EDITORIAL: Treacherous anti-vax bilge in Colorado, everywhere endangers all our future
The return to school and a potential public health disaster last week in Pennsylvania underscore why Colorado must end its perilous philosophical exemption to mandatory immunization. Two unvaccinated Pennsylvania “residents” died after being infected with measles, the first U.S. deaths this year related to the contagious virus, the Associated Press reported this week. The state […]
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Read more Iran warns of military ship ban in Hormuz under potential deal with Oman and other Middle East news Read more Toon in Wednesday Read more Goodman hits 35th homer in his return to the lineup as Rockies snap skid with 3-1 win over Nationals
Iran warns of military ship ban in Hormuz under potential deal with Oman and other Middle East news
Iran will not allow military vessels to transit through the Strait of Hormuz under an agreement the Islamic Republic is currently negotiating with Oman, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister told state TV late on Tuesday night. The top diplomats of the two countries met to discuss managing commercial shipping traffic in the vital waterway, which remains […]
Toon in Wednesday
Read more Goodman hits 35th homer in his return to the lineup as Rockies snap skid with 3-1 win over Nationals Read more Parole terms don’t prevent convicted felon Tina Peters from returning to election work Read more Target faces renewed backlash after stocking Halloween costume with ‘minstrel show features’
Goodman hits 35th homer in his return to the lineup as Rockies snap skid with 3-1 win over Nationals
WASHINGTON | Hunter Goodman homered in his return from a shoulder injury, Mason Adams worked into the fifth inning in his big league debut, and the Colorado Rockies snapped a seven-game losing streak with a 3-1 victory over the Washington Nationals on Tuesday night. Daylen Lile went deep off Adams in the fourth, but that […]
Parole terms don’t prevent convicted felon Tina Peters from returning to election work
This story was produced as part of the Colorado Capitol News Alliance. It first appeared at coloradosun.com. DENVER | Since Gov. Jared Polis commuted the sentence of Tina Peters in May, the former Colorado county clerk, convicted in an election equipment tampering scheme, has appeared on the podcast of Steve Bannon, who believes the 2020 election […]
Target faces renewed backlash after stocking Halloween costume with ‘minstrel show features’
Retailer Target pulled a children’s Halloween costume from its shelves Monday after widespread social media backlash, apologizing for selling a garment critics said evoked racist minstrel caricatures. Critics say the costume, along with its promotional image of a Black child modeling the get-up, is reminiscent of caricatures from Jim Crow-era minstrel shows that embedded stereotypes […]
A Montana man killed 8 relatives, including 4 kids, at Sunday dinner, family says
BILLINGS, Mont. | A man killed eight of his relatives, including four children, as they gathered for Sunday dinner at a home outside Billings, Montana, weeks after his parents asked him to move out, a family member told The Associated Press. Brad Ireland, whose former wife and two children were among the dead, identified the […]
Dolly Parton built a better world, with rhinestones and songs
NEW YORK | There are few inalienable truths: Everyone was born, everyone will die, and everyone loved Dolly Parton. Larger-than-life at 5-foot-nothing, the country star, actor, philanthropist, entrepreneur and theme park enthusiast who died Tuesday, transcended celebrity in rhinestones and fringe. She was embraced by fans across gender, race and class, embodying a mythology typically […]
In a divided America, the left and right unite to oppose artificial intelligence data centers
MURDOCK, Neb. | In rural eastern Nebraska, a technology revolution could rise from fields of corn and soybean in the form of new data centers to power the artificial intelligence boom. But just like around many parts of the country, opposition has been building in ways that defy typical partisan boundaries. Conservative farmers and the […]