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Aurora City Council proposes more decorum changes to deal with fractious meetings
AURORA | City council is poised to change its decorum and public comment rules, including establishing a protocol for speakers who surpass the time limit, after months of conversations on how to facilitate heated meetings. On July 13, the city council will review the proposed decorum changes during its study session. The proposed changes come […]
Aurora Police Department podcast revives search for Chelsea Yasser’s killer
AURORA | A new Aurora Police Department podcast is bringing renewed attention to Chelsea Yasser’s unsolved murder in hopes of uncovering new answers. A decade after Chelsea Yasser was stabbed to death in an Aurora parking lot, authorities are taking a new approach to solving her case. The Aurora Police Department has launched “The White […]
Kia launches new recall for 463,000 Telluride SUVs due to fire risk, urges owners to park outside
NEW YORK | Kia America has issued a new recall for nearly 463,000 of its Telluride SUVs, urging owners to again park their vehicles outside and away from buildings after several customers reported fires following previous repairs. The recall, announced this week by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, replaces a prior one Kia initiated […]
Who is Telemachus, again? Circe? A guide to the characters of Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’
NEW YORK | Haven’t cracked “The Odyssey” since high school? Don’t worry, you don’t need a classics degree to understand Christopher Nolan’s adaptation. One of his primary goals was to make it accessible and relatable to a modern audience. “It’s something that we all know a little bit about, some of us know a lot […]
Hong Kong eateries welcome dogs as city relaxes ban
HONG KONG | Hong Kong dog owners and their four-legged friends have gained new freedoms after the city relaxed a decades-old rule, allowing the pets to join them at eateries. Since 1994, only guide dogs and those performing statutory duties were allowed in restaurants under the city’s food business regulation. But the policy change aimed […]
EPA promised a Make America Healthy Again agenda. It has yet to materialize, frustrating activists
WASHINGTON | Last December, after Make America Healthy Again activists drew up a petition to get him fired, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin pledged to release a formal agenda of MAHA priorities that his agency would pursue, including protections against harmful chemicals and other health concerns. But eight months after its first mention and […]
Girls Swimming: Smoky Hill finishes top 11 in country in GPA, claims third straight NISCA Gold Scholar Award
The Smoky Hill girls swim team claimed a third straight Gold Scholar team award from the National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association with a 3.921 Grade Point Average for the 2025-26 season.
AP Exclusive: Inside Israel’s push to clear sea munitions, part of global push to protect waters
RISHON LEZION, Israel | Marking the coordinates on a handheld GPS, an Israeli diver threw an anchor into the water as another quickly chucked an orange buoy beside it. Cramped on the boat’s bow, the first team assembled their gear, put on wet suits and tested oxygen tanks before jumping in. But after hours of […]
Seafarers attacked in the Strait of Hormuz sue shipping company in Thailand
BANGKOK | Three former crew members of a Thai cargo ship struck in the Strait of Hormuz in March filed a lawsuit Friday against the vessel’s operator over labor rights violations and unfair dismissal. The ship, the Mayuree Naree, was hit by a projectile north of Oman on March 11, killing three people. The remaining […]
Donald Trump ousts election commission members in latest push to reshape US voting process
President Donald Trump has ousted members of a bipartisan federal election commission that resisted his efforts to require would-be voters to document their U.S. citizenship before registering. The White House on Friday confirmed the executive action against members of the Election Assistance Commission, which distributes federal grants to states, oversees the testing of voting systems […]