In farm country, an old American pickup truck becomes more than a workhorse
EFFINGHAM, Illinois | In Illinois farm country, there’s a 70-year-old pickup truck waiting on a fresh coat of canary yellow paint. It’s the first vehicle my dad learned to drive, as a young boy helping with farm chores during the day and adventuring with friends at night. At the time, the 1956 International Harvester S-130 […]
In a city with an iconic skyline, the Obama presidential museum aims to reshape Chicago architecture
CHICAGO | The granite monolith soars above a leafy stretch of Chicago’s South Side, a nearly windowless exterior more suited to a sci-fi film set than the state-of-the art presidential museum held within. Crews are putting the finishing touches on the Obama Presidential Center ahead of the official public opening on Juneteenth, more than a […]
A robot is helping an ailing couple stay in their home. Are more to come for an aging population?
DURHAM, N.H. | After outliving Booker T. Bones, their second service dog, Brenda and Brian Marquis still needed help with some of the more difficult parts of daily life. They found Robbie, a robot that rolls out of a hallway into their living room several times a day. “Do you want to exercise now? Please […]
Ayesha Curry’s Cast-Iron ‘Fruit Cake’ is foolproof when dessert time is tight
While I’m not sure how or when it started, there is no denying that I have an extremely mean sweet tooth. It shows up all the time in the way I cook savory food — but it goes bananas when I get to dessert. None of this means that I need my sweets to be […]
Toon in Tuesday
Read more TUESDAY NEWS IN A RUSH: Top headlines in today’s NewsMinute video Read more Goodman’s 3-run homer and Rumfield’s sac fly help Rockies rally for 9-8 win over Angels Read more Colorado students improve in math, but literacy results are mixed in statewide testing scores
TUESDAY NEWS IN A RUSH: Top headlines in today’s NewsMinute video
Read more Goodman’s 3-run homer and Rumfield’s sac fly help Rockies rally for 9-8 win over Angels Read more Colorado students improve in math, but literacy results are mixed in statewide testing scores Read more After Supreme Court ruling, Gov. Polis signs bill allowing lawsuits over conversion therapy harm
Goodman’s 3-run homer and Rumfield’s sac fly help Rockies rally for 9-8 win over Angels
ANAHEIM, Calif. | TJ Rumfield hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the ninth inning and the Colorado Rockies used a five-run eighth to rally past the Los Angeles Angels 9-8 on Monday night. Hunter Goodman put Colorado ahead 8-6 with a three-run homer in the eighth. Jake McCarthy homered earlier for the Rockies, who have […]
Colorado students improve in math, but literacy results are mixed in statewide testing scores
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. DENVER | The share of Colorado students who met or exceeded state standards on state math tests rose from last year to this year in nearly every grade. But when it comes to literacy, it’s more of a mixed bag. Those are two major takeaways from the preliminary […]
After Supreme Court ruling, Gov. Polis signs bill allowing lawsuits over conversion therapy harm
This story was first published at Colorado Newsline. DENVER | Coloradans who have been harmed by the discredited psychological treatment known as “conversion therapy” can sue for damages through the state’s medical malpractice law under a bill signed by Gov. Jared Polis on Monday. Polis also signed an executive order prohibiting state funds from being […]
Scott Pelley of ’60 Minutes’ accuses CBS News head Bari Weiss of ‘murdering’ the show, report says
NEW YORK | In a remarkable sign of the turmoil at CBS’s top-rated “60 Minutes,” correspondent Scott Pelley said CBS News head Bari Weiss was “murdering the show” and accused its new producer of having “slender qualifications” for the job, according to reports. Pelley made his accusations in an introductory meeting Monday between the newsmagazine’s […]