By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Republican member of Wisconsin’s bipartisan elections commission is standing by comments he made crowing about depressed turnout among Black and Hispanic voters in heavily Democratic Milwaukee, saying he won’t resign as a fellow commissioner and others have called on him to do. Commissioner Robert Spindell
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: Wells Fargo & Co., up 38 cents to $42.74. The bank said it will shrink its home mortgage business. World Wrestling Entertainment Inc., down 74 cents to $89.50. Stephanie McMahon resigned as chairwoman and co-CEO of the professional wrestling events and
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran and Melanie Zanona, CNN House Republicans are spotlighting the issue of abortion as they roll out their legislative agenda in the new Congress — a move that comes after the Supreme Court’s highly consequential decision last summer to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling. The GOP-led House voted on Wednesday
Continue ReadingBy MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska lawmaker who sponsored a failed abortion ban bill last year has announced she will introduce a new bill this week that would ban abortion once cardiac activity can be detected in a fetus, which is generally around the sixth week of pregnancy. State
Continue ReadingBy Phil Mattingly, Evan Perez, Maegan Vazquez, Kevin Liptak and Kaitlan Collins, CNN President Joe Biden’s legal team found another batch of classified government records following the initial discovery of classified documents at his former think tank office in Washington this past fall, people briefed on the matter told CNN on Wednesday. Searches for additional
Continue ReadingBy MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are taking early action on abortion now that they are in the majority. Republicans approved two abortion measures Wednesday, making clear they want to go further after the Supreme Court overruled the federal right to an abortion last year. However, neither of their measures
Continue ReadingBy Ray Sanchez, CNN As central California floodwater swept away their SUV Monday morning, 5-year-old Kyle Doan, now missing, encouraged his mother. “Don’t worry, Mommy,” the boy said, his father, Brian Doan, recalled Wednesday. “He wasn’t quite processing what was going on,” Doan told CNN. “But he was so calm talking to my wife while
Continue ReadingBy Daniella Diaz, CNN Rep. Barbara Lee of California told her colleagues in the Congressional Black Caucus during a closed-door meeting Wednesday that she plans to run for the Senate, multiple sources told CNN. This comes a day after Rep. Katie Porter of California announced a 2024 Senate bid, launching her campaign for Sen. Dianne
Continue ReadingBy Jamie Gangel, Gregory Krieg and Elizabeth Stuart, CNN A Republican strategist alleges that Matt Schlapp, the influential chairman of the American Conservative Union, groped and fondled his groin as he drove Schlapp back to an Atlanta hotel several weeks before the November midterm election. The strategist, a male in his late thirties who was
Continue ReadingBy BETTY YU Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — Video that captured a San Francisco art gallery owner spraying a homeless woman with a garden hose late Monday morning led to widespread outrage online Tuesday. The TikTok account of San Francisco bakery Brioche S.F. posted a video of Collier Gwin,
Continue ReadingBy JIM SALTER Associated Press A Christian boarding school in Missouri that’s been under intense scrutiny over abuse allegations will close later this month. It’s citing financial hardship. Agape Boarding School in Stockton has been the subject of state and location investigations and several lawsuits filed on behalf of former students. A statement from the
Continue ReadingBy David Wahlberg Click here for updates on this story VALPARAISO, Indiana (madison.com/Wisconsin State Journal) — Wisconsin gets 2% of state taxes from cigarette sales, down from more than 4% more than a decade ago, but the drop in smoking during that time likely benefits the state through lower costs from cancer and chronic diseases,
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story FORESTVILLE, California (KPIX) — A woman was found dead inside a vehicle submerged in floodwaters in Forestville Wednesday morning, according to authorities. The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office said a person called 9-1-1 at around 10 a.m. Tuesday about a car stuck in flood waters on
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — Un cliente 59 años habría sido agredido hasta perder la vida por el personal del restaurante La Polar, ubicado en la colonia San Rafael, alcaldía Cuauhtémoc, de la Ciudad de México, según las autoridades. La Fiscalía capitalina investiga el caso. El víctima fue identificado por Adriana Flores, su acompañante, como
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story PLAINVILLE, Connecticut (WCBS) — A black bear has been hibernating under a Connecticut family’s home. The people who live there decided they better let it stay. “I turned my head and saw the bear, and we were staring right at each other. It’s pretty crazy,”
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By VANESSA MURDOCK Click here for updates on this story LONG BRANCH, New Jersey (WCBS) — A wake-up call has forced action. Too many dead whales washing ashore have local activists calling on President Joe Biden to halt offshore wind energy activity. CBS2 spoke with concerned locals asking for answers about how the marine mammals
Continue ReadingBy RANDALL CHASE AP Business Writer DOVER, Del. (AP) — The judge presiding over the bankruptcy of cryptocurrency exchange FTX Trading is allowing the company to maintain a veil of secrecy over the names of individual customers and creditors. The judge ruled Wednesday that FTX could withhold the names from public disclosure for another three
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By REG CHAPMAN Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (WCCO) — A man has been charged Tuesday in connection to the death of his pregnant fiancé who he allegedly shot in a Lakeville parking lot just days before she was due to give birth. Donte McCray, 32, was charged with murder in
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas sent a strong signal Wednesday that they are very carefully watching to ensure federal courts do not thumb their noses at the high court’s landmark decision that expanded gun rights nationwide. Last June’s decision in New York State Rifle
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By Jerry Davich Click here for updates on this story VALPARAISO, Indiana (The Times) — “We are in a real lockdown and I’m scared.” My neighbor received this text Monday morning from her great-granddaughter, a Valparaiso High School student. They shared a frantic text exchange as emergency responders raced to the school. “I wanted to
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