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Lawyers for the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk ask to seal evidence and parts of a key hearing

SALT LAKE CITY | Lawyers for the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk will make their case Tuesday to close portions of a key hearing and seal some evidence after a judge rejected their request to ban news cameras from court. Tyler Robinson’s defense has argued that broadcasts of the proceedings create a media frenzy […]

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FACT FOCUS: Trump distorts recent revisions of scientific projections of global warming

WASHINGTON | President Donald Trump recently blasted the accuracy of global warming projections in a Truth Social post that itself painted a distorted view of the science, projections and how the international community discusses climate policy. Every several years, the United Nations produces massive scientific reports on what’s happening and likely to happen with human-caused […]

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More than 17,000 under evacuation orders as Southern California wildfire threatens homes

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. | More than 17,000 people were under evacuation orders in Southern California on Tuesday as a wildfire threatened suburban homes. The wind-driven Sandy Fire was reported Monday in the hills above Simi Valley, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) northwest of Los Angeles. By Tuesday morning, it had consumed more than two square […]

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After Aurora Housing Authority wins lawsuits, repeal measure introduced

AURORA | Coming full circle, Aurora lawmakers moved forward a measure that would repeal the former city council’s attempt to make structural changes to the city’s affordable housing authority amid a bevy of controversies. Aurora Council members at a May 18 study session moved the repeal measure to the council floor for consideration. The Aurora […]

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Aurora lawmakers move to repeal controversial housing authority changes

AURORA | Coming full circle, Aurora lawmakers moved forward a measure that would repeal the former city council’s attempt to make structural changes to the city’s affordable housing authority amid a bevy of controversies. Aurora Council members at a May 18 study session moved the repeal measure to the council floor for consideration. The Aurora […]

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What to Stream: John Krasinski, ‘Ladies First,’ Rod Stewart, Brooke Shields and a ‘Lego Batman’ game

John Krasinski returning as Jack Ryan in “Jack Ryan: Ghost War” for Prime Video and “Stranger Things” masterminds the Duffer Brothers producing a Netflix show in which a retirement community teams up to battle monsters are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you. Also among the streaming […]

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Demand for cruises appears undimmed despite hantavirus and other onboard outbreaks

Recent outbreaks of hantavirus and norovirus on cruise ships are making headlines, but they’re unlikely to dim the growing popularity of vacation cruises, according to industry representatives and travel experts. In fact, many within the industry still expect a record number of people worldwide to take cruises this year despite three passengers aboard the MV […]

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Walmart and Amazon race to win over rural America with speedier deliveries

PEA RIDGE, Ark. | Walmart and Amazon are racing to speed up online order deliveries in rural areas of the U.S., a rich source of untapped sales that major retailers long wrote off as too sparsely inhabited, too remote or too impoverished to serve profitably. Walmart has a running start in the contest to build […]

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Top Colorado court orders Children’s Hospital to resume gender-affirming care

This story was first published at Colorado Newsline. DENVER | The Colorado Supreme Court ruled Monday that Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora should restart gender-affirming care for transgender children, about five months after the hospital stopped providing such treatment in the face of threats to federal funding. The  wants the lower trial court to reverse its […]