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Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Denver voters will decide whether to ban foie gras, keep it off restaurant menus

Foie gras — or fattened liver of a duck or goose — is a delicacy in French cooking. Farmers produce the food by force-feeding the birds beyond what they need.

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Trump administration rolls out rural health funding, with strings attached

Money from the Rural Health Transformation Program won’t be distributed equally.

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Denver’s minimum wage increase at start of 2026 will make it one of the highest in the U.S.

Denver’s minimum wage will automatically rise to $19.29 per hour this week as the rate is adjusted for inflation at the start of 2026.

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Trump warns Iran of further US strikes if it reconstitutes nuclear program during Netanyahu visit

Netanyahu’s visit comes at another critical moment in Gaza.

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US pledges $2 billion for UN humanitarian aid as Trump warns agencies must ‘adapt or die’

The money is a tiny fraction of what the U.S. has contributed in the past.

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US offers Ukraine a 15-year security guarantee as part of peace plan, Zelenskyy says

Details of the security guarantees remain undisclosed.

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Colorado prison backlogs for sex offender rehabilitation lead to missed parole dates, others getting out without treatment

“What it’s intended to do is to lock up the most dangerous sexual offenders until they are safe to rejoin society,” a state oversight board member says. “That is not how it works in practicality.”