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Australia’s Lucas Herrington joins long history of Rapids players to compete in World Cup | 2026 World Cup preview
Denver’s failed bid to host World Cup games doesn’t mean the Front Range is without a rooting interest. Even before the club was founded in 1995, the Colorado Rapids have been represented in some form at almost every World Cup since 1990. This year, the club will have one current player and a few former…
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US and Israel launch a major attack on Iran and Trump urges Iranians to ‘take over your government’
The U.S. and Israel launched a major attack on Iran on Saturday, and President Donald Trump called on the Iranian public to “seize control of your destiny” by rising up against the Islamic leadership that has ruled the nation since 1979. Some of the first strikes appeared to hit areas around the offices of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and Iranian media…
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FedEx joins other US companies in seeking a refund after Trump tariffs are ruled illegal
FedEx is suing the U.S. government, requesting a full refund on what it paid for tariffs set by President Donald Trump last year after the Supreme Court ruled that the tariffs are illegal. FedEx said in a filing with the U.S. Court of International Trade that they have “suffered injury” from having to pay the…
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Fantastic Olympic hockey tournament ends in worst possible way | Evan’s take
As many expected, the return of NHL players to the Olympics lived up to the hype and then some. Tight games, tons of action and skill that you can only dream of seeing on the same ice sheet once every four years, if you’re lucky. So whose decision was it to make the biggest game…
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Avalanche at the Olympics: MacKinnon comes through in clutch; Canada and United States to meet for gold
Two weeks ago, many could have predicted it. On Friday, it became official. Canada and the United States will play each other for the gold medal on Sunday. Although we were minutes away from that not being the case. Canada defeats Finland 3-2 The Canadian hockey team has been responsible for raising the collective heart…
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Southern Colorado beef producers criticize Trump’s plan to import meat from Argentina
President Donald Trump’s plan to slash the record high prices of American beef by importing meat from Argentina is drawing criticism from producers and politicians on both sides of the aisle, including in Colorado, which has a robust cattle industry. The U.S. plans to increase the tariff-rate quota for Argentina to 80,000 metric tons of…
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Judge sides with family of Boulder attack suspect
A federal judge in Denver on Thursday ruled that the deportation case for the wife and five children of Mohamed Soliman, charged with a hate crime after the June 1 firebomb attack on marchers in Boulder, will be heard in the Western District of Texas, not Colorado. U.S. District Judge Gordon P. Gallagher of Colorado on…
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Army officials say Green Beret who died in Cybertruck explosion did not show concerning behaviors before death
The Green Beret who shot himself and blew up a Cybertruck in Las Vegas on Wednesday displayed no concerning behavior prior to the bombing, according to Army public affairs. Master Sgt. Matthew Livelsberger was on personal leave from Fort Carson when he rented a Cybertruck in Colorado and drove to Las Vegas. There, the truck —…
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Exchange student from ‘drowning’ Pacific country enjoys time in Colorado Springs
Olivia Greig, an international exchange student currently living in Colorado Springs, knows that most people in the city, and the U.S., have never heard of her native country of Kiribati. “It’s so tiny, and we’re near the Equator, so no one knows about us,” Greig said of Kiribati, which consists of 33 islands — 21…
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Denver voters will decide whether to allow non-citizens to serve as police, firefighters
Non-citizens are one step closer to being able to apply to become a Denver police officer or firefighter after the City Council unanimously approved a ballot measure seeking to change the city charter during Monday’s meeting. The proposed charter change requiring police and fire departments to drop a requirement that applicants be a U.S. citizen…