Justice Department activates untested court for ‘alien terrorist’ deportations
WASHINGTON | The Trump administration has filed a first-ever petition to a secretive and dormant court created 30 years ago to consider government requests to deport so-called “alien terrorists” from the United States. The Alien Terrorist Removal Court was established in 1996 but had never received a petition until this past Wednesday, when the Justice […]
JD and Usha Vance welcome a baby boy, the first child born to a sitting VP in more than 150 years
WASHINGTON | Vice President JD Vance and his wife, second lady Usha Vance, on Sunday announced the birth of their fourth child, the first born to a sitting vice president in more than 150 years. Born Sunday, Alec Neel Vance joins older siblings Ewan, 9; Vivek, 6; and Mirabel, 4. Vance announced the birth on […]
Shakira, Madonna and many Muppets take the World Cup stage, along with BTS and Bieber
Madonna, Justin Bieber, BTS and Shakira each brought a bit of one of their hits to the World Cup’s first halftime show in a whirlwind performance Sunday that also squeezed in Burna Boy, Ted Lasso and many Muppets. The show at what’s otherwise known as MetLife Stadium, outside New York, was an attempt to bring […]
All-Star Hunter Goodman becomes 1st Rockies player with a pair of 3-homer games in the same season
Hunter Goodman went deep three times Sunday to not only break out of a mini-homer slump but break into an exclusive Colorado Rockies club in which he’s now the founder.
US launches more airstrikes against Iran after announcing another death of a service member
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates | The United States began a new round of airstrikes early Monday targeting Iran after announcing the death of another American service member, and Iran fired missiles toward Jordan that risked widening the conflict into neighboring Israel. Step by step, the U.S. and Iran have inched closer to all-out war as […]
Trump celebrates the World Cup as a US victory as he presents trophy to the winner, Spain
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. | President Donald Trump presented the World Cup trophy to Spain, the winner of Sunday’s final against Argentina. But to him, the real victor of soccer’s premier tournament just might be the United States. “It turned out we were a soccer country, and I think it’s going to remain,” Trump said Friday […]
Spain wins the World Cup by beating Argentina 1-0 on Ferran Torres’ goal in extra time
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. | This is how good Spain was at the World Cup: Not even Lionel Messi had any answers. And when it was over, Spain walked off with the trophy. Messi simply walked off in tears. Spain is back atop the soccer world for a second time, after Ferran Torres’ first goal of […]
Men sue hospital after DNA tests showed they were switched at birth 38 years ago
COLORADO CITY | The families of two men who discovered through DNA tests that they were switched at birth 38 years ago are accusing a North Dakota hospital of robbing them of the lives they were supposed to lead. Kyle Bylin discovered his birth family after taking an at-home test he chose randomly during a […]
Supporters launch campaign for Colorado Proposition NN to boost school funding
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. DENVER | This time will be different. At least that’s the hope of supporters of Proposition NN, a ballot measure to raise funding for schools. They launched a statewide “yes” campaign on Friday to raise support for the measure. The November ballot measure represents the fifth attempt in […]
Man injured Saturday in shooting during dispute at northwest Aurora apartment
AURORA | A dispute Saturday night at a northwest Aurora apartment complex resulted in a man being shot and injured, seeking treatment at a nearby hospital, police said. Police were called to an Aurora hospital at about 9:20 p.m. after a man went to the emergency room seeking treatment for a gunshot wound, according to […]