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Trump names real estate scion Bill Pulte acting intelligence director alarming GOP and Dems

WASHINGTON | President Donald Trump has tapped Bill Pulte, head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, to be the acting director of national intelligence — putting a real estate scion and fierce Trump loyalist in a key national security post as the U.S. remains at war with Iran. Trump made the surprise announcement Tuesday on […]

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From festering infections to untreated cancer, ICE detainees in Aurora, across the US, describe neglect

An Albanian man’s pain grew so unbearable, he said, he pulled out his own tooth as he languished for months in a New Mexico immigration detention center. A Honduran mother of two said she was hospitalized for a heart problem after she was denied blood pressure medications while held in Florida. A Venezuelan man said […]

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Rubio is optimistic on eventual Iran nuclear talks despite congressional skepticism

WASHINGTON | Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday he is optimistic about the potential for a resumption in nuclear talks with Iran despite a shaky ceasefire in the war that is looking increasingly in doubt. In his first public testimony since the Iran war began at the end of February, Rubio told the Senate […]

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Trump wraps up 3-hour medical visit to Walter Reed and declares ‘Everything checked out PERFECTLY’

WASHINGTON | President Donald Trump had another medical exam on Tuesday, putting his health under renewed public scrutiny as he has worked to dismiss concerns over his age and stamina. The 79-year-old president spent more than three hours at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for what the White House described as preventive medical and […]

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Track & Field: Aurora 2026 Class 5A state individual, relay placers (girls)

Top-nine individual and relay placers for each Aurora program in the Class 5A girls state track & field championship meet on May 14-16, 2026, at Jefferson County Stadium.

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Track & Field: Aurora 2026 Class 5A individual, relay state placers (boys)

Top-nine individual and relay placers for each Aurora program in the Class 5A boys state track & field championship meet on May 14-16, 2026, at Jefferson County Stadium.

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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.

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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 […]

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Track & Field: 2026 Class 5A state meet results, Day 3 (Girls)

Results from the championship finals of the third day of the Class 5A girls state track meet on May 16, 2026, at Jefferson County Stadium.