A pilot of the Amazon cargo plane that careened off Miami runway warned it was coming in too fast
For nearly two minutes, one of the pilots of the Amazon cargo plane that careened off a Miami runway and killed five people repeatedly warned his counterpart they were going too fast as they approached for landing and after touchdown, according to flight information released Wednesday. A summary of cockpit voice recordings compiled by the […]
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Read more Community college of Aurora tests workforce training model as Commerce City follows Read more EDITORIAL: It’s accurate now to call the Aurora GEO ICE prison a concentration camp Read more Former volunteer sues César Chavez nonprofits over failing to stop union leader from sexual abuse
Community college of Aurora tests workforce training model as Commerce City follows
This story was first published at Colorado Chalkbeat. DENVER | Natalia Antezana fully expected Commerce City residents to embrace the opportunity for short-term, tuition-free workforce education and training at the Community College of Aurora. The city launched the temporary Commerce City Promise program last year using part of a $7.5 million federal pandemic relief grant. […]
EDITORIAL: It’s accurate now to call the Aurora GEO ICE prison a concentration camp
It’s no longer just a barbed social media meme to insist the Trump administration has turned the nation’s stock of immigrant detention centers into concentration camps. As you read this, and right here in Aurora, people are illegally confiscated and rounded up, denied their constitutional rights regarding search and seizure and habeas corpus, held without […]
Former volunteer sues César Chavez nonprofits over failing to stop union leader from sexual abuse
One of the organizers who said she was sexually abused by Latino labor leader César Chavez decades ago has sued nonprofits tied to him. The complaint filed last week in Southern California is the first legal action since the explosive allegations surrounding Chavez were first reported by the New York Times in March. The newspaper […]
Democrats say Trump’s ‘bizarre’ convention is a distraction from his faltering presidency
DALLAS | It’s not just Republicans descending on Dallas for the midterm convention — Democrats are there too as they try to convince voters that the reality of Donald Trump’s second presidency doesn’t match the spectacle of his made-for-TV event. “This bizarre Republican midterm convention here can’t paper over the fact that Republicans have done […]
An appeals court is considering a push to restrict most common abortion method
A panel of federal judges heard arguments Wednesday over whether prescribing rules should be tightened for a key drug used in the most common abortion method in the United States, one of several ongoing efforts to restrict abortion access four years after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed states to decide the issue. The case before […]
Rookie Lombard hits 1st career grand slam as the Yankees beat the Rockies 6-1
NEW YORK | Rookie George Lombard Jr. became the second-youngest player in Yankees’ history to hit a grand slam as New York beat the Colorado Rockies 6-1 on Wednesday night. Aaron Judge singled in the third for his first hit since returning from a broken rib a day earlier and had another hit in the […]
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Read more Trump, hoping to salvage midterms, makes a dubious pledge to give every US adult $5,000 if GOP wins Read more Aurora seeks public input on Fitzsimons district transportation plans Read more Trump defends Iran war, slams Democrats and promises cash at Republicans’ midterm convention
Trump, hoping to salvage midterms, makes a dubious pledge to give every US adult $5,000 if GOP wins
President Donald Trump pledged Wednesday to send every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections, an extraordinary gambit to reverse his party’s sagging fortunes in November. The dubious promise would most likely cost more than $1 trillion and require congressional approval, and would further exacerbate the […]