Poland intends to deploy roughly 10,000 troops along its border with Belarus to defend against what a high-ranking official described as an “unpredictable foe”. The Polish government has grown increasingly alarmed as a result of a series of moves by its eastern neighbour, including military training employing experienced Russian paramilitaries affiliated with the Wagner private military business. Polish authorities have […]

A woman found out that her husband had also married a bloke after seeing their wedding photos. Marcus Wild, an NHS worker from Sneinton, Nottingham, was still married to wife Susan when he wed a man at Nottingham's Council House. Nottingham Crown Court heard on Tuesday (August 15) Wild, 53, was previously called Colin Parsons but changed his name by […]

A 26-year-old man pleaded guilty Tuesday for his role in a deadly hit-and-run outside a Golden bar last year. Ernesto Avila, during a disposition hearing Tuesday in Jefferson County court, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, obstructing a peace officer and false reporting to authorities, all misdemeanors. As part of the plea agreement, prosecutors agreed to drop the remaining […]

A couple has traded a normal life on land for the excitement of spending their days on cruise ships travelling the world. While many who have been bitten by the travel bug can only manage to set aside as much time and funds as possible for their holidays, Angelyn and Richard Burk, a couple from Seattle, have decided to turn […]

By DASHA LITVINOVA and DAVID McHUGH (Associated Press) TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russia’s central bank made a big interest rate hike Tuesday, an emergency move designed to fight inflation and strengthen the ruble after the country’s currency reached its lowest value since early in the war with Ukraine. The ruble has lost more than a third of its value since […]

One of Denver’s most historic theaters is trying again to restore the neon sign and marquee that have been aesthetic hallmarks of the North Side for decades. The owners of the Oriental Theater, which was built in 1927, have begun a full overhaul of the exterior. The vertical “blade” displaying the theater’s name will be repainted, and the letters themselves, […]

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Dear Amy: I was in a 13-year marriage that was quite lonely and without intimacy, but I filled those lonely moments with travel and adventure. I finally pulled the plug after over a decade of trying to fix our broken relationship. Enter “New Guy.” We met last year and hit it off like dynamite. He’s smart, stable, attentive, and loves […]