Week past: The week past in Aurora prep sports, 8.25-8.31.26
A look back at some of the key games, tournaments and happenings in Aurora prep sports from Aug. 25-31, 2026, as compiled by Sentinel Sports Editor Courtney Oakes
Heads or tails? $1 coin with Trump’s face and gold finish to go on sale
The $1 coin designed to celebrate America’s 250th birthday — and seemingly President Donald Trump, whose face gazes from one side of the gold finish — will go on sale Wednesday, according to the U.S. Mint. The coin’s design — Trump’s visage as “heads” and the Great Seal of the United States as “tails” — […]
Colorado voters to decide on graduated income tax this November
This story was first published at Colorado Newsline. DENVER | Coloradans will vote this November on a ballot measure that would raise income taxes on the top 3% of earners and slightly cut them for everyone else. Backers of submitted a sufficient number of petition signatures to qualify for the 2026 ballot, the Colorado secretary of […]
AP Exclusive: Nurse who saved baby from Pakistan hospital fire wishes she could have saved the rest
ISLAMABAD | Razia Noreen and her colleagues had just checked on the 15 newborns in their care at the hospital nursery in Islamabad and were preparing injections for some of them in an adjacent room when she saw something unusual: flames. The nurse dropped the syringe and ran into the nursery. She lifted a baby […]
Global warming will exceed limit, UN says in a report that maps path to get back below danger zone
In a strategic retreat in the fight against climate change, the United Nations has acknowledged that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst of global warming’s harms. So now the world must figure out how to get temperatures below the danger zone and back to safety, officials say. Earth is soon […]
Lawmakers ask Army to explain why it told a military unit to stop specializing in drone warfare
WASHINGTON | A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers is pressing the Army to explain why it told a unit based in Europe to stop specializing in drone warfare, an order that comes as the world’s battlefields rapidly evolve and military tactics increasingly rely on uncrewed systems to fight. The 173rd Airborne Brigade was building its […]
Tiger Woods pleads no contest to reckless driving charge over rollover crash in Florida
STUART, Florida | Tiger Woods pleaded no contest to a reckless driving charge Wednesday following a rollover crash in March near his home in Florida where he initially was accused of driving under the influence. Woods appeared in a courtroom in Martin County where he agreed to the reduced charge. A judge ordered that his […]
Lindsay Clancy trial jury deliberates for fifth day after telling judge they were deadlocked
PLYMOUTH, Mass. | Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial resumed deliberations Wednesday, a day after telling the judge they couldn’t agree on whether the Massachusetts mother was criminally responsible for killing her three children. After court resumed Wednesday morning, Judge William Sullivan called the lawyers to the bench. Each of the 12 jurors and […]
Colton Cowser saves Orioles with incredible catch to preserve 2-1 victory over Rockies
DENVER | Colton Cowser made a spectacular leaping catch above the center-field fence for the final out, robbing Jake McCarthy of a game-winning homer and preserving the Baltimore Orioles’ 2-1 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Monday night. With a runner on second base and two outs in the ninth inning, McCarthy sent a drive […]
Fall Movie Guide: Here are the films coming out this fall, from September through November
Here’s The Associated Press’ guide for the movies heading to theaters and the home through Thanksgiving. SEPTEMBER MOVIE RELEASESSept. 4 “By Any Means” (Paramount, in theaters): Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Mark Wahlberg star in Elegance Bratton’s 1960s-set crime thriller based on a true story. “Mayday” (Apple TV, streaming): A Cold War buddy comedy about a […]