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Woman struck by bullet in Aurora Sable Ridge neighborhood, police seeking information

AURORA | An unidentified woman was “inadvertently” struck by a bullet and injured early Sunday while in the Sable Ridge neighborhood, police said. Police were called to the 14000 block of East Iowa Drive at about 12:45 a.m. after reports of shots fired in the area, Aurora police spokesperson Gabby Easterwood said in a statement. […]

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Juvenile boy struck by bullet Saturday in Aurora what police say was gunfire exchange

AURORA | Police say investigators believe an unidentified juvenile boy was struck by a bullet during an exchange of gunfire early Saturday in northwest Aurora. Officials at an unnamed local hospital called police at about 12:15 a.m. Saturday to report that a juvenile boy had come into the emergency room with what appeared to be […]

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Trump’s name is gone from the Kennedy Center’s facade, according to a top official at the arts venue

WASHINGTON | The curtain may have come down for President Donald Trump at the Kennedy Center but the tarp stays up for now. Matt Floca, executive director and chief operating officer of the performing arts venue, told a federal court Saturday that the institution had complied with an order to remove Trump’s name from the […]

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US and Iran have agreed to wording of a deal to end their war, Pakistan’s prime minister says

ISLAMABAD | Pakistan’s prime minister said Friday the United States and Iran have agreed to wording of an agreement aimed at ending their war in the Middle East and that mediators were working with both sides to finalize a deal. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said the U.S. and Iran have reached a “final, agreed upon […]

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Lights! Camera! Cage match! The White House lawn’s Octagon is ready for Trump’s 80th birthday bash

WASHINGTON | It looks from afar more UFO than UFC. Maybe it’s the kind of contraption that has carried space aliens to the White House to force a meeting with America’s leader. But come closer and you’ll see the contours of the eight-sided cage, 30 feet (9 meters) in diameter and shaped, with careful precision, […]

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A blind Ukrainian veteran turns pottery into a business and mentors others

VINNYTSIA, Ukraine | The two burly men stare straight ahead, hands intertwined on a pottery wheel, fingers buried in the clay. They sense each other’s presence through touch alone. One is a veteran who lost his sight in combat and now teaches other blind veterans. Slowly, a piece resembling a cup takes form. The instructor, […]