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Cherry Creek schools fire Brenda Smith, HR director, amid leadership controversy
AURORA | The wife of the former Cherry Creek schools district superintendent was officially fired today from her job as human relations director for the district after being suspended in February amid controversy surrounding her husband and other school officials. “In conjunction with Interim Superintendent Dr. Jennifer Perry, we the Board of Education have received […]
Track & Field: Cherokee Trail’s Prince David Ajibade takes 5A boys high jump
DENVER | On a light day in terms of championship finals at the Class 5A state track meet, Prince David Ajibade put the Aurora area on the board with gold. The Cherokee Trail senior completed his goal of winning a state championship in the high jump, as he claimed the event Friday afternoon at Jefferson […]
Separate and unequal: The ‘Whites Only’ sign was a visible reminder of American racism
“No dogs, no Negros, no Mexicans.” “Colored served in rear.” “For whites only.” It’s the type of signage that hung from the doors and windows of establishments across much of the American South for many years. The words, like screaming headlines from Page One of a broadsheet newspaper, were the most visible, daily reminder of […]
Americans love their iPhones (though sometimes they wish they could live without them)
SAN FRANCISCO | The American obsession with the iPhone is complicated, as most love-hate relationships are. It sometimes seems like a talisman so magical that we can’t fathom living without all the pleasures and conveniences that it bestows almost anytime or anywhere. The iPhone, and its smartphone brethren, enable pictures that can be posted instantly […]
Muskets like those from 1776 are mostly exempt from today’s gun laws
HALIFAX, N.C. | With 165 grains of black powder in the barrel, a .75-caliber Brown Bess flintlock musket like the ones the redcoats carried in 1776 can hurl a lead ball at a velocity of around 1,000 feet (305 meters) per second. Imagine what that can do to a human body. Now, imagine that it’s […]
Paris’ Invalides is more than Napoleon’s tomb. For 350 years, it has been a home for war wounded
PARIS | World-famous as the resting place of Napoleon, the gilded dome of the Invalides in Paris draws millions of visitors. But behind the landmark’s grand façade lies a lesser-known mission: serving as a home and hospital for wounded soldiers and victims of war for more than 350 years. Built in the 17th century under […]
Palestinians in Gaza mark anniversary of 1948 mass expulsion and say today’s catastrophe is worse
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip | Blink and you might miss the few stone walls that are all that’s left of the village that Yusuf Abu Hamam’s family was forced to flee when he was an infant in 1948. The village, al-Joura, was demolished by the Israeli military at the time. It has since vanished under […]
Tensions flare near Strait of Hormuz as a ship is seized and another is sunk
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates | A ship anchored off the United Arab Emirates was seized and taken toward Iran and another — a cargo ship near Oman — sank after being attacked, authorities said Thursday, as tensions escalated near the Strait of Hormuz. It wasn’t immediately clear who was behind these incidents, but they happened […]
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Read more FRIDAY NEWS IN A RUSH: Top headlines in today’s NewsMinute video Read more Colorado Dems say bills focused on countering federal ‘attacks’ and actions Read more GOP gubernatorial candidates clash on budget, election security in debate
FRIDAY NEWS IN A RUSH: Top headlines in today’s NewsMinute video
Read more Colorado Dems say bills focused on countering federal ‘attacks’ and actions Read more GOP gubernatorial candidates clash on budget, election security in debate Read more Colorado education bills pass, addressing school safety and civil rights issues