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State-level legislative effort to shrink single-family lots across Colorado fails
Snow kidding. Winter’s back in Aurora and bringing inches and bitter cold
Colorado Dems propose bill to counter mandated road-funding ballot initiative
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Metro Aurora
Man to plead guilty in 2025 Boulder firebombing attack on pro-Israel demonstrators
Investigators say Soliman told them he intended to kill the roughly 20 participants at the weekly demonstration at Boulder’s Pearl Street pedestrian mall.
Aurora City Council slated to vote on officer-involved shooting resolution
“We should show sympathy and empathy for that officer and his family as well.”
Millions in the US never finished college. With targeted help, reenrollments are ticking up
“It was so easy for someone my age to stop, because I have a lot of professional skills to get a job to continue to just live,” said Anderson, who is interested in becoming a teacher. “It’s bigger than that.”
Sentinel Magazine
What to Stream: ‘The Drama,’ MUNA, Rachel McAdams, Dan Stevens and ‘The Other Bennet Sister’
This week’s streaming offerings include the new rom-com “The Drama” starring Zendaya and Robert Pattinson, the synth-pop group MUNA’s fourth studio album “Dancing on the Wall”, and a new TV series based on Jane Austen’s “Mary Bennet” sister.
Opinion
JOAN FITZ-GERALD: Colorado deserves a fighter in the Senate: It’s Julie Gonzales
‘Colorado cannot afford another cautious voice when we need doers, not backbenchers or seat warmers, running for office’
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Sentinel Blogs
CITY DESK: City officials looking for bridge talk on Peoria Street
The project will widen the bridge to four lanes and take about a year
Nation and World
Iran’s monthslong internet shutdown is crushing businesses in an already battered economy
“What makes Iran’s shutdown unprecedented is the combination of scale and severity: an entire country of 90 million people with a developed digital economy deliberately reverted to a controlled national intranet,” said Alimardani, an associate director for technology threats and opportunities at the rights group Witness.
Colorado & region
State-level legislative effort to shrink single-family lots across Colorado fails
“We need solutions that fit each community, not one-size-fits-all.”
Pro and College Sports
Benge and Vientos lead the Mets to a 4-2 victory over the skidding Rockies in early start
Colorado has dropped five straight, and six of seven since allowing only four runs in a three-game sweep of the Mets at Citi Field from April 24-26.
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Boys Swimming: 2026 Aurora Class 5A state qualifiers, relays by school
Aurora area qualifiers by school with events and seedings for the 2026 Class 5A boys state swim meet, which is scheduled for May 8-9 at the Veterans Memorial Aquatic Center.

