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Track & Field: Aurora 2026 Class 5A individual, relay state placers (boys)
Top-nine individual and relay placers for each Aurora program in the Class 5A boys state track & field championship meet on May 14-16, 2026, at Jefferson County Stadium.
Track & Field: Two-event winner Cameron Bell of Eaglecrest leads parade of six Aurora area 5A boys state titles
Eaglecrest senior Cameron Bell won the long jump and 300 meter hurdles at the Class 5A state meet, while Cherokee Trail had a trio of winners and Vista PEAK Prep had its first as the meet ended Saturday at Jefferson County Stadium.
Track & Field: Zenobia Witt, Madison Lange bring home titles from 5A girls state meet
LAKEWOOD | The Eaglecrest girls track team came up just short of landing the biggest prize — the Class 5A team state championship — Saturday, but plenty of medals came home with the Raptors and other Aurora area programs. In a team chase that came all the way down to the final race of the three-day meet […]
Track & Field: 2026 Class 5A state meet results, Day 3 (Boys)
Results from the championship finals of the third day of the Class 5A boys state track meet on May 16, 2026, at Jefferson County Stadium.
Track & Field: 2026 Class 5A state meet results, Day 3 (Girls)
Results from the championship finals of the third day of the Class 5A girls state track meet on May 16, 2026, at Jefferson County Stadium.
Track & Field: Cherokee Trail’s Prince David Ajibade takes 5A boys high jump
DENVER | On a light day in terms of championship finals at the Class 5A state track meet, Prince David Ajibade put the Aurora area on the board with gold. The Cherokee Trail senior completed his goal of winning a state championship in the high jump, as he claimed the event Friday afternoon at Jefferson […]
Russia presses its barrages of Ukraine as Trump talks of possible peace and Kyiv is emboldened
KYIV, Ukraine | More than 100 Russian drones targeted areas of Ukraine on Wednesday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, hours after another barrage of civilian areas killed at least eight people. “Russia continues its strikes and is doing so brazenly — deliberately targeting our railway infrastructure and civilian sites in our cities,” Zelenskyy said in a […]
US overdose deaths fell again in 2025, but some worry about policy and drug supply changes
NEW YORK | About 70,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year — about 14% fewer than the previous year, according to preliminary government data. It was the third straight annual drop, making it the longest decline in decades, according to federal data released Wednesday. The 2025 total is about the same as the tally […]
Peter Jackson receives honorary Palme D’Or as Cannes flaunts star power despite Hollywood’s retreat
CANNES, France | The 79th Cannes Film Festival opened Tuesday with politics, artificial intelligence and the shifting priorities of Hollywood taking center stage at the film gathering on the French Riviera. The festival launched with a tribute to director Peter Jackson, handing the “Lord of the Rings” filmmaker an honorary Palme d’Or. He was introduced […]
20 years after a 22-minute ovation, Guillermo del Toro and ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ return to Cannes
CANNES, France | Twenty years ago, Guillermo del Toro premiered “Pan’s Labyrinth” at the Cannes Film Festival. He went in anxious. It was toward the end of the festival and many journalists had left. The movie’s production had been a nightmare. Then the audience gave it a 22-minute standing ovation, the longest in Cannes history. […]