serving justice in Supreme Court history
WASHINGTON | The first baby boomer on the Supreme Court hit a milestone on Thursday, becoming the second-longest serving justice in history at a time when his influence has never seemed greater. Once an outlier on the nation’s highest court, Justice Clarence Thomas has become a towering figure in the conservative legal movement over the […]
In Gaza, some Palestinian children find respite and catharsis in breakdancing
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip | As the music comes on in a Gaza refugee camp, a group of boys and girls start showing off their breakdancing moves, kicking and spinning with intense focus on their fast footwork. Two young girls grin at each other as they nailed a tricky part of the routine. It’s a […]
Southern Poverty Law Center attorneys make first court appearance in fraud case
MONTGOMERY, Ala. | Lawyers for the Southern Poverty Law Center will appear in court Thursday for the first time since the civil rights group was charged with defrauding donors by failing to disclose that money would be paid to informants inside extremist groups. The grand jury indictment filed April 21 by the U.S. Justice Department […]
Worries about AI’s risks to humanity loom over the trial pitting Musk against OpenAI’s leaders
OAKLAND, Calif. | At the heart of the trial pitting Elon Musk against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is a moment when they found common cause on an ever more pressing question: how to protect humanity from the risks of artificial intelligence. It turned sour, and the jury is charged with settling the ensuing legal dispute […]
Chief Justice John Roberts says Supreme Court is not political
HERSHEY, Pa. | Supreme Court justices are not “political actors,” Chief Justice John Roberts said Wednesday, insisting unpopular court decisions are based solely on the law. “I think, at a very basic level, people think we’re making policy decisions, we’re saying we think this is how things should be, as opposed to what the law […]
Lindsey Vonn nominated to US ski team for next season as she faces long recovery from Olympic crash
It’s easy to read something into this: Lindsey Vonn was among the 48 athletes nominated Wednesday to the U.S. Alpine ski team for the upcoming season. For the moment, that’s just a formality based on results. The 41-year-old Vonn is still at least a year and a half — along with an ACL surgery — […]
Colorado’s hidden human trafficking problem: It’s closer than you think
AURORA | Human trafficking in Colorado is not some shadowy crime confined to distant places, and it rarely looks like the dramatic abductions portrayed online. Instead, federal and local investigators say it often unfolds through manipulation, familiarity and unmet needs, frequently going unnoticed by the public, even when it is happening in plain sight. “It’s […]
Aurora cops say drones give crime-fighting a new advantage. Critics want regulation
AURORA | Last summer, Dr. P.J. Parmar and his friends noticed a drone frequently flying around Mango House in Aurora and the nearby Martin Luther King Library on East Colfax Avenue. At first, they had no idea who was flying the drone and why, but they felt like they were being watched. One day, Parmar’s […]