Week past: The week past in Aurora prep sports, 9.1-9.7.26
AURORA | A look back at some of the key games, tournaments and happenings in Aurora prep sports from Sept. 1-7, 2026, as compiled by Sentinel Sports Editor Courtney Oakes: Courtney Oakes is Aurora Sentinel Sports Editor. Reach him at [email protected]. Twitter/X: @aurorasports. IG: Sentinel Prep Sports THE WEEK PAST IN AURORA PREP SPORTS, 9.1-9.7.26 […]
Cyclospora outbreak followed years of declining FDA foreign inspections
WASHINGTON | A nationwide outbreak of cyclospora tied to contaminated lettuce has heightened safety concerns about imported food, while underscoring a longer-term trend: U.S. regulators are conducting fewer international inspections to catch contaminated produce before it lands on American plates. Food and Drug Administration inspections of foreign food sites — including the Mexican farm linked […]
John Malkovich cancels performance in Israel over fabricated quote circulated by promoters
ABU SNAN, Israel | John Malkovich has canceled a planned performance in Israel after promoters circulated a quote attributed to the American actor that he said was completely false. The producer of the show acknowledged the mistake, citing “human error.” Israel has faced growing cultural isolation in recent years over the war in Gaza, settler […]
Sen. John Fetterman’s isolation from Democrats grows stark in Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, Pa. | Around this time two years ago, Sen. John Fetterman was in high demand on the campaign trail, going county-to-county in Pennsylvania to help Democrats up and down the ballot. Now, after two years of crossing swords with Democrats and backing some of President Donald Trump’s priorities, he’s nowhere on the stump. No […]
Families grieve in the ruins of an Iranian school where a US strike killed dozens of children
MINAB, Iran | The sun set over this southern Iranian city, and Heydar Sadeghi was where he can be found almost every evening: on a bench next to the shattered remains of his grandson’s school. His face was soaked with tears. A banner strung around the rubble showed the faces of children and teachers killed […]
A NYC firehouse was first to respond on 9/11. 25 years on, Sal Argano is the last still on staff
NEW YORK | Sal Argano got lucky. When the World Trade Center was struck by hijacked jets on Sept. 11, 2001, the New York City firefighter was in Brooklyn, on loan to another station, rather than at his usual post at the small Manhattan firehouse just across an intersection from the twin towers. He rushed […]
Hours after a Russian attack destroys their home, a Ukrainian couple marries anyway
KYIV, Ukraine | On the eve of her wedding, Liudmyla Ryzhak pressed her delicately embroidered dress, laid out a full white tulle skirt and her soon-to-be husband’s traditionally patterned shirt, then hung them on the bedroom door. After repeated delays caused by the war with Russia, she was only hours away from marrying her partner, […]
The Latest: Trump gave $45,000 cash to Natalie Harp amid gifts to White House aides
President Donald Trump gave sizeable cash gifts to Natalie Harp and several other White House aides, according to new financial disclosures released by the administration. A White House official, who was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the gifts were “entirely permissible under relevant legal and ethical standards.” […]
As midterms approach, new poll finds that few Americans trust campaigns or Trump
WASHINGTON | Americans are more skeptical of government information than they were a few years ago, with majorities now saying they have little or no trust in federal government information about elections and politics, foreign affairs or the environment, a new poll finds. The survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and […]
Temporary protections in limbo for Salvadoran immigrants — 4K in Aurora — as deadline nears
MIAMI | Temporary legal protections for about 200,000 immigrants from El Salvador — including more than 4,000 in Aurora — was in limbo Wednesday as a deadline neared for the Trump administration to decide if they should end, as it has done for hundreds of thousands from Venezuela, Haiti and other countries. The Temporary Protected Status […]