Cross Country: Aurora City Championship meet history
Boys and girls team and individual champions for the Aurora City Championship cross country meet since 1981.
Aurora prep sports schedule, 8.20.26
The Aurora prep sports schedule for Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026, includes competition for Aurora area teams in football, girls volleyball, boys soccer, softball, cross country, girls flag football, field hockey and boys golf.
Federal judge halts portion of new state law targeting Aurora GEO ICE detention center
This story was first published at Colorado Newsline. DENVER | A federal judge Thursday blocked part of a new Colorado law that deals with inspections at immigration detention centers, at least until a contract between private prison operator The GEO Group and U.S. Immigration and Enforcement expires in October. U.S. District Court Judge Daniel Domenico […]
Victor Marx GOP primary win sparks division among Colorado Republican ranks
This story was produced as part of the Colorado Capitol News Alliance. It first appeared at cpr.org. DENVER | Former state lawmaker Norma Anderson is 94 years old, and for almost all her life she’s been a proud Republican. “I was born a Republican,” Anderson joked. “Everybody in the family was a Republican. And so when […]
Swiss tourist sentenced to a year in jail for insulting Bali’s sacred Day of Silence
DENPASAR, Indonesia | A court on the Indonesian resort island of Bali sentenced a Swiss tourist on Thursday to one year in prison for insulting a sacred Balinese Hindu observance. Luzian Andrin Zgraggen, 26, was found guilty of violating Indonesia’s new criminal code by posting social media messages about the Day of Silence, when people […]
Movie Review: Gen Z gets a moody, existential horror in ‘It Ends’
Every generation deserves its own postgrad malaise movie. Not every attempt is going to be “The Graduate” or “Frances Ha,” but even when they’re mediocre, they’re also often a pure expression from a young filmmaker about what their contemporaries are feeling at that exact moment. Though the details may change — the clothes, the hairstyles, […]
Read our big scoop: Ice-cream cones, the ingenious invention of American immigrants
DETROIT | Read this quickly, before it melts. Ice cream was a rare and expensive treat for centuries because of the difficulty of storing ice. In the summer of 1790, President George Washington spent $200 on ice cream, the equivalent of $7,259 today, according to the International Dairy Foods Association. By the 1800s, inventions like […]
Aurora city council committee votes to oppose fentanyl ballot measure Prop 132
AURORA | The Aurora City Council may officially oppose a November ballot measure to increase penalties for fentanyl possession and distribution after the council’s government relations committee took a position against the proposition. On Thursday, the committee voted 2-1 to pass a resolution opposing Proposition 132, a ballot measure that would set mandatory minimums for […]
Chinese Valentine’s Day is rooted in legend and tradition, not just romance
BEIJING | Chinese Valentine’s Day is not all about flowers and chocolates. Beyond the romance embraced by some contemporary couples, Qixi is an ancient tradition rooted in legend, prayer and cultural activities that survive to this day. The festival is observed on the seventh day of the seventh month of the Chinese calendar, which fell […]
ICC slams US decision to sanction the court’s president and a senior prosecution lawyer
THE HAGUE, Netherlands | The International Criminal Court on Wednesday slammed the latest U.S. sanctions targeting senior ICC staff, including its president, as a “flagrant attack” on the global tribunal’s independence and vowed to continue seeking justice for atrocities around the world. The State Department announced Tuesday that it had hit ICC president Tomoko Akane, […]