Colorado transportation bill faces tension over highway expansion

A long-heralded transportation bill that would raise an estimated $3.8 billion over a decade from new fees on gas purchases, online deliveries and other items passed its first test Monday in the Colorado legislature. But hours of testimony before the Senate Finance Committee underlined points of tension that remain within the broad coalition of interest groups that praised the bill’s […]

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COVID vaccine success fans hopes of mRNA shot for cancer

London: Drew Weissman is not ready to rest on his laurels. He’s already thinking about the next coronavirus variant – the one that will come after the Indian variant, or the Kent variant, or the South African variant, and demolish the defences of our vaccines. Or rather, to give him his due, his vaccines. Weissman, professor of medicine at the […]

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Police charge man, 21, with murder of PCSO Julia James found dead in woods

The Daily Star’s FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inbox A 21-year-old man has been charged with murder in relation to the death of Kent PCSO Julia James Callum Wheeler, 21, from Aylesham, has been charged with the 53-year-old's murder, Kent Police confirmed. The 53-year-old serving Police Community Support Officer for Kent […]

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After election victory, Boris Johnson promises to boost education

‘Rocket fuel’ to fire up Britain: After his election victory, Boris Johnson promises to bring in laws to boost education chances and help ‘level up’ the nation Plans to give every adult access to loans to fund college courses and training The PM wants ‘lifetime skills guarantee’ to help people upgrade qualifications  Is one of several measures in today’s legislative […]

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Rio Grande border crossing: Live video shows migrants with young children

Fox News captured dramatic live video of migrants, including young children, crossing the Rio Grande River in Del Rio, Texas, on Monday as a surge of border crossings continues to cause problems for the Biden administration. “You see the steady stream of people coming across the border with Mexico entering our nation without going through a legal checkpoint, without any […]

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Denver's Juneteenth Music Festival, PrideFest going hybrid — The Know

Denver’s resilient Juneteenth Music Festival staged its annual parade last year in the historic Five Points neighborhood, despite challenges that made it one of the city’s only parades of 2020. “It was a real, actual parade down there,” said Norman Harris III, executive director of the music festival — the roots of which go back decades in Denver. “It was socially […]

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