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Aurora prep sports scoreboard, 9.23.26
The Aurora prep sports scoreboard for Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026, includes results and highlights for Aurora area teams in softball, boys soccer, girls flag football, field hockey and more.
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Iowa judge dismisses Trump’s lawsuit against Des Moines Register and pollster
DES MOINES, Iowa | A judge on Wednesday dismissed Donald Trump’s lawsuit accusing The Des Moines Register and its former pollster of misrepresenting the state of the 2024 presidential race, rejecting the president’s claim that the newspaper’s poll coverage violated Iowa’s consumer fraud law. Calling the case extraordinary, Iowa District Judge Scott J. Beattie said […]
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Detainees recount stories of alleged medical neglect, abuses at Aurora GEO ICE immigration jail
AURORA | Immigrant rights advocates gathered outside the ICE detention facility Wednesday night in Aurora to hear accounts of alleged abuse from people detained inside the center. The press conference and protest focused on copies of complaints alleging civil rights violations, medical neglect, and lack of access to adequate nutrition by people who were held […]
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Meta bets big on wearable AI, new AI agent as Zuckerberg pushes back against AI doom
Meta is going all in on a consumer-friendly AI agent and pushing forward with AI-powered wearable devices during a moment in the industry when its CEO Mark Zuckerberg acknowledged it is a “wild time to be building.” At the company’s annual Connect conference on Wednesday, Zuckerberg opened his keynote address by saying “it’s no secret […]
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She lived to see ‘Deb’s law’ take effect. Now she can choose how she dies
CHICAGO | Deb Robertson counted the days, hoping she’d live long enough for a new Illinois law to go into effect that allows terminally ill people like her to use a lethal prescription to end their lives. A diagnosis of a rare, aggressive form of cancer had forced her into retirement after three decades of […]
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How rural voters are feeling about Trump as the midterms approach, according to a new AP-KFF poll
WASHINGTON | About half of rural American voters believe the economy is worse off now than when President Donald Trump returned to office, according to a new survey that points to economic frustration among a key group that has backed him and other Republicans in recent elections. The Associated Press, in partnership with KFF, polled […]
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FACT CHECK: No, Biden did not revoke the White House press passes of more than 400 journalists
President Donald Trump’s decision to ban CNN, MS NOW and Politico reporters from the White House grounds is leading to claims that then-President Joe Biden revoked White House access to hundreds of journalists in 2023. But the claims online misrepresent the effect that a stricter White House Press Office policy had on the number of […]
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Judge hears arguments without immediately ruling in lawsuit over White House ban on 3 news outlets
WASHINGTON | A federal judge weighing whether to block President Donald Trump’s ban of three news outlets from White House grounds expressed some skepticism Wednesday in response to the government’s defense of the move. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly, who was nominated by Trump in 2017, didn’t rule from the bench after hearing arguments in […]
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New police program targets crime reduction in Aurora business districts, retail stores
AURORA | The Aurora police are rolling out a new program to connect with business owners and help them reduce crime, like shoplifting and disorderly conduct. Police launched the Business Shield Initiative earlier this month and have so far visited about 350 businesses across the city to build relationships and share tips about how stores […]
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Ex-NFL star Antonio Brown to accept plea deal on attempted murder charge, his lawyer says
Former NFL star wide receiver Antonio Brown plans to accept a plea deal on an attempted murder charge in Miami that avoids prison, as part of an agreement that his lawyer said Wednesday was too good to turn down. Brown is scheduled to appear in court on Sept. 30 to make the deal final. He […]