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LETTER: Reject corporate money and embrace local accountability by voting for Phil Weiser

EDITOR: I am writing to urge readers to make their vote count and support Phil Weiser in the primary on June 30. We need a governor with real experience at the state level.  My registered neighbors and I received a full color glossy large size postcard (a pricey thing) from the other candidate. Two cards in the same week. Both cards had […]

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Person trapped in Aurora house fire dies Sunday night, fire officials say

AURORA | One person was died after being trapped in a house fire Sunday night in southeast Aurora, Aurora Fire Rescue officials said. Firefighters were called to a fire at a house in the 18600 block of East Bates Circle just before 10 p.m. by a resident who said someone inside was trapped. “During the […]

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Starmer announces he’ll resign as UK prime minister with Burnham confirming bid to succeed him

LONDON | British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Monday that he will resign, forced out by his own party after missteps and mistakes soured voters’ goodwill for a prime minister who won a landslide election victory two years ago on a promise of steady leadership and economic growth. Starmer says he will remain caretaker prime […]

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Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan dies at 100

WASHINGTON | U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Alan Greenspan has died at the age of 100. He died on Monday from complications of Parkinson’s Disease, said his wife of 29 years, NBC News correspondent Andrea Mitchell. “To me he was my husband, who shaped my life from our very first date in 1984,” Mitchell said. “He […]

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A look at other presidential libraries as the Obama Presidential Center opens to the public

NEW YORK | Whenever historian Geoffrey Ward visits the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum to do research, he finds himself caught up in the spirit of FDR himself, the sense of landed contentment and cheerful disarray that helped define his public image. “It feels like you’re stepping back into his world,” Ward said […]

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Toon in Monday

Read more MONDAY NEWS IN A RUSH: Top headlines in today’s NewsMinute video Read more Aurora lawmakers slated for final vote on creation of internal police oversight sector Read more France restricts public alcohol consumption and outdoor sports as heat wave bakes parts of Europe

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Aurora lawmakers slated for final vote on creation of internal police oversight sector

AURORA | City lawmakers on Monday will hold a final vote on whether to create an Office of Public Safety Accountability, a permanent monitoring office to oversee police, fire, 911 and detention. The proposal has so far garnered unanimous approval among a city council that rarely sees such agreement among issues affecting the Aurora Police […]

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France restricts public alcohol consumption and outdoor sports as heat wave bakes parts of Europe

PARIS | France endured sizzling temperatures on Sunday, with trains, concerts and sports events canceled and authorities cracking down on drinking alcohol in public, as an exceptional heat wave unfurled across parts of Europe. Multiple drownings were reported as people sought relief in whatever water they could find. About a third of France is under […]