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Judge dismisses Prince Harry’s privacy invasion lawsuit against publisher of Daily Mail
LONDON | Prince Harry ‘s final lawsuit aimed at taming the British tabloids ended in defeat Tuesday as a judge said he failed to prove his privacy invasion claims against the publisher of the Daily Mail. Justice Matthew Nicklin rejected the broad inferences the Duke of Sussex relied on to try to show that Associated […]
Aurora Public Schools official gets national shout out for combating childhood hunger
AURORA | An Aurora Public Schools official in charge of ensuring students don’t go hungry while schools are out in the summer has been honored nationally for the work he and the district have done to combat hunger among students. James Lesley, assistant director for support and compliance for Aurora Public Schools’ nutrition department, has […]
Jonathan Anderson shifts Dior buzz from Taylor Swift’s hidden wedding gown to sculptural couture
PARIS | Jonathan Anderson arrived at Paris couture week with the fashion world still waiting to see the Dior wedding dress he made for Taylor Swift. On Monday, on the first day, he tried to give it something else to look at. Three days after Swift married NFL star Travis Kelce at New York’s Madison […]
Even 250 years in, the battle over the American story — and who gets to tell it — endures
DETROIT | From the beginning, many decades before it became the United States, American society was founded not on hundreds of years of common culture but on something less tangible: a series of stories that it told itself over and over — full of truth, tall tales and outright lies — until it willed itself […]
The year in review: Influential people who have died in 2026
Clive Davis, the legendary music executive who helped launch the careers of some of the industry’s biggest stars, was among the noteworthy and influential people who died in June. And Davis saw his influence seem to grow as he got older. His exclusive pre-Grammys gala, held the Saturday night before the Sunday award show, continued […]
US revokes license authorizing sale of Iranian oil after 3 tankers struck in Strait of Hormuz
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates | The U.S. has revoked a license that had authorized the sale of Iranian oil, the Treasury Department said Tuesday. The Treasury issued the 60-day license last month, waiving sanctions on Iranian oil as part of an interim agreement to end the fighting between the two countries. Treasury officials did not […]
Democrats’ narrow path to Senate majority gets rockier as Platner faces sexual assault allegation
A new accusation that Graham Platner once sexually assaulted a woman he was dating has rocked the U.S. Senate race in Maine and cast fresh doubt on Democrats’ path to a Senate majority. Republicans currently have a 53-47 advantage in the Senate, and Maine is viewed as a necessary win for Democrats to gain the […]
Aurora seeks local poet for Honorary Poet Laureate position
AURORA | Applications for the City of Aurora’s next Honorary Poet Laureate close July 12 as officials seek a local poet to serve a four-year term beginning in August. Managed by the Aurora Public Library, the Honorary Poet Laureate program recognizes literature as an important part of the city’s shared and diverse culture while providing […]
Boys Swimming: Four Grandview swimmers earn NISCA Academic All-American nods
Four recently graduated seniors from the Grandview boys swim team landed on the NISCA Academic All-American list for their classroom excellence in the 2026 season.
NATO unveils billions in arms deals to prove its firepower as Trump arrives in Ankara
ANKARA, Turkey | President Donald Trump arrived in Ankara Tuesday afternoon for the NATO summit, as the transatlantic military alliance was announcing billions in arms deals in an attempt to appease the mercurial U.S. leader. Trump, who has often upended NATO gatherings with complaints that European allies did not spend enough on their own defense, […]